New Jersey · Nonprofit
THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL
THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,250 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $296k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $200k
- Net assets
- $95k
What The True Professional does
Mission
The True Professional's mission is to improve the quality of services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities by providing professional development and consulting services to the staff and leadership at residential agencies serving this community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The organization added 2 new programs during 2025 and are identified in form 990,part iii, line 4b and 4c.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Ttp delivered its foundational development course to 10 cohorts of direct support professionals ("dsps") and residential managers who provide services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities ("idd"). The course teaches participants how to elevate the quality of services they provide by instilling a philosophy of excellence and adherence to ttp's proprietary 5 pillars of excellence in service delivery. The course includes: 1) a live, in-person workshop, 2) access to 1huddle, a mobile gamified learning platform that supports ongoing skill development, 3) on-site observation of selected participants with structured data collection on service quality, and 4) a leadership development session to equip agency leaders with strategies and tools to sustain improvements and align frontline practices with organizational expectations.
$113,108 spent$98,050 earned by the program87% of program spendingTtp initiated development of a second program, excellence in supports and outcomes ("eso") consulting. This work focused on designing a new service model intended to further strengthen the quality of supports provided to individuals with idd, while also improving workforce stability and effectiveness. Key activities included: 1) defining program goals, 2) developing an implementation framework which included policies and procedures and roles and responsibilities, and 3) authoring a research-based paper examining strategies to improve professionalism in service quality across multiple industries and apply those lessons to idd services. During this development phase, ttp also identified a pilot agency to support initial implementation and refinement of the eso model. The mission of the eso function is to achieve higher quality supports and outcomes for residents by promoting dignity, lifelong learning, independence, and community integration in alignment with ttp's 5cs, while also increasing job satisfaction and reducing attrition among dsps and residential managers. The strategy to achieve this mission centers on systemically redesigning staff development to continuously…
$5,897 spent5% of program spendingTtp developed and launched its workforce transformation and partnerships program through a multi-stakeholder collaboration with service providers, universities, and a leading autism focused foundation. This initiative is designed to strengthen the pipeline of qualified professionals entering the field of services for adults with idd by introducing university students to careers in residential services and establishing a structured pathway for their career development. The program provides graduate and undergraduate students with tuition support, paid employment as dsps working directly with residents at partner service providers, and access to professional development coursework delivered by ttp. During 2025, ttp partnered with a foundation and two universities, recruited candidates, and matriculated its first participant into the program. Ttp also established relationships with additional universities to support future program expansion.
$11,467 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $130,472.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $57k to $97k (+70%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
67% of THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ellen Zimiles
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
88% of THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $25k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $175k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL?
- THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,250 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $200,250 in grants to THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing