Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,148,652
- Total expenses
- $1,428,116
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,138,570
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $7,410
- Investment income
- $2,672
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $523,702
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $254,896
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $268,806
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $978,174
- Management and general expenses
- $449,942
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $978,174
Program services were 68.5% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$374,404
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$764,166
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2a · Program service revenue: Fees programservie revenue
total $7,410
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3 · Investment income
total $2,672
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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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 $180,000 · program services $96,198 · management and general $83,802
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $653,570 · program services $485,398 · management and general $168,172
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $4,611 · program services $4,611
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $65,854 · program services $45,947 · management and general $19,907
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $15,608 · management and general $15,608
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $257 · management and general $257
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11g · Fees: other
total $4,319 · program services $3,239 · management and general $1,080
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total -$287 · management and general -$287
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13 · Office expenses
total $31,790 · program services $7,394 · management and general $24,396
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14 · Information technology
total $65,908 · program services $30,145 · management and general $35,763
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $35,196 · program services $22,608 · management and general $12,588
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17 · Travel
total $15,877 · program services $12,282 · management and general $3,595
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $15,949 · management and general $15,949
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $18,650 · program services $10,660 · management and general $7,990
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24a · Other expenses: FOOD PROGRM LUNCH
total $10,719 · program services $10,719
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24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM OUTINGS SUPPLIES
total $42,246 · program services $42,246
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24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
total $242,743 · program services $202,097 · management and general $40,646
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24d · Other expenses: professional development
total $15,839 · management and general $15,839
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24e · All other expenses
total $9,267 · program services $4,630 · management and general $4,637
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $43,721 · end of year $9,761
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $733,059 · end of year $511,884
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $2,057 · end of year $2,057
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $10,096 · end of year $10,084
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $50,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $258,739 · end of year $244,812
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $460,002 · end of year $268,806
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
BLA is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that strengthens youth and their families with empowerment, enrichment, and extended academic success. Through leadership training using the 12 pillars of leadership and the level of leadership support program, we provide youth and their families with a safe and positive environment for youth to become leaders
Activities or mission (Part I)
Banister Leadership Academy works with yourht in the coommunity to develop their leadership skills to allow them to transition into healthy adults with programs and services that meet the needs of students and families
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BLAs primary goals are to strengthen and empower yourth through leadership development programs. Banisters works with families, providing parenting classes for financial literacy, goal setting, free parent child engagement activities, and resources referrals to help with unmet needs Blas youth and family program include Leadership in Action, Night Life Leadership in a Fun Environment, Goal Setters, Mentoring, Middle School Preparedness Leadership Circle, Juvenile Justice Family Navigator Program, Health Kids Movement, Sister Circles and Family University.
Expenses $978,174
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Brian TimmermanBRIAN TIMMERMAN
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gale ChristensonGALE CHRISTENSON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brian EngelbertBRIAN ENGELBERT
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Todd HlavatyTODD HLAVATY
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Akile BanisterAKILE BANISTER
PRESIDENT/CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
-
Zachary PetersenZACHARY PETERSEN
BOARD CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Aaron HillAARON HILL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Corinne SaffordCORINNE SAFFORD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 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
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 24 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202622069349300002
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