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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HIGHER HEIGHTS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$586,790
Total expenses
$580,171
Contributions and grants received
$350,719
Grants paid
$10,300
Program service revenue
$239,636
Investment income
$2,109
Other revenue
-$5,674
Total assets, end of year
$92,659
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,027
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$79,632
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$480,419
Management and general expenses
$87,252
Fundraising expenses
$12,500
Program service expenses (Part III)
$480,419

Program services were 82.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,082

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $342,637

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HIGHER HEIGHTS YOUTH E

    total $239,636 · related or exempt $239,636

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,109 · related or exempt $2,109

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $5,900

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $11,574

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$5,674 · excluded -$5,674

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,300 · program services $10,300

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $125,000 · program services $100,000 · management and general $12,500 · fundraising $12,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $124,461 · program services $124,461

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,469 · program services $2,677 · management and general $792

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,345 · program services $8,168 · management and general $10,177

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $144,837 · program services $120,696 · management and general $24,141

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,588 · management and general $2,588

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,921 · management and general $3,921

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $185 · management and general $185

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $29,752 · program services $18,522 · management and general $11,230

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,793 · program services $12,256 · management and general $6,537

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,552 · program services $250 · management and general $3,302

  • 17 · Travel

    total $66,753 · program services $66,753

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,933 · program services $7,650 · management and general $2,283

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,316 · management and general $5,316

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $8,195 · program services $8,195

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,771 · program services $491 · management and general $4,280

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $69,100 · end of year $80,178

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,228 · end of year $12,481

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $4,826 · end of year $10,014

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,240 · end of year $3,013

  • 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 $73,262 · end of year $79,632

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROVIDE TRAINING, RESOURCES AND EQUAL ACCESS TO COLLEGE FOR THE UNDERSERVED AND UNDER-REPRESENTED STUDENTS IN CONNECTICUT

  • PROVIDED COLLEGE TOURS FOR STUDENTS, PROVIDED COLLEGE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE, PROVIDED FAFSA APPLICATION ASSISTANCE

    Expenses $480,419 · Grants $10,300 · Revenue $241,745

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chaka Felder-McEntire

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,000
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Tristan Ward

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dontrel Latta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Adia Jordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ashley McDowell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kim Dibenedito-Rogers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dawn Matera

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jorgieliz Casanova

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • James Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
18 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542309349300999

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