Fostering Life-Changing Opportunities

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Columbia, MO501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 84-2535138Revenue $1.9M in FY2024

On file with the IRS1400 Forum Blvd Ste 7a Pmb 131, 65203-1997 · Columbia, MOTax-exempt since Dec 2020Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Weaving resources and relationships together so all youth flourish.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 96 volunteers and 15 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $552K a year · 38% 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
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$78K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 84% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $500K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$205K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9M
×11 vs prior year
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$4.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2024▲ ×11
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$563K
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$324K
FY2023$168K
FY2024$1.9M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2024▲ +16%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$280K
FY2021$628K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.3M
Net assets
$4.2M
FY2024▲ +15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$731K
FY2021$5.4M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$4.2M

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 Dec 2020.

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

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $1.0M Management & general 21% · $275K Fundraising 0% · $4K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $78K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$78,363Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Beatrice Stewart’s $78K as Executive Director is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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

NameFY2024FY2023
Beatrice Stewart$78,363$26,591
Mark Kirchhoff—$47,003

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Connects resources and people to help all young people thrive.

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3 programs · $965K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The Flourish Home ('flome')

Transitional housingin 2020, the flourish home opened for operation with capacity to provide up to 6 youth (ages 16-19) emergency shelter AND/OR transitional living services, depending on their individual housing needs. Policies and procedures are in place for client referral, intake, assessment, case management, and discharge.

$723Kprogram expense
02

Scholarshipsflourish's first formal scholarship program began in 2020. Although there are multiple programs shaped uniquely for trade, technical, licensing, certificate, 2-YEAR or 4-YEAR degree-seeking students, the goal is the same--to reduce socio-economic barriers and increase access to postsecondary education opportunities for…

$164Kprogram expense
03

$aves the students achieving valuable educational savings ($aves) program consists of staff working with eligible students to earn deposits into a higher education savings account by participating and logging their positive youth development activities.

$79Kprogram expense

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$500K
Grants paid · 14 grants · $811K · 2021–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$131,709
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,731
Unitemized GrantFY2023$100,322
Unitemized GrantFY2023$46,061
Unitemized GrantFY2023$20,286
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,188
Unitemized GrantFY2022$176,353
Unitemized GrantFY2022$94,447
Unitemized GrantFY2022$25,386
Unitemized GrantFY2022$12,491
Unitemized GrantFY2021$167,419
Unitemized GrantFY2021$13,690
Unitemized GrantFY2021$12,527
Unitemized GrantFY2021$5,147

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.0M
Managementcol C$275K
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$205K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$750
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$19K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$300K
SavingsLn 2$702K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$307K
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$205K
Net assetsLn 32$4.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 515
VolunteersI 696
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$902K$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$307K$307K
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$112K$205K
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M$4.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$133K$133K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$87K$67K$20K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$565K$435K$129K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$22K$17K$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$37K$29K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$53K$42K$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$20K$20K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$32K$32K
OccupancyLn 16$81K$81K
TravelLn 17$10K$9K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$24K$24K
InsuranceLn 23$37K$15K$21K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$148K$148K
All other expensesLn 24e$40K$20K$16K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$1.0M$275K$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.9M$1.3M$558K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $168K$1.1M−$955K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $324K$1.1M−$792K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.3M$628K$3.7M$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $563K$280K$283K$731K 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
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Part I · Summary $1,859,673 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $167,579$1,868,955
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$1,765
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0−$11,047
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $167,579$1,859,673
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $169,857$133,440
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $609,313$764,004
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $343,373$403,848
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,122,543$1,301,292
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$954,964$558,381
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,859,673 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$19,325
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,849,630
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$750
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,868,955
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,765$1,765
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$11,047−$11,047
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$9,282$1,859,673
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,301,292 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $133,440$133,440
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $67,388 · Management $19,767$87,155
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $435,425 · Management $129,282$564,707
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $16,850 · Management $4,943$21,793
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $29,278 · Management $8,196$37,474
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $41,783 · Management $11,092$52,875
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $19,960$19,960
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $4,800$4,800
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $4,408$4,408
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $31,820$31,820
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $81,488$81,488
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,731 · Management $1,294$10,025
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $2,630$2,630
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $23,959$23,959
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $15,260 · Management $21,251$36,511
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $147,756$147,756
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $20,300 · Management $15,693 · Fundraising $4,498$40,491
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,021,658 · Management $275,136 · Fundraising $4,498$1,301,292
Part X · Balance sheet $4,391,571 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $902,007$300,119
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$701,766
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,523,486$3,065,430
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,501$17,427
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $306,572$306,829
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,740,566$4,391,571
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $111,638$204,556
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $111,638$204,556
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,598,728$2,819,704
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $30,200$1,367,311
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,628,928$4,187,015
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,740,566$4,391,571
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,187,015 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,859,673
XI-2 Total expenses$1,301,292
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$558,381
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,628,928
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$294
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,187,015

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

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