Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$342,689

Total expenses

$446,620

Contributions and grants received

$342,689

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$124,589

Total liabilities, end of year

$355

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$124,234

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$338,951

Management and general expenses

$76,416

Fundraising expenses

$31,253

Program service expenses (Part III)

$338,951

Program services were 75.9% 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 · 2022

• UPTOWN PARTNERS OF PITTSBURGH (UP) WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OF RESIDENTS, INSTITUTIONS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND OTHER CONCERNED STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY QUALITY OF LIFE - AND TO COLLABORATIVELY CREATE A VISION AND PATHWAY FOR UPTOWN'S MUCH NEEDED REVITALIZATION. WE ACHIEVE OUR GOALS BY PURSUING AN ACTION PLAN THAT: ENSURES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CLEAN, SAFE, GREEN, AND EQUITABLE NEIGHBORHOOD; REBUILDS A MIXED INCOME POPULATION BY RECLAIMING VACANT, BLIGHTED PROPERTIES AND ENCOURAGING NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; ATTRACTS NEW NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, WHILE SUPPORTING EXISTING BUSINESS OWNERS; FOSTERS GREEN, QUALITY DESIGN IN ALL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; AND CREATES A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE ARTS FLOURISH AND ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE URBAN LANDSCAPE. TODAY UPTOWN PARTNERS IS WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, OUR COMMUNITY ANDE INSTITUTIONS, PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, THE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE, OAKLAND PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT CORP., AND OTHER INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS IN A UNIQUE PUBLIC/PRIVATE PLANNING INITIATIVE, EMBODIED IN THE UPTOWN/WEST OAKLAND ECOLNNOVATION DISTRCT PLAN (ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE UPTOWN ECOLNNOVATION DISTRICT). THIS CREATES A FIRST EVER CITY MODEL, AND AMONG ONLY A FEW NATIONALLY, THAT DEPLOYS BEST PRACTICES FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD TO BECOME "RESILIENT, VIBRANT, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, AND JUST." PROGRAMS: UPTOWN PARTNERS CREATED THE REAL ESTATE DESIGN, AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (REDD) TO ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC SPACE UPHOLD HIGH EQUITABLE, ENVIRONMENTAL, CONTEXTUAL, AND DESIGN STANDARDS. THE PURPOSE OF REDD IS TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY BALANCING COMMUNITY NEEDS AND IDENTIFYING MARKET OPPORTUNITIES, REFERENCING CURRENT AND PAST COMMUNITY PLANS FOR COMPATIBILITY. ALL PROJECTS WILL BE VETTED FOR QUALITY, SUSTAINABLE AND CONTEXTUAL DESIGN WITH AN EMPHASIS ON INTEGRATING ARTS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. REDD WORKS WITH THE DEPT. OF CITY PLANNING, SPECIFICALLY, THE CONTEXTUAL DESIGN ADVISORY PANEL. REDD WELCOMES POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS WITH A VIABLE PROJECT TO PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE FOR PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION AND FEEDBACK ON THEIR PLANS. WORKING IN TANDEM WITH THE COMMITTEE HELPS ENSURE A SMOOTH PREDEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. TO ESTABLISH ART AS A VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE PART OF UPTOWN'S IDENTITY, THE UPTOWNARTS WAS CREATED TO CELEBRATE, ENCOURAGE, AND ADAVOCATE FOR PUBLIC ART IN A SPACE THAT IS WELCOMING TO ALL ARTISTS. LED BY UPTOWN PARTNERS STAFF, THE PROGRAMS COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF RESIDENTS, ARTISTS, AND THOSE WITH A PASSION FOR ART WHO ALL SHARE AN INTEREST IN TRANSFORMING OUR URBAN LANDSCAPE WITH RICH AND RANGING PUBLIC ART. THE UPTOWNARTS COMMITTEE MEETS TO COLLABORATE ON ADVOCACY, PUBLIC ART IDEAS, OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, EVENTS, AND MORE. THE COMMITTEE ALSO MEETS WITH DEVELOPERS TO DISCUSS WAYS THAT PUBLIC ART CAN BE MEANINGFULLY INTEGRATED INTO FUTURE AND EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS. THE COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM IS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE UPTOWN TASK FORCE, A PARTNERSHIP OF UPTOWN STAKEHOLDERS FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTING THE UPTOWN ECOLNNOVATION DISTRICT PLAN TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. THE COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM'S AIM IS TO ADVANCE PROJECTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY SECTION OF ECOLNNOVATION DISTRICT PLAN. THE TUSTIN STREET COMMUNITY GARDEN, AT 2021 TUSTIN ST., PROVIDES LOCAL RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH (WHILE SAVING MONEY) BY GROWING A VARITETY OF THEIR OWN VEGETABLES. TEN RAISED BEDS WERE CONSTRUCTED BY UPTOWN PARTNERS BOARD MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS IN NOVEMBER, 2010 AND PLANTED THE FOLLOWING SPRING. THIS GARDEN IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED WITH EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES, SUCH AS A COMMUNITY BUILD TOOL SHED, BY GROW PITTSBURGH AND MANY OTHERS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC., UPTOWN PARTNERS PROVIDES MONTHLY FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTIONS FOR UPTOWN RESIDENTS. FOOD BOX DELIVERIES ARE MANAGED BY PCSI AND ARE COMPLETED ON A BI-WEEKLY BASIS. PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR COMMUNITY'S 1 PRIORITY AND IS A PRIMARY FOCUS OF UPTOWN PARTNERS (UP). IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN OR IDEAS ABOUT A SPECIFIC SAFETY CHALLENGE IN UPTOWN, JOIN UP AND SAFE STREETS UPTOWN (SSU) TASK FORCE MEMBERS FOR THE FIRST PORTION OF THE SAFE STREETS UPTOWN BIMONTHLY PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING. RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, LANDLORDS, AND DEVELOPERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING NEIGHNORHOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES TO THESE MEETINGS. SAFE STREETS UPTOWN MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY OTHER MONTH (JANUARY, MARCH, MAY, JULY, SEPTEMBER, AND NOVEMBER). THESE MEETINGS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST UP AND THE TASK FORCE IN STRATEGIC, TARGETED APPROACHES TO SOLUTIONS THAT CREATE A SAFER COMMUNITY FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS.

  Expenses $338,951

As filed on the 2022 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

10 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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