The Midnight Golf Program

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Detroit, MI501(c)(3)Since 2001Youth DevelopmentEIN 38-3580432Revenue $4.8M in FY2025

On file with the IRSmidnightgolf.org7441 2nd Ave, 48202-2701 · Detroit, MITax-exempt since Jul 2001Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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THE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM equips youth with the information and skills necessary to access and matriculate through post secondary education along with the lifeskills to succeed in a professional work place.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 65 volunteers and 14 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $245K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$284K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 68% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12.7M
70% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 70% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.8M
+115% vs prior year
Spent
$4.0M
To programs
70%
Net assets
$5.4M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$4.8M
FY2025▲ +115%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$4.8M
Expenses
$4.0M
FY2025▲ +43%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$2.8M
FY2025$4.0M
Net assets
$5.4M
FY2025▲ +397%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$5.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 2025) · 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 Jul 2001.

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

Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $2.8M Management & general 18% · $724K Fundraising 12% · $457K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $284K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$151,950Pt VII · Sec A
$131,950Pt VII · Sec A
Former VP
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Renee Fluker’s $152K as President is at the 68th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1552 $1–10M youth development 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Renee Fluker$151,950$151,950$148,258$135,342$131,182
David Gamlin—$141,950$138,258$125,356$121,200
Harold Curry$131,950$126,565$115,181——

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

Equips young adults with life skills, coaching, mentoring, and golf for success in college and careers.

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3 programs · $2.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Life Skills Mentoring

Where young people gain confidence and life skills in a family like atmosphere. Mentor to student support and peer to peer support are important aspects of the 30 week program which provides educational sessions on a wide variety of topics of interest to young people and of vital importance to their success.

$1.6Mprogram expense
02

Making graduation POSSIBLE/COLLEGE persistence program is where students are guided through the college selection and application process and are provided support throughout their post-secondary experience through a series of checkpoints facilitated by the college success team.

$907Kprogram expense
03

Road Trip to Success

A week long, out-of-state travel and learning experience for young people in the MGP, combining college visits, cultural exposure, and playing golf.

$303Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$663K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Money outPt IX
$4.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.8M
Managementcol C$724K
Fundraisingcol D$457K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$782K
Total assetsLn 16$18.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Other incomeLn 4–11$663K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$4.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$778K
SavingsLn 2$3K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$782K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$128K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16.7M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$18.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.7M
Net assetsLn 32$5.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 665
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$782K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$128K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16.7M
Total assetsLn 16$8.7M$18.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.6M$12.7M
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$5.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$284K$104K$115K$64K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$926K$537K$248K$141K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$44K$35K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$102K$54K$30K$17K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$27K$27K
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$95K$500$95K
Office expensesLn 13$21K$21K
Information technologyLn 14$103K$103K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$14K$10K$4K
TravelLn 17$129K$113K$7K$9K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$101K$81K$15K$5K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$641K$513K$96K$32K
InsuranceLn 23$38K$31K$6K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$986K$899K$18K$69K
All other expensesLn 24e$448K$300K$127K$22K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.0M$2.8M$724K$457K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $4.8M$4.0M$857K$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.2M$2.8M−$520K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.3M$2.6M−$348K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.4M$2.3M$83K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.6M$1.5M$1.2M$1.9M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,816,767 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,076,625$4,149,374
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$19,713$4,167
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $187,809$663,226
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,244,721$4,816,767
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,224,235$1,355,635
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,540,015$2,604,561
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,764,250$3,960,196
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$519,529$856,571
Part VI · Governance 11 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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 $4,816,767 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,149,374
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,149,374
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $4,167$4,167
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $19,234$19,234
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$643,992
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $23,401$4,816,767
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,960,196 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $104,365 · Management $115,157 · Fundraising $64,378$283,900
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $536,831 · Management $247,784 · Fundraising $141,288$925,903
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $34,532 · Management $9,740$44,272
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $53,827 · Management $30,468 · Fundraising $17,265$101,560
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $26,711$26,711
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $500 · Fundraising $94,679$95,179
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $21,231$21,231
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $103,472$103,472
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $10,190 · Management $3,627$13,817
IX-17 TravelPrograms $112,570 · Management $7,047 · Fundraising $9,376$128,993
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $81,122 · Management $15,210 · Fundraising $5,070$101,402
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $512,928 · Management $96,174 · Fundraising $32,058$641,160
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $30,798 · Management $5,775 · Fundraising $1,925$38,498
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $898,935 · Management $17,607 · Fundraising $69,126$985,668
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $299,842 · Management $126,640 · Fundraising $21,948$448,430
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,779,412 · Management $723,671 · Fundraising $457,113$3,960,196
Part X · Balance sheet $18,138,422 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $613,148$778,458
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $502,253$3,200
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$350,000
X-4 Accounts receivable$195,426
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$16,682,890
X-11 Publicly traded securities$128,448
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,560,596$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,675,997$18,138,422
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $972,671$312,811
X-25 Other liabilities$444,758
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,582,674$12,707,569
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,093,323$5,085,753
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$345,100
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,093,323$5,430,853
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,675,997$18,138,422
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,430,853 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,816,767
XI-2 Total expenses$3,960,196
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$856,571
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,093,323
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$3,480,959
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,430,853

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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