Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,233,889
- Total expenses
- $3,141,858
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,229,495
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $953,410
- Investment income
- $44,844
- Other revenue
- $6,140
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,613,486
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $445,123
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,168,363
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,771,754
- Management and general expenses
- $256,325
- Fundraising expenses
- $113,779
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,771,754
Program services were 88.2% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$630,151
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1c · Fundraising events
$24,000
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,465,513
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$109,831
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$10,121
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2a · Program service revenue: COUNTY RELEASE & REENT
total $837,205 · related or exempt $837,205
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2b · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICE CONTRA
total $63,405 · related or exempt $63,405
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2c · Program service revenue: PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
total $52,800 · related or exempt $52,800
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3 · Investment income
total $36,599 · excluded $36,599
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6a · Gross rents
real property $13,020
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $13,020
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $13,020 · excluded $13,020
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $8,245
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $8,245
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $8,245 · excluded $8,245
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$9,900
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$24,000
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$16,780
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$6,880 · excluded -$6,880
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $254,194 · program services $176,920 · management and general $64,313 · fundraising $12,961
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,764,961 · program services $1,671,402 · management and general $20,261 · fundraising $73,298
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $19,775 · program services $19,592 · fundraising $183
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $99,488 · program services $94,573 · management and general $3,154 · fundraising $1,761
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $159,685 · program services $146,223 · management and general $6,643 · fundraising $6,819
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $33,747 · management and general $33,747
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $4,180 · management and general $4,180
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11g · Fees: other
total $25,070 · management and general $25,070
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $27,079 · program services $10,504 · management and general $5,543 · fundraising $11,032
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13 · Office expenses
total $57,235 · program services $56,062 · management and general $264 · fundraising $909
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14 · Information technology
total $107,687 · program services $101,500 · management and general $3,083 · fundraising $3,104
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16 · Occupancy
total $123,677 · program services $101,415 · management and general $22,262
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17 · Travel
total $45,967 · program services $43,089 · management and general $1,693 · fundraising $1,185
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $10,080 · program services $5,958 · management and general $3,151 · fundraising $971
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $37,646 · program services $34,544 · management and general $1,546 · fundraising $1,556
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23 · Insurance
total $21,309 · program services $18,685 · management and general $2,624
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24a · Other expenses: R3 STIPEND AND CONTRACT
total $170,208 · program services $170,208
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24b · Other expenses: REENTRY EXPENSES
total $112,230 · program services $112,230
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24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
total $38,099 · management and general $38,099
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24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $20,692 · management and general $20,692
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24e · All other expenses
total $8,849 · program services $8,849
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,764 · end of year $2,000
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $425,951 · end of year $447,134
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $185,331 · end of year $259,293
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $10,198 · end of year $30,660
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $10,760 · end of year $13,959
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$317,931
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$205,946
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $117,952 · end of year $111,985
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $335,834 · end of year $392,288
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $486,170 · end of year $356,167
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $53,121 · end of year $56,230
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $43,450
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $475,876 · end of year $345,443
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $925,894 · end of year $1,022,351
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $119,069 · end of year $146,012
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
CONNECTIONS WORK CHANGES LIVES AND IMPROVES COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND SUPPORTS TO INDIVIDUALS SEEKING PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PROVIDES SERVICES, SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
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REENTRY SERVICES: CONNECTIONS WORK PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO RETURNING CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THEIR SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FROM JAIL OR PRISON TO THE BERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY, AND FOR THOSE WITH PAST SYSTEM JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT. REENTRY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BOTH PRE-AND POST-RELEASE AND INCLUDE: CASE MANAGEMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, MENTORING, FINANCIAL LITERACY, FAMILY REUNIFICATION, AND ASSISTANCE SECURING BASIC NEEDS. ADDITIONALLY, CONNECTIONS WORK WORKS TO EDUCATE EMPLOYERS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF HIRING RETURNING CITIZENS AND PROVIDES ONGOING EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT. IN 2024, CONNECTIONS WORK PROVIDED REENTRY SERVICES TO 1,899 RETURNING CITIZENS THROUGH OVER 10,400 CONTACTS WITH PROGRAM CASE MANAGERS. CONNECTIONS WORK ALSO SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL HUB FOR THE PARDON PROJECT OF BERKS COUNTY, A PROGRAM THAT SEEKS TO NOT ONLY RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PARDON PROCESS, BUT ALSO TO MATCH TRAINED VOLUNTEER PARDON COACHES WITH APPLICANTS SEEKING A PARDON TO ASSIST THEM IN COMPLETING THEIR PARDON APPLICATIONS, GIVING THEM A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF OBTAINING A PARDON.
