Tahoe Ability Program

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853080525
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Truckee, CA, USA
Phone
5305635153
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult Day Care

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$689,493
Expenses
$666,826
Assets
$267,099
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIELLE HARVEY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIMBERLY WHITINGTON (EXECUTIVE DI): $88,660 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Tahoe ability program (tap) is creating inclusion, independence and advancement for people with disabilities within their community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Tahoe ability program is designed to create community inclusion, foster independence and promote progress for people with developmental disabilities within their community. Tahoe ability program strives to encourage self-advancement and assistance in reaching individualized goals. At tahoe ability program we believe that building an inclusive community requires directed and compassionate effort to remove barriers to access, innovation to accommodate needs, and empathy to ensure opportunities are open and inviting to all. Tahoe ability program focuses on building the independence necessary for each program participant to reach their full potential and meet their goals. We work to create a successful environment by adapting to specific needs, engaging our participants in meaningful activities and fostering lasting relationships. We maximize the time spent within the local community to increase interactions between our participants and other community members to enhance networking and relationship building. We are not only based in the community but we are a part of the community. Tahoe ability program ensures safe and meaningful experiences for our program participants by maintaining high standards for our program, following best practices, and continually improving tahoe ability program to provide valuable experiences for each unique participant. Tahoe ability program practices person-centered planning strategies to ensure each participant is in control of their desired curriculum, programs and activities. We work with alta California regional center and its service coordinators to determine how to best support each individual participant where they are at and to create opportunities and secure services for the diverse population we serve.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 82% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.5%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 66.7%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.3%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.5% of revenue deployed · 66.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $445K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $89K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.