What is the EIN of CONNECTIONS WORK?

The employer identification number (EIN) of CONNECTIONS WORK is 23-1969810.

Is CONNECTIONS WORK tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1975.

Are donations to CONNECTIONS WORK tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

When is the next return of CONNECTIONS WORK due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did CONNECTIONS WORK last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of CONNECTIONS WORK?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ALEXIA PURSLEY.

Who are the officers and directors of CONNECTIONS WORK?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 13 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $127,055 (PEGGY KERSHNER, CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does CONNECTIONS WORK have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,233,889, expenses of $3,141,858 and total assets of $1,613,486 at year end.

Nonprofit · EIN 23-1969810

CONNECTIONS WORK

Tax-exempt · READING, PA 19601

Financials

Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end

Financials of CONNECTIONS WORK by year, from its e-filed returns
Year ended	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Net income	Total assets	Liabilities	Net assets
December 31, 2024	990	$3,233,889	$3,141,858	$92,031	$1,613,486	$445,123	$1,168,363
December 31, 2023	990	$2,965,200	$3,073,657	-$108,457	$1,573,960	$528,997	$1,044,963

Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants: $2,229,495
of which government grants: $1,465,513
Program service revenue: $953,410
Investment income: $44,844
Net rental income: $13,020
Net gain from sales of assets: $8,245
Net income from fundraising events: -$6,880
Other revenue: $6,140

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid: $0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees: $254,194
Other salaries and wages: $1,764,961
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total): $2,298,103
Professional fundraising fees: $0
Accounting fees: $33,747
Occupancy: $123,677
Travel: $45,967
Depreciation: $37,646
Program services (functional): $2,771,754
Management and general (functional): $256,325
Fundraising (functional): $113,779

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year: $1,573,960
Total assets, end of year: $1,613,486
Total liabilities, end of year: $445,123
Net assets, end of year: $1,168,363
Land, buildings and equipment: $111,985
Publicly traded securities: $392,288
Net assets without donor restrictions: $1,022,351
Net assets with donor restrictions: $146,012
Gross receipts: $3,250,669
Employees: 55
Volunteers: 303
Year formed: 1975
State of legal domicile: PA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation	Other / benefits
PEGGY KERSHNER	CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer	40	$127,055	$2,562
NIKKI SCHNOVEL	CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer	40	$122,134	$2,443
THOMAS RENTSCHLER ESQ	PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
BRIAN PINTO CFRE	VICE PRESIDENT THRU JUNE Trustee or director, Officer	1	$0	$0
ALEXIA PURSLEY	TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer	1	$0	$0
SHARON MAST	SECRETARY THRU SEPTEMBER Trustee or director, Officer	1	$0	$0
ABHI AMATYA	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
JOE O'NEILL	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
KARISSA RODRIGUEZ ESQ	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
LAWRENCE SNOW	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
LEONETTE STOCKER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
RONALD L VELEZ	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
YAMIL SANCHEZ RIVERA EDD	BOARD MEMBER THRU DECEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0

990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 16 people

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation	Other / benefits
PEGGY KERSHNER	CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer	40	$114,653	$8,282
NIKKI SCHNOVEL	CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer	40	$114,470	$2,389
THOMAS RENTSCHLER ESQ	PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	2	$0	$0
BRIAN PINTO CFRE	VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	1	$0	$0
MATT SPEZIALETTI CFA CFP	TREASURER THROUGH JUNE Trustee or director, Officer	1	$0	$0
ALEXIA PURSLEY	SECRETARY THRU MAY, TREASURER AS OF JUNE Trustee or director, Officer	1	$0	$0
SHARON MAST	DIRECTOR; SECRETARY AS OF JUNE Trustee or director, Officer	1	$0	$0
ABHI AMATYA	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
JOE O'NEILL	BOARD MEMBER AS OF FEBRUARY Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
KARISSA RODRIGUEZ ESQ	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
YAMIL SANCHEZ RIVERA EDD	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
JEANNIE SAVAGE	BOARD MEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
LAWRENCE SNOW	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	2	$0	$0
LEONETTE STOCKER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
PETER TERRANOVA	BOARD MEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY Trustee or director	1	$0	$0
RONALD L VELEZ	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	1	$0	$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file): 4TH FLOOR, READING, PA 19601-0000
Principal officer (990 for 2024): ALEXIA PURSLEY, 19 N 6TH STREET 4TH FLOOR, READING, PA 19601
Signed the 990: ALEXIA PURSLEY, TREASURER
Phone: (484) 260-3860
Website: WWW.CONNECTIONSWORK.ORG
Return prepared by: HERBEIN COMPANY INC

