Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$437,626

Total expenses

$431,567

Contributions and grants received

$260,401

Grants paid

$346,367

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$24,611

Other revenue

$152,614

Total assets, end of year

$1,355,261

Total liabilities, end of year

$126,942

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,228,319

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$426,818

Management and general expenses

$4,749

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$426,818

Program services were 98.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE: FLITE PARTNERS WITH LOCAL PRE-SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO SEVERAL DOZEN DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS CHILDREN-IN-NEED TO ATTEND PRESCHOOL AT LITTLE OR NO COST TO THE FAMILY, THUS GIVING THE CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.

  Expenses $48,083 · Grants $48,083

• AFTER SCHOOL HOMEWORK: IS AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM STAFFED BY T/E TEACHERS, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS AND SCHOOL COUNSELORS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY 135 STUDENTS WITH GENERAL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE, HOMEWORK HELP, INDIVIDUALIZED TUTORING, RECREATION, A LIGHT MEAL, AND TRANSPORTATION HOME.

  Expenses $184,720 · Grants $104,269

• EDUCATION AWARDS: FLITE PROVIDES NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS TO SIXTEEN GRADUATING CONESTOGA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORT ATTENDANCE AT COLLEGE, VOCATIONAL, OR OTHER POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

  Expenses $41,500 · Grants $41,500

• FLITE ALSO SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS AND NEEDS OF STUDENTS: COMPUTERS FOR KIDS: FLITE PROVIDES FUNDS TO T&E CARE FOR THEIR PURCHASE OF COMPUTERS TO DISTRIBUTE TO STUDENTS FOR THEIR USE AT HOME AND IN SCHOOL. ACCESS TO A COMPUTER HAS BECOME AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR ALL STUDENTS. SCHOOL SUPPLIES: FLITE PROVIDES FUNDS TO T&E CARE TO HELP PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTE BACKPACKS AND OTHER NECESSARY SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR STUDENTS. COLLEGE READINESS PROGRAM: SELECTED CONESTOGA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE INTRODUCED TO POST HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH FLITE-FUNDED CAMPUS VISITS AND TOURS. THE GOAL IS TO INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO VIEW COLLEGE AS A VIABLE AND ATTAINABLE OPTION TO CONSIDER AFTER GRADUATION. LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM: LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO VARIOUS ACADEMIC, FINE ARTS AND LEADERSHIP CAMPS FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 4 THROUGH 12. LIBRARY SUMMER READING: ALLOWS THE T/E LIBRARIES TO PURCHASE MULTIPLE COPIES OF T/E SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUIRED SUMMER READING TITLES IN PRINT, E- BOOK, AND E-AUDIOBOOK FORMATS. THESE MATERIALS ARE THEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR BORROWING BY STUDENTS WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PURCHASE THE REQUIRED SUMMER READING BOOKS. MOBILE HOT SPOTS: HOT SPOTS ARE PROVIDED TO FACILITATE ONLINE ACCESS TO STUDENTS WHEN CLASS IS HELD ONLINE RATHER THAN IN PERSON. MOBILE HOT SPOTS ALSO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR HOME INSTRUCTION SUCH AS HOMEWORK THAT REQUIRES INTERNET. CALCULATORS FOR KIDS: GRAPHING CALCULATORS ARE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD THIS NECESSARY TOOL TO SUCCEED IN MATH CLASS. BEFORE AND AFTER CARE: PROVIDES ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SOCIALIZATION IN A SUPERVISED ENVIRONMENT BEFORE AND AFTER THE REGULAR SCHEDULED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAY. MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS: THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING FOR INSTRUMENT RENTALS TO THOSE STUDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC PROGRAM, BUT OTHERWISE MAY NOT BE ABLE. KINDERGARTEN ENRICHMENT PROGRAM: TUITION ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED FOR KINDERGARTENERS TO ATTEND A HALF-DAY ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT SESSION EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THEIR REGULAR T/E KINDERGARTEN CLASS. THE PROGRAM IS OPERATED BY A CHILD'S PLACE LOCATED AT EACH T/E ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

  Expenses $152,515 · Grants $152,515

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

• TREDYFFRIN EASTTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT

  $59,694

  STUDENT PROGRAMS

• A CHILD'S PLACE

  $35,157

  KINDERGARTEN ENRICHMENT

• SPARK THE WAVE

  $10,387

  LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• T&E CARE

  $8,700

  COMPUTER/SCHOOL SUPPLIES

• YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE

  $5,720

  LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

12 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202510579349301601

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