Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$410,293

Total expenses

$550,580

Contributions and grants received

$314,187

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$45,000

Investment income

$2,179

Other revenue

$48,927

Total assets, end of year

$503,073

Total liabilities, end of year

$238,852

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$264,221

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$370,540

Management and general expenses

$129,310

Fundraising expenses

$50,730

Program service expenses (Part III)

$370,540

Program services were 67.3% 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

• EDUCATE AND INFORM:PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (PPS) SEEKS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND TRAINING FOR PARENTS AND OTHER EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS. SPECIFIC PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE THE THREE CURRICULA THAT MAKE UP THE PPS PARENT ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM (PEP). PEP-PARENT LEADERSHIP HELPS PARENTS UNDERSTAND ACCOUNTABILITY,CURRICULUM STANDARDS, AND OTHER EDUCATION ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE EDUCATION OUTCOME OF STUDENTS IN MISSISSIPPI. PEP ALSO HELPS PARENTS DEVELOP THE SKILLS NEEDED TO BE AN EFFECTIVE EDUCATION PARTNER. THE LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF THE PROGRAM IS THAT PARENTS AGREE TO WORK AT REDUCING BARRIERS TO LEARNING IN THEIR HOME, COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL.PEP-GRADUATION READY IS A DUAL GENERATION PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS/CAREGIVERS. IN ADDITION TO INCLUDING MUCH OF THE INFORMATION FROM PEP-PARENT LEADERSHIP, GRADUATION READY FOCUSES ON GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE VARIOUS PATHS TO GRADUATION. THIS TRAINING SEEKS TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE AND GRADUATION RATES, AND TO HELP STUDENTS MAKE A SMOOTHER TRANSITION TO POST-SECONDARY LIFE. THE PEP-EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM ENHANCES PARENT/CAREGIVER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ROLE IN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND THE EFFECT OF WHATHAPPENS IN THE EARLIEST YEARS OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT ON KINDERGARTENREADINESS AND LATER ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

  Expenses $279,634 · Revenue $45,000

• NATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING & NETWORK SUPPORT:ALTHOUGH EACH CHAPTER HAS ITS OWN IDENTITY AND THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO LOCAL CHALLENGES, A CHAPTER'S WORK IS SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND COLLABORATIVE POWER.CHAPTERS BENEFIT FROM WORKING WITH A NETWORK OF OTHER PARENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND ARE ABLE TO AVOID "REINVENTING THE WHEEL". PPS, INC. CONDUCTS CHAPTER TRAINING USING CURRICULA DESIGNED TO ENHANCE CURRENT AND FUTURE SUCCESS IN ALL CHAPTERS, CONDUCTS REGIONAL ANDNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,STRATEGIES, AND SUPPORT TO CHAPTERS, WORKS TO PLANT NEW CHAPTERS WITH A FOCUS ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS ENROLLING LARGER MINORITY AND DISENFRANCHISED POPULATIONS, AND PROVIDES CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT TO CHAPTERS TO ADDRESS SELF-IDENTIFIED AREAS OF WEAKNESS. WORKING WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS, PPS PARENTS STRIVE TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO LEARNING AND BRING THE COMMUNITY INTO THE PROCESS OF STRENGTHENING SCHOOLS.

  Expenses $90,906

• ORGANIZE FOR ADVOCACY:PPS ALSO FOCUSES ON EDUCATION ADVOCACY AND WORKS TO PROVIDE PPS CONSTITUENTS WITH INFORMATION TO ASSIST IN HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR DECISIONS THAT AFFECT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TO ASSESS PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT BY CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. PPS HAS DEVELOPED THE CIVIC ACADEMY, A WORKSHOP THAT FOCUSES ON THE VALUE OF FULLY FUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PROVIDING INFORMATION THAT CITIZENS NEED TO INFORM THEIR CHOICES AT THE BALLOT BOX.

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.

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.

• CPPS OF PORTLAND OREGON INC

  501(C)(3) · PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION · OR

• PPS OF GREATER CINCINNATI OHIO INC

  501(C)(3) · PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION · OH

• PPS OF GREENWOOD & LEFLORE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI INC

  501(C)(3) · PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION · MS

• PPS OF HAWAII INC

  501(C)(3) · PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION · HI

• PPS OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN INC

  501(C)(3) · PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION · WI

• PPS OF MOSS POINT MS INC

  501(C)(3) · PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION · MS

• PPS OF PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI INC

  501(C)(3) · PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION · MS

• PPS OF PITT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA INC

  501(C)(3) · PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION · NC

• PPS OF SAN FRANSCISCO CALIFORNIA INC

  501(C)(3) · PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION · CA

• PPS OF HOUSTON TEXAS INC

  501(C)(3) · PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION · TX

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202441369349306319

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