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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNLOCKING COMMUNITIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,073,399
Total expenses
$2,338,650
Contributions and grants received
$1,967,377
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$105,981
Investment income
$41
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$501,684
Total liabilities, end of year
$124,073
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$377,611
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,053,339
Management and general expenses
$144,149
Fundraising expenses
$141,162
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,053,337

Program services were 87.8% 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

    $1,967,377

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,507,258

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Community Education

    total $105,981 · related or exempt $105,981

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $41 · related or exempt $41

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $159,125 · program services $111,388 · management and general $27,051 · fundraising $20,686

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $87,066 · program services $85,201 · management and general $1,865

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,486 · program services $1,998 · management and general $9,614 · fundraising $874

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $55,843 · program services $33,506 · management and general $13,402 · fundraising $8,935

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $299 · program services $272 · management and general $27

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,492 · program services $5,844 · management and general $5,552 · fundraising $96

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,362 · program services $15,217 · management and general $1,145

  • 17 · Travel

    total $44,133 · program services $37,870 · management and general $5,845 · fundraising $418

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,316 · program services $199 · management and general $2,951 · fundraising $166

  • 24a · Other expenses: Product

    total $159,605 · program services $159,605

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Implementation

    total $1,349,511 · program services $1,349,511

  • 24c · Other expenses: Professional Services

    total $227,183 · program services $40,499 · management and general $76,697 · fundraising $109,987

  • 24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $212,229 · program services $212,229

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $447,141 · end of year $289,015

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $6,411

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $212,669

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $189,309 · end of year $212,669

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,392

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $123,875

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,392 · end of year $198

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $613,836 · end of year $223,586

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $29,025 · end of year $154,025

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

We equip entrepreneurs with the education and tools to sell sustainab- le products that unlock econmic, social, and environmental transform- ation in their communities.

Activities or mission (Part I)

We equip entrepreneurs w the education and tools to sell sustainable products that unlock economic social environmental transformation

  • Unlocking Communities, a nonprofit social enterprise working to provide Haitians with the tools and resources they need to be their own catalysts for change. Our aim is to make quality and long-lasting impact in rural Haitian communities by training aspiring entrepreneurs in business fundamentals. Upon the successful completion of the training, entrepreneurs gain access to in-demand products to sell to community members and earn a commission. To date we have trained over 250 entrepreneurs who have sold over 14,000 products

    Expenses $2,053,337 · Revenue $105,981

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joshua Hester-Goralski

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $86,542
    From this org
    $86,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Peter Jones

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julia Holmertz

    Director of Operations

    Total calculated
    $72,583
    From this org
    $72,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Jennifer Wyatt

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Musgrave

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sebastian Del Valle Rosales

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Williams

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2023
Filed
11 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422859349301732

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