2021-04-08T16:26:30-05:00 2020-12-31 060876812 Apicella Testa & Company PC 680 Bridgeport Avenue Shelton CT 06484 990 2020-01-01 460849304 REACH Newtown Inc REAC 2036105607 17 Church Hill Road Newtown CT 06470 Lindsey Carley Dir. of Finance & Operations 2036105607 2021-04-08 1 Lindsey Carley 999009999 James E Traester CPA P00179318 2039259494 2 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Adam Carley 17 Church Hill Road Newtown CT 06470 504478 0 X www.reachnewtown.org X 2012 CT Connecting kids and building relationships that change lives. 8 8 12 100 0 0 407379 503097 0 0 0 0 760 1381 408139 504478 0 0 0 0 230352 264925 0 0 80628 181825 198921 412177 463846 -4038 40632 16483 76266 8973 35217 7510 41049 X Connecting kids and building relationships that change lives by providing programs that offer a consistent, safe, and predictable environment, unconditional love & support, and hope for the future. 0 0 56406 Mentorship Program - REACH Mentorship matches over 120 kids in grades 3 through 8 with a high school mentor for one-to-one support, encouragement, and friendship throughout the entire school year. Mentors and mentees meet twice per week and take part in organized team-building and cooperative games, along with electives that cover health & wellness, academic enrichment, fine arts, community service, and athletics. 77817 Tutoring Academy - REACH Tutoring Academy provides homework and study support, as well as healthy snack alternatives for its students. This all happens in a safe and predictable environment four times a week. Additionally, students are provided with opportunities to engage in exercise, enriching games, and other electives. This allows for the opportunity to provide intensive and individualized support in the areas of Social Emotional Development, Academic Enrichment, Community Engagement (including Service Projects), and Extracurricular Opportunities. As a result of COVID-19, REACH has begun to offer a hybrid learning academy for our most at risk population. Each week, students are provided with 21-24 hours in a safe work environment, which offers breakfast and lunch. Following the school day, students are given the opportunity for time outdoors through hiking, biking, and more! REACH supplies students with the resources necessary for them to succeed at any level. 92957 Expeditions - REACH Outdoor Expeditions provide invaluable, off-site opportunities to empower students to make a difference in their lives, schools, and communities through acts of inquiry, discovery, and experience. The goal is to provide challenging and unique experiences that safely inspire curiosity, cultivate peer/mentor relationships, and motivate students to challenge themselves. Expeditionary learning opportunities include canoeing, kayaking, hiking, fishing, camping, community service, and zip line courses. 107508 Summer Camp - REACH Summer Camp provides the quintessential, rustic camp experience to our highest need population throughout the entire summer. During our six-week summer camp, students engage in outdoor expeditions, team-building activities, health & wellness experiences, water sports, fishing, swimming, summer reading, STEM electives, fine arts, and athletics. 107508 334688 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 CT X X Lindsey Carley 2036105607 17 Church Hill Road Newtown CT 06470 Luke Forshaw Board President 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Andrew Schoefer Board Administrator 4.00 X X 0 0 0 Stephen Beck Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Eric Hanson Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara Patrick Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Joanna Rosen Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Bryan Roth Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Joseph Vacaro Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Adam Carley Exec Dir, Dir of Org & Prog 40.00 X 110777 0 0 Lindsey Carley Director of Finance & Oper 10.00 X 37695 0 0 148472 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 39162 463935 503097 Miscellaneous 900099 1381 1381 1381 504478 1381 0 0 150792 94152 28320 28320 95306 56277 9757 29272 18827 11508 2913 4406 348 348 1600 1600 12915 12915 24248 9097 2919 12232 19800 13200 1650 4950 20847 20847 173 173 2291 1774 210 307 4876 3250 813 813 Program Supplies and Ac 110185 110185 Loss on Disposal of Ass 1638 1310 328 463846 334688 48530 80628 9795 46041 478 1180 40850 11805 6210 29045 16483 76266 8973 9217 26000 8973 35217 X 7510 41049 7510 41049 16483 76266 40632 -7093 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 397132 429870 335439 407379 503097 2072917 397132 429870 335439 407379 503097 2072917 1386550 686367 784 3164 473 760 1381 6562 2079479 0.33010 0.30430 X REACH Newtown is a non-profit organization in Western Connecticut with a mission to Connect Kids and Build Relationships That Change Lives. REACH provided 210 days of free programming to almost 200 children in our community in 2019. REACH provides the children they serve with consistent, supportive, and caring relationships to feel safe, confident, and motivated to succeed throughout elementary, middle, and high school, college, and beyond. Their vision is to connect with and redirect the lives of underserved and underprivileged youth by providing consistent support in a safe, fun and predictable environment. 2020 presented a new set of challenges. When Connecticut shut down REACH continued to offer support by providing school breakfast and lunch through contactless home delivery as well as snack bags with treats, fruit and PPE. We helped our children with their at-home learning by providing technology such as Chromebooks and laptops and our Zoom Tutoring and Mentorship programs thrived. This past July we were able to open our Summer Adventure Camp, implementing safety protocols and staff training to keep all our campers safe. In September when schools went completely remote, we pivoted our REACH Tutoring Academy to an all-day distance learning environment, providing our most vulnerable kids with socially distanced workstations complete with technology and school supplies. In-person staff was here to offer academic support and provide our kids with a safe space and a sense of community.REACH continues to be committed to measure impact through the RBA (Results-Based Accountability) Model, which incorporates accountabilities for both population and performance. This is accomplished by asking the following questions: How Much Did We Do? How Well Did We Do It? Is Anyone Better Off?Reach has created a 3-year strategic plan which addresses our sustainability and gives us an understanding of what our long-term fundraising needs will be and how we will achieve them. Currently Reach receives funding from several diversified streams.