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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF NIS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$92,125
Total expenses
$96,542
Contributions and grants received
$92,306
Grants paid
$45,903
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4
Other revenue
-$185
Total assets, end of year
$215,459
Total liabilities, end of year
$65,892
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$149,567
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$80,829
Management and general expenses
$13,030
Fundraising expenses
$2,683
Program service expenses (Part III)
$80,829

Program services were 83.7% 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

    $41,651

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $50,655

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $4

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $31,527

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

    $41,651

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $31,712

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$185 · excluded -$185

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $44,903 · program services $44,903

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $30,352 · program services $30,352

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,322 · program services $2,322

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,386 · management and general $6,386

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,126 · management and general $2,126

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $763 · program services $763

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,159 · management and general $1,487 · fundraising $2,672

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $4,531 · program services $1,489 · management and general $3,031 · fundraising $11

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $186,448 · end of year $186,877

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $47,938 · end of year $0

  • 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 $2,769 · end of year $1,349

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,800 · end of year $27,233

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $51,568 · end of year $22,891

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $36,403 · end of year $42,735

  • 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 $266

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $99,730 · end of year $106,788

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $54,254 · end of year $42,779

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ADVANCE AND SUPPORT THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL (EIN 11-2428403) IN ITS PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL THERAPY AND OTHER SERVICES TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND TO AID, ASSIST AND COOPERATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO ASSIST CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE & SUPPORT THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL IN ITS PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL THERAPY & OTHER SERVICES TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

  • THE FRIENDS OF NIS WAS ESTABLISHED TO CONDUCT FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION OF ITS PARENT ORGANIZATION, THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL (EIN #11-2428403). THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOOL PROVIDES PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND SUPPORT TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

    Expenses $80,829 · Grants $45,903

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Walter Stockton

    SECRETARY & CEO

    Total calculated
    $780,164
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $704,027
    Other
    $76,137
    Hours/week
    0.03 + 39.97 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $613,450 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $20,996 related
    Other
    $0 + $69,581 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,827 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $45,310 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $780,164 related

  • Marybeth Lichtneger

    CFO/COO

    Total calculated
    $527,588
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $466,531
    Other
    $61,057
    Hours/week
    0.03 + 39.97 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $400,096 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,596 related
    Other
    $0 + $50,839 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $31,070 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $29,987 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $527,588 related

  • Dr Joseph Morris

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 3.75 related

  • Honorable Paul Pontieri

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 3.75 related

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

None.

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3:
KINEXION, INC., AN AFFILIATE OF THE REPORTING ORGANIZATION, PAID COMPENSATION TO THE REPORTING ORGANIZATION'S CEO, WALTER STOCKTON. KINEXION, INC. HAS ESTABLISHED THE COMPENSATION OF THE CEO USING: INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, FORM 990 TAX RETURNS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, COMPENSATION SURVEYS OR STUDY, AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. KINEXION, INC. HAS WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS IN PLACE FOR THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL, WHICH OUTLINES COMPENSATION INCLUDING ALL FORMS OF WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS. KINEXION, INC. USES AN OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT FIRM WITH EXPERTISE IN THE NOT-FOR PROFIT INDUSTRY TO PERFORM COMPENSATION ANALYSES OF THE EXECUTIVE POSITIONS. THE COMPENSATION ANALYSIS INCLUDES COMPENSATION SURVEYS OF COMPARABLE POSITIONS BASED UPON THE COMPENSATION AND FRINGE BENEFITS REPORTED ON THE 990 TAX RETURNS FOR COMPARABLE AGENCIES IN THE INDUSTRY. THE RESULTS OF THE COMPENSATION ANALYSIS ARE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHO REVIEW THE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION LEVELS AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE DUE DILIGENCE GUIDELINES AS OUTLINED IN IRC SEC 4958. THE BASIS FOR ITS DETERMINATION AND ALL DECISIONS MADE ARE CONTEMPORANEOUSLY DOCUMENTED IN MEETING MINUTES. THE ORGANIZATION REGULARLY COMMISSIONS AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION STUDY; THE LAST SURVEY WAS COMPLETED IN 2024.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • Kinexion LTC Pharmacy LLC

    n/a · Pharmacy · NY · 0% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

    Directly controlled by na

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Kinexion Medical Services PC

    C Corp · MEDICAL SERVICES · NY · 0% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

    Directly controlled by KINEXION INC

  • MARYHAVEN SCHOOL

    C corp · SCHOOL · NY · 0% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

    Directly controlled by MARYHAVENCTR

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541359349303104

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