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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OPERATION GRADUATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$437,117
Total expenses
$480,621
Contributions and grants received
$552,768
Grants paid
$362,733
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$280
Other revenue
-$115,931
Total assets, end of year
$378,161
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,536
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$358,625
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$416,281
Management and general expenses
$33,215
Fundraising expenses
$31,125
Program service expenses (Part III)
$416,281

Program services were 86.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $278,948

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $273,820

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $280 · excluded $280

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $65,150

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $278,948

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $183,091

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$117,941 · excluded -$117,941

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $2,010 · excluded $2,010

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,010

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $326,000 · program services $326,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $36,733 · program services $36,733

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,766 · management and general $9,766

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $76,051 · program services $38,026 · management and general $19,012 · fundraising $19,013

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,490 · program services $10,868 · management and general $2,173 · fundraising $1,449

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,228 · program services $4,614 · fundraising $4,614

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,205 · management and general $2,205

  • 24a · Other expenses: JRLA SCHOOL STORE APPAR

    total $6,049 · fundraising $6,049

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $99 · program services $40 · management and general $59

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $117,329 · end of year $117,199

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $297,413 · end of year $260,962

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,613 · end of year $19,536

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $118,923 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $58,218 · end of year $97,663

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $224,988 · end of year $260,962

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF OPERATION GRADUATION IS TO CREATE LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH IN THE DETROIT AREA THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

  • OPERATION GRADUATION RAISED FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE JALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY BY OFFSETTING SOME OF THE FACILITY EXPENSES, MAKING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR PROGRAM AND PROVIDING COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO ITS GRADUATING STUDENTS.

    Expenses $416,281 · Grants $362,733

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHELLE RUSCITTI MILLER

    SECRETARY TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $67,500
    From this org
    $67,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • MICHAEL CARTER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CURTIS HERVEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543159349305669

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