- Individual donations- Grants- Foundations- Corporate/Small Business DonationsWe have hired a Director of Development who will be instrumental in helping us to increase our funding and reaching our goals. Reach will be increasing our sustainability through a combination of several strategies: - Building stronger relationships to corporations as well as small local businesses- Work with the Board of Director's to become more effective at donor development and stewardship- Identify current donors who are capable of increasing their giving capacity - Improve our diversity of revenue with innovative ideas to attract more and different donors- Strong plan for collaboration with other non-profits and organizationsReach has a track record of successfully increasing our funding through our donor centric approach and we have doubled the number of individual gifts from 2019 to 2020. Reach believes that our culture of philanthropy combined with a robust fundraising plan will give us the ability to sustain, expand, and scale our programs to effectively serve the community for the long-term.REACH's governing body includes members of the community who represent the broad interests of the public. The REACH Board of Directors include public school teachers and administrators, psychologists, social workers, financial advisors and corporate vice presidents.Some of the other nonprofit organizations that REACH is proud partner with include but are not limited to LOF Adaptive Skiers, Robotics and Beyond, Cullens Youth Association, Empower Leadership, Newtown Public Schools, Danbury Youth Services and The Beardsley Zoo. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 14086 11061 3025 26764 744 26020 29045 X Part X, Line 2: Income Taxes - The organization is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and applicable state law. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements. The organization recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not to be sustained. Management believes that the organization has no tax positions that would require financial statement recognition or disclosure. The organization's informational returns for fiscal years ending December 31, 2017 and after are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and the State of Connecticut, generally for three years from the date they were filed. Adam and Lindsey Carley Officers Vehicle purchase being reimbursed by REACH. X 26264 26000 0 1 1 26000 Adam and Lindsey Carley Officers 4529 REACH was leasing a vehicle from Adam and Lindsey for its operations. 0 Adam and Lindsey Carley Officers 9371 REACH was using a boat owned by Adam and Lindsey for its summer camp program. 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Adam Carley (Executive Director and Director of Organizational & Program Development) and Lindsey Carley (Director of Finance & Operations) are spouses. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A copy of the IRS Form 990 is provided to the Board prior to filing (hard copy or electronic). The actual review and discussion is made by the committee or full Board, facilitated by the finance director, audit committee chair and/or 990 preparer using the Guidance for Board Review of IRS Form 990. Documentation of the review made in meeting minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c There is a Board meeting round table discussion. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The Executive Director of REACH Newtown Inc. is the principal representative of REACH Newtown Inc., and the person responsible for the efficient operation of the nonprofit. Therefore, it is the desire of the nonprofit to provide a fair yet reasonable and not excessive compensation for the Executive Director. The annual process for determining compensation is as follows: The Executive committee will annually evaluate the Executive Director on his/her performance, and ask for his/her input on matters of performance and compensation. Board Approval - The Executive Board will obtain research and information to make a recommendation to the full board for the compensation (salary and benefits) of the Executive Director based on a review of comparability data. This data may include the following: 1. Salary and benefit compensation studies by independent sources; 2. Written job offers for positions at similar organizations; 3. Documented telephone calls about similar positions at both nonprofit and for-profit organizations; and 4. Information obtained from the IRS Form 990 filings of similar organizations. Concurrent Documentation - To approve the compensation for the Executive Director, the board must document how it reached its decisions, including the data on which it relied, in minutes of the meeting during which the compensation was approved. Independence in Setting Compensation - The Chair of the board of directors, who is a volunteer and not compensated by the nonprofit, will operate independently without undue influence from the Executive Director. No member of the Executive or Human Resources Committee will be a staff member, the relative of a staff member, or have any relationship with staff that could present a conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18 It is available to the public on Guidestar or at our office. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 It is available to the public on Guidestar or at our office.