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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MERCY EDUCATION PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,432,024
Total expenses
$1,227,147
Contributions and grants received
$1,353,397
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$135,844
Other revenue
-$57,217
Total assets, end of year
$3,066,789
Total liabilities, end of year
$317,954
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,748,835
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$932,600
Management and general expenses
$89,165
Fundraising expenses
$205,382
Program service expenses (Part III)
$932,600

Program services were 76.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $197,958

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $236,479

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $918,960

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $24,220

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $121,396 · excluded $121,396

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $16,767

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,319 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,319 · other assets $16,767

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $14,448 · related or exempt -$2,319 · excluded $16,767

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $19,075

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $197,958

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $76,292

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$57,217 · excluded -$57,217

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $128,375 · program services $115,537 · management and general $6,419 · fundraising $6,419

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $575,729 · program services $399,307 · management and general $39,395 · fundraising $137,027

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,896 · program services $7,842 · management and general $8,397 · fundraising $2,657

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,763 · program services $6,687 · management and general $6,775 · fundraising $11,301

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $52,043 · program services $38,094 · management and general $3,347 · fundraising $10,602

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,950 · program services $16,425 · management and general $613 · fundraising $912

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,982 · management and general $2,982

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $68,430 · program services $61,345 · management and general $4,101 · fundraising $2,984

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,170 · program services $2,281 · management and general $190 · fundraising $3,699

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,892 · program services $3,314 · management and general $1,132 · fundraising $4,446

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $32,194 · program services $21,369 · management and general $1,174 · fundraising $9,651

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $118,917 · program services $106,874 · management and general $5,934 · fundraising $6,109

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,706 · program services $8,219 · management and general $396 · fundraising $91

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,679 · program services $12,312 · management and general $684 · fundraising $683

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,931 · program services $8,204 · management and general $648 · fundraising $2,079

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $76,617 · program services $76,275 · management and general $5 · fundraising $337

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $14,473 · program services $7,791 · management and general $6,237 · fundraising $445

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $10,434 · program services $10,434

  • 24d · Other expenses: VEHICLES

    total $10,338 · program services $10,338

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,628 · program services $19,952 · management and general $736 · fundraising $5,940

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $212,135 · end of year $103,315

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $675 · end of year $34,267

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $183,070 · end of year $122,644

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,938 · end of year $17,570

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $316,259

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $211,940

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $51,066 · end of year $104,319

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,024,613 · end of year $2,458,688

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $299,660 · end of year $225,986

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $81,015 · end of year $91,968

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $299,660 · end of year $225,986

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,550,413 · end of year $1,887,818

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $857,069 · end of year $861,017

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, LIFE SKILLS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO ENABLE THEM TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MERCY EDUCATION PROJECT IS A FEMALE-CENTRIC SPACE DEDICATED TO PERSONAL GROWTH AND STABILITY, WHERE QUALITY EDUCATION, ACCESS TO RESOURCES, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND EMPOWERMENT ARE THE VEHICLES FOR THEIR FUTURE SUCCESS. MEP CREATES A LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT SERVES WOMEN AND GIRLS TO POSITION THEM FOR SUCCESS, NO MATTER THEIR BACKGROUNDS, BELIEFS, OR SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION.

  • MERCY EDUCATION PROJECT PROVIDED REMEDIAL, CURRICULUM-BASED, AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING IN READING AND MATH, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAMMING (CCR), GET-IT TECHNOLOGY CLUB AND SEVEN SUMMER CAMPS TO 85 MINORITY GIRLS IN GRADES TWO THROUGH TWELVE FROM LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN DETROIT. 96% OF YOUTH WHO PARTICIPATED IN AND COMPLETED THE AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAM YEAR, CLOSED LEARNING GAPS AND SHOWED ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT. 66 VOLUNTEER TUTORS VOLUNTEERED 1,500 HOURS OF SERVICE IN GIRLS' PROGRAM TUTORING. 100% OF YOUTH COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS DEMONSTRATED INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF COLLEGE AND CAREER OPTIONS AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO PURSUE THEM. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) OF THE 12TH GRADERS IN THE CCR PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND WERE ACCEPTED INTO ONE OR MORE COLLEGES.