Mission

CONNECTIONS WORK CHANGES LIVES AND IMPROVES COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND SUPPORTS TO INDIVIDUALS SEEKING PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS.
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

REENTRY SERVICES: CONNECTIONS WORK PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO RETURNING CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THEIR SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FROM JAIL OR PRISON TO THE BERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY, AND FOR THOSE WITH PAST SYSTEM JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT. REENTRY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BOTH PRE-AND POST-RELEASE AND INCLUDE: CASE MANAGEMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, MENTORING, FINANCIAL LITERACY, FAMILY REUNIFICATION, AND ASSISTANCE SECURING BASIC NEEDS. ADDITIONALLY, CONNECTIONS WORK WORKS TO EDUCATE EMPLOYERS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF HIRING RETURNING CITIZENS AND PROVIDES ONGOING EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT. IN 2024, CONNECTIONS WORK PROVIDED REENTRY SERVICES TO 1,899 RETURNING CITIZENS THROUGH OVER 10,400 CONTACTS WITH PROGRAM CASE MANAGERS. CONNECTIONS WORK ALSO SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL HUB FOR THE PARDON PROJECT OF BERKS COUNTY, A PROGRAM THAT SEEKS TO NOT ONLY RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PARDON PROCESS, BUT ALSO TO MATCH TRAINED VOLUNTEER PARDON COACHES WITH APPLICANTS SEEKING A PARDON TO ASSIST THEM IN COMPLETING THEIR PARDON APPLICATIONS, GIVING THEM A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF OBTAINING A PARDON.
Expenses $1,307,484 · revenue $194,122
REBUILDING REENTRANTS AND READING (R3): CONNECTIONS WORK PARTNERS WITH THE READING MUHLENBERG CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER (RMCTC) AND THE GOGGLEWORKS CENTER FOR THE ARTS TO PROVIDE THE THREE COMPONENTS OF THE TRAINING; CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT RMCTC, HANDS ON LEARNING IN THE WOODSHOP AND WELDING STUDIO AT THE GOGGLEWORKS AND AN EMPLOYMENT FOCUSED COGNITIVE CURRICULUM DELIVERED BY CONNECTIONS WORK STAFF. IN 2024, 34 PARTICIPANTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE PROGRAM. GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM HAVE PROVEN HIGH LEVELS OF SUCCESS - 63% ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AND 96% HAVE NOT RECIDIVATED.
Expenses $605,748
PRETRIAL/DIVERSION: PRETRIAL OFFICERS CONDUCT POST-ARREST INTERVIEWS AND ASSESSMENTS OF CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS AND FURNISH THE VERIFIED ASSESSMENTS TO THE JUDICIARY, EITHER PRIOR TO BAIL BEING SET OR AT THE PRELIMINARY HEARING. CONNECTIONS WORK ALSO ASSISTS WITH JAIL POPULATION MANAGEMENT BY MONITORING THE PRETRIAL POPULATION AND PROVIDING ASSESSMENTS TO THE COURT FOR DEFENDANTS WHO ARE DEEMED LOW RISK AND ARE ONLY INCARCERATED DUE TO THEIR INABILITY TO PAY MONETARY BAIL. IN 2024, CONNECTIONS WORK PROVIDED 1,316 DEFENDANT ASSESSMENTS TO THE COURTS. CONNECTIONS WORK ALSO PROVIDES SUPERVISED RELEASE FOR CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE REMAIN IN JAIL UNTIL THE FINAL DISPOSITION OF THEIR CASE. CONNECTIONS WORK ALSO OVERSEES THE FORENSIC DIVERSION PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ACT AS A LIAISON BETWEEN VARIOUS CRIMINAL JUSTICE ENTITIES TO DECREASE THE INCARCERATION RATE OF NON-VIOLENT MENTALLY ILL DEFENDANTS, WHILE ENSURING COMMUNITY SAFETY.
Expenses $795,350 · revenue $706,488
COMMUNITY OUTREACH: THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM (COT) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THREE AREAS: 1. VOLUNTEERS: THE TEAM MANAGES THE RECRUITMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF ALL AGENCY VOLUNTEERS THAT SUPPORT OUR VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND REENTRY INITIATIVES, INCLUDING OUR FAMILY CONNECTIONS EVENTS, HOLIDAY GIFT PROJECT, MOTHER'S/FATHER'S VOICE PROGRAM, RETURNING CITIZENS CAREER FAIRS, AND MOCK INTERVIEWING. 2. MARKETING: THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT AND PRODUCTION OF OUR AGENCY'S MARKETING MATERIAL INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, NEWSLETTERS, AND APPEALS. 3. EVENTS: THE TEAM OVERSEES CONNECTIONS WORK EVENTS AND INITIATIVES INCLUDING THE ANNUAL AWARDS BREAKFAST, TWO CAREER FAIRS, FRIENDS OF CONNECTIONS WORK SOCIAL, RAFFLES, AND OUTSIDE AGENCY SPONSORED EVENTS. IN 2024, OUR VOLUNTEERS HELPED US SERVE JUST UNDER 300 CHILDREN IN OUR HOLIDAY GIFT PROJECT, 775 CHILDREN WITH MOTHER'S/FATHER'S VOICE, AND ASSISTED OVER 450 JOB SEEKERS AT OUR RETURNING CITIZENS CAREER FAIRS.
Expenses $63,172 · revenue $52,800

