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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by URBAN ASSEMBLY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,838,427
Total expenses
$7,684,923
Contributions and grants received
$5,587,166
Grants paid
$24,000
Program service revenue
$2,005,222
Investment income
$238,139
Other revenue
$7,900
Total assets, end of year
$8,212,132
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,260,430
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,951,702
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,639,717
Management and general expenses
$1,470,799
Fundraising expenses
$574,407
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,639,717

Program services were 73.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,587,166

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SUPPORT SERVICES

    total $2,003,255 · related or exempt $2,003,255

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $1,967 · related or exempt $1,967

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $238,139 · excluded $238,139

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $7,900 · related or exempt $7,900

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,900

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $24,000 · program services $24,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $374,454 · program services $245,139 · management and general $98,975 · fundraising $30,340

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,306,704 · program services $2,156,986 · management and general $879,536 · fundraising $270,182

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $93,495 · program services $64,428 · management and general $22,426 · fundraising $6,641

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $563,883 · program services $388,576 · management and general $135,251 · fundraising $40,056

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $266,287 · program services $183,500 · management and general $63,871 · fundraising $18,916

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $103,765 · program services $92,371 · management and general $3,289 · fundraising $8,105

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,690 · program services $32,661 · management and general $1,163 · fundraising $2,866

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $66,000 · fundraising $66,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,203,018 · program services $1,129,672 · management and general $40,221 · fundraising $33,125

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $269,063 · program services $208,885 · management and general $41,740 · fundraising $18,438

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $202,008 · program services $179,826 · management and general $6,403 · fundraising $15,779

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $309,200 · program services $229,704 · management and general $52,997 · fundraising $26,499

  • 17 · Travel

    total $77,898 · program services $41,893 · management and general $34,811 · fundraising $1,194

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $512,107 · program services $448,211 · management and general $43,050 · fundraising $20,846

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $57,846 · program services $40,595 · management and general $12,568 · fundraising $4,683

  • 24a · Other expenses: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

    total $130,465 · program services $92,919 · management and general $28,089 · fundraising $9,457

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDU. SERVICE PROVIDERS

    total $88,040 · program services $80,351 · management and general $6,409 · fundraising $1,280

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $719,481 · end of year $832,105

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,605,159 · end of year $1,611,836

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $794,838 · end of year $464,243

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $38,828 · end of year $55,533

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,228,704 · end of year $4,565,945

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $974,059 · end of year $682,470

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $400,916 · end of year $435,085

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,161,955 · end of year $825,345

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,329,064 · end of year $4,085,137

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,469,134 · end of year $2,866,565

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE STUDENTS' ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MOBILITY BY IMPROVING PUBLIC EDUCATION.

  • SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING:THE RESILIENT SCHOLARS PROGRAM (RSP) SCALES EVIDENCE- BASED SEL PRACTICES ACROSS SCHOOLS AND SYSTEMS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES SCHOOLS WITH A SUSTAINABLE, WHOLE-SCHOOL MODEL FOR EMBEDDING SEL INTO DAILY PRACTICE THROUGH UNIVERSAL STUDENT SUPPORT, DIRECT SEL INSTRUCTION, ADULT SEL DEVELOPMENT, DATA-INFORMED DECISION-MAKING, AND SCHOOL-WIDE INTEGRATION.

