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Project Grad Akron FY2022 filing

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Akron, OH501(c)(3)Since 2002Education EIN 16-1639511Revenue $1.2M in FY2022

On file with the IRSprojectgradakron.org10 North Main St Ste 503, 44308-1958 · Akron, OHTax-exempt since Dec 2002Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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In collaboration with community partners, Project Grad Akron will provide a system of programs, supports, and scholarships for underrepresented students to achieve success from pre-kindergarten through career.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$106K 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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FY2022 · 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 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $48K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$106K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $53K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$36K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 24 voting members
Looks good: 24 of 24 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
+35% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$550K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2022▲ +35%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$568K
FY2021$880K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2022▲ +39%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$568K
FY2021$723K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$550K
FY2022▲ +45%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$217K
FY2021$379K
FY2022$550K
FY2023$705K
FY2024$547K
FY2025$509K

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending June 2022) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2002.

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

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $827K Management & general 12% · $125K Fundraising 5% · $55K

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

26 people listed on the 990; $106K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
$106,019Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
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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Questions the 990 asks

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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 · $827K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Secondary and Post-Secondary Programming

Project grad akron's college and career central programming provides college and career readiness and access services for 6TH through 12TH grade students in selected schools of the akron public schools.

$728Kprogram expense
02

Primary Programming

Students begin their relationship with project grad akron through the bridge to kindergarten (B2K) program which serves students and families in the akron public schools transitioning into kindergarten from home or preschool.

$99Kprogram expense

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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

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$786
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$827K
Managementcol C$125K
Fundraisingcol D$55K
Owns and owesPt X
$550K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$266K
Total assetsLn 16$586K
LiabilitiesLn 26$36K
PeoplePt VI, VII
26
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a24
IndependentVI 1b24
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$769K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$82K
Investment incomeLn 3$786
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$235K
SavingsLn 2$31K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$266K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K
Total assetsLn 16$586K
LiabilitiesLn 26$36K
Net assetsLn 32$550K
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
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$251K$266K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10K$7K
Total assetsLn 16$424K$586K
LiabilitiesLn 26$46K$36K
Net assetsLn 32$379K$550K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$34K$34K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$147K$121K$16K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$473K$435K$16K$22K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$106K$90K$16K
Payroll taxesLn 10$49K$30K$9K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$31K$6K$12K$12K
Investment management feesLn 11f$561$561
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$14K$14K$500
Advertising and promotionLn 12$22K$22K
Office expensesLn 13$46K$31K$15K$330
Information technologyLn 14$6K$5K$855$285
OccupancyLn 16$9K$7K$1K$443
TravelLn 17$13K$13K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K$493$164
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$55K$54K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$827K$125K$55K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
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 Viewing $1.2M$1.0M$177K$550K 990 PDF
FY2021 $880K$723K$157K$379K 990 PDF
FY2020 $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 $1,184,308 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $868,618$1,180,164
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,056$786
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $10,618$3,358
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $880,292$1,184,308
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $39,750$33,500
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $498,281$774,699
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $20,000$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $165,354$199,027
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $723,385$1,007,226
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $156,907$177,082
Part VI · Governance 24 of 24 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body24
VI-1b Independent voting members24
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 $1,184,308 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $4,897 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$145,000
VIII-1c Fundraising events$82,430
VIII-1e Government grants$768,972
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$183,762
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,180,164
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,012−$1,012
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $259$259
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,370 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$226$1,184,308
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,007,226 across 15 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $33,500$33,500
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $120,643 · Management $16,184 · Fundraising $10,299$147,126
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $435,288 · Management $16,486 · Fundraising $21,507$473,281
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $89,682 · Management $15,826$105,508
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $30,373 · Management $8,827 · Fundraising $9,584$48,784
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,140 · Management $12,282 · Fundraising $12,282$30,704
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $561$561
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $13,594 · Fundraising $500$14,094
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $22,340$22,340
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $30,984 · Management $14,774 · Fundraising $330$46,088
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,567 · Management $855 · Fundraising $285$5,707
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,077 · Management $1,328 · Fundraising $443$8,848
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,642$12,642
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,632 · Management $493 · Fundraising $164$3,289
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $53,570 · Management $1,184$54,754
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $827,098 · Management $124,734 · Fundraising $55,394$1,007,226
Part X · Balance sheet $586,302 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $179,511$235,388
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $71,493$30,691
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $161,146$313,325
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,187$6,898
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $424,337$586,302
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $37,893$35,813
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $45,538$35,813
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $172,003$287,186
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $206,796$263,303
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $378,799$550,489
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $424,337$586,302
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $550,489 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,184,308
XI-2 Total expenses$1,007,226
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$177,082
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$378,799
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$5,392
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$550,489

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