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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GRIPTAPE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,434,298
Total expenses
$2,049,123
Contributions and grants received
$1,320,171
Grants paid
$497,556
Program service revenue
$35,000
Investment income
$75,666
Other revenue
$3,461
Total assets, end of year
$2,504,716
Total liabilities, end of year
$54,952
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,449,764
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,519,681
Management and general expenses
$352,604
Fundraising expenses
$176,838
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,519,681

Program services were 74.2% 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

    $1,320,171

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $35,000 · related or exempt $35,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $75,666 · excluded $75,666

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3,461 · excluded $3,461

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,461

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $497,556 · program services $497,556

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $506,364 · program services $329,137 · management and general $126,591 · fundraising $50,636

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $363,600 · program services $240,755 · management and general $43,230 · fundraising $79,615

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,748 · program services $7,116 · management and general $1,271 · fundraising $2,361

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $134,286 · program services $88,293 · management and general $22,695 · fundraising $23,298

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $57,478 · program services $37,675 · management and general $10,974 · fundraising $8,829

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $20,400 · management and general $20,400

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $82,400 · management and general $82,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $189,310 · program services $164,497 · management and general $14,922 · fundraising $9,891

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $39,300 · program services $39,300

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,741 · program services $12,339 · management and general $4,402

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $79,687 · program services $69,601 · management and general $10,086

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,669 · program services $11,485 · management and general $3,976 · fundraising $2,208

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,927 · program services $21,927

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,872 · management and general $10,872

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $785 · management and general $785

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $122,269 · end of year $145,806

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,417,974 · end of year $1,362,611

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,616,423 · end of year $973,428

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,851 · end of year $12,456

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $10,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,290 · end of year $415

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $51,054 · end of year $54,952

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $66,600 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $734,262 · end of year $694,340

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,330,891 · end of year $1,755,424

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO OFFER TEENAGERS THE RESOURCES, RESPECT, AND AUTHORITY TO DESIGN AND EXECUTE A LEARNING PROJECT ALIGNED WITH THEIR INTERESTS, VISION, AND GOALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO OFFER YOUTH-DRIVEN LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT PROVIDE RESOURCES, RESPECT, AND AUTHORITY FOR TEENAGERS WHO HAVE INTERESTS BUT FEW OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT THEY CAN PURSUE THESE INTERESTS AND DEVELOP AGENCY. THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS, WE EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SUPPORTS TO DESIGN AND EXECUTE A LEARNING PROJECT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AND CHART THEIR PATHS TO SUCCESS.

  • THE LEARNING CHALLENGE:GRIPTAPE OFFERS YOUTH AGES 14-19 A RADICALLY DIFFERENT 10-WEEK EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY PURSUE THEIR INTERESTS WITH FULL DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, AND A MENTOR WHO BELIEVES IN THEIR POTENTIAL AND HELPS THEM REFLECT ON THEIR IDEAS, ACTIONS, AND DECISIONS. COMBINED, THESE INPUTS PROVIDE AN UNDER-RESOURCED YOUNG PERSON AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS ON THEIR OWN TERMS, PUTTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WITH FULL DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY, SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL RESOURCES, AND THE MENTORING SUPPORT TO DEVELOP CRITICAL MINDSETS, SKILLS, AND BEHAVIORS TO DEEPEN THEIR AGENCY AND CHART THEIR COURSE INTO YOUNG ADULTHOOD.

    Expenses $1,519,681 · Grants $497,556 · Revenue $35,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rebecca Crowe

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Robert Strain

    INTERIM PRESIDENT EFF. 10/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Steve Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Femi Adebogun

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Abigail Piando

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Mark Murphy

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $255,616
    From this org
    $218,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,096
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,520
    Bonus
    $8,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,690
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,406
    Filer's total
    $255,616
  • Catherine Holland

    COO / SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $250,748
    From this org
    $215,706
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,042
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,706
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,570
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,472
    Filer's total
    $250,748

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION PAID PERFORMANCE-BASED BOARD APPROVED BONUSES IN 2023 REPORTED IN PART II, COLUMN B(II).

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
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349308371

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