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THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION

EIN 63-1096855 HOMEWOOD, AL

Revenue 2025
$2,919,337
Expenses 2025
$3,113,807

Program services were 87.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N31Z
Classification
1000
Street
1616 OXMOOR RD

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 · 2025

Mission

SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CHALLENGES, TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FAMILY'S LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

  • THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION PROVIDES CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE LASTING FRIENDSHIPS, HEALTHY LIVING, LIFE SKILLS, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH AN ADULT DAY PROGRAM, WHICH RUNS DAILY FROM 7:50 A.M. TO 5:30 P.M., AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM FOR EXCEPTIONAL YOUTH WHICH IS OPEN FROM 3-5:30 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS ALONG WITH AN 8-WEEK YOUTH SUMMER CAMP THAT RUNS 5 DAYS A WEEK DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EXERCISE, GAMES, MUSIC, DANCE, ART, CLUBS, SOCIAL TIME, AND FIELD TRIPS TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS RANGING FROM DOWN THE STREET TO ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $2,717,585 · Grants $94,589 · Revenue $1,242,511

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • PATRICK STRONG

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL SIMS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA STONE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID BLACKMON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DREW GEARHART

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH HENDERSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BROOK BALOGH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILLY DODSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLIE JORDAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LORI METROCK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELVA TATE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT LYDEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRIS KRAMER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELE NICHOLS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHERREL STEWART

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LU PITTS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PHILLIP SCHILLECI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC BISHOP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANE GRISWOLD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEX MORTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CALEB WILSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF DOWNES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN TRAWICK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARA NEWELL

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $194,928
    From this org
    $184,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,438
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,490
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,648
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,790
    Filer's total
    $194,928

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,919,337
    Expenses
    $3,113,807
    Contributions
    $1,601,483
    Grants paid
    $94,589
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,762,222
    Expenses
    $2,573,596
    Contributions
    $1,900,484
    Grants paid
    $62,061
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,440,542
    Expenses
    $2,149,162
    Contributions
    $1,516,869
    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
    $2,786,578
    Expenses
    $2,114,108
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,985,867

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,173,917
    Expenses
    $2,039,641
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,525,877

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,469,056
    Expenses
    $2,238,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,603,146

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,929,156
    Expenses
    $2,073,952
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,683,140

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,021,207
    Expenses
    $1,960,821
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,374,962

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,722,819
    Expenses
    $1,959,602
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,625,820

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,864,085
    Expenses
    $1,494,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,982,124

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,391,132
    Expenses
    $1,358,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,608,781

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,280,333
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,577,764

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,128,592
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,604,085

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.