EIN 52-6060453

Abilities Network

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
160
City
Year formed
1964
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
Description
Abilities Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that assists individuals with disabilities in Maryland to achieve their personal goals and reach their maximum potential.
Total revenues
$10,266,484
2023
Total expenses
$9,766,013
2023
Total assets
$12,850,224
2023
Num. employees
160
2023

Program areas at Abilities Network

Community and employment partners: community and employment partners' services are designed to provide individual support to adults with disabilities to live and work in their Maryland communities as valued and contributing citizens. Providing life skills through mentoring and training, 470 people are currently supported through team-developed, person-centered plans to identify goals to locate, maintain and grow independence in their community based jobs, home and/or systems of resources to ensure health, safety and happiness.
Healthy families: healthy families baltimore county (hfbc) is part of a national effort to support new parents with helping their children have a healthy start in life. Services are available to families of children prenatally through age five. Initial contact must occur either prenatally or within two weeks of the baby's birth. Hfbc provides assessments, information and referral services, intensive home visitation, parent education, crisis intervention, advocacy, child development assessment, and parent group meeting to participating families.
Project act: project all children together works with child care programs, out of school time programs and communities to provide training, coaching, and mentoring to improve the quality of care and support the inclusion of all children in these programs. Project act receives funding through grants from the Maryland state department of education, Maryland family Network, and various other private and public funders. As the child resource center of baltimore, harford and cecil counties, childcare providers and programs can receive technical assistance and training in core of knowledge areas that will assist with keeping their credentials current to meet childcare licensing requirements and learn how to fully include children with disabilities in childcare settings. (continued on schedule o )knowledge areas include: professionalism, child development, health, safety, and nutrition, special needs, and community. Under these categories, project act develops and delivers training modules to meet the needs of childcare professionals and teachers. Trainings are provided at project act's site and on-site at child care program locations. As a result of these trainings, childcare professionals are more comfortable with working with a variety of children and delivering the best services possible to all children in their care. These trainings are also available on a fee-for-service basis to providers outside of the grant funded counties. Project act provides free onsite child consultation services in baltimore, harford and cecil county. Through this project, project act consultants provide case management services to children who have challenging behaviors and are in danger of expulsion from the child care center. The goal of this project is to retain the child in child care and to provide the necessary resources to child care providers, children and parents. Project act also provides mental health consultation to the y of central Maryland's head start programs in baltimore city and baltimore county. Project act receives funding to implement inclusive child care programming and to raise the quality of early childhood education for all children. Partners include the baltimore county community development block grant program, the Maryland developmental disabilities council and other foundations.
Senior services: senior services provides community education on a variety of topics related to seniors, their health and housing issues. Senior speaker series are held through the year in the Abilities Network training institute and also presented in the community at large. All speakers and trainings are open to the public and are free of charge. We also provided multiple seminars to the public. Topics include: "right-sizing and moving made easy," "get organized", "shred, file or pile: what to do with all this paper?" These presentation are offered at local senior centers, community organizations and senior living communities. Often we also join forces with other business owners in the aging field to create panel discussions for the public.move management services is a fee or service program which includes one-on-one support to help people navigate through the complicated process of relocation and downsizing. Move management services will be offered to seniors and people with disabilities. For many people, relocation can be one of the most stressful events in their lifetime. Move management services are customized to assist every step of the way with the understanding that very person's move is different, both emotionally and physically.

Grants made by Abilities Network

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Epilepsy Foundation of the Chesapeake RegionForgiveness of Loan Upon Grantee's Liquidation$77,700

Who funds Abilities Network

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Maryland Family NetworkIn Support of Operating A Child Care Resource Center for Baltimore, Cecil, and Hartford Cty$1,118,521
Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF)General Support and Various Projects$69,966
David and Barbara B Hirschhorn FoundationSupport for the Senior Move Management Program and Support for the Clutter Management/hoarding Program$25,000
...and 3 more grants received

Personnel at Abilities Network

NameTitleCompensation
Lynette ElliottChief Executive Officer$157,995
Kathy NaviaskyChief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer / Director of Program Administration$139,187
Lyn ElliottPast Chief Executive Officer / Director of Human Resources$158,412
Kyle WeadockPresident Elect and Treasurer / Board Member$0
Michael ZuidemaPresident Elect and Treasurer / Secretary / Treasurer / Board Member$0
...and 10 more key personnel

Financials for Abilities Network

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$3,427,789
Program services$6,754,733
Investment income and dividends$112
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$81,687
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$-5,227
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$7,390
Total revenues$10,266,484

Form 990s for Abilities Network

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-05-13990View PDF
2022-062023-05-15990View PDF
2021-062022-05-16990View PDF
2020-062021-05-26990View PDF
2019-062021-01-21990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
August 11, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
August 4, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
July 13, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
July 9, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $1,000 from Stanley S and Lania D Ullman Foundation
December 31, 2023
Received grants
Identified 5 new grant, including a grant for $331,506 from Maryland Family Network
Nonprofit Types
Disease-focused nonprofitsCharities
Issues
HealthDiseases and disorders
Characteristics
LobbyingFundraising eventsState / local levelTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
8503 Lasalle Rd
Towson, MD 21286
Metro area
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
County
Baltimore County, MD
Website URL
abilitiesnetwork.org/ 
Phone
(410) 828-7700
Facebook page
Abilities-Network 
Twitter profile
@abilitiesn 
IRS details
EIN
52-6060453
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1964
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
G50: Nerve, Muscle, and Bone Diseases
NAICS code, primary
624120: Services for the Elderly and People with Disabilities
Parent/child status
Independent
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