Expenses $1,307,484 · Revenue $194,122
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REBUILDING REENTRANTS AND READING (R3): CONNECTIONS WORK PARTNERS WITH THE READING MUHLENBERG CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER (RMCTC) AND THE GOGGLEWORKS CENTER FOR THE ARTS TO PROVIDE THE THREE COMPONENTS OF THE TRAINING; CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT RMCTC, HANDS ON LEARNING IN THE WOODSHOP AND WELDING STUDIO AT THE GOGGLEWORKS AND AN EMPLOYMENT FOCUSED COGNITIVE CURRICULUM DELIVERED BY CONNECTIONS WORK STAFF. IN 2024, 34 PARTICIPANTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE PROGRAM. GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM HAVE PROVEN HIGH LEVELS OF SUCCESS - 63% ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AND 96% HAVE NOT RECIDIVATED.
Expenses $605,748
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PRETRIAL/DIVERSION: PRETRIAL OFFICERS CONDUCT POST-ARREST INTERVIEWS AND ASSESSMENTS OF CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS AND FURNISH THE VERIFIED ASSESSMENTS TO THE JUDICIARY, EITHER PRIOR TO BAIL BEING SET OR AT THE PRELIMINARY HEARING. CONNECTIONS WORK ALSO ASSISTS WITH JAIL POPULATION MANAGEMENT BY MONITORING THE PRETRIAL POPULATION AND PROVIDING ASSESSMENTS TO THE COURT FOR DEFENDANTS WHO ARE DEEMED LOW RISK AND ARE ONLY INCARCERATED DUE TO THEIR INABILITY TO PAY MONETARY BAIL. IN 2024, CONNECTIONS WORK PROVIDED 1,316 DEFENDANT ASSESSMENTS TO THE COURTS. CONNECTIONS WORK ALSO PROVIDES SUPERVISED RELEASE FOR CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE REMAIN IN JAIL UNTIL THE FINAL DISPOSITION OF THEIR CASE. CONNECTIONS WORK ALSO OVERSEES THE FORENSIC DIVERSION PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ACT AS A LIAISON BETWEEN VARIOUS CRIMINAL JUSTICE ENTITIES TO DECREASE THE INCARCERATION RATE OF NON-VIOLENT MENTALLY ILL DEFENDANTS, WHILE ENSURING COMMUNITY SAFETY.
Expenses $795,350 · Revenue $706,488
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH: THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM (COT) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THREE AREAS: 1. VOLUNTEERS: THE TEAM MANAGES THE RECRUITMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF ALL AGENCY VOLUNTEERS THAT SUPPORT OUR VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND REENTRY INITIATIVES, INCLUDING OUR FAMILY CONNECTIONS EVENTS, HOLIDAY GIFT PROJECT, MOTHER'S/FATHER'S VOICE PROGRAM, RETURNING CITIZENS CAREER FAIRS, AND MOCK INTERVIEWING. 2. MARKETING: THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT AND PRODUCTION OF OUR AGENCY'S MARKETING MATERIAL INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, NEWSLETTERS, AND APPEALS. 3. EVENTS: THE TEAM OVERSEES CONNECTIONS WORK EVENTS AND INITIATIVES INCLUDING THE ANNUAL AWARDS BREAKFAST, TWO CAREER FAIRS, FRIENDS OF CONNECTIONS WORK SOCIAL, RAFFLES, AND OUTSIDE AGENCY SPONSORED EVENTS. IN 2024, OUR VOLUNTEERS HELPED US SERVE JUST UNDER 300 CHILDREN IN OUR HOLIDAY GIFT PROJECT, 775 CHILDREN WITH MOTHER'S/FATHER'S VOICE, AND ASSISTED OVER 450 JOB SEEKERS AT OUR RETURNING CITIZENS CAREER FAIRS.
Expenses $63,172 · Revenue $52,800
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Thomas Rentschler EsqTHOMAS RENTSCHLER ESQ
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Brian Pinto CFREBRIAN PINTO CFRE
VICE PRESIDENT THRU JUNE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alexia PursleyALEXIA PURSLEY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sharon MastSHARON MAST
SECRETARY THRU SEPTEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Abhi AmatyaABHI AMATYA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joe O'NeillJOE O'NEILL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Karissa Rodriguez EsqKARISSA RODRIGUEZ ESQ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lawrence SnowLAWRENCE SNOW
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leonette StockerLEONETTE STOCKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ronald L VelezRONALD L VELEZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Yamil Sanchez Rivera EdDYAMIL SANCHEZ RIVERA EDD
BOARD MEMBER THRU DECEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nikki SchnovelNIKKI SCHNOVEL
CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $124,577
- From this org
- $122,134
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,443
- Hours/week
- 40
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Peggy KershnerPEGGY KERSHNER
CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $129,617
- From this org
- $127,055
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,562
- 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
- 2024
- Filed
- 27 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202521609349300602
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