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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BELLTOWER NEW ORLEANS.

Totals

Total revenue
$452,291
Total expenses
$359,554
Contributions and grants received
$452,000
Grants paid
$221,600
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$291
Total assets, end of year
$199,859
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$199,859
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$335,054
Management and general expenses
$24,500
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$335,054

Program services were 93.2% 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

    $452,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC

    total $291 · excluded $291

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $291

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $221,600 · program services $221,600

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,000 · program services $100,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $850 · management and general $850

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $23,650 · management and general $23,650

  • 24a · Other expenses: HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR'S

    total $9,675 · program services $9,675

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM LUNCHES

    total $3,286 · program services $3,286

  • 24c · Other expenses: LEP COACHES LUNCH

    total $267 · program services $267

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUMMER INTERN CLOSEOUT

    total $126 · program services $126

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $100 · program services $100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $107,122 · end of year $199,859

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $107,122 · end of year $199,859

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BELLTOWER'S ROLE IS TO BE CATALYTIC AND COLLABORATIVE IN HELPING TO CREATE BETTER OPTIONS FOR NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES. IT WILL PROVIDE RESEARCH AND LEADERSHIP TO EXPEDITE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW PROGRAMS AND OPTIONS FOR THESE STUDENTS. AS NEEDED, (CONT'D ON SCH O) IT WILL PROVIDE PLANNING AND STARTUP GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO FACILITATE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OR CHOOSE TO OPERATE A PROGRAM DIRECTLY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BELLTOWER'S ROLE IS TO BE CATALYTIC AND COLLABORATIVE IN HELPING TO CREATE (CONT'D ON SCH O) BETTER OPTIONS FOR NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES. IT WILL PROVIDE RESEARCH AND LEADERSHIP TO EXPEDITE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW PROGRAMS AND OPTIONS FOR THESE STUDENTS. AS NEEDED, IT WILL PROVIDE PLANNING AND STARTUP GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO FACILITATE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OR CHOOSE TO OPERATE A PROGRAM DIRECTLY.

  • THE PROMISE PROGRAM:THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS AND SUPPORT TO PELL ELIGIBLE NOLA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ATTENDING UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE AND UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS. THE ULL PARTNERSHIP CONTINUES TO GROW AND IMPROVE WITH EACH COHORT (STUDENTS ENROLLING AS FRESHMAN). BELLTOWER HAD 134 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE DURING 2022. WE CELBRATED OUR FIRST GRADUATES, AND CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE A STRONG PERSISTENCY RATE. THE ORGANIZATION'S INITIAL EFFORTS WITH UNO WERE DISRUPTED BY COVID-19. AS A RESULT, THE ORGANIZATION SPENT 2021 REVAMPING THE PROGRAM AND LAUNCHED STARTSMART AT UNO IN THE FALL OF 2022 WITH 58 PELL ELIGIBLE FRESHMAN.

    Expenses $113,454

  • THE GATEWAY COLLABORATIVE:BELLTOWER CONTINUED MARKETING ITS PROGRAMS TO HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS. THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY BELLTOWER (PROMISE PROGRAMS AT UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE AND UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS) AND THE GATEWAY COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS (TRELLIS AT TULANE UNIVERSITY, LAUNCH, AND NEXT LEVEL NOLA) ASSISSTED/ENROLLED OVER 250 STUDENTS IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. BELLTOWER GAVE CORPORATE INTERNSHIP LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE A $65,000 GRANT TO WORK WITH BELLTOWER'S ULL PROMISE STUDENTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2022-23 TO HELP PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LIFE POST COLLEGE GRADUATION. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED CAREER COACHING TO FALL 2022 AND SPRING 2023 GRADUATES. THE CAREER COACHING PROGRAM OFFERED 6 COLLEGE TO (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) CAREER SESSIONS AT ULL (3 IN FALL 2022 AND 3 IN SPRING 2023) OPEN TO ALL PROMISE STUDENTS AND ALSO PLACED 15 STUDENTS IN PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS. BELLTOWER GRANTED $135,000 TO UNO FOR THE STARTSMART PROGRAM AT UNO, WHICH BEGAN IN AUGUST 2022 WITH THE FIRST COHORT. BELLTOWER GRANTED $22,000 TO YOUTHFORCE NOLA TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF STIPENDS FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING EXTENSION ACADEMY (LAUNCH AND NEXT LEVEL NOLA), AS PART OF GATEWAY COLLABORATIVE, AND FOR ULL STUDENTS.

    Expenses $221,600 · Grants $221,600

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephen Rosenthal

    CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Erika McConduit

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Leslie Jacobs

    SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alexina Medley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Dr Norman Frances

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Merritt Lane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • George Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Troave Profice

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CONSULTANT

    Total calculated
    $100,000
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

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

  • UNO FOUNDATION

    $135,000

    FUNDING FOR STARTSMART, A PROGRAM FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE COLLEGE SUCCESS PELL ELIGIBLE FRESHMAN FROM NEW ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON PARISH

  • CORPORATE INTERNSHIP LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

    $65,000

    STUDENT TRAINING AND CAREER COUNSELING SUPPORT

  • YOUTHFORCE NOLA

    $21,600

    STIPENDS TO ULL STUDENTS FOR SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312649349301906

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