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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by TRUE SKOOL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$548,543
Total expenses
$417,786
Contributions and grants received
$452,382
Grants paid
$3,750
Program service revenue
$93,940
Investment income
$322
Other revenue
$1,899
Total assets, end of year
$316,502
Total liabilities, end of year
$75,176
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$241,326
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$315,723
Management and general expenses
$84,525
Fundraising expenses
$17,538
Program service expenses (Part III)
$315,723

Program services were 75.6% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $163,179

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $289,203

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Fee for Service Income

    total $93,940 · related or exempt $93,940 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $322 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $322

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,629

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

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,629 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,629

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $852

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $582

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $270 · related or exempt $270 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,350 · program services $2,350

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,400 · program services $1,400

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $157,607 · program services $110,325 · management and general $39,402 · fundraising $7,880

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $26,243 · program services $13,042 · management and general $13,201 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,635 · program services $2,544 · management and general $909 · fundraising $182

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,559 · program services $9,742 · management and general $4,201 · fundraising $616

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,541 · program services $0 · management and general $13,541 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $67,332 · program services $67,332 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,739 · program services $211 · management and general $0 · fundraising $5,528

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,923 · program services $13,956 · management and general $1,967 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,664 · program services $2,664 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,512 · program services $16,808 · management and general $7,704

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,673 · program services $9,673 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,406 · program services $3,406 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,844 · program services $3,075 · management and general $769 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Event Expense

    total $27,033 · program services $23,082 · management and general $1,503 · fundraising $2,448

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Supplies and Equipment

    total $25,933 · program services $25,933 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Food

    total $3,847 · program services $3,847 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Youth Stipends

    total $4,811 · program services $4,811 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,734 · program services $1,522 · management and general $1,328 · fundraising $884

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $62,312 · end of year $297,960

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $5,076

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $59,702 · end of year $11,616

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $1,850

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,445 · end of year $30,131

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $45,045

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $85,207 · end of year $171,311

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,362 · end of year $70,015

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TRUE Skool's mission is to use creative arts as a tool to engage youth and communities in social justice, humanities, education, leadership and workforce development.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To engage, educate and empower youth and communities through the creative arts and hip hop culture.

  • TRUE Skool engages, educates and empowers youth through transformative arts and hip hop culture cultivating the next generation of leadership who are invested in the growth of our city and having a positive social impact. During 2022, TRUE Skool served over 500 youth through virtual, in person and in school residencies empowering the next generation of leadership to be invested in the current growth of our city, having a positive social impact in areas not limited to but focused on environment and placemaking.

    Expenses $315,723 · Grants $3,750 · Revenue $93,940

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shalina S Ali

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $74,970
    From this org
    $74,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Fidel Verdin

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $74,970
    From this org
    $74,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tiffany Stankiewicz

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kurt Davis

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • JoAnna Bautch

    Communications Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mo Hussein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Golding

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lilith Fowler

    Director

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313189349312121

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