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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLUE GRIT.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,432,954
Total expenses
$4,459,986
Contributions and grants received
$720,943
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$6,712,011
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,773,573
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,800,605
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,972,968
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,452,491
Management and general expenses
$925,712
Fundraising expenses
$81,783
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,452,491

Program services were 77.4% 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

    $720,943

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $5,252,366 · related or exempt $5,252,366

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL HOUSING RE

    total $1,439,967 · related or exempt $1,439,967

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $19,678 · related or exempt $19,678

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $204,195 · program services $72,172 · management and general $124,109 · fundraising $7,914

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,198,816 · program services $1,054,958 · management and general $119,882 · fundraising $23,976

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $170,865 · program services $150,362 · management and general $17,086 · fundraising $3,417

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $112,336 · program services $90,247 · management and general $19,536 · fundraising $2,553

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $35,220 · management and general $35,220

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,175 · management and general $1,175

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $142,935 · program services $132,935 · fundraising $10,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $262,968 · management and general $262,968

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,728 · management and general $9,728

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,492,448 · program services $1,198,981 · management and general $259,544 · fundraising $33,923

  • 17 · Travel

    total $152,927 · program services $76,463 · management and general $76,464

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,224 · program services $11,224

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $52,914 · program services $52,914

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLASS TOOLS, SUPPLIES,

    total $537,506 · program services $537,506

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER SUBCONTRACTORS

    total $42,790 · program services $42,790

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT REPAIRS

    total $24,840 · program services $24,840

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT/STORAGE RENTA

    total $7,099 · program services $7,099

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $298,736

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $3,391,333

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $3,056,668

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $26,836

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $96,276

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $3,092,710

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $552,619

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $59,000

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,972,968

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO SUPPORT THE WELDING INDUSTRY BY OPERATING A TECHNICAL SCHOOL TO TRAIN FUTURE WELDERS AND BY OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY MAY OBTAIN THE NEEDED EDUCATION TO BEGIN A CAREER IN WELDING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT THE WELDING INDUSTRY BY OPERATING A TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND BY OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY MAY OBTAIN THE NEEDED EDUCATION TO BEGIN A CAREER IN WELDING.

  • OPERATION OF A TECHNICAL SCHOOL TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO BEGIN A CAREER IN WELDING. THIS INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF STUDENT HOUSING WHILE THEY ATTEND SCHOOL. SUPPORT THE WELDING INDUSTRY BY OFFERINGS SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY MAY OBTAIN THE NEEDED EDUCATION TO BEGIN A CAREER IN WELDING.

    Expenses $3,452,491 · Revenue $6,712,011

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tyler Sasse

    PRESIDENT, VP, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $76,906
    From this org
    $66,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,256
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dirk Anderson

    TREASURER, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $58,639
    From this org
    $51,634
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,005
    Hours/week
    30
  • Nathan Ponder

    SECRETARY, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $62,745
    From this org
    $58,121
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,624
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433179349304358

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