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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ADVANCING OPPORTUNITIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,917,174
Total expenses
$11,303,649
Contributions and grants received
$572,529
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,913,669
Management and general expenses
$1,389,980
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,913,669

Program services were 87.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • George Contos

    Director

    Total calculated
    $884,610
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $855,515
    Other
    $29,095
    Hours/week
    1 + 54 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $720,515 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $135,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $29,095 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $884,610 related

  • Paul Ronollo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $144,099
    From this org
    $142,027
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,072
    Hours/week
    45

  • Michael Yarrow

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Maselli

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Chris Casieri

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Becky Iverson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emile Quesado

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bianca Wise

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas S Papa

    Treasurer until 12/5/23

    Total calculated
    $700,236
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $681,526
    Other
    $18,710
    Hours/week
    1 + 54 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $495,251 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $177,500 related
    Other
    $0 + $8,775 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,710 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $700,236 related

  • Lisa M Mostoller

    Treasurer until 3/29/24

    Total calculated
    $323,978
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $322,171
    Other
    $1,807
    Hours/week
    1 + 54 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $249,471 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $72,700 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,807 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $323,978 related

  • Jennifer P Gassen

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $346,521
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $312,126
    Other
    $34,395
    Hours/week
    1 + 54 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $212,126 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $100,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $34,395 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $346,521 related

  • Mary Beth Barnes

    Treasurer until 9/29/23

    Total calculated
    $122,772
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $120,480
    Other
    $2,292
    Hours/week
    1 + 44 related

  • Cynthia Bertrando

    Former Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $305,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $305,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $305,000 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $305,000 related

  • Lynn Kovich

    Former Interim President

    Total calculated
    $275,515
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $273,865
    Other
    $1,650
    Hours/week
    0 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $253,769 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $20,096 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,650 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $275,515 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 — 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

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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)

Part I, Line 3
Compensation is determined by the Salary Review Committee (SRC), based on an annual benchmarking process that typically considers data from 990s of comparable organizations, compensation studies by Guidestar Charity Navigator and similar publicly available sources, and advice from external consultants.
Part I, Line 4a
The following individual received severance payments in 2023. These payments are reported as taxable compensation on Part II, Column B(iii): Cynthia Bertrando - $305,000 Lynn Kovich - $20,096

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
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521359349309427

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