Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$283,306

Total expenses

$280,996

Contributions and grants received

$144,960

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$17,718

Other revenue

$120,628

Total assets, end of year

$701,550

Total liabilities, end of year

$31,953

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$669,597

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$241,892

Management and general expenses

$39,104

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$241,892

Program services were 86.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2025

• Providing meaningful employment for people with cognitive disabilities.Students with disabilities tend to be well supported in our community. However, after the age of 22, adults with disabilities lose the valuable services associated with attending public school. While most typically developing adults move into a life of employment, 70% of adults with cognitive disabilities are unemployed or underemployed. At Kindness, we know that employment can be life changing for all adults but especially adults with disabilities. Meaningful employment can provide: A structure daily schedule, connection to peers, and a social network opportunities for learning and personal growth, a sense of purpose, connection to the typically developing community. The cafe employees have thrived at Kindness Cafe + Play. While each employee is unique, they have learned new skills and gained confidence that transfers beyond the coffee shop. Several have now trained to serve multiple capacities. For example, TW was hired as a barista but can also now serve as a cashier. NF was hired as a server but is now able to make drinks as a barista too. It is important to us that each staff person shares their goals with the directors and is consistantly seeking and meeting new challanges. The staff is proud to serve the community and works hard to create a joyful space for customers to gather. The employees are a social crew who enjoy being at the cafe together and also enjoy connecting outsie of work. Because we are located at the YMCA, several have become members and can be found swimming, working out, or playing basketball. Our staff is thrilled to be a part of Team Kindness and they express that gratitude frequently. In addition to receiving a paycheck every two weeks, there is no doubt that they have all benefited from the structure, social connection, opportunities for growth, sense of purpose, and connection to the greater community that Kindness provides. While the stated mission of Kindness is to provide meaningful employment, at Kindness we also strive to have positive impact on our customers and larger Kindness community. Through our interactions at the cafe as well as email and social media communications, we are encouraging our community to be more purposeful in thought and action and (of course) share kindness with friends and strangers alike. We hope to challange people's perceptions about adults with cognitive disabilities and encourage more meaningful interactions between adults with and without disabilities. This is slow, generational work but we are confident that people with diabilities can influence the typically developing community in important ways- A reminder to slow down, live in the present moment, and prioritize relationships. We are proud of the work our staff has done at Kindness and we look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead.

  Expenses $241,892 · Revenue $120,628

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

8 March 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202610699349300706

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