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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Filed by HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP.

Totals

Total revenue
$128,150
Total expenses
$38,105
Contributions and grants received
$78,798
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$8,447
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$40,905
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
$0
Total assets, end of year
$432,416
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$432,416
Program service expenses (Part III)
$35,755

Program services were 93.8% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

Primary exempt purpose

HAAPE is an all-volunteer foundation, organized to provide adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) the opportunity to receive specialized training and other support that leads to meaningful and sustainable career employment. Through targeted outreach programs, we are creating inclusive (autism-friendly) communities, businesses and other organizations that facilitate the employment of people diagnosed with ASD. Our social licensing programs are designed to expand our programs/services and geographic reach throughout the United States.

  • Aspiritech: Aspiritech is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit business that provides website software testing and other information technology-related services to organizations and businesses in the competitive market place. Because of the time-consuming, repetitive nature of its work offered to clients, Aspiritech was founded on the premise that autistic adults are specifically suited for this kind of work. Accordingly, more than 90% of its current 120 employees, are on the autism spectrum. Such workers exhibit a significant aptitude for working alone, maintaining full concentration and paying particular attention to detail. To sustain its growth and ability to offer suitable career employment to as many qualified autistic adults as possible, HAAPE is collaborating with Aspiritech to provide a comprehensive 6-week online training program to introduce software testing to prospective candidates. We have agreed to underwrite the cost for this training for up to 100 students over the near future.

    Expenses $20,000

  • Computerized Numeric Control (CNC): Unique Abilities Foundation has created a program that focuses on training men and women with ASD to become CNC machine operators. CNC operators are currently in great demand over a broad range of industries, especially in manufacturing. Together with the Uniquely Abled Program (UAP), HAAPE is working with several colleges to establish the HAAPE-Uniquely Abled Academy to train qualified ASD adults to operate this equipment. HAAPE has chosen Broward College as our first recipient of a CNC license -- and is committed to grant several more CNC licenses to approved colleges and universities within the next two years. To date, nearly 100% of the graduates who have taken the CNC training course have received career employment opportunities from qualified, autism-friendly companies.

    Expenses $10,000

  • Community Outreach/Education: HAAPE is changing the paradigm that autism is a deficiency -- to a better understanding about the strengths that autistic adults often exhibit in the workplace. Such adults are likely to demonstrate intrinsic unique and special abilities that provide high value to employers and the community at large. They are loyal, extremely productive, pay attention to detail and can work alone. To alleviate the concerns that prospective employers might share, HAAPE is educating the community on the economic and business value of our mission -- to convince organizations to employ adults with ASD. Utilizing our Social Return on Investment (SROI) model and social licensing, we have been able to establish and illustrate huge economic savings and benefits for employing autistic adults. For every autistic adult hired, the societal cost for supporting such adults drops significantly. To achieve this goal, we have established new HAAPE chapters and affiliates, and have utilized social media, webinars, our website and on-site meetings with key stakeholders. HAAPE continues to develop unique strategies for training and employing adults with ASD, even though we do not operate and execute these ideas, which are left up to our partners and collaborators.

    Expenses $5,381

  • In addition to the programs described above, HAAPE offers other options that are designed to train and employ autistic adults. These offer other opportunities that are expressly geared to take advantage of the unique strengths exhibited by our candidates. Unfortunately, the Covid pandemic greatly impacted our ability to put these programs into full production. Consequently, these programs are just now starting to ramp up. More specifically, these programs include (1) drone piloting, (2) supply chain and logistics certification, (3) avionics equipment repair certification and (4) document management. The first three require significant formal training -- for example -- an FAA Part 107 License for piloting a drone and course certification for supply chain management and avionics equipment repair. These training courses teach specialized skills that are directly transferable to business applications. Document management involves scanning paperwork from hard copy to soft copy, which involves minimal training and often results in employment within a week.

    Expenses $374

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Lawrence Rothman

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Maria Jacobo

    Vice President Marketing/Fundraising

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Richard Bentley

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Connie Alden

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • James Foley

    Vice President Business Development/Growth

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Barbara Slutsky

    Executive Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Dean Wood

    Board Member/Workforce Development

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Harvey Gaffen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hernan Millan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Rubinstein

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wally Berman

    Vice President Business Development

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lawrence Fung

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Allesandri

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mikel Briggs

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tara May

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bonny Gaffen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margaret Brown

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2022
Filed
31 July 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202332159349200438

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