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  • Benicia, CA
  • Tax-exempt since May 2016
  • EIN: 81-1369151

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Human Services — Multipurpose and Other / Neighborhood Centers, Settlement Houses (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$424k (2024)

Expenses
$461k (2024)

Total Assets
$231k (2024)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2024)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2016 to 2024

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending June
2024

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$423,828
Expenses
$460,505
Net Income
-$36,677
Net Assets
$230,576
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $423,828
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $102,769
22.3%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $83,497
18.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $230,576
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $230,576
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Meghan Freebeck (President) $101,288 $0 $0
Robert Perry (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lydia Montagnese (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
Mike Dahn (Director) $0 $0 $0
Priya Gupta (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Oct. 12, 2024

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$443,789
Expenses
$365,318
Net Income
$78,471
Net Assets
$246,917
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $443,789
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $98,280
26.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $77,126
21.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $246,917
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $246,917
Other
Reported conflict of interest transactions
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Meghan Freebeck (President) $94,661 $0 $0
Robert Perry (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lydia Montagnese (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Mike Dahn (Director) $0 $0 $0
Priya Kothari (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 3, 2023

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$366,867
Expenses
$331,160
Net Income
$35,707
Net Assets
$168,446
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $366,867
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $90,633
27.4%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $74,502
22.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $168,446
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $168,446
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Meghan Freebeck (President) $90,633 $0 $0
Robert Perry (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lydia Montagnese (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Mike Dahn (Director) $0 $0 $0
Priya Kothari (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$262,058
Expenses
$259,964
Net Income
$2,094
Net Assets
$133,265
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $252,099
96.2%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $9,959
3.8%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $18,750
7.2%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $50,831
19.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $133,265
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $133,265
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Meghan Freebeck (President) $18,750 $0 $0
Robert Perry (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lydia Montagnese (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Mike Dahn (Director) $0 $0 $0
Priya Kothari (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Sept. 27, 2021

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$215,167
Expenses
$255,542
Net Income
-$40,375
Net Assets
$131,171
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $212,095
98.6%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $3,072
1.4%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $131,171
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $131,171
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Meghan Freebeck (President) $0 $0 $0
Robert Perry (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
Lydia Montagnese (Director) $0 $0 $0
Mike Dahn (Director) $0 $0 $0
Priya Kothari (Director) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 4, 2020

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$115,313
Expenses
$238,128
Net Income
-$122,815
Net Assets
$45,591
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $48,700
42.2%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $66,613
57.8%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $45,591
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $45,591
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Meghan Freebeck (President) $0 $0
Robert Perry (Vice President) $0 $0
Lydia Montagnese (Director) $0 $0
Mike Dahn (Director) $0 $0
Priya Kothari (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Oct. 21, 2019

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$229,084
Expenses
$126,542
Net Income
$102,542
Net Assets
$168,406
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $109,856
48.0%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $119,228
52.0%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $168,406
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $168,406
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Meghan Freeback (President) $0 $0 $0
Robert Perry (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
Charise Flynn (Coo) $0 $0 $0
Lydia Montagnese (Ceo) $0 $0 $0
Mike Dahn (Director) $0 $0 $0
Priya Kothari (Director) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Feb. 6, 2019

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$99,051
Expenses
$35,457
Net Income
$63,594
Net Assets
$65,864
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $99,051
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $65,864
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $65,864
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Meghan Freeback (President) $0 $0
Robert Perry (Vice President) $0 $0
Charise Flynn (Cfo) $0 $0
Lydia Montagnese (Director) $0 $0
Mike Dahn (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Dec. 13, 2017

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$10,227
Expenses
$7,957
Net Income
$2,270
Net Assets
$2,270
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $10,227
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $2,270
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $2,270
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Meghan Freeback (President) $0 $0
Robert Perry (Vice President) $0 $0
Charise Flynn (Cfo) $0 $0
Lydia Montagnese (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 1, 2016

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML
PDF (2 of 2)

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What Is This Data?

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

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