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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RURAL ASPIRATIONS PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$507,258
Total expenses
$468,296
Contributions and grants received
$236,775
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$265,302
Investment income
$3,356
Other revenue
$1,825
Total assets, end of year
$312,276
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,256
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$306,020
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$413,803
Management and general expenses
$43,518
Fundraising expenses
$10,975
Program service expenses (Part III)
$413,803

Program services were 88.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $236,775

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Collaborative Programs

    total $51,351 · related or exempt $51,351

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Networks

    total $8,561 · related or exempt $8,561

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Responsive Prof Dev

    total $205,390 · related or exempt $205,390

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,356 · excluded $3,356

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Fiscal Sponsorships

    total $1,825 · related or exempt $1,825

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,825

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $104,544 · program services $83,907 · management and general $10,324 · fundraising $10,313

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $212,368 · program services $192,688 · management and general $19,680

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,371 · program services $5,397 · management and general $974

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $42,382 · program services $42,382

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,415 · program services $20,506 · management and general $2,247 · fundraising $662

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,313 · management and general $3,313

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,095 · program services $7,787 · management and general $308

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,412 · program services $3,347 · management and general $65

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,523 · program services $1,675 · management and general $848

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,645 · program services $290 · management and general $1,355

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $352 · program services $75 · management and general $277

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,513 · program services $33,513

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,098 · program services $1,098

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,757 · management and general $2,757

  • 24a · Other expenses: Student Events & Workshops

    total $17,824 · program services $17,824

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $2,517 · program services $2,517

  • 24c · Other expenses: Staff Professional Dev

    total $1,765 · program services $575 · management and general $1,190

  • 24d · Other expenses: Food, Beverage & Catering

    total $388 · program services $208 · management and general $180

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14 · program services $14

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $274,414 · end of year $312,276

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $5,277

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $7,356 · end of year $979

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $267,058 · end of year $257,045

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $48,975

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To expand educational opportunities that develop and honor community while stimulating the innate curiosity of students and teachers.

  • Responsive professional development: Statewide services offering responsive professional development for rural teachers and administrators. Work with rural schools to provide professional development for teachers, administrators, and support staff based on the unique needs of the particular school or collection of schools within a region. Services range from cirriculum development with one teacher for one program to whole school re-design with community integration. In 2024, we served 21 schools, 28 administrators and 239 teachers and support staff, impacting 2,900 students.

    Expenses $160,741 · Revenue $205,390

  • Collaborative programs: Maine forest collaborative - Education coordination for statewide programming and curriculum. To develop project based learning programs tied to rural community development needs. Services include development of the Maine forest collaborative, a program that served 6 schools, 6 teachers, and 79 students.

    Expenses $105,707 · Revenue $51,351

  • WCYLC (Washington County Youth Leadership Program)- This hands-on, community-based civic engagement project brings together students and teachers from middle and high schools across Washington County to explore relevant civic issues facing their local communities. Community partners and municipal leaders will work with school teams as they research the challenge topic, gather feedback and input from other community members, and present possible solutions to decision makers. 8 schools, 9 teachers.

    Expenses $82,315

  • Networks: RAP Networks develops and participates in statewide or regional networks to identity collaborative strategies to support rural schools. Services included participation on several statewide networks, including FOR/Maine, Maine West and the Washington County School Partnership Group. We facilitate the Northern Maine Outdoor Education Cohort with 8 teachers from 8 schools, with 50 teachers and 3 community partners.

    Expenses $58,024 · Revenue $8,561

  • Maine Civics Network- Fiscal Sponsorship

    Expenses $7,016 · Revenue $1,825

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Korah Soll

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $85,925
    From this org
    $85,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Caitlin Hutt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Woods

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Van Dis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349301439

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