← HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP.

Totals

Total revenue: $181,328
Total expenses: $62,753
Contributions and grants received: $157,989
Grants paid: $60,888
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $23,302
Other revenue: $37
Total assets, end of year: $550,990
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $550,990
Program services expenses (Part IX): $60,888
Management and general expenses: $1,865
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $60,888

Program services were 97.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1a · Federated campaigns

$397
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$14,283
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$143,309
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
3 · Investment income

total $23,302 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $23,302
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6a · Gross rents

real property $0 · personal property $0
6b · Less rental expenses

real property $0 · personal property $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $0 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $0 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$14,283
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$0
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $0 · unrelated business $0
9a · Gaming: gross income

$0
9b · Gaming: direct expenses

$0
9c · Net income from gaming

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$220
10b · Cost of goods sold

$183
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $37 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $37 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $60,888 · program services $60,888
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $0 · program services $0
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0 · program services $0
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
9 · Other employee benefits

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
10 · Payroll taxes

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11a · Fees: management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11b · Fees: legal

total $623 · program services $0 · management and general $623 · fundraising $0
11c · Fees: accounting

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $0 · fundraising $0
11f · Fees: investment management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11g · Fees: other

total $80 · program services $0 · management and general $80 · fundraising $0
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
13 · Office expenses

total $355 · program services $0 · management and general $355 · fundraising $0
14 · Information technology

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
15 · Royalties

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
16 · Occupancy

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
17 · Travel

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
20 · Interest

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
21 · Payments to affiliates

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
23 · Insurance

total $807 · program services $0 · management and general $807 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $27,876 · end of year $23,149
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $404,539 · end of year $527,841
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

beginning of year $432,415 · end of year $550,990

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

HAAPE is an all-volunteer foundation, organized to provide adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) the opportunity to receive specialized training and other support that allow them to lead a more productive and self-satisfying life. The mission of HAAPE is to create autism workforce ecosystems focused on training and education that empower autistic individuals to obtain meaningful and sustainable careers. Through targeted outreach programs, we are creating inclusive (autism-friendly) communities, businesses and other organizations that facilitate the employment of people diagnosed with ASD. Our social licensing programs are designed to expand our programs/services and geographic reach throughout the United States.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HAAPE is an all-volunteer foundation, organized to provide adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) the opportunity to receive specialized training and other support that allow them to lead a more productive and self-satisfying life. The mission of HAAPE is to create autism workforce ecosystems focused on training and education that empower autistic individuals to find meaningful and sustainable career employment. Through targeted outreach programs, we are creating inclusive (autism-friendly) communities, businesses and other organizations that facilitate the employment of people diagnosed with ASD. Our social licensing programs are designed to expand our programs/services and geographic reach throughout the United States.

Aspiritech: Aspiritech is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit business that provides website software testing, quality assurance, data analysis and other information technology-related services to organizations and businesses in the competitive marketplace. As these tasks are time-consuming and repetitive, Aspiritech was founded upon the premise that autistic adults are specifically suited for this kind of work. Accordingly, more than 90% of its current 100 employees, are on the autism spectrum. Such workers exhibit a significant aptitude for working alone, maintaining full concentration and paying particular attention to detail. To sustain its growth and ability to offer suitable career employment to as many qualified autistic adults as possible, HAAPE is collaborating with Aspiritech to provide a comprehensive 6-week virtual academy that provides an online training program to introduce software testing to prospective candidates. Each training session is usually oversubscribed with approximately 10 applicants for each available position. Upon completion of the program, about 90% of the graduates find employment with either Aspiritech or outside companies. Aspiritech also hopes to expand its virtual training sessions to include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and accessibility testing and compliance.

Expenses $20,000
Computerized Numeric Control (CNC): The "Uniquely Abled Project" (UAP) has created a program that focuses on training men and women with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to become CNC machine operators. CNC operators are currently in great demand over a broad range of industries, especially in manufacturing. Together with the UAP, HAAPE is working with several colleges and other teaching institutions to establish the HAAPE-Uniquely Abled Academy to train qualified ASD adults to operate this equipment. HAAPE has chosen Broward College as our first recipient of a CNC license during FY 2022. For FY 2023, we have added two more licenses to teach CNC at Palm Beach State College and AmSkills, Inc. -- and we are committed to grant several more CNC licenses to approved colleges and universities within the next two years. To date, nearly 100% of the graduates who have taken the CNC training course have received career employment opportunities from qualified, autism-friendly companies.

