SKILLS OF LIFE CAFE
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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $83K · expenses $66K · assets $105K
- EIN
- 32-0648574
- Address
- PO BOX 321, CAPITOLA, CA 95010-0321
- Website
- https://skillsoflife.org
- NTEE code
- J22
- Subsection
- 501(c)(3)
- Ruling year
- 2022
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
To empower teens and young adults with intellectual disabilities by providing employment and life skill training that supports meaningful, independent living.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Turner | Executive Dir. | 2025 | $27,000 | $27,000 | 1 |
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
8 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Russell | President | 2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Cameron Haste | Vice President | 2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Axel Loelhoeffel | Treasurer | 2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Rachel Firpo | Secretary | 2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Jason Turner | Member | 2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Keri Allen | Member | 2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Anglea Garrotto | Member | 2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Colleen Martin-Garcia | Member | 2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2025 · 9 people listed · 1 paid, $27K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Turner | Executive Dir. | 40 | $27,000 | - | - | $27,000 | 1 |
| James Russell | President | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Cameron Haste | Vice President | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Axel Loelhoeffel | Treasurer | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Rachel Firpo | Secretary | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Jason Turner | Member | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Keri Allen | Member | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Anglea Garrotto | Member | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Colleen Martin-Garcia | Member | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $83,213 | $66,232 | $104,795 | $104,795 | $74,295 | - | - | - | - |
Funders of this organization
4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $46,910 in all, tax years 2024 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA CRUZ SUNRISE FOUNDATION INC | Public charity | Exact | 2024 | 1 | $25,000 | 2024 | $25,000 | show |
| CAROLINES NONPROFIT | Public charity | Exact | 2024 | 1 | $10,000 | 2024 | $10,000 | show |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2024 | 1 | $6,910 | 2024 | $6,910 | show |
| NICHOLSON FAMILY FOUNDATION | Private foundation | Fuzzy filed as “SKILLS OF LIFE CAFE” | 2025 | 1 | $5,000 | 2025 | $5,000 | show |
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| LAIBA MEMORIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION | CA | J22 | $76,500 | $76,860 | CEO | $0 | Same NTEE code J22, revenue within 2x, same state |
| SANTA CLARA COUNTY AUTOMOTIVE TRADES APPRENTICE TRAINING TRUST F | CA | J22 | $77,211 | $93,175 | CHAIRPERSON | $0 | Same NTEE code J22, revenue within 2x, same state |
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| ENOS ENDEAVORS | CA | J22 | $46,082 | $47,635 | PRESIDENT | $0 | Same NTEE code J22, revenue within 2x, same state |
| CAREER SKILLS 2 WORK | TX | J22 | $132,051 | $131,206 | Chairman of the Board | $0 | Same NTEE code J22, revenue within 2x |
| SCHOOLYARD DOGS | TX | J22 | $49,300 | $48,446 | Chairman | $10,350 | Same NTEE code J22, revenue within 2x, similar mission |
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Where the money went
Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
2025 · Form 990EZ · $66,232 spent · pay $29,461 · grants $233 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $30,222 | 45.6% | |
| Salaries, other pay and benefits | $29,461 | 44.5% | |
| Fees to independent contractors | $4,929 | 7.4% | |
| Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance | $713 | 1.1% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $674 | 1.0% | |
| Grants and similar amounts paid | $233 | 0.4% | |
| Total | $66,232 | 100% |