Project Grad Akron: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 16-1639511)

Jacqueline a Silas-Butler ESQ’s $131K as Executive Director is at the 54th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Jacqueline a Silas-Butler ESQ	$131,143	$123,514	$118,638	$106,019	$102,107	$94,034
Laurie Curfman	—	$94,500	$93,338	—	—	—

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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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Supports students from pre-K through career with programs, resources, and scholarships.

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2 programs · $416K · in their own filed words · FY2019

01

College Access (ca)

The goal of the college access program is to increase the number of students graduating from buchtel & east community learning centers, attending college and successfully completing college. (the word college is used to include any post-secondary accredited program).

$350Kprogram expense

02

Campus family support (CFS) CFS is the umbrella for a diverse array of services and activities to support students and families and address barriers to student achievement and social competence.

$67Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

Akron Community FoundationFY2024$36K

Synthomer Foundation INCFY2024$10K

Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of AkronFY2024$5K

Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation INCFY2024$2K

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$53K

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Grants paid · 6 grants · $202K · 2019–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$31,750

Unitemized GrantFY2023$27,336

Unitemized GrantFY2022$28,700

Unitemized GrantFY2021$33,500

Unitemized GrantFY2020$39,750

Unitemized GrantFY2019$40,750

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$568K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$562K

Investment incomeLn 3$5K

Other incomeLn 4–11$1K

Money outPt IX

$568K

Ln 25

Programscol B$416K

Managementcol C$103K

Fundraisingcol D$48K

Owns and owesPt X

$217K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$181K

Total assetsLn 16$340K

LiabilitiesLn 26$124K

PeoplePt VI, VII

23

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a21

IndependentVI 1b21

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$562K

Government grantsLn 1e$150K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$55K

Investment incomeLn 3$5K

Other incomeLn 4–11$1K

Gains on assetsLn 7$3K

Total revenueLn 12$568K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$115K

SavingsLn 2$66K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$181K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$0

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K

Total assetsLn 16$340K

LiabilitiesLn 26$124K

Net assetsLn 32$217K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 529

VolunteersI 650

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$9K	$181K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$100K	$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$7K	$6K
Total assetsLn 16	$244K	$340K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$28K	$124K
Net assetsLn 32	$216K	$217K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$41K	$41K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$135K	$110K	$15K	$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$212K	$168K	$19K	$24K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$50K	$43K	$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$25K	$15K	$5K	$5K
Legal feesLn 11b	$255	$50	$103	$102
Accounting feesLn 11c	$21K	$4K	$8K	$8K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$4K		$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$6K		$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$26K		$26K
Office expensesLn 13	$13K	$3K	$10K	$126
Information technologyLn 14	$2K	$2K	$296	$99
OccupancyLn 16	$7K	$6K	$1K	$345
TravelLn 17	$9K	$8K	$761	$104
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$887	$710	$133	$44
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$17K	$16K	$623
Total functional expensesLn 25	$568K	$416K	$103K	$48K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$1.1M	$1.2M	−$40K	$509K	990 PDF
FY2024	$1.2M	$1.4M	−$161K	$547K	990 PDF
FY2023	$1.5M	$1.3M	$152K	$705K	990 PDF
FY2022	$1.2M	$1.0M	$177K	$550K	990 PDF
FY2021	$880K	$723K	$157K	$379K	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$568K	$568K	$497	$217K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $568,272 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $517,438$562,195

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $17,026$4,911

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $19,320$1,166

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $553,784$568,272

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $31,300$40,750

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $449,842$422,065

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $109,742$104,960

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $590,884$567,775

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$37,100$497

Part VI · Governance 21 of 21 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body21

VI-1b Independent voting members21

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $568,272 across 10 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $6,358 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$156,875

VIII-1c Fundraising events$55,021

VIII-1e Government grants$150,000

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$200,299

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$562,195

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,484$1,484

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $3,427$3,427

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$5,372−$5,372

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $180$180

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,965 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$3,888$568,272

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $567,775 across 16 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $40,750$40,750

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $110,405 · Management $14,811 · Fundraising $9,425$134,641

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $168,254 · Management $19,443 · Fundraising $24,371$212,068

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $42,582 · Management $7,514$50,096

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,993 · Management $4,864 · Fundraising $5,403$25,260

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $50 · Management $103 · Fundraising $102$255

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $4,182 · Management $8,362 · Fundraising $8,362$20,906

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $3,504$3,504

IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $5,741$5,741

IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $25,628$25,628

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,641 · Management $10,446 · Fundraising $126$13,213

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,579 · Management $296 · Fundraising $99$1,974

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,522 · Management $1,036 · Fundraising $345$6,903

IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,023 · Management $761 · Fundraising $104$8,888

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $710 · Management $133 · Fundraising $44$887

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $16,438 · Management $623$17,061

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $416,129 · Management $103,265 · Fundraising $48,381$567,775

Part X · Balance sheet $340,378 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $8,825$115,245

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$65,908

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $128,900$153,167

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,945$6,058

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $99,501$0

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $244,171$340,378

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $28,085$16,207

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$107,588

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $28,085$123,795

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $20,596−$32,729

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $195,490$249,312

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $216,086$216,583

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $244,171$340,378

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $216,583 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$568,272

XI-2 Total expenses$567,775

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$497

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$216,086

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$216,583

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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