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← EASTER SEALS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by EASTER SEALS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$622,282,926
Total expenses
$619,963,327
Contributions and grants received
$31,578,976
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$587,954,840
Investment income
$3,047,727
Other revenue
-$298,617
Total assets, end of year
$238,960,760
Total liabilities, end of year
$80,417,186
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$158,543,574
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$530,504,957
Management and general expenses
$88,304,996
Fundraising expenses
$1,153,374
Program service expenses (Part III)
$530,504,957

Program services were 85.6% 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

    $250,145

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $28,944,681

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,384,150

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,257

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $587,744,263 · related or exempt $587,744,263

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MISC PROGRAM INCOME

    total $210,577 · related or exempt $210,577

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,047,727 · excluded $3,047,727

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $26,626

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $54,815

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$28,189

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$28,189 · excluded -$28,189

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $250,145

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $306,339

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$306,339 · excluded -$306,339

  • 11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE DIVIDEND

    total $35,911 · excluded $35,911

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $35,911

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,010,528 · management and general $2,010,528

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $189,664,391 · program services $130,012,162 · management and general $58,997,694 · fundraising $654,535

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,849,655 · program services $5,429,287 · management and general $2,391,651 · fundraising $28,717

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,845,445 · program services $16,908,059 · management and general $1,868,334 · fundraising $69,052

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,694,961 · program services $9,900,420 · management and general $3,771,450 · fundraising $23,091

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,376,628 · management and general $1,376,628

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $206,300 · management and general $206,300

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $104,000 · fundraising $104,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $34,109 · management and general $34,109

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $316,958,455 · program services $310,721,986 · management and general $6,147,998 · fundraising $88,471

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,416,277 · program services $9,338,257 · management and general $34,592 · fundraising $43,428

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,156,100 · program services $1,920,827 · management and general $230,770 · fundraising $4,503

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,404,395 · program services $10,076,683 · management and general $2,296,973 · fundraising $30,739

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,372,031 · program services $7,633,442 · management and general $738,525 · fundraising $64

  • 17 · Travel

    total $734,407 · program services $499,649 · management and general $234,758

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,101,609 · program services $749,473 · management and general $352,136

  • 20 · Interest

    total $70,485 · program services $18,270 · management and general $52,215

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $350,000 · management and general $350,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,677,589 · program services $3,061,355 · management and general $604,904 · fundraising $11,330

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,584,663 · program services $4,399,204 · management and general $1,163,980 · fundraising $21,479

  • 24a · Other expenses: TEMPORARY HELP

    total $4,925,967 · program services $2,352,251 · management and general $2,533,747 · fundraising $39,969

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $4,924,532 · program services $4,530,869 · management and general $389,805 · fundraising $3,858

  • 24c · Other expenses: CLIENT TRAVEL AND MILEA

    total $3,598,381 · program services $3,268,665 · management and general $313,133 · fundraising $16,583

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $3,597,454 · program services $3,597,454

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,304,965 · program services $6,086,644 · management and general $2,204,766 · fundraising $13,555

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $21,379,592 · end of year $25,117,046

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $37,493,670 · end of year $30,848,884

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $31,825,899 · end of year $39,812,260

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,475,934 · end of year $3,524,609

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

    $123,768,803

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

    $31,191,000

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $83,779,623 · end of year $92,577,803

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $32,013,011 · end of year $37,367,648

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $381,750 · end of year $305,400

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,029,459 · end of year $9,407,110

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $46,826,290 · end of year $57,484,317

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $11,398,964 · end of year $12,176,329

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $396,022 · end of year $200,955

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,060,738 · end of year $10,555,585

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $151,671,424 · end of year $158,543,574

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,500 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

