Elevate Rapid City FY2021 filing

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Rapid City, SD501(c)(6)Since 1885EIN 46-0118545Revenue $1.3M in FY2021

On file with the IRSelevaterapidcity.comPo Box 747, 57709-0747 · Rapid City, SDTax-exempt since Apr 1964

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58¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$264K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
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
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list 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 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.4M a year · 57% 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
58%
of spending
Worth a look: 58% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$264K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
30 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 30.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $30K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.0M
11% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 11% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
50
of 50 voting members
Looks good: 50 of 50 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.3M
-20% vs prior year
Spent
$2.3M
To programs
58%
Net assets
$8.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2021▼ -20%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$11.9M
FY2023$15.9M
FY2024$7.2M
Expenses
$2.3M
FY2021▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$2.3M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$5.1M
Net assets
$8.5M
FY2021▼ -10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$9.4M
FY2021$8.5M
FY2022$17.4M
FY2023$28.9M
FY2024$31.1M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1964.

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

Where the money goes

58 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 58% · $1.3M Management & general 42% · $956K

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

51 people listed on the 990; $264K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/Ce
$264,060Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairma
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Tr
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Co
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Co
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Co
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Co
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tom Johnson$357,649$265,574$276,789$264,060$258,555
Linda Rabe————$89,259
Jeff Haverly————$12,645

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

Promotes economic development in the Rapid City region by attracting jobs, improving infrastructure, and supporting business growth to enhance the community's quality of life.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Economic well-being of aproximately 1,200 members of the rapid city area by promoting a healthy economic climate of good jobs and efficient and effective government and provide programs with improved quality of life.

Pt IX · col B

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$30K
Grants paid · 34 grants · $1.6M · 2020–2024
South Dakota Ellsworth Development AuthorityFY2024$201,004
Phase TechnologiesFY2024$51,800
Rural America InitiativesSD · FY2024$50,000
Individual RecipientFY2024$49,874
Rapid City Y M C ASD · FY2024$49,686
Black Hills Behavior LLCFY2024$30,126
Black Hills State UniversityFY2024$10,121
South Dakota Ellsworth Development AuthorityFY2023$200,004
Phase TechnologiesFY2023$110,600
SD Governor's Office of Economic DevelopmentFY2023$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$9,000
Property MeldFY2023$6,000
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$861K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$379K
Investment incomeLn 3$73K
Money outPt IX
$2.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$956K
Owns and owesPt X
$8.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.7M
Total assetsLn 16$9.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
51
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a50
IndependentVI 1b50
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$379K
Government grantsLn 1e$334K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$861K
Investment incomeLn 3$73K
Other incomeLn 4–11$13K
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5.4M
SavingsLn 2$318K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$171K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$78K
Total assetsLn 16$9.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M
Net assetsLn 32$8.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 516
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.1M$5.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$153K$171K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$45K$78K
Total assetsLn 16$9.8M$9.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$322K$1.0M
Net assetsLn 32$9.4M$8.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$261K$261K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$4K$4K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$307K$154K$154K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$853K$438K$415K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$56K$29K$27K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$157K$80K$77K
Payroll taxesLn 10$76K$39K$37K
Legal feesLn 11b$209$107$102
Accounting feesLn 11c$35K$18K$17K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$141K$72K$69K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$84K$43K$41K
Office expensesLn 13$50K$20K$30K
OccupancyLn 16$25K$12K$12K
TravelLn 17$25K$13K$12K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$4K$4K
InterestLn 20$6K$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$10K$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$12K$6K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$146K$104K$43K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.3M$1.3M$956K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $7.2M$5.1M$2.1M$31.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $15.9M$4.0M$11.9M$28.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $11.9M$2.7M$9.2M$17.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $1.3M$2.3M−$932K$8.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.7M$2.1M−$462K$9.4M 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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,325,047 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,074,520$378,518
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $505,979$860,549
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $27,444$73,358
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $58,070$12,622
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,666,013$1,325,047
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $290,727$265,010
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,319,689$1,449,156
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $517,923$543,108
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,128,339$2,257,274
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$462,326−$932,227
Part VI · Governance 50 of 50 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body50
VI-1b Independent voting members50
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 $1,325,047 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$333,518
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$45,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$378,518
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $860,549$860,549
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $73,358$73,358
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $12,622$12,622
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $873,171 · Excluded from tax $73,358$1,325,047
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,257,274 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $260,810$260,810
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,200$4,200
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $153,641 · Management $153,641$307,282
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $437,950 · Management $415,342$853,292
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $28,541 · Management $27,051$55,592
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $80,179 · Management $76,814$156,993
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $38,759 · Management $37,238$75,997
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $107 · Management $102$209
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $17,877 · Management $17,176$35,053
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $72,066 · Management $69,241$141,307
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $43,001 · Management $41,315$84,316
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $20,019 · Management $30,324$50,343
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $12,281 · Management $12,459$24,740
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,910 · Management $12,403$25,313
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,790 · Management $3,641$7,431
IX-20 InterestManagement $6,000$6,000
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $4,990 · Management $4,794$9,784
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,247 · Management $6,002$12,249
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $103,610 · Management $42,753$146,363
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,300,978 · Management $956,296 · Fundraising $0$2,257,274
Part X · Balance sheet $9,523,060 assets, 16 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,926,522; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,799,917$5,393,225
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $317,669$317,829
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $4,474,300$1,499,922
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,084$63,743
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$72,000
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $45,443$78,339
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $153,407$171,480
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,757,873$9,523,060
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $61,073$277,165
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $191,667$141,667
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $69,017$339
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $321,757$1,019,171
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,546,285$7,931,946
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $889,831$571,943
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $9,436,116$8,503,889
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,757,873$9,523,060
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,503,889 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,325,047
XI-2 Total expenses$2,257,274
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$932,227
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$9,436,116
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,503,889

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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