- Revenue 2024
- $4,874,212
- Expenses 2024
- $5,265,092
Program services were 86.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- E50
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 8621 W MCNICHOLS RD STE 116
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
WE EMPOWER CHILDREN TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES.
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PROVIDES THERAPEUTIC AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING OCCUPATIONAL AND PHYSICAL THERAPY, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS AND CONSULTATIONS, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION CONSULTATIONS TO CHILDREN BIRTH THROUGH 18 YEARS OF AGE IN SCHOOLS, HEAD START, AND EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF DETROIT AND ACROSS MICHIGAN.PROVIDES LOW OR NO COST WORKSHOPS TO PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS WHO CARE AND SUPPORT CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND OFFERS SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
Expenses $4,530,748 · Revenue $4,114,095
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Laura Benjamins MDLAURA BENJAMINS MD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elizabeth ConnorsELIZABETH CONNORS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jody KommelJODY KOMMEL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jameel Smith PhDJAMEEL SMITH PHD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kristen Van PeltKRISTEN VAN PELT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christie ZinnCHRISTIE ZINN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Heather MartinezHEATHER MARTINEZ
PAST CEO - THROUGH 7/1/25
- Total calculated
- $168,505
- From this org
- $153,480
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,025
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,480
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,025
- Filer's total
- $168,505
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Nicole BeebaniNICOLE BEEBANI
INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $66,077
- From this org
- $66,077
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Paige GeorgePAIGE GEORGE
INTERIM CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Becky DavenportBECKY DAVENPORT
INTERIM CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Joya HarrisJOYA HARRIS
INTERIM CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Allyson BoyleALLYSON BOYLE
INTERIM TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Robin HellerROBIN HELLER
INTERIM SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David DebrunnerDAVID DEBRUNNER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $4,874,212
- Expenses
- $5,265,092
- Contributions
- $630,332
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $5,231,150
- Expenses
- $5,970,733
- Contributions
- $527,799
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $4,780,033
- Expenses
- $5,189,776
- Contributions
- $578,388
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,531,501
- Expenses
- $4,370,333
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,282,281
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,417,745
- Expenses
- $4,292,703
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,262,745
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$106,807
2022 To assist with Special Education service
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2023 EDUCATION
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2022 GENERAL OPERATIONS/VOLUNTARY HEALTH ASSOICATIONS PROGRAM
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$25,000
2023 ACADEMIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS OFFERED WITHOUT COST TO UNDERSERVED CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES
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2022 DESIGNATION
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2023 CHALLENGE GRANT
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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2022 TO PROVIDE CRITICAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DURING THE SUMMER AND AFTERSCHOOL DESIGNED TO HELP UNDERSERVED CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS "CATCH UP AND KEEP UP WITH THEIR PEERS IN SCHOOL."
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2023 DESIGNATION
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2024 DESIGNATION
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.