Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$5,946,403

Total expenses

$2,794,159

Contributions and grants received

$4,461,532

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$1,192,299

Investment income

$45,786

Other revenue

$246,786

Total assets, end of year

$9,477,706

Total liabilities, end of year

$264,966

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,212,740

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,025,595

Management and general expenses

$215,974

Fundraising expenses

$552,590

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,025,595

Program services were 72.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• OPPORTUNITY HUBS (DIS AND COOLEY/DENBY) - THE DURFEE INNOVATION SOCIETY (DIS) EXISTS TO CREATE SUBSTANTIAL AND IMPACTFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DETROIT CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND ADULTS TO THRIVE IN THE AREAS OF YOUTH PROGRAMS, JOBS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES WHILE ADVANCING CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION. IN 2023 RESOURCES WERE USED IN ATTEMPTING TO ACQUIRE A BUILDING FOR A 2ND OPPORTUNITY HUB FIRST IN THE COOLEY THEN IN THE DENBY COMMUNITIES. THESE INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT/YOUTH ACTIVITIES, LISTENING SESSIONS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES MEANT TO GARNER/FOSTER SUPPORT IN 2023, LIFE REMODELED CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN 100% OCCUPANCY OF THE DIS BUILDING WITH NEARLY 40 TENANTS WHO DIRECTLY SERVED 28,000+ DETROITERS. THE EFFORTS IN THE COOLEY AND DENBY COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY LED TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE ANCHOR DETROIT BUILDING ON THE CITY'S EAST SIDE, A BUILDING THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING RENNOVATED TO PROVIDE SIMILAR SERVICES AS THE DIS PROVIDES TO A SEPARATE COMMUNITY OF DETROITERS, ALONG WITH VITAL TECHNOLOGICAL YOUTH/COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT ARE NOT PROVIDED AT THE DIS.

  Expenses $1,553,403 · Revenue $897,205

• SIX DAY PROJECT - EACH YEAR, LIFE REMODELED MOBILIZES THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS OVER SIX DAYS TO CLEAR BLIGHT AND BEAUTIFY SEVERAL SQUARE MILES SURROUNDING OUR CURRENT OPPORTUNITY HUB. THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF UNIFYING FOR A COMMON MISSION, PARTICIPANTS FROM BOTH THE CITY AND THE SUBURBS BEGIN TO REALIZE HOW MUCH THEY RESPECT AND NEED EACH OTHER WHICH IS A CATALYST FOR LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS.IN 2023, WE MOBILIZED 5,000+ VOLUNTEERS TO CLEAR BLIGHT ON 293 BLOCKS, MOW OVER 500 RESIDENTIAL LAWNS, AND DELIVER 1,000 FRESHLY POTTED MUMS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING THE OLD COOLEY HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING DURING OUR 13TH ANNUAL SIX DAY PROJECT (OCTOBER 2-7, 2023).

  Expenses $155,548

• YOUTH ENGAGEMENT - LIFE REMODELED HAS SEEN A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN ENGAGEMENT FROM STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE SERVE EQUATING TO SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAMS AT THE DIS. THEREFORE, WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF AND TEACHERS AT DURFEE ELEMENTARY-MIDDLE AND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN ORDER TO REACH OUR GOALS OF HELPING THE SCHOOLS INCREASE ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS IMPROVE MATH AND READING SCORES.IN 2023, LIFE REMODELED FOCUSED ON CONTINUING TO BUILD YOUTH ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS IN DETROIT FOLLOWING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. LIFE REMODELED HELPED DURFEE AND CENTRAL STUDENTS THROUGH A VARIETY OF SUMMER, BACK TO SCHOOL, AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS INCLUDING CAREER VISION DAY, A WEEK LONG BACK TO SCHOOL KICK-OFF EVENT, AND FIELD DAY. WE ALSO HOSTED MORE THAN 1,400 YOUTH AND FAMILIES DURING OUR MONTHLY LIT FRIDAYS AND OTHER YOUTH EVENTS SUCH AS AN EASTER EGG HUNT, SUMMER BBQ, CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY, ETC. 2023 ALSO SAW THE START OF THE DURFEE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE (DSI) A PROGRAM TO HELP FOSTER BETTER COMMUNICATIONS/RELATIONS BETWEEN LIFE REMODELED AND THE AFFORMENTIONED SCHOOLS IN WHICH STUDENTS COMPLETED VARIOUS ATTENDANCE AND ACADEMIC GOALS TO GAIN TICKETS THAT COULD BE TRADED IN FOR ACCESS TO LIT FRIDAY EVENTS AND OTHER INCENTIVES HELD AT THE SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.FINALLY, LIFE REMODELED WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR LIFE REMODELED YOUTH ALLIANCE WHO CONTINUE TO GROW IN THEIR LEADERSHIP ABILITIES AND ADVISORY CAPACITY.

  Expenses $96,250 · Revenue $132,643

• LIFE REMODELED CONTINUED FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IN THE DURFEE COMMUNITY THIS INCLUDED HOSTING EVENTS SUCH AS OUR ANNUAL SUMMER BLOCK PARTY. LIFE REMODELED ALSO FOCUSED ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THE OLD COOLEY HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING WHICH PIVOTED TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR TO THE DENBY COMMUNITY, INCLUDING TURKEY DRIVES FOR THANKSGIVING AND REFRIGERATOR GIVEAWAYS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED. THERE WAS ALSO THE NEXT LEVEL NONPROFIT PROGRAM TO HELP COACH OTHER NON-PROFITS TO USE THE TOOLS LR HAS USED TO SUCCEED IN THE NFP SPACE, THE DEXTER FACADE PROJECT TO HELP REVITALIZE VARIOUS BUSINESSES ALONG THE DEXTER CORRIDOR, AND PROM REMODELED, A FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNITY EVENT MEANT TO BRING DONORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOGETHER TO FOSTER COMMUNICATION AND UNDERSTANDING AT THE DIS

  Expenses $220,394 · Revenue $209,892

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

22 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202422969349301632

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