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax year	Year ended	Due	IRS public records
2025	December 31, 2025	May 15, 2026	Not on file
2024	December 31, 2024	May 15, 2025	990 on file
2023	December 31, 2023	May 15, 2024	990 on file

IRS record

EIN: 23-1969810
Tax-exempt status: 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status: Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78): Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since: 1975
Accounting year ends: December
Files: Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file): $1,613,486
Income (IRS master file): $3,250,669

Filing history

Form	Year ended	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Return
990	December 2024	$3,233,889	$3,141,858	$1,613,486	XML
990	December 2023	$2,965,200	$3,073,657	$1,573,960	XML
990	December 2022	$2,494,879	$2,542,521	$1,714,742	IRS
990	December 2021	–	–	–	IRS
990	December 2020	–	–	–	IRS
990	December 2019	–	–	–	IRS
990	December 2018	–	–	–	IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-1969810).

Questions about CONNECTIONS WORK

What is the EIN of CONNECTIONS WORK?: The employer identification number (EIN) of CONNECTIONS WORK is 23-1969810.
Is CONNECTIONS WORK tax-exempt?: Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1975.
Are donations to CONNECTIONS WORK tax-deductible?: Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does CONNECTIONS WORK file?: Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of CONNECTIONS WORK due?: The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did CONNECTIONS WORK last file with the IRS?: The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of CONNECTIONS WORK?: The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ALEXIA PURSLEY.
Who are the officers and directors of CONNECTIONS WORK?: The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 13 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $127,055 (PEGGY KERSHNER, CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does CONNECTIONS WORK have?: On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,233,889, expenses of $3,141,858 and total assets of $1,613,486 at year end.