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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OPERATION GRADUATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$612,120
Total expenses
$825,427
Contributions and grants received
$690,369
Grants paid
$737,418
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$312
Other revenue
-$78,561
Total assets, end of year
$414,742
Total liabilities, end of year
$131,536
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$283,206
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$787,163
Management and general expenses
$21,457
Fundraising expenses
$16,807
Program service expenses (Part III)
$787,163

Program services were 95.4% 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

    $218,208

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $472,161

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $312 · excluded $312

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $111,721

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

    $218,208

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $192,799

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$81,078 · excluded -$81,078

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $2,517 · excluded $2,517

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,517

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $677,418 · program services $677,418

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $60,000 · program services $60,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,179 · management and general $12,179

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $45,000 · program services $33,750 · management and general $6,750 · fundraising $4,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,059 · program services $6,795 · management and general $1,358 · fundraising $906

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,319 · program services $9,160 · fundraising $9,159

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,111 · management and general $1,111

  • 24a · Other expenses: JRLA SCHOOL STORE APPAR

    total $2,242 · fundraising $2,242

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $99 · program services $40 · management and general $59

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $261,455 · end of year $117,329

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $324,851 · end of year $297,413

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,120 · end of year $12,613

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $86,673 · end of year $118,923

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $261,525 · end of year $58,218

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $234,988 · end of year $224,988

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF OPERATION GRADUATION IS TO CREATE LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH IN THE DETROIT AREA THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

  • OPERATION GRADUATION RAISED FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE JALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY BY OFFSETTING SOME OF THE FACILITY EXPENSES, MAKING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR PROGRAM AND PROVIDING COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO ITS GRADUATING STUDENTS.

    Expenses $787,163 · Grants $737,418

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michelle Ruscitti Miller

    SECRETARY TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $38,000
    From this org
    $38,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Michael Carter

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Curtis Hervey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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

  • JALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

    $677,418

    OPERATION OF JRLA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442199349300629

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