No Easy Props INC FY2024 filing

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Los Angeles, CA501(c)(3)Since 2010EducationEIN 01-0976454Revenue $680K in FY2024

On file with the IRSnoeasyprops.orgPo Box 741060, 90004-9060 · Los Angeles, CATax-exempt since Oct 2010Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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No Easy Props mission is to preserve and proliferate hip-hop culutre for community benefit and proactive youth development. Our most significant activities are our fortify our rebel youth program, bboy summit event, and west coast funk and soul dance series.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$127K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $28K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$127K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $160K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$680K
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$644K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$128K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$680K
FY2024▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$255K
FY2022$636K
FY2023$666K
FY2024$680K
FY2025$279K
Expenses
$644K
FY2024▼ -20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$231K
FY2022$495K
FY2023$804K
FY2024$644K
FY2025$205K
Net assets
$128K
FY2024▲ +40%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$94K
FY2022$229K
FY2023$91K
FY2024$128K
FY2025$128K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2010.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $553K Management & general 14% · $90K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990; $127K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$53,041Pt VII · Sec A
Program Coordinator
$44,769Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Admin
$29,303Pt VII · Sec A

Nancy Yu’s $50K as President is at the 42nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1612 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Nancy Yu$50,212$53,041$62,047$42,130$65,570
Ben Higa$45,650$44,769———
Lori Mabunga—$29,303$16,077$16,127$4,353
Katrina Mayfield$14,748————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Preserves and promotes Hip-Hop culture through youth programs and dance events.

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2 programs · $441K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

HIPHOP101, a during and after school hip-hop arts program for school age youth 5-15; where students learn hip-hop street dance including: breaking, popping, and hip-hop choreography, and the basics of street art through creative art works including a wearable hat.

$253Kprogram expense
02

Fortify our rebel youth is a mentor apprenticeship program for at-risk and system impacted teens 12-19 years old to learn skills of hip-hop dance, art, music, creative business, and health and wellness.

$187Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$680K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$357K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$323K
Money outPt IX
$644K
Ln 25
Programscol B$553K
Managementcol C$90K
Owns and owesPt X
$128K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$71K
Total assetsLn 16$133K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$323K
Government grantsLn 1e$128K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$357K
Total revenueLn 12$680K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$53K
SavingsLn 2$18K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$71K
Total assetsLn 16$133K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
Net assetsLn 32$128K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$85K$71K
Total assetsLn 16$96K$133K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K$5K
Net assetsLn 32$91K$128K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$127K$96K$31K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$72K$66K$6K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$8K$7K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$0$10K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$384K$384K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$411$0$411$0
Office expensesLn 13$324$0$324$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$0$4K$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$0$5K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$16K$0$16K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$0$11K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$644K$553K$90K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $279K$205K$75K$128K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $680K$644K$37K$128K 990 PDF
FY2023 $666K$804K−$138K$91K 990 PDF
FY2022 $636K$495K$141K$229K 990 PDF
FY2021 $255K$231K$24K$94K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $680,331 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $424,027$323,077
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $241,627$357,254
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $665,654$680,331
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $665,654$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $487,051$214,443
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $316,452$429,116
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $803,503$643,559
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$137,849$36,772
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $680,331 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$128,126
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$194,951
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$323,077
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$357,254
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $357,254 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$680,331
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $643,559 across 12 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $95,847 · Management $31,266 · Fundraising $0$127,113
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $65,998 · Management $6,214 · Fundraising $0$72,212
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,861 · Management $7,257 · Fundraising $0$15,118
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $10,105 · Fundraising $0$10,105
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $383,507 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$383,507
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $411 · Fundraising $0$411
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $324 · Fundraising $0$324
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $3,543 · Fundraising $0$3,543
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $4,901 · Fundraising $0$4,901
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $0 · Management $15,578 · Fundraising $0$15,578
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $10,747 · Fundraising $0$10,747
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $553,213 · Management $90,346 · Fundraising $0$643,559
Part X · Balance sheet $132,766 assets, 10 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $8,250; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $85,254$52,650
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$17,949
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$50,000
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$3,917
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $95,994$132,766
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,940$4,940
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,940$4,940
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $91,054$127,826
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $91,054$127,826
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $95,994$132,766
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $127,826 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$680,331
XI-2 Total expenses$643,559
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$36,772
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$91,054
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$127,826

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