Expenses $20,000
Community Outreach/Education: HAAPE is changing the paradigm that autism is a deficiency -- to a better understanding about the strengths that autistic adults often exhibit in the workplace. Such adults are likely to demonstrate intrinsic unique and special abilities that provide high value to employers and the community at large. They are loyal, extremely productive, pay attention to detail and can successfully work with little or no supervision. They often offer "out-of-the-box business solutions that others would never have thought of. To alleviate the concerns that prospective employers might share, HAAPE is educating the community on the economic and business value of our mission -- to convince organizations to employ adults with ASD. We are currently developing a new website that will provide information supporting our mission and allow prospective businesses offering positions and qualified candidates looking for career employment to learn about opportunities and register with our database. Utilizing our Social Return on Investment (SROI) model and social licensing, we have been able to establish and illustrate huge economic savings and benefits for employing autistic adults. For every autistic adult hired, the societal cost for supporting such adults drops significantly and the Department of Labor's derived "multiplier effect" increases societal savings even more for each autistic adult hired. To further achieve this goal, we have established new HAAPE chapters and affiliates throughout the United States, have attended and exhibited at various meetings and conventions, and have utilized social media, webinars, our website and on-site meetings with key stakeholders to spread our message. HAAPE continues to develop unique strategies for training and employing adults with ASD. We do not operate and execute these ideas, but leave the execution of our programs up to our partners and collaborators.

Expenses $14,000
In addition to the programs described above, HAAPE offers other options that are designed to train and employ autistic adults. These offer other opportunities that are expressly geared to take advantage of the unique strengths exhibited by our candidates. These programs include (1) drone piloting, (2) supply chain and logistics certification, (3) avionics equipment repair certification and (4) workplace development. The first three require significant formal training -- for example -- an FAA Part 107 License for piloting a drone, and course certification for supply chain management and avionics equipment repair. These training courses teach specialized skills that are directly transferable to business applications. Drone piloting has been found to be extremely useful and cost effective for investigating hard-to-reach areas such as rooftops and areas with little or no direct access. Supply chain management has gained popularity because of the significant disruptions caused by Covid that impacted retail and wholesale outlets and the economy throughout the country. Our program for avionics repair was greatly hindered by Covid, but businesses supporting the aviation industry are just now getting back to normal. We hope to have more candidates enter the program in the near future -- where good paying jobs are now back in demand. Workplace development provides a means to help trained autistic adults find appropriate career employment with companies that are properly situated to meet the individual prerequisite requirements for maintaining an autistic-friendly work environment. We cannot understate the importance of our workplace development program. If our graduates cannot be comfortable working, then none of our programs could ever be successful.

Expenses $6,888

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Lawrence Rothman

Chief Executive Officer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

30
Connie Alden

President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

20
Richard Bentley

Chief Financial Officer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

20
Maria Jacobo

Vice President Marketing/Fundraising

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

20
James Foley

Vice President Business Development/Growth

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

12
Barbara Slutsky

Executive Board Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

15
Dean Wood

Board Member/Workforce Development

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Harvey Gaffen

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Hernan Millan

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Robert Rubinstein

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lawrence Fung

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mikel Briggs

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Pam Kipsimalis

Chief Legal Counsel

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Bonny Gaffen

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Margaret Brown

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ivan Rosenberg

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Danny Combs

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Andrew Begel

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dan Thorpe

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tara May

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

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

Aspiritech Att Tara May

$20,000

The $20,000 grant pays for a 6-week virtual training program at North Carolina State University taught by Aspiritech Academy personnel. This course is open to qualified students diagnosed with ASD who must first apply and then be accepted into the program. The course curriculum includes software testing and data analysis and prepares the students to enter the workforce. Follow up includes finding internships and/or full-time career employment for all graduates of the program.
Uniquely Abled Project

$20,000

The two $10,000 grants pay for the license fees from the Uniquely Abled Project to teach a 6-week in-person training program at (1) Palm Beach State College and (2) the AmSkills, Inc. Training Center in Tampa, FL. These programs are designed to teach qualified adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder the fundamentals to become a Computer Network Control (CNC) machine operator. Follow up includes finding full-time career employment for all graduates of the program.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 31 July 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.0
Source object: 202432359349301858

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