A 1 Learning Connections FY2022 filing

Tax-deductible

Knoxville, TN501(c)(3)EducationEIN 27-2109144

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Empowering students of today to triumph in the world of tomorrow through tutoring and enrichment programs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$173K 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
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $16K a year · 4% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$173K
to officers and key staff · 41% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 41% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $20K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
−$186
-0.2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are -0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$423K
-5% vs prior year
Spent
$418K
To programs
94%
Net assets
$80K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$423K
FY2022▼ -5%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$311K
FY2021$443K
FY2022$423K
FY2023$387K
FY2024$193K
Expenses
$418K
FY2022▲ +8%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$266K
FY2021$389K
FY2022$418K
FY2023$427K
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$80K
FY2022▼ -9%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$29K
FY2021$88K
FY2022$80K
FY2023$41K
FY2024$48K

From the FY2022 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 2014.

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

Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $392K Management & general 6% · $27K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $173K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$173,390Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Laschinski Emerson’s $105K as Executive Director is at the 86th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Laschinski Emerson$105,228$253,360$173,390$162,678$105,675

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides tutoring and enrichment to help students succeed in the future.

Provided by the organization

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1 program · $392K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

A1 Learning Connections has established strong relationships with local community organizations, schools, churches, parents, teachers, and students to meet the academic needs of our students. A1 Learning Connections has highly qualified professionals ready and willing to facilitate year-round learning for K-12 students.

$392Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$20K

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$423K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$423K
Investment incomeLn 3$69
Money outPt IX
$418K
Ln 25
Programscol B$392K
Managementcol C$27K
Owns and owesPt X
$80K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$47K
Total assetsLn 16$80K
LiabilitiesLn 26−$186
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$423K
Government grantsLn 1e$414K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$69
Total revenueLn 12$423K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$47K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$47K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$80K
LiabilitiesLn 26−$186
Net assetsLn 32$80K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$62K$47K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$88K$80K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0−$186
Net assetsLn 32$88K$80K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$173K$173K$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5K$5K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$12K$12K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$22K$0$22K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$172K$172K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$15K$14K$1K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$2K$0$2K$0
TravelLn 17$14K$14K$128$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$357$0$357$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$2K$1K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$418K$392K$27K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $193K$48K 990 PDF
FY2023 $387K$427K−$40K$41K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $423K$418K$5K$80K 990 PDF
FY2021 $443K$389K$55K$88K 990 PDF
FY2020 $311K$266K$45K$29K 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 FY2022 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $423,356 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$413,653
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$9,634
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$423,287
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $69 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$69
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $69 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$423,356
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $418,249 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $173,390 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$173,390
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,554 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,554
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,628 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$11,628
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $22,050 · Fundraising $0$22,050
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $172,006 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$172,006
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $14,196 · Management $1,179 · Fundraising $0$15,375
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $1,507 · Fundraising $0$1,507
IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,949 · Management $128 · Fundraising $0$14,077
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $357 · Fundraising $0$357
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,927 · Management $1,378 · Fundraising $0$3,305
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $391,650 · Management $26,599 · Fundraising $0$418,249
Part X · Balance sheet $79,544 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $62,371$47,112
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $25,147$32,432
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $87,518$79,544
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0−$186
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0−$186
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $62,371$79,730
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $25,147$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $87,518$79,730
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $87,518$79,544
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $79,730 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$423,356
XI-2 Total expenses$418,249
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,107
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$87,518
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$12,895
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$79,730

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