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← THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by THE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,727,645
Total expenses
$2,480,851
Contributions and grants received
$2,355,736
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$221,532
Investment income
$150,551
Other revenue
-$174
Total assets, end of year
$3,871,650
Total liabilities, end of year
$427,580
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,444,070
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,513,829
Management and general expenses
$450,285
Fundraising expenses
$516,737
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,513,829

Program services were 61.0% 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

    $643,787

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $285,921

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,426,028

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $24,725

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SCALABLE PLATFORM

    total $204,532 · related or exempt $204,532

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STRATEGIC ADVISORY PROGRAM

    total $17,000 · related or exempt $17,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $152,215 · excluded $152,215

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $34,125

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $35,789

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,664

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,664 · excluded -$1,664

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $33,045

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

    $643,787

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $33,219

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$174

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $566,247 · program services $327,094 · management and general $59,432 · fundraising $179,721

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,204,276 · program services $847,096 · management and general $228,376 · fundraising $128,804

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $42,972 · program services $32,389 · management and general $2,840 · fundraising $7,743

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $124,717 · program services $82,645 · management and general $20,148 · fundraising $21,924

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,617 · management and general $17,617

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $216,702 · program services $70,204 · management and general $76,293 · fundraising $70,205

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $36,235 · program services $4,668 · fundraising $31,567

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,693 · management and general $1,815 · fundraising $11,878

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $61,510 · program services $53,301 · management and general $5,739 · fundraising $2,470

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $92,016 · program services $92,016

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,997 · program services $3,521 · management and general $8,692 · fundraising $3,784

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT & FUNDRAISING

    total $53,934 · fundraising $53,934

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $31,134 · program services $895 · management and general $29,333 · fundraising $906

  • 24c · Other expenses: INDIRECT FUNDRAISING EXP

    total $3,801 · fundraising $3,801

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $419,329 · end of year $246,645

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $315,491 · end of year $385,457

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $133,400 · end of year $16,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $28,448 · end of year $64,460

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,557,312 · end of year $3,158,588

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,418 · end of year $64,582

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $201,250 · end of year $362,998

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,133,312 · end of year $3,400,070

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $44,000

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO UNLOCK PATHWAYS TO WEALTH CREATION AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY BY ACCELERATING UNDER-RESOURCED SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH HIGH IMPACT, CUSTOMIZED SUPPORT IN STRATEGY, OPERATIONS, FINANCE AND MARKETING.

  • SCALABLE SMALL BUSINESS COACHING TAP'S SCALABLE PROGRAMMING DELIVERS TARGETED EXPERTISE ACROSS THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM TO BROAD AUDIENCES THROUGH VARYING FORMATS - WEBINARS, WORKSHOPS, SMALL-GROUP COACHING, AND ONE-ON-ONE ADVISORY SESSIONS - ALL AT NO COST TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. PROPRIETARY SMALL BUSINESS COACHING CONTENT IS DEVELOPED BY TAP AND DELIVERED BY EXPERIENCED, PRO-BONO BUSINESS CONSULTANTS, COVERING TOPICS INCLUDING FINANCE, MARKETING, OPERATIONS, AND STRATEGY. SINCE 2012, TAP HAS REACHED OVER 100,000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH ONLINE RESOURCES AND HAS GROWN ITS VOLUNTEER CONSULTANT NETWORK TO OVER 200 PROFESSIONALS, WHO COLLECTIVELY SPEAK OVER 20 LANGUAGES, AND HAVE DONATED OVER 70,500 CONSULTING HOURS SINCE TAP'S INCEPTION.

    Expenses $1,262,658 · Revenue $204,532

  • STRATEGIC & CUSTOMIZED ADVISORY SERVICES TAP'S STRATEGIC & CUSTOMIZED ADVISORY SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS ACUTE SMALL BUSINESS CHALLENGES AND FILL ECOSYSTEM-LEVEL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GAPS. OFTEN DEPLOYED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS OR FUNDERS, THESE ENGAGEMENTS RANGE FROM FOCUSED WORKSHOPS, TO A SERIES OF ONE-ON-ONE ADVISORY SESSIONS, TO A MULTI-WEEK DEEP DIVE PROGRAM, OR A COMBINATION THEREIN. THE DEEP DIVE IS TAP'S FLAGSHIP PROGRAM THAT PAIRS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WITH A TEAM OF ADVISORS OVER A 12-WEEK PERIOD. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES TAILORED ACTION PLANS, BUSINESS TOOLS, AND STRUCTURED FOLLOW-UP. THE DEEP DIVE IS TAP'S HIGHEST-IMPACT INTERVENTION - PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES HAVE YIELDED A 94% BUSINESS SURVIVAL RATE, 86% GROWN OR SUSTAINED REVENUES, AND 91% GROWN OR SUSTAINED EMPLOYEE BASES, WITHIN 12-MONTHS POST-PROGRAM.

    Expenses $251,171 · Revenue $17,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jane Veron

    PRESIDENT/CE

    Total calculated
    $111,787
    From this org
    $104,287
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,500
    Hours/week
    40
  • Natalia Alarcon

    CHIEF DEVELO

    Total calculated
    $87,500
    From this org
    $87,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32
  • Tracy Jaffe

    CHIEF GROWTH

    Total calculated
    $87,057
    From this org
    $87,057
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32
  • Katherine Knudsen

    CHIEF REVENU

    Total calculated
    $83,364
    From this org
    $76,489
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,875
    Hours/week
    32
  • Devon Briger

    CHIEF OPERAT

    Total calculated
    $81,368
    From this org
    $81,368
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32
  • Claudia Uribe

    CHIEF PROG.

    Total calculated
    $67,512
    From this org
    $67,512
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32
  • Erin Andrew

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Maud Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Dickson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicole Fanjul

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Andrew Feldstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Fielding

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter D Greene

    CHAIR OF BOA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Julie Kalish

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hilani Kerr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Barrie Markowitz

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marina Lutova Meyers

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Rechler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alexis Rosenblum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
2025
Filed
12 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202622369349301202

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