Gathering Strength
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Gathering Strength meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
Gathering Strength empowers people with disabilities to achieve better health, increase self-sufficiency, and become more engaged in the community.
Year, State Incorporated:
2018, KY
Gathering Strength empowers people with disabilities and their families by providing unique direct programming and by advocating for long-term change. The nonprofit designs and offers free online financial empowerment and adapted exercise and stress-reduction classes. It also provides in-person wellness-promoting activities such as the Adaptive Recreation Showcase. It advocates for long-term change to increase accessibility of housing, transportation, and healthcare.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, Gathering Strength's program expenses were:
| Program services | $63,765 |
| Total Program Expenses | $63,765 |
Chief Executive
Elizabeth Fust, Founder & Executive Director
Chair of the Board
Cathy Spalding
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired CEO of Frazier Rehab Institute
Board Size
5
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on Gathering Strength's IRS Form 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Source of Funds
| Contributions, gifts, grants | $110,607 |
| Gross amount of sale of assets other than inventory | $8,585 |
| Total Income | $119,192 |
Programs: 65% Fundraising: 17% Administrative: 18%
| Total Income | $119,192 |
| Total expenses: | $98,071 |
| Program expenses | $63,765 |
| Fundraising expenses | $16,382 |
| Administrative expenses | $17,924 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $21,121 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $171,913 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $193,034 |
| Total Liabilities | $2,352 |
| Total Assets | $195,386 |
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