Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$487,149

Total expenses

$434,810

Contributions and grants received

$487,149

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$54,237

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$54,237

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$109,024

Management and general expenses

$283,192

Fundraising expenses

$42,594

Program service expenses (Part III)

$109,024

Program services were 25.1% 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 · 2022

• BE VIRTUAL - BE. VIRTUAL IS THE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM OF THE BE. ORG, BOLSTERING SUPPORT ON BOTH A LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL. THE OVERALL GROWTH OF BE. VIRTUAL IS OUR BIGGEST SUCCESS, WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. WE HAVE GROWN FROM ONLY HAVING A SUMMER YOUTHWORKS PARTNERSHIP TO TWO SESSIONS OF WEEKLY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AT TWO SEPARATE SITES. AT CONNEXIONS ACADEMY, COHORT 1 STUDENTS HAVE INCREASED THE VISIBILITY AND REPUTATION WITHIN THE SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED 65 STUDENTS FROM WEST BALTIMORE, MD THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SUMMER.

  Expenses $43,350

• GEA-GIRLS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY - DURING OUR RECENT GIRLS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY, GIRLS PARTICIPATED IN A TRIP TO THE NEW LEXINGTON MARKET. THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES INTO THE LARGER BALTIMORE COMMUNITY AND EXPERIENCE IT THROUGH A NEW LENS. THE SESSIONS PRIOR TO THE VISIT WERE DEDICATED TO PREPARATION FOR THE VISIT. THESE SESSIONS INCLUDED WATCHING SEASON 4 OF THE GODADDY MADE IN AMERICA SERIES ENTITLED MADE IN BALTIMORE. THE SERIES INCLUDED A DEEP DIVE INTO THE BACK STORIES, RESILIENCE, DETERMINATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF SEVERAL BALTIMORE BASED SMALL BUSINESSES AND OWNERS. GEA CULMINATED WITH A WOMENS FIRESIDE CHAT FOCUSING ON LOCAL WOMEN LEADERS IN BALTIMORE AND A CHARGE TO OUR GIRLS TO EMBRACE THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP.

  Expenses $39,388

• BE COLLEGE READY - HIGHLIGHTS THE ANNUAL BEYOND A DREAM YOUTH CONFERENCE HOSTED ON THE CAMPUS OF OUR PARTNER TOWSON UNIVERSITY. WE WELCOMED OVER 100 STUDENTS AND PARENTS AS THEY LEARNING ABOUT THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS FROM STUDENTS AND UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS AS WELL AS LEARNING ABOUT CAREER PLANNING FOR CREATING PATHS TO CAREERS IN STEM, ARTS, MARKETING, AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS.

  Expenses $16,858

• CHARACTER EDUCATION/STEM PROGRAMMING - TOOK PLACE FOR OVER 130 STUDENTS THROUGH CONTINUED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE Y OF CENTRAL MD, MORAVIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND CHARLES CARROL BARRISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDE USING STEM EXPERIMENTS TO CREATE MODALITIES FOR EMOTIONAL REGULATION AND INCORPORATING GAME PLAY FOR MORE STUDENT ENGAGED ACTIVITY BASED LEARNING.

  Expenses $5,472

• THE FOOD PLAYGROUND - OUR RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES WITH BLACK GIRLS COOK AND CHARLES CARROL BARRISTER FOR IMPLEMENTING THE FOOD PLAYGROUND PROGRAMMING IN SOUTH BALTIMORE FOR A SECOND YEAR. WE ENGAGED 25 STUDENTS THROUGH THE CULINARY AND STEM BASED PROGRAM, REINFORCING STEM CONCEPTS AND LEARNING NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES TO MAKE HEALTHY LOW HEAT MEALS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. STUDENTS REPORTED; 88% ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING A CAREER IN CULINARY ARTS; 77% ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING A CAREER IN STEM; 100% ARE CONFIDENT IN CULINARY SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES; 77% BELIEVE A CAREER IN STEM FIELD IS POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE.

  Expenses $3,956

As filed on the 2022 return.

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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