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← PROJECT ECHO

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PROJECT ECHO.

Totals

Total revenue
$242,015
Total expenses
$215,039
Contributions and grants received
$53,282
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$188,733
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$392,621
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$392,621
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$184,333
Management and general expenses
$19,641
Fundraising expenses
$11,065
Program service expenses (Part III)
$184,333

Program services were 85.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $53,282

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ENTREPRENEURSHIP PRGMS

    total $188,733 · related or exempt $188,733

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,363 · program services $51,309 · management and general $6,036 · fundraising $3,018

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $103,778 · program services $88,211 · management and general $10,378 · fundraising $5,189

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,374 · program services $7,118 · management and general $837 · fundraising $419

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,237 · program services $9,551 · management and general $1,124 · fundraising $562

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,086 · program services $1,543 · fundraising $1,543

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,276 · program services $2,784 · management and general $328 · fundraising $164

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $20,920 · program services $20,920

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $3,408 · program services $2,897 · management and general $341 · fundraising $170

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $597 · management and general $597

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $389,438 · end of year $385,036

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,800 · end of year $7,585

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,593

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $25,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $350,645 · end of year $377,621

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $15,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PROJECT E.C.H.O. EMPOWERS STUDENTS BY TEACHING ENTREPRENEURIAL AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS SO THAT THEY CAN THRIVE IN COLLEGE, THEIR CAREERS, AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY AS CHANGE-MAKERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TEACHING BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS TO STUDENTS.

  • LAUNCHING ECHO ENROLLED 162 HIGH SCHOOL TEENS FROM 61 DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS AND 285 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 15 DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ALL OF WHOM PARTICIPATED IN A CLASSROOM BASED INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CULMINATED IN VIBRANT AND VIRTUAL CAPSTONE EVENTS. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DEVELOPED WRITTEN BUSINESS PLANS AND PITCH DECKS IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS DEVELOPED PRESENTATION DECKS AND PRESENTED THEIR PITCH VIRTUALLY TO PANELS OF JUDGES. WINNING TEAMS WERE AWARDED MEDAL LANYARDS. (600 VOLUNTEER/MENTOR HOURS). LAUNCHING ECHO GENERALLY CHARGES PUBLIC SCHOOLS 50% OF THE ACTUAL COST TO PARTICIPATE AND ECHO RAISES THE DIFFERENCE TO ALLOW SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE. STUDENTS ARE NOT CHARGED.

    Expenses $55,300 · Revenue $21,923

  • TEEN INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMER (TIES) ENROLLED MORE THAN 220 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 13 DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS. TEENS PARTICIPATED IN A VIRTUAL SUMMER PROGRAM THAT TAUGHT STUDENTS HOW TO IDEATE AND CREATE A BUSINESS AND CULMINATED IN A VIRTUAL SHOWCASE EVENT WHERE TEENS PRESENTED THEIR PITCH DECKS. (120 VOLUNTEER/MENTORHOURS). TIES IS GENERALLY A CONTRACTED PROGRAM AND CLIENTS ARE CHARGED FULL PRICE FOR THE PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES LICENSING FEES, TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ON-GOING MENTORSHIP AND SUPPORT. IT INCLUDES LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALONG WITH OTHER CONTRACTED ORGANIZATIONS. IN SOME CASES, PROJECT ECHO PROVIDES TEACHERS TO LEAD CLASSROOM BASED INSTRUCTION, AND WE INCUR EXPENSES, INCLUDING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $129,033 · Revenue $166,810

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chip Goodman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miles Warren

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Lee Fox

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • David Tokofsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Fennel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Kravitz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Per Sjofors

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Diane Quast

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $60,363
    From this org
    $60,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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
20 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343249349300964

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