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← URBAN SPROUTS

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by URBAN SPROUTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,294,173
Total expenses
$3,726,371
Contributions and grants received
$4,772,045
Grants paid
$15,752
Program service revenue
$476,415
Investment income
$45,215
Other revenue
$498
Total assets, end of year
$8,500,883
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,465,194
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,035,689
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,405,224
Management and general expenses
$850,448
Fundraising expenses
$470,699
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,405,224

Program services were 64.5% 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)

    $1,477,838

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,294,207

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,909

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION INCOME

    total $476,415 · related or exempt $476,415

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,215 · related or exempt $45,215

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $498 · related or exempt $498

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $498

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,752 · program services $15,752

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $397,342 · program services $190,883 · management and general $206,459

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,135,333 · program services $1,031,999 · fundraising $103,334

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $93,217 · program services $61,986 · management and general $31,231

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $116,641 · program services $92,844 · management and general $15,839 · fundraising $7,958

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,075 · program services $10,000 · management and general $75

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $61,250 · management and general $61,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $26,748 · program services $11,702 · management and general $14,847 · fundraising $199

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,230 · management and general $14,230

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $141,933 · program services $109,221 · management and general $29,262 · fundraising $3,450

  • 17 · Travel

    total $95,654 · program services $21,486 · management and general $74,168

  • 20 · Interest

    total $102,170 · program services $102,170

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $114,132 · management and general $114,132

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $59,438 · program services $28,982 · management and general $30,456

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $292,393 · fundraising $292,393

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $253,595 · program services $220,972 · management and general $8,836 · fundraising $23,787

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONSULTANTS

    total $190,931 · program services $117,943 · management and general $72,988

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER COMPENSATION EXPE

    total $185,515 · program services $171,955 · management and general $11,060 · fundraising $2,500

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $420,022 · program services $217,329 · management and general $165,615 · fundraising $37,078

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $318,798

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,246,665

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,763,704 · end of year $2,632,279

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $7,764

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

    $425,741

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

    $117,265

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $273,587 · end of year $308,476

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,970,757 · end of year $3,986,901

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $61,184 · end of year $287,337

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $59,276

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $191,742 · end of year $181,490

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,087,235 · end of year $2,937,091

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$142,281 · end of year $1,389,919

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,610,168 · end of year $3,645,770

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

URBAN SPROUTS IS A JOYFUL, DIVERSE, AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT HONORS AND EMPOWERS EVERY ASPECT OF CHILDREN'S LEARNING, OUR GOAL IS TO SUPPORT EACH CHILD IN HIS OR HER DEVELOPMENT AS A SOCIALLY CAPABLE, CRATIVE, AND INSPIRED CITIZEN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

URBAN SPROUTS IS A JOYFUL, DIVERSE, AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT HONORS AND EMPOWERS EVERY ASPECT OF CHILDREN'S LEARNING, OUR GOAL IS TO SUPPORT EACH CHILD IN HIS OR HER DEVELOPMENT AS A SOCIALLY CAPABLE, CREATIVE, AND INSPIRED CITIZEN.

  • URBAN SPROUTS PROGRAMS ARE PROJECT BASED LEARNING PROGRAMS THAT BUILD SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND COGNITIVE SKILLS OF PRE-KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN. AT URBAN SPROUTS, PRIMARY EFFORTS ARE MADE TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN FEEL PERSONALLY KNOWN AND INCLUDED, AND THAT HIS OR HER PRESENCE CONTRIBUTES FUNDAMENTALLY TO THE URBAN SPROUTS SCHOOL COMMUNITY. CHILDREN FEEL IMPORTANT AND VALUED WHEN OTHERS LISTEN, SEEK OUT THEIR IDEAS, AND ALLOW THEM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. WHEN STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, CARED FOR AND VALUED, THEY TAKE HEALTHY RISKS REQUIRED TO TACKLE THE TASKS THAT STRENGHTEN THEIR COGNITIVE ABILITIES AS WELL AS THEIR SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES.

    Expenses $2,405,224 · Grants $15,752 · Revenue $522,128

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Naretha Hopson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelly Pollock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jerina Phillips

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ebony Chambers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vanessa Pimblott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stacey Pugh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ellicia Lanier

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,883
    From this org
    $190,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,883
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $190,883

  • Andrea Barragan

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $101,459
    From this org
    $101,459
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joseph Saunders

    CHIEF OF STRATEGY & ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $105,000
    From this org
    $105,000
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • MAP TRASNPORTATION LLC

    $15,000

    TO PURCHASE TWO VEHICLES TO ENSURE THAT THE CHILDREN IN ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL. THIS GRANT IS IN ANSWER TO A CRISIS THAT IMPACTS EQUITY AND ACCESS TO SAFE TRANSPORATION IN THE SLPS SCHOOL SYSTEM.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543229349302109

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