EASTER SEALS IS LEADING THE WAY TO FULL DISABILITY INCLUSION AND ACCESS THROUGH LIFE-CHANGING SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, EASTER SEALS HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH ITS PARTNERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE AND EXPAND LOCAL ACCESS (CONT. ON SCH. O) TO COMMUNITY, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.EASTER SEALS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND ON-THE-GROUND SUPPORT TO MORE THAN 29,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR - FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES FOR THE CRITICAL FIRST FIVE YEARS, TO AUTISM SERVICES, DAILY AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES FOR ADULTS, AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. EASTER SEALS PUBLIC EDUCATION, POLICY AND ADVOCACY INITIATIVES POSITIVELY SHAPE PERCEPTIONS AND ADDRESS THE URGENT AND EVOLVING NEEDS OF THE ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES TODAY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EASTER SEALS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ESSC) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT TRANSFORMS (CONT. ON SCH. O) LIVES EVERY DAY. FOR OVER A CENTURY, EASTER SEALS HAS CHAMPIONED INCLUSION AND INDEPENDENCE. ESSC PROVIDES A BROAD RANGE OF ESSENTIAL AND LIFE-CHANGING SERVICES THAT SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHER COMPLEX NEEDS, AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES, THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AUTISM SERVICES, ADULT AND SENIOR SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT, INDEPENDENT LIVING AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION PROGRAMS, EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT. THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, ESSC HELPS INDIVIDUALS ACHIEVE GREATER INDEPENDENCE, INCLUSION, AND QUALITY OF LIFE WHILE STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES.

  • EASTER SEALS SOUTHERN CA PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF ESSENTIAL AND LIVE-CHANGING SERVICES THAT SUPPORT CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR PERSONAL GOALS, LIVE INDEPENDENTLY, AND TO BE FULLY INCLUDED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AT WORK, AT SCHOOL AND AT HOME. AUTISM THERAPY SERVICES: AUTISM THERAPY SERVICES HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND RELATED DISABILITIES BUILD THE COMMUNICATION, BEHAVIORAL, SOCIAL, AND DAILY LIVING SKILLS NEEDED TO INCREASE INDEPENDENCE, STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS, AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SCHOOL, HOME, WORK, AND COMMUNITY LIFE. THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED ABA THERAPY, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL(CONT. ON SCH. O) THERAPY, AND SOCIAL SKILLS SUPPORT, INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE PERSONALIZED SERVICES THAT HELP THEM REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND IMPROVE THEIR OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE.CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES: CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HELP CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE FIVE BUILD THE EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS THEY NEED TO ENTER KINDERGARTEN READY TO LEARN AND SUCCEED IN SCHOOL. AT THE SAME TIME, SERVICES STRENGTHEN FAMILY STABILITY BY CONNECTING PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES, INCLUDING FOOD ASSISTANCE, EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT, AND HOUSING SERVICES, HELPING CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR A CHILD'S LONG-TERM SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING.ADULT AND SENIOR DAY SERVICES: ADULT DAY SERVICES EMPOWER ADULTS TO REMAIN ACTIVE, CONNECTED, AND ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERISM, SKILL BUILDING, SOCIAL INTERACTION, VIRTUAL LEARNING, AND PERSONALIZED SUPPORT, PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP GREATER INDEPENDENCE, PURPOSE, CONFIDENCE, AND OVERALL WELL-BEING WHILE REDUCING ISOLATION AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY INCLUSION. OPPORTUNITIES FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT ARE ALSO OFFERED. SENIOR DAY SERVICES PROVIDE WEEKDAY ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL INTERACTION, AND PERSONAL CARE FOR SENIORS WITH MEMORY LOSS OR DISABILITIES. DESIGNED FOR FAMILIES CARING FOR AN ELDERLY PARENT, SPOUSE, OR RELATIVE, THE SERVICE PROVIDES CAREGIVERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO REST, RECHARGE, OR FOCUS ON PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE DAY. LIVING OPTIONS: LIVING OPTIONS HELPS PEOPLE LIVE SUCCESSFULLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES OR WITH THEIR FAMILY, BY ENABLING GREATER INDEPENDENCE IN THEIR LIFE AND COMMUNITY, WHILE REDUCING RELIANCE ON INSTITUTIONAL CARE. THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT IS TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL NEED, FROM 24/7 TO MINIMAL. ADDITIONALLY, A COORDINATED FAMILY SERVICE OPTION GUIDES FAMILIES THROUGH COMPLEX CARE JOURNEYS WITH PERSONALIZED PLANNING, ADVOCACY, AND RESOURCE NAVIGATION FOR FAMILIES CARING FOR A LOVED ONE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THIS COORDINATION HELPS FAMILIES MAINTAIN STABILITY AND WELL-BEING WHILE BUILDING SUSTAINABLE CARE PLANS.EMPLOYMENT SERVICES: EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROVIDE PERSONALIZED, ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES FIND AND RETAIN MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT. INDIVIDUALS BUILD SKILLS, EARN INCOME, CONTRIBUTE THEIR TALENTS, AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH SUCCESSFUL, LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT, ULTIMATELY ACHIEVING GREATER INDEPENDENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

