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← UPSURGE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UPSURGE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,943,164
Total expenses
$2,073,102
Contributions and grants received
$2,870,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$73,164
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,067,091
Total liabilities, end of year
$163,662
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,903,429
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,780,066
Management and general expenses
$293,036
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,780,066

Program services were 85.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $500,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $200,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,170,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $73,164 · excluded $73,164

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $768,985 · program services $723,503 · management and general $45,482

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $43,790 · program services $40,946 · management and general $2,844

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $60,310 · program services $56,394 · management and general $3,916

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,279 · management and general $5,279

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,037 · management and general $31,037

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $959 · management and general $959

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $191,418 · management and general $191,418

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,500 · program services $17,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,384 · program services $14,052 · management and general $1,332

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $40,990 · program services $37,441 · management and general $3,549

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,618 · program services $6,618

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,038 · program services $3,038

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,537 · management and general $3,537

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $875,474 · program services $875,474

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $5,100 · program services $5,100

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $3,683 · management and general $3,683

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,650,682 · end of year $1,903,851

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $710,000 · end of year $650,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,994 · end of year $513,240

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $49,796 · end of year $97,675

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $281,513 · end of year $65,987

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,033,367 · end of year $2,903,429

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO MOBILIZE ECOSYSTEM-WIDE SUPPORT IN THE AREAS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY FOR MORE BALTIMOREANS, WITH AN INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY WELFARE BY OFFERING ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND OTHER INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE SOCIAL MOBILITY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATHWAYS TO BUSINESS OWNERSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY.

  • THE PROGRAM SERVES TO MOBILIZE ECOSYSTEM-WIDE SUPPORT IN THE AREAS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY FOR MORE BALTIMOREANS, WITH AN INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY WELFARE BY OFFERING ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND OTHER INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE SOCIAL MOBILITY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATHWAYS TO BUSINESS OWNERSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY.

    Expenses $1,780,066

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Hankin

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryland Sumner

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Cherry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nick Culbertson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Elise Liberto

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jacob Hodes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Keith Stone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Shervonne Cherry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jamie McDonald

    FORMER PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $278,250
    From this org
    $262,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,750
    Hours/week
    16

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $52,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,750 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $262,500 + $15,750 related
  • Madeleine Stokes

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $159,481
    From this org
    $148,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,161
    Hours/week
    26

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,600
    Bonus
    $24,720
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,161 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $148,320 + $11,161 related
  • Kory Bailey

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $175,911
    From this org
    $163,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,311
    Hours/week
    16

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,334
    Bonus
    $27,266
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,311 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $163,600 + $12,311 related

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 · 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)

SCHEDULE J PART III
UPSURGE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY, INC. GREW OUT OF UPSURGE BALTIMORE, LLC, A FOR PROFIT PARTNERSHIP THAT SAW A NEED TO SUPPORT HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN BALTIMORE THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE USED TO OFFER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, AND OTHER INITIATIVES. TO FULLFILL THAT NEED, UPSURGE BALTIMORE, LLC CREATED UPSURGE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY, INC. IN ORDER TO SERVE THAT MISSION. THE ORGANIZATIONS SHARE EMPLOYEES. AS A RESULT, THE SALARIES OF THE EMPLOYEES FOR UPSURGE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY, INC. ARE PAID BY UPSURGE BALTIMORE, LLC, AND THEN UPSURGE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY, INC. LATER REIMBURSES THEIR SHARE OF THE EXPENSES. AS SUCH BOTH EMPLOYEES LISTED ON THE SCHEDULE J ARE EMPLOYEES OF UPSURGE BALTIMORE, LLC. AND THE TWO ENTITIES HAVE A SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349309803

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