- Revenue 2023
- $38,256,181
- Expenses 2023
- $34,608,429
Program services were 78.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- F330
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 3100 EUCLID AVE
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 · 2023
Mission
SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE TO OVERCOME AND THRIVE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PROVIDES STRENGTH-BASED SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO CHILDREN.
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DAY TREATMENT CENTERS: POSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM'S DAY TREATMENT CENTERS SERVE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AN EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE IN AN INTEGRATED EDUCATIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENT. THESE CENTERS SERVE AS BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT CENTER FOR THESE CHILDREN AND YOUTH. PEP'S FIVE CENTERS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST OHIO AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE CHILDREN WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES. PEP'S DAY TREATMENT CENTERS SERVED 444 CHILDREN FROM 67 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 13 COUNTIES.
Expenses $19,676,181 · Revenue $27,204,521
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PEP ASSIST: PEP ASSIST IS PEP'S CONSULTATION AND TRAINING ARM, PROVIDES SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS WITH BEST PRACTICES FOR WORKING WITH AT-RISK AND SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN. SERVICES ARE INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF EACH DISTRICT. SERVED 138 CHILDREN FROM 13 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 4 COUNTIES.
Expenses $820,298 · Revenue $678,885
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OHIO RISE (CONNECTIONS), SERVES AS CARE MANAGEMENT ENTITY (CME) FOR OHIO RISE IN CENTRAL CUYAHOGA COUNTY. YOUTH SERVED BY PEP CONNECTIONS ARE TYPICALLY ON TRACK FOR DEEPER SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT, OFTEN INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT, PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION, JUVENILE COURT PLACEMENT AND THE LIKE. USING A STRENGTH-BASED AND TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH, THIS PROGRAM HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES REACH THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE POSSIBLE. 1,635 CHILDREN WERE SERVED.
Expenses $5,067,712 · Revenue $6,420,286
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Expenses $1,529,433 · Revenue $1,472,355
As filed on the 2023 return.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 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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Lisa Ramirez Shah PhDLISA RAMIREZ SHAH PHD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Holley MartensHOLLEY MARTENS
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
D Keith LockyerD KEITH LOCKYER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Michael SheppardMICHAEL SHEPPARD
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Brett J BaileyBRETT J BAILEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alyson CameronALYSON CAMERON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jennifer CarpenterJENNIFER CARPENTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gabreiella CelesteGABREIELLA CELESTE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Craig CohenCRAIG COHEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lisa ColeLISA COLE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brandon FordBRANDON FORD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Julie HarrisJULIE HARRIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bob MengerinkBOB MENGERINK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kristin MorrisonKRISTIN MORRISON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sara O'NeillSARA O'NEILL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Megan SpinosMEGAN SPINOS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shaylor SteeleSHAYLOR STEELE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adrian ThompsonADRIAN THOMPSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Heather TorokHEATHER TOROK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathleen VeghKATHLEEN VEGH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dean R VomeroDEAN R VOMERO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stephen SchrothSTEPHEN SCHROTH
AT-LARGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Habeebah Rasheed GrimesHABEEBAH RASHEED GRIMES
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $212,526
- From this org
- $181,876
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,650
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $181,876
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $25,295
- Nontaxable benefits
- $5,355
- Filer's total
- $212,526
-
Diane GattoDIANE GATTO
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $162,987
- From this org
- $119,828
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $43,159
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $119,828
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,819
- Nontaxable benefits
- $37,340
- Filer's total
- $162,987
-
John SesekJOHN SESEK
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $59,830
- From this org
- $52,484
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,346
- Hours/week
- 40
The first 25 listed. 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
-
2023
- Revenue
- $38,256,181
- Expenses
- $34,608,429
- Contributions
- $1,982,689
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $36,696,687
- Expenses
- $37,954,086
- Contributions
- $1,692,417
- 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
-
2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $41,439,113
- Expenses
- $39,531,267
- Assets (EOY)
- $34,259,267
-
2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $37,778,622
- Expenses
- $37,994,492
- Assets (EOY)
- $34,550,099
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $41,762,407
- Expenses
- $40,910,795
- Assets (EOY)
- $35,162,939
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $42,211,478
- Expenses
- $40,133,166
- Assets (EOY)
- $32,781,994
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $43,065,712
- Expenses
- $42,674,886
- Assets (EOY)
- $29,985,134
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $43,663,389
- Expenses
- $43,718,291
- Assets (EOY)
- $29,245,735
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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
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
-
$107,750
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
$106,500
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
$25,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT IN APPRECIATION FOR HABEEBAH RASHEED GRIMES
-
$15,000
2023 HUMAN SERVICES
-
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
DAVID AND INEZ MYERS FOUNDATION
$15,000
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
DAVID AND INEZ MYERS FOUNDATION
$15,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
DAVID AND INEZ MYERS FOUNDATION
$15,000
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$11,000
2023 HEALTH
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CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA
$10,000
2024 CHARITABLE DONATION
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 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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.