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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CLEVELAND AVENUE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION GROUP.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,949,556
Total expenses
$7,412,889
Contributions and grants received
$3,948,657
Grants paid
$5,150,476
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$899
Total assets, end of year
$10,404,641
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,164,441
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,240,200
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,784,673
Management and general expenses
$528,417
Fundraising expenses
$99,799
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,784,673

Program services were 91.5% 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

    $3,948,657

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $899 · excluded $899

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $899

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,150,476 · program services $5,150,476

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $191,342 · program services $191,342

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $418,703 · program services $227,147 · management and general $191,556

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,744 · program services $17,081 · management and general $16,663

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,176 · program services $31,184 · management and general $15,992

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,103 · management and general $2,103

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $59,388 · management and general $59,388

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,178,450 · program services $921,212 · management and general $205,888 · fundraising $51,350

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,381 · program services $11,470 · management and general $1,911

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40,316 · program services $17,693 · management and general $20,245 · fundraising $2,378

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,295 · program services $13,505 · management and general $790

  • 17 · Travel

    total $75,285 · program services $62,654 · management and general $12,631

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $160,300 · program services $115,729 · fundraising $44,571

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING AND PROFESSION

    total $27,930 · program services $25,180 · management and general $1,250 · fundraising $1,500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,393,455 · end of year $5,734,815

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,462,415 · end of year $4,300,835

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $375,475 · end of year $367,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $1,991

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $30,772 · end of year $36,926

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $3,502,040 · end of year $5,127,515

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,787,294 · end of year $2,237,362

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,916,239 · end of year $3,002,838

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE CAFE GROUP'S VISION IS TO PROVIDE LEADERS FROM DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WITH ACCESS TO THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO PROGRESS THROUGH LIFE FULL OF VISION, CONFIDENCE AND AGENCY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CAFE GROUP PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT TO LEADERS OF COLOR WHOSE PROXIMITY TO THE CHALLENGES ALLOW THEM TO CREATE MEANINGFUL AND RELEVANT SOLUTIONS. BY LEVERAGING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES AND THE GENIUS WITHIN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, CAFE GROUP HAS CREATED A GLIDEPATH FROM COLLEGE INTERN TO ESTABLISHED LEADER DESIGNED TO CATALYZE LASTING SYSTEMIC CHANGE.

  • THE CAFE GROUP HAS IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES AND CREATED PROGRAMMING, TRAINING, MENTORSHIP, AND PROVIDED THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT LEADERS OF COLOR. THESE GOALS ARE ACHIEVED BY MAKING STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THE CAFE GROUP'S VISION FOR LARGE SCALE IMPACT THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMATIC INITIATIVES: LEAD SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, CAFE FELLOWS, THE 1954 PROJECT, AND CAFE CONVERSATIONS.

    Expenses $6,784,673 · Grants $5,150,476

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Thompson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Leslie Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Anello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shayne Evans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph McCoy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Acasia Wilson Feinberg

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $192,902
    From this org
    $186,275
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,627
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,715
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,560
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,627
    Filer's total
    $192,902

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION USED THE COMPENSATION PROFILES BUILT BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, FILTERED BY INDUSTRY, LOCATION, BUDGET AND EXPERIENCE LEVEL AS WELL AS REVIEW OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FORM 990S TO DETERMINE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SALARY. ALL SALARIES ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DURING THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.

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

  • THE KNOWLEDGE HOUSE FELLOWSHIP INC

    $986,451

    TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • TECHBRIDGE GIRLS

    $986,451

    TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • VILLAGE OF WISDOM

    $986,451

    TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • BENOLA INC

    $968,036

    TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • THE BLOC

    $968,036

    TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • MIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION INC

    $50,000

    TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADER FELLOWSHIP

    $50,000

    TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • ACADEMY OF HOPE ADULT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION

    $50,000

    TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • GIVE MERIT INC

    $50,000

    TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

  • RESURGENCE HALL

    $50,000

    TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATING COSTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 1954 PROJECT VALUES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303189349314895

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