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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN.

Totals

Total revenue
$39,801,501
Total expenses
$37,910,857
Contributions and grants received
$8,953,617
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$29,251,748
Investment income
$533,664
Other revenue
$1,062,472
Total assets, end of year
$32,152,364
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,714,382
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,437,982
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$34,003,140
Management and general expenses
$3,699,841
Fundraising expenses
$207,876
Program service expenses (Part III)
$34,003,140

Program services were 89.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,300

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $181,510

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,307,735

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $460,072

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEDICAID

    total $27,498,506 · related or exempt $27,498,506

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SSI REVENUE

    total $1,422,269 · related or exempt $1,422,269

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FOOD STAMPS

    total $292,032 · related or exempt $292,032

  • 2d · Program service revenue: RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

    total $20,116 · related or exempt $20,116

  • 2e · Program service revenue: CLOTHING

    total $18,825 · related or exempt $18,825

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $458,700 · excluded $458,700

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,671,048

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

    securities $2,596,084

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $74,964

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $74,964 · excluded $74,964

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $56,910

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

    $181,510

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $107,393

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$50,483 · excluded -$50,483

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $29,453

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $7,488

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $21,965 · excluded $21,965

  • 11a · Other revenue: REFUNDS

    total $592,378 · excluded $592,378

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $498,612 · excluded $498,612

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,090,990

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $649,986 · program services $593,302 · management and general $52,163 · fundraising $4,521

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $55,322 · program services $50,498 · management and general $4,440 · fundraising $384

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $23,248,313 · program services $21,220,867 · management and general $1,865,757 · fundraising $161,689

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,172,459 · program services $941,937 · management and general $216,570 · fundraising $13,952

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,689,412 · program services $1,456,219 · management and general $219,623 · fundraising $13,570

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,245,807 · program services $2,026,698 · management and general $205,860 · fundraising $13,249

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,832 · management and general $20,832

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $225,666 · program services $4,760 · management and general $220,906

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $77,000 · management and general $77,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,231,799 · program services $1,131,470 · management and general $100,329

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $800 · program services $300 · management and general $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $958,994 · program services $817,403 · management and general $141,591

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $101,173 · program services $101,013 · management and general $160

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,641,784 · program services $1,506,886 · management and general $134,898

  • 17 · Travel

    total $154,233 · program services $134,812 · management and general $19,421

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,637 · program services $12,262 · management and general $5,375

  • 20 · Interest

    total $23,683 · program services $1,361 · management and general $22,322

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $429,262 · program services $329,723 · management and general $99,539

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $504,210 · program services $429,034 · management and general $75,176

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

    total $1,603,983 · program services $1,419,625 · management and general $183,847 · fundraising $511

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD & CLOTHING

    total $1,129,769 · program services $1,112,175 · management and general $17,594

  • 24c · Other expenses: ASSESSMENT FEES

    total $453,360 · program services $453,360

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEDICAL AND CLINIC SUPP

    total $248,581 · program services $243,883 · management and general $4,698

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,792 · program services $15,552 · management and general $11,240

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $822,099 · end of year $1,736,309

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,881,879 · end of year $4,288,518

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,269,664 · end of year $4,954,533

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $146,887 · end of year $156,305

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

    $17,218,103

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

    $12,963,743

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,073,908 · end of year $4,254,360

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,505,327 · end of year $14,124,301

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,818,726 · end of year $2,638,038

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,148,872 · end of year $5,144,793

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $789,614 · end of year $359,159

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $322,869 · end of year $307,074

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,152,668 · end of year $1,073,457

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,404,597 · end of year $4,829,899

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,699,870 · end of year $20,437,982

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE GUILD'S AND ITS AFFILIATES' MISSION IS TO HELP EACH INDIVIDUAL REACH HIS OR HER MAXIMUM POTENTIAL AND TO HELP FAMILIES COPE WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARING FOR A DISABLED FAMILY MEMBER AT HOME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE GUILD'S AND ITS AFFILIATES' MISSION IS TO HELP EACH INDIVIDUAL WITH I/DD REACH HIS OR HER MAXIMUM POTENTIAL AND TO HELP FAMILIES COPE WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARING FOR A DISABLED FAMILY MEMBER AT HOME.

  • RESIDENTIAL SERVICES: THE GEC RESIDENCE SERVICES PROGRAM INCLUDES 20 HOMES LOCATED IN THE BAY RIDGE/DYKER HEIGHTS SECTION OF BROOKLYN, NY. THE GEC RESIDENTIAL DIVISION CONSISTS OF FOUR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES (40 CERTIFIED ICF BEDS) SERVING 40 INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD AND TWELVE SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL ALTERNATIVES (75 CERTIFIED IRA BEDS) SERVING 75 INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD WHICH ALL PROVIDE 24/7 CARE AND STAFFING TO ENSURE OPTIMAL CARE IS GIVEN. IN ADDITION, GEC PROVIDES SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN ITS THREE SUPPORTIVE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL ALTERNATIVES (8 CERTIFIED APARTMENT IRA BEDS) SERVING 8 INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD. GEC RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS OFFER A VARIETY OF THERAPEUTIC, MEDICAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES TAILORED TO MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THOSE RESIDING IN THE HOMES. PERSON CENTERED PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICES ARE STRESSED AND VITAL TO THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF EACH PROGRAM.

