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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONNECTIONS WORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,965,200
Total expenses
$3,073,657
Contributions and grants received
$1,996,194
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$942,809
Investment income
$22,131
Other revenue
$4,066
Total assets, end of year
$1,573,960
Total liabilities, end of year
$528,997
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,044,963
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,661,498
Management and general expenses
$262,090
Fundraising expenses
$150,069
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,661,498

Program services were 86.6% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $544,992

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $26,500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,266,636

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $158,066

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,350

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COUNTY RELEASE & REENT

    total $819,821 · related or exempt $819,821

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICE CONTRA

    total $79,188 · related or exempt $79,188

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

    total $43,800 · related or exempt $43,800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,388 · excluded $21,388

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $9,753

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $9,753

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $9,753 · excluded $9,753

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $743

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $743

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $743 · excluded $743

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $10,010

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

    $26,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $15,697

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$5,687 · excluded -$5,687

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $239,794 · program services $166,033 · management and general $61,467 · fundraising $12,294

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,685,182 · program services $1,581,686 · management and general $19,246 · fundraising $84,250

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $19,931 · program services $18,159 · management and general $34 · fundraising $1,738

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $92,069 · program services $82,862 · management and general $1,959 · fundraising $7,248

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $145,231 · program services $132,160 · management and general $5,809 · fundraising $7,262

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,382 · management and general $34,382

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,385 · management and general $3,385

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $60,485 · management and general $60,485

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $42,864 · program services $6,858 · management and general $8,573 · fundraising $27,433

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $61,438 · program services $60,010 · management and general $264 · fundraising $1,164

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $128,114 · program services $123,247 · fundraising $4,867

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $123,664 · program services $101,404 · management and general $22,260

  • 17 · Travel

    total $41,139 · program services $39,240 · management and general $398 · fundraising $1,501

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,350 · program services $17,148 · management and general $1,037 · fundraising $165

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $42,936 · program services $39,072 · management and general $1,717 · fundraising $2,147

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,294 · program services $21,654 · management and general $2,640

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS

    total $132,069 · program services $132,069

  • 24b · Other expenses: REENTRY EXPENSES

    total $117,198 · program services $117,198

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $23,343 · management and general $23,343

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNITY OUTREACH

    total $22,698 · program services $22,698

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,091 · management and general $15,091

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $300 · end of year $1,764

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $534,352 · end of year $425,951

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $172,640 · end of year $185,331

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,375 · end of year $10,198

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,883 · end of year $10,760

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

    $304,456

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

    $186,504

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $142,322 · end of year $117,952

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $262,372 · end of year $335,834

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $595,498 · end of year $486,170

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $42,975 · end of year $53,121

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $588,448 · end of year $475,876

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $853,851 · end of year $925,894

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $229,468 · end of year $119,069

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CONNECTIONS WORK IMPROVES LIVES AND CREATES SAFER, MORE PROSPEROUS COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING SERVICES, SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION TO INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND TO THEIR FAMILIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES SERVICES, SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

  • 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 2023, CONNECTIONS WORK PROVIDED REENTRY SERVICES TO 1,773 RETURNING CITIZENS THROUGH OVER 10,555 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 $1,251,832 · Revenue $206,098

  • REBUILDING REENTRANTS AND READING (R3): CONNECTIONS WORK PARTNERS WITH THE READING MUHLENBERG CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER (RMCTC), THE BERKS CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER (BCTC), AND THE GOGGLEWORKS CENTER FOR THE ARTS TO PROVIDE THE THREE COMPONENTS OF THE TRAINING; CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT RMCTC AND BCTC, HANDS ON LEARNING IN THE WOODSHOP AT THE GOGGLEWORKS AND AN EMPLOYMENT FOCUSED COGNITIVE CURRICULUM DELIVERED BY CONNECTIONS WORK STAFF. IN 2023, 36 PARTICIPANTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE PROGRAM. GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM HAVE PROVEN HIGH LEVELS OF SUCCESS 82% ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AND 96% HAVE NOT RECIDIVATED.

    Expenses $565,889

  • 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 2023, CONNECTIONS WORK PROVIDED 1,756 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 $754,907 · Revenue $692,911

  • 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 2023, OUR VOLUNTEERS HELPED US SERVE 725 CHILDREN IN OUR HOLIDAY GIFT PROJECT, 812 CHILDREN WITH MOTHER'S/FATHER'S VOICE, AND ASSISTED OVER 350 JOB SEEKERS AT OUR RETURNING CITIZENS CAREER FAIRS.

    Expenses $88,870 · Revenue $43,800

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas Rentschler Esq

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Pinto CFRE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Spezialetti CFA CFP

    TREASURER THROUGH JUNE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexia Pursley

    SECRETARY THRU MAY, TREASURER AS OF JUNE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon Mast

    DIRECTOR; SECRETARY AS OF JUNE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abhi Amatya

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe O'Neill

    BOARD MEMBER AS OF FEBRUARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karissa Rodriguez Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yamil Sanchez Rivera EdD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeannie Savage

    BOARD MEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lawrence Snow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leonette Stocker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Terranova

    BOARD MEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ronald L Velez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nikki Schnovel

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $116,859
    From this org
    $114,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,389
    Hours/week
    40

  • Peggy Kershner

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,935
    From this org
    $114,653
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,282
    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
2023
Filed
30 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202401579349301620

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