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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,218,517
Total expenses
$1,213,505
Contributions and grants received
$57,545
Grants paid
$4,000
Program service revenue
$1,099,292
Investment income
$20,827
Other revenue
$40,853
Total assets, end of year
$1,156,199
Total liabilities, end of year
$376,504
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$779,695
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,150,862
Management and general expenses
$62,643
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,150,862

Program services were 94.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $20,900

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $36,645

  • 2a · Program service revenue: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

    total $1,065,222 · related or exempt $1,065,222

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ONLINE SYSTEM REVENUE

    total $19,330 · related or exempt $19,330

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MENTORING REGISTRATION FEES

    total $13,300 · related or exempt $13,300

  • 2d · Program service revenue: WEB SERVICES REVENUE

    total $1,440 · related or exempt $1,440

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,827 · excluded $20,827

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $65,209

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $34,206

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $31,003 · related or exempt $31,003

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $6,006 · related or exempt $6,006

  • 11b · Other revenue: AFFILIATE MARKETING MATERIAL

    total $3,844 · related or exempt $3,844

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,850

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,000 · program services $4,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $97,020 · program services $87,318 · management and general $9,702

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $239,637 · program services $210,700 · management and general $28,937

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,423 · program services $14,538 · management and general $1,885

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $39,587 · program services $35,044 · management and general $4,543

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,369 · program services $22,457 · management and general $2,912

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,938 · program services $3,703 · management and general $1,235

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,950 · program services $4,462 · management and general $1,488

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,293 · program services $2,293

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,037 · program services $2,581 · management and general $456

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,161 · program services $21,387 · management and general $3,774

  • 17 · Travel

    total $72,312 · program services $72,312

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $572,310 · program services $572,310

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,537 · program services $2,410 · management and general $127

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,415 · program services $11,174 · management and general $1,241

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $21,490 · program services $21,490

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $12,574 · program services $8,883 · management and general $3,691

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $12,422 · program services $12,422

  • 24d · Other expenses: VAST ONLINE FEES

    total $11,654 · program services $11,654

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $32,376 · program services $29,724 · management and general $2,652

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $73,223 · end of year $178,770

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $583,617 · end of year $889,543

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $109,223

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $49,669 · end of year $21,336

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $26,875 · end of year $18,243

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,963 · end of year $10,307

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $32,369

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $32,369

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $572

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $39,965 · end of year $38,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $112,247 · end of year $316,362

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,177 · end of year $60,142

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $754,368 · end of year $705,849

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,315 · end of year $73,846

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE GLOBALLY TO DESIGN AND ACHIEVE POSITIVE FUTURES USING CRITICAL, CREATIVE THINKING. IN ALL COMPONENTS, STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES OR BARRIERS WHEN CONFRONTING CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL, POLITICAL, SCIENTIFIC, ECONOMIC, AND TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES. FPSPI IS INTERDISCIPLINARY AND ITS COMPONENTS PROMOTE INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, LEADERSHIP, AND RESPONSIBLE GROUP MEMBERSHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  • ANNUALLY, THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HOSTS APPROXIMATELY 2200 PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT AS CHAMPIONS IN THE AFFILIATE PROGRAMS TO GATHER WITH OTHER COMPETITORS TO COMPETE FOR INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STATUS. IN 1979 45 TEAMS COMPETED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA IN TEAM BOOKLET COMPETITION (NOW TITLED GLOBAL ISSUES PROBLEM SOLVING). THE 2023 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HOSTED 195 GLOBAL ISSUES PROBLEM SOLVING TEAMS, 43 COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING PROJECTS, 63 SCENARIO WRITERS AND 28 SCENARIO PERFORMERS.

    Expenses $777,808 · Revenue $1,065,222

  • THE CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEARNING IS BUILT ON MORE THAN FIVE DECADES OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND FIELD EXPERIENCE WORLDWIDE. A WIDE VARIETY OF OFFERINGS INCLUDE HIGH-QUALITY WEB-BASED AND PRINT RESOURCES, E-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, WORKSHOPS, AND CONSULTING SERVICES ON CREATIVITY AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING (CPS). OUR WORK FOCUSES ON METHODS AND TOOLS FOR GENERATING IDEAS ("CREATIVE THINKING"), FOCUSING IDEAS ("CRITICAL THINKING"), AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES TO DEFINING AND SOLVING COMPLEX, OPEN-ENDED, REAL-LIFE PROBLEMS (CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, VERSION 6.1).

    Expenses $1,114 · Revenue $65

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $371,940 · Grants $4,000 · Revenue $34,005

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Matthew Boyas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Argen Hicks

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Dylan Sherman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Laurel Petersen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Julie Styan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Rachel Wolf

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Sarah Sumners

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Shefa Sikder

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • April Michele

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $105,905
    From this org
    $97,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,779
    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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEARNING LLC

    EDUCATION · DE

    Directly controlled by FUTURE PRO

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
5 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313549349300006

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