Uplift Solutions INC: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 94-3471934)

Atif Bostic’s $199K as President & CEO is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 818 $1–10M food & agriculture 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022
Atif Bostic	$199,135	$193,004	$187,182	$178,061
Barb Varela	$88,557	$85,760	$83,138	$41,538

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

Programs and updates

Empowering underserved communities with entrepreneurial solutions for healthier lives.

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1 program · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2023

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Since 2017, uplift solutions has been providing workforce training to justice involved individuals for entry into the workforce. Participants can choose from three tracks; retail, hvac or CDL.

$1.2Mprogram 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 · FY2024

John S and James L Knight Foundation INCFY2024$400K

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New JerseyFY2024$80K

The Philadelphia FoundationFY2024$30K

The Patricia Kind Family FoundationFY2024$25K

Bread and Roses Community FundFY2024$10K

The Gordon Charter FoundationFY2024$10K

The Cozen O'Connor Foundation INCFY2024$10K

Independence FoundationFY2024$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 10 funders$574K

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Grants paid · 21 grants · $1.7M · 2020–2025

Unitemized GrantFY2025$344,426

Kdk3officials LLCFY2025$71,400

No-MoPA · FY2025$39,532

Wurd RadioFY2025$30,875

Unitemized GrantFY2024$211,841

Kidk3officials LLCFY2024$86,280

Wurd RadioFY2024$47,500

Fact ExperiencePA · FY2024$7,252

Unitemized GrantFY2023$157,011

Wurd RadioFY2023$47,500

Kidk3officials LLCFY2023$21,640

Url Media HoldingsFY2022$162,500

Unitemized GrantFY2022$84,770

American Cancer Society INCGA · FY2022$11,500

Brown's Super StoresFY2022$7,297

Brown's Super StoresFY2021$188,577

Url Media HoldingsFY2021$75,000

Unitemized GrantFY2021$52,525

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.9M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$42K

Investment incomeLn 3$1K

Money outPt IX

$1.8M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.2M

Managementcol C$319K

Fundraisingcol D$228K

Owns and owesPt X

$693K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$76K

Total assetsLn 16$2.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M

PeoplePt VI, VII

15

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a13

IndependentVI 1b13

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M

Government grantsLn 1e$1.7M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$42K

Investment incomeLn 3$1K

Other incomeLn 4–11$103

Total revenueLn 12$1.9M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$76K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$76K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$27K

Other assetsLn 15$1.1M

Total assetsLn 16$2.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M

Net assetsLn 32$693K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 529

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

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2		$76K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$35K	$27K
Total assetsLn 16	$824K	$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$230K	$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32	$594K	$693K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$87K	$87K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$161K	$161K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$270K	$190K	$47K	$33K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$606K	$368K	$111K	$127K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$5K	$4K	$924	$659
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$60K	$42K	$10K	$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$75K	$53K	$13K	$9K
Legal feesLn 11b	$11K		$11K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$150K	$79K	$63K	$8K
Office expensesLn 13	$91K	$46K	$37K	$8K
OccupancyLn 16	$6K	$6K
TravelLn 17	$48K	$41K	$7K	$96
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$13K	$7K	$5K	$422
InsuranceLn 23	$14K	$1K	$12K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$182K	$146K	$2K	$34K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.8M	$1.2M	$319K	$228K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$3.3M	$3.2M	$56K	$1.5M	990 PDF
FY2024	$3.2M	$2.5M	$716K	$1.4M	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$1.9M	$1.8M	$104K	$693K	990 PDF
FY2022	$1.4M	$1.5M	−$53K	$594K	990 PDF
FY2021	$1.8M	$1.5M	$331K	$651K	990 PDF
FY2020	$1.9M	$1.6M	$272K	$320K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $1,884,096 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,408,587$1,840,390

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $27,750$42,124

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $237$1,479

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $12,288$103

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,448,862$1,884,096

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $364,971$248,144

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $794,536$1,017,140

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $342,192$514,442

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,501,699$1,779,726

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$52,837$104,370

Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13

VI-1b Independent voting members13

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

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 $1,884,096 across 7 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$1,657,467

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$182,923

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,840,390

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $42,124$42,124

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,479$1,479

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $103$103

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $42,124 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,582$1,884,096

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,779,726 across 15 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $87,091$87,091

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $161,053$161,053

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $190,338 · Management $46,690 · Fundraising $33,292$270,320

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $368,114 · Management $110,696 · Fundraising $127,086$605,896

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,768 · Management $924 · Fundraising $659$5,351

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $42,354 · Management $10,389 · Fundraising $7,408$60,151

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $53,106 · Management $13,027 · Fundraising $9,289$75,422

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $11,284$11,284

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $79,250 · Management $63,320 · Fundraising $7,554$150,124

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $46,309 · Management $36,667 · Fundraising $7,888$90,864

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,094$6,094

IX-17 TravelPrograms $40,850 · Management $6,735 · Fundraising $96$47,681

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $7,342 · Management $4,869 · Fundraising $422$12,633

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,192 · Management $12,359$13,551

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $146,200 · Management $1,745 · Fundraising $34,266$182,211

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,233,061 · Management $318,705 · Fundraising $227,960$1,779,726

Part X · Balance sheet $2,138,746 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$76,139

X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$924,800

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,050$3,050

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $35,227$27,286

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$1,107,471

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $823,765$2,138,746

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $105,126$113,274

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $125,000$125,000

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$1,107,471

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $230,126$1,445,745

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $498,559$375,645

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $95,080$317,356

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $593,639$693,001

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $823,765$2,138,746

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $693,001 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,884,096

XI-2 Total expenses$1,779,726

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$104,370

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$593,639

XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$5,008

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$693,001

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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