    Expenses $530,504,957 · Revenue $587,954,840

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

Listed in Part VII

  • MARK BERTRAND

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LYNELL DAVIS

    FIRST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARIA SERRARO

    SECOND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • HANS GETTY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MIKE MURTAUGH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DOUG CHANG

    MEMBER (THRU 01/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JEROME CORE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANDRE FILIP

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MELISSA HOFFMAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • AMBER HOWARD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MICHAEL IBRAHIM

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PAUL KOTT

    MEMBER (THRU 01/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARILYN LINDHEIM

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SONIA MOLDOVAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • NIC NOVICKI

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BECKY PORTER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ARTHUR SOUTHAM

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CLAUDIA VILLAMIZAR

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CHAD WATSON

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARK WHITLEY

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $792,478
    From this org
    $734,276
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,202
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $731,276
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,062
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,140
    Filer's total
    $792,478

  • BEVERLYN MENDEZ

    COO

    Total calculated
    $665,744
    From this org
    $590,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,284
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $527,460
    Bonus
    $63,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,865
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,419
    Filer's total
    $665,744

  • SUSAN BERGLUND

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $590,753
    From this org
    $537,186
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,567
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $484,186
    Bonus
    $53,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,427
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,140
    Filer's total
    $590,753

  • PAULA POMPA CRAVEN

    CCO

    Total calculated
    $568,948
    From this org
    $518,698
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,250
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $465,698
    Bonus
    $53,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,000
    Filer's total
    $568,948

  • DEBORAH NIX

    CPO

    Total calculated
    $449,306
    From this org
    $392,828
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,478
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $354,828
    Bonus
    $38,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,793
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,685
    Filer's total
    $449,306

  • NANCY WEINTRAUB

    CAO

    Total calculated
    $557,016
    From this org
    $490,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,476
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $437,540
    Bonus
    $53,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,197
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,279
    Filer's total
    $557,016

  • JENNIE MYRHA

    VP BEHAVIORAL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $459,055
    From this org
    $384,998
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,057
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $325,498
    Bonus
    $59,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,638
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,419
    Filer's total
    $459,055

  • KIMBERLY COHN

    CMCO

    Total calculated
    $436,804
    From this org
    $392,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,487
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $345,947
    Bonus
    $46,370
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,347
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,140
    Filer's total
    $436,804

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE CEO'S COMPENSATION AGREEMENT INCLUDES $3,000 TRAVEL FOR COMPANION AND IS INCLUDED IN TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 7
CEO'S BONUS IS DETERMINED BY THE CEO COMPENSATION COMMITTEE WHICH MEETS ANNUALLY. THE COMMITTEE USES DATA SUPPLIED BY AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT. THE ANALYSIS PROVIDED BY THE CONSULTANT INCLUDES SALARIES OF COMPENSATION PAID TO CEO'S OF COMPARABLY-SIZED NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BONUS PROCEDURES FOR OTHER OFFICERS AND HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES ARE DETERMINED BASED ON RESEARCH BY THE ORGANIZATION'S HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE BONUSES PAID TO LIKE POSITIONS AT COMPARABLY-SIZED ORGANIZATIONS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
25 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622379349300102

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