    Expenses $413,722

  • THIRTEEN WOMEN RECEIVED THEIR GED DURING PY24-25.MEP'S MEASURABLE SKILL GAIN (MSG) PERFORMANCE WAS 60.00% (ABE LEVELS 1-4). THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE AND THE FEDERAL NEGOTIATED TARGET PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF 42.6%. INCLUSION OF ALL OUTCOMES + MSGS BRINGS MEP'S UNDUPLICATED PARTICIPANT TOTAL TO 55.19%.TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO BE INTEGRATED INTO ALL ASPECTS OF MEP'S PROGRAMS. ALL ASSESSMENTS ARE CONDUCTED ONLINE. WE OFFER WOMEN'S PROGRAM CLASSES ONSITE, REMOTELY (SYNCHRONOUS) OR RECORDED FOR LATER VIEWING (ASYNCHRONOUS). WE OPERATE TWO COMPUTER LABS - WITH TWENTY COMPUTERS TOTAL - TO ACCOMMODATE TABE AND GED STANDARDIZED TESTING, AND FOR USE BY OUR ESL ABE STUDENTS STUDYING BURLINGTONENGLISH IN THE CLASSROOM. MEP'S WOMEN'S PROGRAM PERFORMANCE EXCEEDED THE STATE BENCHMARKS IN THE MICHIGAN ADULT EDUCATION REPORTING SYSTEM (MAERS). FOR THE EMPLOYMENT RATE 2ND QUARTER AFTER EXIT, THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE AND THE FEDERAL NEGOTIATED PERFORMANCE LEVEL OUTCOME MEASURE WAS 46.50%. MEP'S OUTCOME MEASURE WAS 52.24% FOR THE EMPLOYMENT RATE 4TH QUARTER AFTER EXIT, THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE AND THE FEDERAL NEGOTIATED PERFORMANCE LEVEL OUTCOME MEASURE WAS 47.50%. MEP'S OUTCOME MEASURE WAS 53.33%. FOR THE MEDIAN EARNINGS, THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE AND THE FEDERAL NEGOTIATED PERFORMANCE LEVEL OUTCOME MEASURE WAS $5,800. MEP'S OUTCOME MEASURE WAS $4,640. MEP'S WOMEN'S PROGRAM SERVED 134 WOMEN DURING PY24-25THIRTEEN WOMEN RECEIVED THEIR GED DURING PY24-25.MEP'S MEASURABLE SKILL GAIN (MSG) PERFORMANCE WAS 60.00% (ABE LEVELS 1-4). THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE AND THE FEDERAL NEGOTIATED TARGET PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF 42.6%. INCLUSION OF ALL OUTCOMES + MSGS BRINGS MEP'S UNDUPLICATED PARTICIPANT TOTAL TO 55.19%.TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO BE INTEGRATED INTO ALL ASPECTS OF MEP'S PROGRAMS. ALL ASSESSMENTS ARE CONDUCTED ONLINE. WE OFFER WOMEN'S PROGRAM CLASSES ONSITE, REMOTELY (SYNCHRONOUS) OR RECORDED FOR LATER VIEWING (ASYNCHRONOUS). WE OPERATE TWO COMPUTER LABS - WITH TWENTY COMPUTERS TOTAL - TO ACCOMMODATE TABE AND GED STANDARDIZED TESTING, AND FOR USE BY OUR ESL ABE STUDENTS STUDYING BURLINGTONENGLISH IN THE CLASSROOM.

    Expenses $518,878

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Douglas Bohrer

    PRESIDENT AND CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Maria Klosowski

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Marie Burns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jennifer Stallings Dewey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mayra Bravo-Villareal

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Joseph Eisenhauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Salwa Guindi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Robert Buentello

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Weldon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • David Spivey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mark Mals

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $116,374
    From this org
    $116,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543439349300304

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