2026-04-18T17:45:49-04:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 462831108 Project Starfish Jobs for Disability Foundation America Inc PROJ 5083956379 181 MARKET ST APT 9 LOWELL MA 01852 Subhashish Acharya Director 5083956379 2026-04-20 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X X 2122 X 2122 0 0 0 2122 6688 2955 74 10487 20204 -18082 95428 77346 95428 77346 0 0 95428 77346 95428 77346 TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES MOSTLY VISUALLY IMPAIRED TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES TO OBTAIN A BETTER CAREER. WE HAVE ALSO EXPANDED THE SAME MODEL FOR VETERANS WHO HAVE EXCEPTIONAL CAPABILITY BUT WITH NO PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE DEVELOPED A CONTEMPORARY TRAINING MODEL THAT HELPS TRAIN INDIVIDUALS USING TECHNOLOGY AND AND CONNECT THEM WITH EMPLOYERS. OUR MODEL HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BOSTON GLOBE CHICAGO TRIBUNE ETC. Project Starfish has achieved a breakthrough in building a model that creates employment by leveraging the skills people with disabilities have. The three main activities we have is: 1. Create internships for students to build innovative accessible technology - this is a continued activity and our Focus is AI based models that can create income streams. 2. Meet with Employers and help them understand case studies of success and definitions of how skills of people with disabilities can enhance a job function or save costs and this is an ongoing activity for years that targets CEOs and Business Owners. This is equally applicable to returning veterans. 3. Meet with technologists to make AI models more accessible to help people with disabilities. We are now researching into how AI can create jobs for visually impaired people and we are conducting superior research on these elements. 0 0 Subhashish Acharya Director 10 0 Soumita Acharya President 10 0 Sunish Gupta Treasurer 10 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false MA SUBHASHISH ACHARYA 181 MARKET ST Apt 9 LOWELL MA 01852 5083956379 false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 42390 15859 23400 18500 2122 102271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42390 15859 23400 18500 2122 102271 102271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102271 1 0.4 X Part I General Form 990-EZ Part I Line 16 - Other ExpensesThe following is a breakdown of Other Expenses incurred during the 2025 calendar year:Technology & Equipment: $5,662. This includes hardware and software purchases from vendors including Best Buy Epson and Amazon.Travel & Lodging: $802. Expenditures primarily related to strategic meetings and organizational development at Margate Resort.Subscriptions & Professional Development: $584. Includes recurring professional research tools specialized software development and educational platforms such as Masterclass Scribd and specialized accessibility tools.Compliance & Administration: $313. Includes annual tax preparation fees via Tax990.com and necessary business filing fees with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.Total Line 16 Expenses: $7,361 Part I Line 1 Explanation of Inter-account Transfer: During the 2025 fiscal year the organization recorded a deposit of $71,805.03 in February. This amount represents an internal transfer of funds from a secondary foundation account. These funds were fully accounted for and reported as revenue in the 2024 tax year. Consequently this amount is excluded from 2025 revenue totals to ensure accurate reporting and to avoid the double-counting of organizational assets. Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Equipment travel subscriptions and compliance., $10487| Part II, Line 24 | Explanation:| The organization has invested in 1.1 BTC around some time back as a hedge against inflation