Our vision is to create a dynamic community of life-long learners and innovative civic leaders. Our mission is to model and share transformative educational practices that result in people s power to shape their world.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2021 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $41K a year · 13% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $130K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$596
0.5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 14 voting members
Concern: none of 14 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$103K
-59% vs prior year
Spent
$266K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$89K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$103K
FY2021▼ -59%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$249K
FY2021$103K
FY2022$407K
FY2024$485K
FY2024$317K
Expenses
$266K
FY2021▲ +19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$224K
FY2021$266K
FY2022$461K
FY2024$459K
FY2024$317K
Net assets
$89K
FY2021▼ -5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$94K
FY2021$89K
FY2022$78K
FY2024$75K
FY2024$77K

From the FY2021 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 Apr 2018.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $230K Management & general 14% · $36K Fundraising 0% · $514

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

42 people listed on the 990-EZ.

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Lachanda Harris’s $66K as Co Director is at the 61st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024
Lachanda Harris$66,229—
Dexter Jackson$12,622$65,152
Emma Gist$55,937—
Anna West$44,397$6,330

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

Empowering students to share their voices, engage civically, and build connections in schools.

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3 programs · $230K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Amped Academy is an after school program that is connected to Humanities Amped. This program seeks to build facilitation and leadership skills among high school students while providing them with substantive academic and college/career readiness supports.

$115Kprogram expense
02

Approximately 450 students were part of Amplified Classrooms in the 2020-21 school year, including 20 distinct class sections. All Amped-supported classes received: ? Coaching, guided planning, and modeling from a coach who works closely with instructional teams.

$60Kprogram expense
03

The inaugural Humanities Amped Learning Community Summer Institute, attended by 45 participants representing 16 EBRPSS educators from five schools, 9 Amped Community Educators, and 20 high school and middle school youth apprentice leaders, ran online from June 9-25th.

$55Kprogram expense

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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$130K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$103K
Fees for services$180K
Gifts and grants$112K
Money out
$266K
Programs$230K
Management$36K
Fundraising$514
Owns and owes
$89K
net assets
Cash and savings$132K
Total assets$132K
Liabilities$596
People
42
listed
Paid0
Voting board14
Independent0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$112K
Fees for services$180K
Total revenue$103K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Cash and savings together$132K
Total assets$132K
Liabilities$596
Net assets$89K
Operations
Employees10
Volunteers14
Fiscal year endsDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Records policyYes

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $485K$459K$26K$75K 990 PDF
FY2023 Not on file
FY2022 $407K$461K−$54K$78K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $103K$266K−$163K$89K 990 PDF
FY2020 $249K$224K$25K$94K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

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

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