    Expenses $20,739,461 · Revenue $14,247,635

  • PRESCHOOL: OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM SERVES 175 STUDENTS AGES 3 TO 5. THE PRESCHOOL PROVIDES NYS LICENSED TEACHERS, TEACHER AIDES, SOCIAL WORKERS AND THERAPISTS DURING BOTH THE REGULAR AS WELL AS EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR. THE CENTER IS LOCATED IN AN AIR CONDITIONED SCHOOL BUILDING EQUIPPED WITH DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE MATERIALS FOR CLASSROOMS AND THERAPY ROOMS AS WELL AS AN ONSITE OUTDOOR PLAYGROUND. SPEECH, OCCUPATIONAL AND PHYSICAL THERAPY IS PROVIDED AS MANDATED ON EACH'S STUDENTS IEP. BILINGUAL AND ESL SERVICES ARE ALSO OFFERED FOR STUDENTS. THE COMBINATION OF SERVICES PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL AND PREPARE FOR RICHER, FULLER LIVES.

    Expenses $6,618,546 · Revenue $8,079,985

  • DAY HABILITATION: GEC'S SIX DAY PROGRAMS PROVIDE DAILY SUPPORT, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 52 WEEKS A YEAR TO APPROXIMATELY 225 ADULTS LIVING WITH INTELLECTUAL AND OTHER DISABILITIES ANNUALLY. WE SERVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER BROOKLYN (AND A FEW PEOPLE FROM QUEENS AND STATEN ISLAND). WE HAVE RECENT GRADUATES AS WELL AS SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIVING INTO THEIR 80'S IN OUR SENIOR RECREATIONAL DAY PROGRAM, AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN. WITHIN OUR SIX MODELS, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO REQUIRE EXTENSIVE ASSISTANCE IN EVERY ASPECT OF DAILY LIVING, AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO ARE INDEPENDENT IN SOME AREAS BUT NEED ASSISTANCE WITH OTHER AREAS. PEOPLE WHO ATTEND THE GEC PROGRAMS BENEFIT FROM A FOCUS ON WELLNESS, SKILL ACQUISITION, ART AND CERAMICS, HORTICULTURAL THERAPY, MUSIC/THEATER, COMPUTER LITERACY, COMMUNITY INTEGRATION, RECREATIONAL OUTINGS TO ALL THE GEMS NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN HAVE TO OFFER, AND APPROXIMATLY 15 COMMUNITY WORKSITES WHICH PROVIDE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, TO VOLUNTEER AND TO ACQUIRE WORK SKILLS. EVERY PERSON IS CHALLENGED TO LEARN AND TO GROW BASED ON HIS/HER INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES. STAFF EFFORTS ARE AIMED AT ENSURING EACH PERSON IS OFFERED CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE NEW EXPERIENCES, GAIN SKILLS AND REACH GREATER LEVELS OF INDEPENDENCE AND HAPPINESS.

    Expenses $6,275,385 · Revenue $6,924,128

  • Expenses $369,748

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Frank Sena

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Marion Cleaver

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Rosina Linda Rubino

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Anthony Cetta

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Celeste Sena

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Geraldine Cassone

    CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Samantha Scire

    RECORDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Toni Colarusso

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mary Dory

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Alan Dubrow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Peter Ferraiuolo Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Accursia Gallagher Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Angelo Giordano Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Elena Gonzalez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Arlene Keating

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Stephen Majewicz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Gloria Morello

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Stanley Ramsdal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Arlene Rutuelo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Joe Riley

    CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $218,471
    From this org
    $193,378
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,093
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,434
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,944
    Deferred
    $22,451
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,642
    Filer's total
    $218,471
  • Patricia Romano

    COO

    Total calculated
    $206,114
    From this org
    $159,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,572
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,490
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $52
    Deferred
    $19,145
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,427
    Filer's total
    $206,114
  • Michael Russo

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $104,636
    From this org
    $93,355
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,281
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related
  • Laura Thompson

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $178,969
    From this org
    $127,106
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,863
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,582
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $1,524
    Deferred
    $15,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,610
    Filer's total
    $178,969
  • Shaquana Jamison

    DIRECT SERVICE PROFESSIONAL

    Total calculated
    $168,425
    From this org
    $144,267
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,158
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,513
    Bonus
    $1,751
    Other
    $3
    Deferred
    $10,099
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,059
    Filer's total
    $168,425
  • Jennifer Hinds Moore

    HR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,904
    From this org
    $132,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,511
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,127
    Bonus
    $6,000
    Other
    $266
    Deferred
    $15,887
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,624
    Filer's total
    $151,904
  • Kim Chong

    DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL

    Total calculated
    $124,827
    From this org
    $116,561
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,266
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related
  • Susan Friedman

    SPEECH THERAPIST

    Total calculated
    $117,975
    From this org
    $117,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35 + 1 related
  • Densingh Thambiraj

    FORMER CFO

    Total calculated
    $146,814
    From this org
    $118,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,185
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,031
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,598
    Deferred
    $14,235
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,950
    Filer's total
    $146,814

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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 7
THE ORGANIZATION PAID DISCRETIONARY BONUS COMPENSATION BASED ON INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE AND WITHIN THE APPROVED BUDGET OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE BONUS AMOUNTS WERE DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WERE INCLUDED IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S TAXABLE COMPENSATION.

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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
30 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601209349301415

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