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← SWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,407,530
Total expenses
$1,267,481
Contributions and grants received
$774,001
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$647,392
Investment income
$17,311
Other revenue
-$31,174
Total assets, end of year
$10,181,047
Total liabilities, end of year
$90,837
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,090,210
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,092,350
Management and general expenses
$93,970
Fundraising expenses
$81,161
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,092,350

Program services were 86.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $305,364

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $468,637

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $31,352

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENTAL (PROGRAMMATIC)

    total $627,064 · related or exempt $627,064

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FARM INCOME

    total $20,328 · related or exempt $20,328

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,311 · excluded $17,311

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $33,250

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

    $305,364

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $64,424

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$31,174 · excluded -$31,174

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $114,547 · program services $71,019 · management and general $16,037 · fundraising $27,491

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $167,882 · program services $133,893 · management and general $9,022 · fundraising $24,967

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $21,527 · program services $16,044 · management and general $1,816 · fundraising $3,667

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,715 · program services $13,413 · management and general $4,985 · fundraising $4,317

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,094 · program services $6,094

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,646 · management and general $39,646

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,050 · program services $14,231 · management and general $540 · fundraising $5,279

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $569 · fundraising $569

  • 17 · Travel

    total $366 · program services $240 · management and general $126

  • 20 · Interest

    total $95 · management and general $95

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $308,434 · program services $308,058 · management and general $376

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $40,447 · program services $40,447

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENSE

    total $158,347 · program services $158,347

  • 24b · Other expenses: PARTNER ORGANIZATION ST

    total $83,786 · program services $83,786

  • 24c · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $83,140 · program services $83,065 · management and general $75

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $70,343 · program services $70,343

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $129,493 · program services $93,370 · management and general $21,252 · fundraising $14,871

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,048,961 · end of year $724,402

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $113,025 · end of year $131,084

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,056 · end of year $1,100

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $310 · end of year $6,644

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $22,405 · end of year $2,119

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $12,045,952

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $3,012,151

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,607,580 · end of year $9,033,801

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $263,790 · end of year $281,497

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $2,016

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $400

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $60,814 · end of year $77,473

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $12,079 · end of year $2,564

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $42,842

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,050 · end of year $10,800

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,240,531 · end of year $10,029,838

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,691,827 · end of year $60,372

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROVIDE ADULTS WITH AUTISM, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL / DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, INNOVATIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED, LONG-TERM HOUSING THAT OFFERS INDIVIDUALS CHOICE AND CHALLENGES EACH INDIVIDUAL TO REACH HIS OR HER HIGHEST POTENTIAL, AS WELL AS TO ASSIST OTHER COMMUNITIES BUILD SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING NATIONWIDE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENCOURAGE ACTIVE RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR HOME, HOUSEHOLD, NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. PROVIDE ACCESS TO PRODUCTIVE ENRICHING CHOICES THAT SUPPORT A LIFE WITH PURPOSE. UTILIZE AUTISM-SPECIFIC DESIGN, WHICH ADDRESSES BOTH SAFETY AND SENSORY ISSUES. CREATE AND FOSTER A MODEL THAT CAN BE REPLICATED NATIONWIDE. OFFER THE POTENTIAL FOR LONGTERM RESIDENCY. ACCOMMODATE A BROAD FINANCIAL SPECTRUM.

  • SWEETWATER SPECTRUM IS A SECTION 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING AN INNOVATIVE, COMMUNITY BASED, LONG TERM HOUSING SOLUTION FOR ADULTS WITH AUTISM OR SIMILAR INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES THAT OFFERS INDIVIDUAL CHOICE AND CHALLENGES EACH INDIVIDUAL TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL. OUR FIRST SUCH COMMUNITY WAS OPENED IN THE TOWN OF SONOMA IN 2013 AND IS CURRENTLY AT FULL CAPACITY. THIS MODEL INCLUDES AN ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INTENDED TO FOSTER BOTH INDIVIDUAL CHOICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO PROVIDE A "LIFE WITH PURPOSE" FOR RESIDENTS. AS PART OF THIS COMMUNITY INTEGRATION EFFORT, WE ALSO OPERATE A ONE ACRE FARM, LOCATED RIGHT ON OUR CAMPUS, AND ONE WAY WE "GIVE BACK" TO OUR COMMUNITY IS BY DONATING SOME OF OUR PRODUCE TO THOSE IN NEED. A KEY PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO OTHERS SEEKING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE INCREASINGLY PRESSING NEED FOR LONG TERM HOUSING FOR THIS CHALLENGED POPULATION. IN 2023, SWEETWATER WILL BE BUILDING ADDITIONAL RESIDENCES ON CAMPUS, WHICH WILL EXPAND CAPACITY TO 20.

    Expenses $1,092,350 · Revenue $647,392

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Schoenbach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Patty Jackson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Cleveland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Eric Gullotta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Andy Pease

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Debbie Levy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Chris McAllister

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • John Gurney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Mortimer Hartwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Olivia Vain

    CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $92,408
    From this org
    $85,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,567
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kory Stradinger

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $56,757
    From this org
    $52,724
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,033
    Hours/week
    40

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
2022
Filed
8 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411299349304321

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