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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DIPLOMA EQUITY PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,540,611
Total expenses
$1,345,881
Contributions and grants received
$1,540,611
Grants paid
$556,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$847,805
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,117
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$801,688
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,259,812
Management and general expenses
$86,069
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,259,812

Program services were 93.6% 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

    $1,540,611

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $556,000 · program services $556,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $382,388 · program services $334,718 · management and general $47,670

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,108 · management and general $5,108

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,075 · management and general $25,075

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,937 · management and general $1,937

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,876 · management and general $1,876

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,645 · management and general $1,645

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,346 · program services $1,346

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $749 · program services $749

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,919 · program services $4,919

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICE

    total $326,907 · program services $326,907

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES

    total $35,173 · program services $35,173

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

    total $2,738 · management and general $2,738

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20 · management and general $20

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $602,501 · end of year $261,851

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $581,497

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,457 · end of year $4,457

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $46,117

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $34,716 · end of year $175,632

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $572,242 · end of year $626,056

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH K-12, HIGHER EDUCATION AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE RATES OF COLLEGE PERSISTENCE AND COMPLETION.

  • DIPLOMA EQUITY PROJECT DEP SUPPORTED A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES AIMED AT INCREASING THE COLLEGE COMPLETION RATES OF BOTH DETROITERS AND MICHIGANDERS IN SUPPORT OF THE STATES 60 HIGHER EDUCATION ATTAINMENT BY 2030 GOAL AS WELL AS CLOSING THE COMPLETION GAPS FOR STUDENTS BASED ON RACE, INCOME AND GEOGRAPHY. DEP FACILITATED PARTNERSHIPS WITH SEVEN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES AIMED AT REDESIGNING THEIR EXISTING STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO BETTER SERVE FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS AND RETURNING ADULT LEARNERS. ADDITIONALLY, DEP CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF DEGREE FORWARD, A COMPETENCY-BASED DEGREE PROGRAM THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY THAT PROVIDES A FAST, FLEXIBLE, AND ACCREDITED DEGREE PROGRAM FOR WORKING ADULTS AND PAIRS THE ONLINE PROGRAMMING WITH THE WRAP AROUND SUPPORTS ADULT STUDENTS NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL LIKE CHILDCARE, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUCCESS COACHING.

    Expenses $1,259,812

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Melissa Hamann

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Khary Turner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jack Elsey

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Doug Ross

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Carol Goss

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Machion Jackson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angie Reyes

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shirley Stancato

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Walsh

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
24 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202630559349301518

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