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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AUSTIN VOICES FOR EDUCATION AND YOUTH.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,680,198
Total expenses
$3,357,758
Contributions and grants received
$2,516,852
Grants paid
$547,992
Program service revenue
$314,700
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$151,354
Total assets, end of year
$1,414,333
Total liabilities, end of year
$100,568
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,313,765
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,908,370
Management and general expenses
$449,388
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,908,370

Program services were 86.6% 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

    $42,531

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $283,192

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,191,129

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $30,000

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $314,700 · related or exempt $314,700

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $42,531

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $151,354

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$151,354 · excluded -$151,354

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $547,992 · program services $547,992

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,976,653 · program services $1,768,584 · management and general $208,069

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,379 · program services $22,707 · management and general $2,672

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $48,946 · program services $43,794 · management and general $5,152

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,500 · program services $25,500 · management and general $3,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $95,854 · program services $85,764 · management and general $10,090

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT SUPPLIES

    total $346,596 · program services $275,424 · management and general $71,172

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT PERSONNEL

    total $196,670 · program services $57,034 · management and general $139,636

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $91,168 · program services $81,571 · management and general $9,597

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,609,907 · end of year $1,040,437

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $312,605 · end of year $336,646

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $145,592 · end of year $21,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,147 · end of year $7,646

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

    $63,156

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

    $55,052

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,104 · end of year $8,104

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $95,030 · end of year $100,568

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,969,325 · end of year $1,313,765

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AUSTIN VOICES FOR EDUCATION AND YOUTH CREATES COMMUNITY COLLABORATION TO STRENGTHEN FAMILIES, SUPPORT KIDS AND IMPROVE SCHOOLS. WE BELIEVE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN SERVE AS POWERFUL HUBS FOR BRINGING NEIGHBORHOODS, FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE CHANGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

  • YOUTH & PARENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS: YOUTH LEADERSHIP IS DONE THROUGH SEVERAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE JUST KEEP LIVIN' AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AT AKINS AND CROCKETT AND YOUTH MENTORING IN DALLAS AT 14 CAMPUSES. YOUTH LEADERS HAVE ENGAGED ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES IN PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HAVE HOSTED SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUMS. AUSTIN VOICES ALSO SPONSORS YOUTH LEADERSHIP EVENTS, SUCH AS THE RECENT YOUTH EQUITY SUMMIT AT DOBIE MIDDLE SCHOOL. PARENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE ALSO TRAINED AS COMMUNITY BLOCK LEADER AND PROMOTORA PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS TIME EACH WEEK TO ENGAGE VIRTUALLY IN TRAINING AND NETWORKING SESSIONS. OVER 300 PARENTS TOOK PART IN THE CBL AND PROMOTORA PROGRAM IN 2024-25. AUSTIN VOICES HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL FOUNDATION AND FEDERAL GRANTS TO SUPPORT ADULT EDUCATION.

  • COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: AVEY WORKS WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STUDENTS, TEACHERS/STAFF, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SUPPORT GREATER EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN. EFFORTS INCLUDE COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PARTNER DEVELOPMENT. AUSTIN VOICES HAS PARTNERED WITHAUSTIN ISD TO CREATE HIGH-FUNCTIONING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AT WEBB, DOBIE, BURNET AND NORTHEAST EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL BOTH WEBB AND NORTHEAST WERE ON THE VERGE OF CLOSURE IN 2007-2008, BUT HAVE NOW MADE NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED TURNAROUNDS USING COMMUNITY SCHOOL STRATEGIES. CURRENTLY, AUSTIN VOICES IS WORKING WITH 21 CAMPUSES TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT AND PRIORITIES.

    Expenses $283,192 · Grants $11,871 · Revenue $237,500

  • FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS: THE FIRST FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 TO PROVIDE A SCHOOL-BASED CENTER TO OFFER PROFESSIONAL WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO FAMILIES IN CRISIS. CURRENTLY, AVEY HAS SEVEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS (BURNET, DOBIE, MARTIN,AND WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOLS,PEREZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE AND NORTHEAST EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL). THE FRCS ARE A "ONE-STOP SHOP" FOR FAMILIES FACING THE CHALLENGES OF POVERTY, OFFERING THE EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, HEALTH, COUNSELING, AND BASIC NEEDS ASSISTANCE, WITH THE GOAL OF FAMILY STABILITY AND SUCCESS. EACH FRC HAS A LICENSED BILINGUAL SOCIAL WORKER, AND MOST OF THE FRC HAVE A FULL-TIME DIRECTOR. AVEY'S FRCS HAVE, OVER THE PAST EIGHTEEN YEARS HELPED CAMPUSES IMPROVE ATTENDANCE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE BY HELPING STUDENTS FOCUS ON NEEDS AT SCHOOL

    Expenses $607,841 · Grants $5,559 · Revenue $77,200

  • OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE: COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, VERTICLE TEAMS, AND SAVE TEXAS SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $2,017,337 · Grants $530,562

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Chrys Dougherty

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Beverly Harris

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Zach Price

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Linda Battles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Montserrat Garibay

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Dr Jay McCullar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ara Merjanian

    PRIOR BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Tamey Williams-Hill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jon David Saucedo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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
15 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601669349301635

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