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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INSPIRING COMMUNITIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,194,549
Total expenses
$1,507,919
Contributions and grants received
$928,939
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$266,913
Investment income
$33,941
Other revenue
-$35,244
Total assets, end of year
$2,841,170
Total liabilities, end of year
$791,220
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,049,950
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,108,521
Management and general expenses
$260,670
Fundraising expenses
$138,728
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,108,521

Program services were 73.5% 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

    $116,411

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $494,609

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $317,919

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Vending services

    total $130,752 · related or exempt $130,752

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Concession services

    total $75,941 · related or exempt $75,941

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Vocational training

    total $60,220 · related or exempt $60,220

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,441 · excluded $18,441

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $15,500

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $15,500

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $15,500 · excluded $15,500

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $21,625

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

    $116,411

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $56,869

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$35,244 · excluded -$35,244

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $145,818 · program services $38,298 · management and general $74,102 · fundraising $33,418

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $636,615 · program services $523,056 · management and general $61,750 · fundraising $51,809

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,669 · program services $6,416 · management and general $1,371 · fundraising $882

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $106,705 · program services $96,738 · management and general $4,728 · fundraising $5,239

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $87,074 · program services $64,447 · management and general $13,767 · fundraising $8,860

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,562 · management and general $19,562

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,675 · program services $10,044 · management and general $631

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,759 · management and general $8,294 · fundraising $2,465

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,687 · program services $15,076 · management and general $19,035 · fundraising $576

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,242 · program services $444 · management and general $2,072 · fundraising $1,726

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $40,849 · program services $32,302 · management and general $7,259 · fundraising $1,288

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,882 · program services $5,531 · management and general $62 · fundraising $289

  • 20 · Interest

    total $38,314 · program services $28,357 · management and general $6,059 · fundraising $3,898

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $73,918 · program services $54,710 · management and general $11,687 · fundraising $7,521

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $101,085 · program services $74,818 · management and general $15,982 · fundraising $10,285

  • 24a · Other expenses: Vending products

    total $89,237 · program services $89,237

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $65,734 · program services $40,953 · management and general $14,309 · fundraising $10,472

  • 24c · Other expenses: Trainee payroll

    total $28,094 · program services $28,094

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $332,404 · end of year $340,072

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $822,967 · end of year $503,815

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $199,734 · end of year $151,814

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $47,828 · end of year $18,533

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

    $2,217,379

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

    $390,443

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,799,294 · end of year $1,826,936

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,189 · end of year $34,334

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $793,718 · end of year $756,886

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,363,320 · end of year $2,049,950

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Educational Programs Inspiring Communities, Inc. (EPIC) seeks to promote structured independence in individuals with developmental disabilities by providing innovative education, training, housing and employment programs.

Activities or mission (Part I)

H.E.A.R.T creates opportunities for adults with disabilities to achieve their potential.

  • H.E.A.R.T. (Housing, Entrepreneurship and Readiness Training) Vending and Concessions is a vocational training program that focuses on food service, vending machines, concessions, catering, and customer service. The most unique aspect of this program is the on-the-job training component, where H.E.A.R.T. transports participants to job sites located throughout the region and provides supported employment to participants. Participants also receive hands-on instruction in job-related tasks such as counting money, labeling product, inventory, and other activities. These activities will be conducted in small groups and 1-on-1 as needed. Trainees, clients with intellectual disabilities, get paychecks of at least $8 per hour once they have been trained.

    Expenses $1,026,404 · Revenue $206,693

  • From August to May, H.E.A.R.T. collaborates with Houston Independent School District, Galena Park Independent School District, and Channelview Independent School District in vocational training programs designed to address gaps in the special education system. This self-contained program provides classroom education and vocational training to better prepare graduating seniors to enter the workforce after graduation. The school districts transport, provide meals, and administer the required standard classroom education for the students while H.E.A.R.T. implements the job skills and employment training in food service, food supply chain operations, vending, and concessions, to help these students be "job-ready and give them work experience before they graduate. Continued on Schedule O.Learning how to prepare hot meals, chop fruits and vegetables, and operate a pallet jack and forklift are just a few of the activities that H.E.A.R.T. students learn every weekday through the program. This program gives students experience in a wide variety of environments without having to coordinate transportation to different places or have many different supervisors.

    Revenue $60,220

  • Through a partnership with CVS Health, EPIC offers a 10-week retail training program for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities who are interested in working in a retail environment. The program is free for participants and offers the first "mock store" in the state of Texas. Trainees receive classroom instruction and hands-on training at the mock store before transitioning to an 80-hour externship at a local CVS. Upon completion of the program, participants are eligible for hire in a CVS store.

    Expenses $82,117

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jane Borochoff

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $44,299
    From this org
    $10,244
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,055
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sakina Lanig

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tanya B White

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Heather Morgan

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sue Davis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tasmina Lakhani

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessica Leone

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daphne Mikel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gary Yeoman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Seth Malin

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $101,519
    From this org
    $96,765
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,754
    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
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523189349310807

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