    Expenses $1,977,171 · Grants $24,000 · Revenue $553,635

  • LEADERSHIP:THE URBAN ASSEMBLY USES INNOVATIVE TOOLS TO SCALE THE WORK BEING DONE AT UA AND PARTNER SCHOOLS. THESE TOOLS INCLUDE PROJECT CAFE AND COUNSELORGPT. PROJECT CAFE USES MACHINE LEARNING TO ANALYZE CLASSROOM VIDEO, PROVIDE ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS TO TEACHERS, AND GIVE EDUCATORS GREATER AUTONOMY OVER THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE PLATFORM ANALYZES CLASSROOM RECORDINGS IN NEAR REAL-TIME, DELIVERS SPECIFIC FEEDBACK TO TEACHERS, AND STREAMLINES COACHING FOR SCHOOL LEADERS AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES. COUNSELORGPT IS AN AI-POWERED PLATFORM THAT GIVES STUDENTS 24/7 ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY, PERSONALIZED POSTSECONDARY GUIDANCE WHILE TRENGTHENING COUNSELORS' CAPACITY THROUGH A BUILT-IN CO-PILOT. USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND TRUSTED DATASETS, THE PLATFORM SUPPORTS STUDENTS WITH CAREER EXPLORATION, PATHWAY SELECTION, RETURN-ONINVESTMENT COMPARISONS ACROSS COLLEGE AND CAREER OPTIONS, AND LONG-TERM POSTSECONDARY PLANNING TASKS.OUR VISION IS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL PREPARED TO EXCEL IN COLLEGE, CAREER, AND COMMUNITY. BY AGE 26, WE ENVISION UA ALUMS EARNING A POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL AND MAKING 20% OR MORE ABOVE THE LIVING WAGE.UA SCHOOLS ARE UNSCREENED AND SERVE APPROXIMATELY 8,000 STUDENTS YEARLY, OF WHICH 83% ARE BLACK AND LATINE, 83% ARE FROM LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, AND 29% HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS. UA'S THREE FL AGSHIP PROGRAM TEAMS SERVE 37,000+ STUDENTS IN NYC. NATIONALLY, OUR PROGRAM TEAMS SERVE STUDENTS ACROSS FOUR STATES: NY, GA, CT, AND OH.STUDENTS IN UA SCHOOLS GRADUATE AND PERSIST IN COLLEGE AT HIGHER RATES THAN THEIR PEERS IN SIMILAR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND AT LEVELS THAT CLOSE OR ELIMINATE DISPARITIES BY RACE, ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNER STATUS, AND DISABILITY STATUS.

    Expenses $1,644,894 · Revenue $364,218

  • INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY, OPS & DATA, SCHOOL SUPPORT, AND UA SCHOOLS:THE INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY TEAM SUPPORTS SCHOOLS IN IMPLEMENTING STUDENT SUCCESS SYSTEMS (SSS), A COORDINATED, DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH DESIGNED TO KEEP STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY 9TH GRADERS, ON TRACK FOR GRADUATION AND POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS. GROUNDED IN EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH, OUR TEAM SUPPORTS SCHOOLS IN MONITORING EARLY WARNING INDICATORS SUCH AS COURSE PERFORMANCE, ATTENDANCE, AND BEHAVIOR, WHILE USING CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS TO IMPLEMENT TARGETED INTERVENTIONS BEFORE STUDENTS FALL BEHIND.

    Expenses $1,438,206 · Revenue $632,220

  • POST SECONDARY READINESS AND SUCCESS:THE POST SECONDARY READINESS AND SUCCESS TEAM IMPLEMENTS A VARIETY OF SERVICES DESIGNED TO BUILD AWARENESS, READINESS, EXPERIENCES, AND SUCCESS IN THEIR COLLEGE AND CAREER PATHWAYS. PROGRAMMING INCLUDES CAREER PATHWAYS THROUGH WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES AND INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS; AND COLLEGE SELECTION, APPLICATION, MATRICULATION, AND PERSISTENCE SUPPORT.

    Expenses $579,446 · Revenue $463,049

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DR MEISHA PORTER

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KRISTIN KEARNS JORDAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KHALIDA ALI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • REV JACQUES DEGRAFF

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DR ROGER HARRIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOHN KNEISLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SCOTT LANDIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JANE MARTINEZ DOWLING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DIANNA O'DOHERTY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TARA RAMIREZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ABBY JO SIGAL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOAN SULLIVAN-ANANE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAMES STONE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD TOMASETTI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANGIE KARNA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SIMEON IHEAGWAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TONY KISER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD KAHAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $10,060
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,060
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID ADAMS

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $294,742
    From this org
    $274,614
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,128
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $274,614
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,585
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,543
    Filer's total
    $294,742
  • HABIB BANGURA

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $159,204
    From this org
    $152,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,042
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,162
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,042
    Filer's total
    $159,204
  • GILLIAN FINLEY

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $183,771
    From this org
    $156,561
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,210
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,561
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,294
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,916
    Filer's total
    $183,771
  • STEVEN SMITH

    DIR. OF FINANCE AND ADMINI

    Total calculated
    $182,395
    From this org
    $145,429
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,966
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,929
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,269
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,697
    Filer's total
    $182,395
  • CHANNON ESSEX FORMER

    DIR. OF CONTINOUS IMPROVEMENT

    Total calculated
    $131,160
    From this org
    $121,607
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,553
    Hours/week
    35
  • STEPHANIE PARRY FORMER

    DIR. OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $130,146
    From this org
    $120,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,608
    Hours/week
    35

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

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

  • NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

    $24,000

    GENERAL SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611769349300236

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