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EXCEPTIONAL LIVES INC

EIN 46-2333038 BROOKLINE, MA

Revenue 2024
$1,002,515
Expenses 2024
$967,622

Program services were 91.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
77 HEATH ST

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

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES CARING FOR CHILDREN OR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND TO HELP THESE FAMILIES ACCESS THE KNOWLEDGE, ACTIVITIES, RESOURCES AND SERVICES THEY NEED BEFORE, DURING ANE AFTER THE TIME THEY RECEIVE A POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL DISABILITY DIAGNOSIS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS WITH THE SUPPORT TO ASSIST CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH ITS WEBSITE, EXCEPTIONALLIVES.ORG THE WEBSITE IS ALWAYS BEING IMPROVED TO PRESENT STREAMLINED ACCESS TO RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND RESOURCES FAMILIES NEED AT KEY TRANSITION POINTS IN THEIR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S LIVES. THESE CHILDREN HAVE PEDIATRIC-ONCET DISABILITIES, PARTICULARLY NEURODEVELOPMENTAL, INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL AND LEARNING DISABILITIES. SOME AREAS OF THE WEBSITE ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AS WELL AS ENGLISH.

    Expenses $884,061

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.

  • DAVID SARGENT

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CYNTHIA STRAUSS

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANNE PUNZAK MARCUS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CAROL RAPHAEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DARLIKA BOINES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PAMELA WHITE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOHN LYTLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JULIE MCKINNEY

    DIR OR PROD.

    Total calculated
    $157,262
    From this org
    $150,584
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,678
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,584
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,678
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $157,262

  • MARISA HOWARD KARP

    COO

    Total calculated
    $189,913
    From this org
    $149,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,472
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,441
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $40,472
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $189,913

  • MARY NELL QUEST

    HEAD OF PROD

    Total calculated
    $152,825
    From this org
    $121,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,951
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,874
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $30,951
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $152,825

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,002,515
    Expenses
    $967,622
    Contributions
    $1,002,515
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $987,277
    Expenses
    $972,686
    Contributions
    $987,277
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $969,421
    Expenses
    $968,298
    Contributions
    $969,421
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $884,852
    Expenses
    $848,154
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,903

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $793,781
    Expenses
    $785,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,849

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $696,670
    Expenses
    $713,384
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,481

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $745,755
    Expenses
    $772,509
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,731

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $543,602
    Expenses
    $578,744
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,197

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $434,766
    Expenses
    $437,665
    Assets (EOY)
    $72,679

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $252,089
    Expenses
    $277,894
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,250

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $159,000
    Expenses
    $125,586
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,457

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

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.