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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by S A Y DETROIT.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,474,615
Total expenses
$4,474,373
Contributions and grants received
$3,354,172
Grants paid
$774,989
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$101,510
Other revenue
$18,933
Total assets, end of year
$11,615,773
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,400,882
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,214,891
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,622,852
Management and general expenses
$415,324
Fundraising expenses
$436,197
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,622,852

Program services were 81.0% 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

    $78,459

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,275,713

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $101,510 · excluded $101,510

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $174,450

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

    $78,459

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $155,517

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $18,933 · excluded $18,933

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $404,969 · program services $404,969

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $370,020 · program services $370,020

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $283,731 · management and general $100,000 · fundraising $183,731

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,062,581 · program services $1,714,375 · management and general $173,814 · fundraising $174,392

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,159 · program services $1,159

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,482 · management and general $31,482

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $62,159 · program services $58,659 · management and general $3,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $49,604 · program services $24,403 · fundraising $25,201

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,634 · program services $13,831 · management and general $803

  • 20 · Interest

    total $74,062 · management and general $74,062

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $199,038 · program services $199,038

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $30,831 · program services $2,932 · management and general $27,899

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER SPECIAL PROJECTS

    total $215,774 · program services $186,045 · fundraising $29,729

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPORTS AND EDUCATIONAL

    total $209,263 · program services $209,263

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $166,700 · program services $166,700

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $157,155 · program services $157,155

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $141,211 · program services $114,303 · management and general $3,764 · fundraising $23,144

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,782,668 · end of year $2,279,301

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,068,966 · end of year $2,170,472

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,119,486 · end of year $1,012,705

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $54,913 · end of year $37,487

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $157,000

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $50,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $70,600 · end of year $40,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,311 · end of year $32,294

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

    $6,401,462

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

    $883,350

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,869,819 · end of year $5,518,112

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $310,000 · end of year $310,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $129,734 · end of year $58,402

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $511,527 · end of year $296,844

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $631,064 · end of year $1,061,106

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $118,264 · end of year $42,932

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,679,588 · end of year $8,529,945

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,550,054 · end of year $1,684,946

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROVIDING PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS FOR DETROITERS IN NEED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDING PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS FOR DETROITERS IN NEED

  • REHABILITATING THE LIPKE CENTER IN DETROIT AND TURNING IT INTO THE S.A.Y. PLAY CENTER. THE S.A.Y. PLAY CENTER OFFERS EDUCATIONAL AND ATHLETIC PROGRAMS TO STUDENTS AGED 8-18. STUDENTS MUST MEET CERTAIN ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $2,053,332

  • FUND OPERATIONS OF THE S.A.Y. DETROIT FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC, THE NATION'S FIRST FULL-TIME MEDICAL CLINIC FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND THEIR MOTHERS. PROVIDES A FULL-TIME DAY CARE CENTER FOR THE CHILDREN OF HOMELESS WOMEN WHO ARE IN TRANSITION OR SEARCHING FOR WORK.

    Expenses $608,486

  • PROVISION OF FUNDING TO MANY CHARITABLE ORGANZIATIONS IN THE DETROIT METRO AREA THAT ALIGN WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.

    Expenses $961,034 · Grants $774,989

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rob Orley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arn Tellum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Ford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Rothstein

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis Archer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Al Papa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Provost

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chad Audi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Mitch Albom

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Carmen Harland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin Carter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marc Rosenthal

    COO

    Total calculated
    $79,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $79,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Mark Mendelsohn

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $21,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $21,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Richard Kelley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $183,731
    From this org
    $183,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,731
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $183,731

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • DETROIT WATER ICE FACTORY INC

    C · SALE OF GOODS · MI · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by SAY DETROIT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349327752

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