College Mentoring Experience FY2022 filing

Tax-deductible

Chicago, IL501(c)(3)EducationEIN 46-5578549

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College Mentoring Experience is a chicago non-profit organization that provides resources to help youth enter into College and graduate via College tours, scholarships, tutoring and mentorship. College Mentoring Experience prepare students with academic and soft skills needed to succeed in the 21st century academic and workplace environments. IT is the belief of College Mentoring Experience that when students are supported, families and communities are impacted.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$38K 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
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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $31K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$38K
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
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
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
$12K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$338K
-31% vs prior year
Spent
$331K
To programs
87%
Net assets
$123K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$338K
FY2022▼ -31%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$402K
FY2021$490K
FY2022$338K
FY2023$436K
FY2024$0
Expenses
$331K
FY2022▼ -24%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$344K
FY2021$437K
FY2022$331K
FY2023$396K
FY2024$0
Net assets
$123K
FY2022▲ +6%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$80K
FY2021$117K
FY2022$123K
FY2023$30K
FY2024$0

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 Jul 2014.

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

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $288K Management & general 23% · $77K

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

24 people listed on the 990; $38K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$37,500Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Bernard Lilly’s $28K as President is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 146 <$100K 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

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021
Bernard Lilly SR—$37,500—
Bernard Lilly$28,000—$27,500

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Guides youth to college and graduation through tours, scholarships, tutoring, and mentorship.

Provided by the organization

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2 programs · $541K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

We have over 60 mentors for youth in the community We take our youth on many educational trips across the country exposed them to many other cultures outside of their own at community festivals took them on college tours we participated in many events such as bowling and summer camp

$288Kprogram expense
02

College mentoring experience has over 60 mentors in the community. The organization takes youth on many educational trips acroos the country which exposes them to many other cultures outside their own. Youth are exposed to college tours, summer camp and bowling.

$253Kprogram 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 FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$338K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$338K
Money outPt IX
$331K
Ln 25
Programscol B$288K
Managementcol C$77K
Owns and owesPt X
$123K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$117K
Total assetsLn 16$135K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Government grantsLn 1e$39K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$338K
Total revenueLn 12$338K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$117K
Total assetsLn 16$135K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
Net assetsLn 32$123K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $0$0$0$0 990 PDF
FY2023 $436K$396K$40K$30K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $338K$331K$7K$123K 990 PDF
FY2021 $490K$437K$53K$117K 990 PDF
FY2020 $402K$344K$58K$80K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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