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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 263,153 | 255,730 | 2,085,003 | 1,514,528 | 17,391,297 | 21,509,711 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 263,153 | 255,730 | 2,085,003 | 1,514,528 | 17,391,297 | 21,509,711 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 21,509,711 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 263,153 | 255,730 | 2,085,003 | 1,514,528 | 17,391,297 | 21,509,711 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 31,655 | 11,526 | 3,069 | 7,244 | 66,389 | 119,883 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123,989 | 294,754 | 418,743 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 22,053,980 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
2 | |
| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
8 | |
| 9 Distributable amount for 2022 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2022 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2022 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2022 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2022 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2022: | ||||
| a From 2017....... | ||||
| b From 2018....... | ||||
| c From 2019....... | ||||
| d From 2020....... | ||||
| e From 2021....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2022 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2017 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2022 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2022 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2022, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2022. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2023. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2022..... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 | Transportation services provided to affiliates |
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Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 3 | Management Services are provided to Citizens Options Unlimited, Inc. ("Citizens, Inc.") by NYSARC Inc., Nassau County Chapter ("AHRC Nassau") for which management fees of $3,580,486 were paid for the year 2022. Management services included abut are not limited to, executive leadership, program operations management, corporate compliance, administrative support services, information technology, purchasing, accounts payable, payroll processing, human resources, budgeting, accounting and financial reporting. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 | Nassau County AHRC Foundation ("The Foundation") is the sole member of Citizens, Inc. and appoints the Board of Directors of the organization. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a | The Foundation is the sole member of Citizens, Inc. and appoints the Board of Directors. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b | The Foundation may approve certain decisions of the Citizens, Inc governing body. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b | The Form 990 is prepared by AHRC Nassau Finance department personnel and is reviewed by independent accountants. The form 990 is provided to the Citizens, Inc. Finance Committee and Board of Directors prior to filling. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c | All Board Members complete and submit a conflict-of-interest questionnaire annually to the Chairperson of the Board's Corporate Compliance Committee. Completed questionnaires are reviewed by this committee and a presentation made to the full Board of Directors. As per the Conflict of interest policy for Key and Supervisory personnel: New employees to whom this policy applies will be required to disclose any other employment, independent consulting assignments, family relationships to Agency employees or other potential conflict of interest at the time of hire. The "Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form" is provided to the employees by Human Resources Department and must be completed with all the other pre-employment paperwork and are forwarded to the Department for review. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 | The Board of Directors of AHRC Nassau has a designated Compensation Committee which reviews compensation of its employees, including but not limited to those employees who provide management services to Citizens, Inc. The AHRC Nassau management team utilizes and retains for its records, comparable industry data, employee tenure and skills evaluations, and the financial condition of the organization. AHRC Nassau also engages an independent compensation consultant who provides a compensation study of salary and benefits, reviewed by AHRC Nassau Compensation Committee, and opines as to compliance with Federal and State regulatory and best practice. Further, Citizens, Inc. has a Finance Committee which conducts a review of annual budgeted salary and benefits expenses and to which compensation policy is subject to review and approval. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 | Citizens, Inc. makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request to the public. |
| Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a | During the year ended December 31, 2022, Citizens, Inc. received $9,379,467 of Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) funding that was designated under Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. These monies were received from NYS OPWDD and were to be paid to eligible direct support professional ("DSP") employees as workforce stabilization bonuses ("WSI"). The WSI initiative included four bonuses; including a vaccine incentive, covid service pay, longevity and retention bonus. Each eligible DSP could receive approximately $500 for a vaccine incentive, $1,000 for covid service pay, and 20% of salaries earned during April 01, 2020, through March 31, 2021, for each of the longevity and retention bonuses. As a result, included in Part VII -line 1(a) and Schedule J - Part II are reportable bonus compensation for employees who would not otherwise be reported as a highest compensated employee. As this is a nonexchange transaction in which no commensurate value is exchanged, they are reported as government grants (contributions) in Part VIII - line 1(e). During the year ended December 31, 2022, $9,379,467 was distributed to eligible employees as bonuses and is included in salaries and payroll taxes in Part IX - lines 7,10. Additionally, on March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) was enacted. The CARES Act, among other things, appropriated funds for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that are forgivable in certain situations to promote continued employment. On May 26, 2021, Citizens Options received funds of $7,881,858 from the SBA PPP. In July 2022 Citizens Options received full forgiveness in the amount of $7,881,858 of its PPP loan from their lender and the SBA. The application for these PPP loan funds required Citizens, Inc. to, in good faith, certify that the current economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of Citizens Options. This certification further required Citizens, Inc. to take into account its current business activity and ability to access other sources of liquidity sufficient to support ongoing operations in a manner that is not significantly detrimental to the business. The receipt of these funds, and the forgiveness of the loan attendant to these funds, is dependent on Citizens, Inc. having initially qualified for the loan and qualifying for the forgiveness of such loan based on its future adherence to the forgiveness criteria. The forgiveness of this loan has been included in forgiveness of debt on the accompanying consolidating statement of activities. Finally, the salary expense for the VP Operations is allocated partially to another agency, BCCS, as she provides oversight to the Intermediate Care Facilities program within that agency. |
| Form 990, Part VIII, Line 1h | During the year ended December 31, 2022, Citizens, Inc. received $9,379,467 of Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) funding that was designated under Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. These monies were received from NYS OPWDD and intended to be paid to eligible direct support professional ("DSP") employees as workforce stabilization bonuses ("WSI"). The WSI initiative included four bonuses; including a vaccine incentive, covid service pay, longevity and retention bonus. Each eligible DSP could receive approximately $500 for a vaccine incentive, $1,000 for covid service pay, and 20% of salaries earned during April 01, 2020, through March 31, 2021, for each of the longevity and retention bonuses. As a result, included in Part VII -line 1(a) and Schedule J - Part II are reportable bonus compensation for employees who would not otherwise be reported as a highest compensated employee. As this is a nonexchange transaction in which no commensurate value is exchanged, they are reported as government grants (contributions) in Part VIII - line 1(e). During the year ended December 31, 2022, $9,379,467 was distributed to eligible employees as bonuses and is included in salaries and payroll taxes in Part IX - lines 7,10. Additionally, on March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) was enacted. The CARES Act, among other things, appropriated funds for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that are forgivable in certain situations to promote continued employment. On May 26, 2021, Citizens Options received $7,881,858 from the SBA PPP. In July 2022 Citizens, Inc. received full forgiveness in the amount of $7,881,858 of its PPP loan from their lender and the SBA. The application for these PPP loan funds required Citizens Options to, in good faith, certify that the current economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of Citizens, Inc. This certification further required Citizens, Inc. to take into account its current business activity and ability to access other sources of liquidity sufficient to support ongoing operations. The receipt of these funds, and the forgiveness of the loan attendant to these funds, is dependent on Citizens Options having initially qualified for the loan and qualifying for the forgiveness of such loan based on its future adherence to the forgiveness criteria. The forgiveness of this loan has been included in government grants (contributions) in the accompanying consolidating statement of activities. |
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| Software Version: | v1.00 |