Essential Instruction
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF ESSENTIAL INSTRUCTION IS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE PREVENTING CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION. THIS MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH EDUCATION, COLLABORATION AND ONGOING INSTRUCTION, ALL FROM A PRACTICAL, LESSONS LEARNED POINT OF VIEW GROUNDED IN BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION. EMPHASIS WIL BE ON PREVENTION AS WELL AS RECOVERY AND REINTEGRATION.
- Income
- $97,284
- Spending
- $132,026
- Reserves
- 5.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $59,192, executive di
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- CONDUCT SEVERAL PROGRAMS AT THE ELDORA BOYS TRAINING SCHOOL. OUR PROGRAMS AIM TO CULTIVATE LASTING CHANGE AND REHABILITATION BY TEACHING WHAT WAS LOST THROUGH SIN AND CRIME AND GAINED THROUGH GRACE AND FAITH. PROGRAMS WORK WITH INMATES TO MAKE THE CHANGES NECESSARY INSIDE THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE PRODUCTIVE, HEALTHY CITIZENS OUTSIDE.
- SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS WITH YOUTH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND CHURCHES SHARING REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE ABOUT RECONCILIATION AND HOPE, TEACHING THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH PAIN YOU FEEL, OR HOW LOST OR ALONE YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF, THERE IS HOPE TO BE HAD IN GRACE, FORGIVENESS, AND FAITH. WE TEACH THAT WITH THESE GIFTS, YOU CAN BE RESTORED AND LIVE A LIFE THAT DOES NOT SHARE IN THE CYCLES OF SIN, CRIME, AND ABANDONMENT. ALL THIS IS SHARED THROUGH COMPELLING REAL LIFE STORIES THAT CAPTURE THE ATTENTION OF YOUTH.
- WEEKLY SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES AT THE LINCOLN CENTER.
- $132,026 spent. THE MISSION OF ESSENTIAL INSTRUCTION IS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE PREVENTING CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION. THIS MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH EDUCATION, COLLABORATION AND ONGOING INSTRUCTION, ALL FROM A PRACTICAL, LESSONS LEARNED POINT OF VIEW GROUNDED IN BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION. EMPHASIS WIL BE ON PREVENTION AS WELL AS RECOVERY AND REINTEGRATION.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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