The Diatribe INC

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Grand Rapids, MI501(c)(3)Since 2017Arts & CultureEIN 81-4131862Revenue $3.1M in FY2024

On file with the IRSthediatribe.org334 Burton St Se, 49507-3007 · Grand Rapids, MITax-exempt since Jan 2018Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Diatribe uses restorative art to disrupt historical systems of oppression by reimagining education, holistically honoring the community by creating an unapologetic vision for liberation that is accessible to all.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
61¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 6 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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FY2024 · 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
4 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $647K a year · 39% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
61%
of spending
Worth a look: 61% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$397K
to officers and key staff · 39% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 67% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 39% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $460K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$446K
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.1M
+84% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
61%
Net assets
$2.8M
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$3.1M
FY2024▲ +84%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$619K
FY2021$116K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$3.1M
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2024▼ -26%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$594K
FY2021$111K
FY2022$970K
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.0M
Net assets
$2.8M
FY2024▲ +193%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$89K
FY2021$94K
FY2022$237K
FY2023$941K
FY2024$2.8M

From the FY2024 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 Jan 2018.

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

Where the money goes

61 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 61% · $632K Management & general 34% · $348K Fundraising 5% · $51K

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

18 people listed on the 990; $397K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Co-Interim Director
$100,072Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Interim Director
$87,825Pt VII · Sec A
$70,500Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$70,000Pt VII · Sec A
Leader of Educational Programming
$50,980Pt VII · Sec A
$10,000Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$7,750Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Vanessa Jimenez’s $100K as Co-Interim Director is at the 33rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2021
Marcel B Price—$116,667$98,333$13,333$87,283
Vanessa Jimenez$100,072————
Megan Smith-Jovanovic$87,825————
Rachel Gleason$50,980$46,980$76,999$10,833$67,292
Jodi L Tamminga$70,500$35,000———
Javier Cervantes$70,000$38,447———
Ericka Thompson—$40,000$18,596——
Leslie C Orduna$10,000$20,000———

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

Empowers youth through performing arts to share stories, raise awareness, and create community change.

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3 programs · $527K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Writing to Right Wrongs teaches young people about redlining and gentrification and how to get active in their community.

$211Kprogram expense
02

Summer Programs foster the development of young poets and their self-expression. Diatribe offers an online collection of youth poetry performances and videos of our public art projects and the process to create them, sharing the stories of neighbors and students along the way.

$211Kprogram expense
03

Poetry Empowered program uses poetry and spoken word to encourage students to explore mental health topics and intersectional identities.

$105Kprogram 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
Krw FoundationFY2024$150K
Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$460K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$298K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$632K
Managementcol C$348K
Fundraisingcol D$51K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$446K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Other incomeLn 4–11$298K
Total revenueLn 12$3.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$446K
Net assetsLn 32$2.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 620
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$617K$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$27K$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$652K$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$187K$446K
Net assetsLn 32$465K$2.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$542K$485K$56K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$309K$91K$171K$48K
Legal feesLn 11b$11K$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$57K$57K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$13K$13K
Office expensesLn 13$24K$24K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$5K$5K
TravelLn 17$17$17
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$64$64
InsuranceLn 23$10K$3K$6K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$45K$34K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$8K$7K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$632K$348K$51K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $3.1M$1.0M$2.1M$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.7M$1.4M$317K$941K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$970K$137K$237K 990 PDF
FY2021 $619K$594K$25K$89K 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,139,503 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,702,389$1,112,675
I-9 Program service revenue$1,717,764
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,609$11,493
I-11 Other revenue$297,571
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,707,998$3,139,503
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $737,367$851,144
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $653,419$179,465
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,390,786$1,030,609
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $317,212$2,108,894
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,139,503 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,112,675
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,112,675
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,717,764$1,717,764
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $11,493$11,493
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $297,571$297,571
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,026,828 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,139,503
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,030,609 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $485,312 · Management $56,441$541,753
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $90,888 · Management $170,541 · Fundraising $47,962$309,391
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $11,307$11,307
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $57,200$57,200
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $13,393$13,393
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $23,929$23,929
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $5,592$5,592
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,800$4,800
IX-17 TravelManagement $17$17
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $64$64
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,982 · Management $5,589 · Fundraising $1,574$10,145
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $34,435 · Management $10,398$44,833
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $6,785 · Fundraising $1,400$8,185
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $631,810 · Management $347,863 · Fundraising $50,936$1,030,609
Part X · Balance sheet $3,198,278 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $616,934$1,259,296
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$215,950
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$11,198
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $27,142$1,711,834
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $651,928$3,198,278
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $128,008$37,607
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year −$34,924$45,391
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $187,303$446,147
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $464,625$2,752,131
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $464,625$2,752,131
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $651,928$3,198,278
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,752,131 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,139,503
XI-2 Total expenses$1,030,609
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,108,894
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$464,625
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$178,612
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,752,131

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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