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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CLEVELAND EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$417,853
Total expenses
$430,755
Contributions and grants received
$527,822
Grants paid
$66,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$109,969
Total assets, end of year
$36,585
Total liabilities, end of year
$49,487
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$12,902
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$430,755
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$430,755

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $37,425

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $107,725

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $382,672

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

    $37,425

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $110,173

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$110,173

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REWARD POINTS

    total $204 · related or exempt $204

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $204

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $66,000 · program services $66,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $23,531 · program services $23,531

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $69,946 · program services $69,946

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,217 · program services $3,217

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,933 · program services $7,933

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,070 · program services $23,070

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $200,059 · program services $200,059

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,083 · program services $7,083

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,405 · program services $1,405

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,598 · program services $3,598

  • 20 · Interest

    total $94 · program services $94

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $9,977 · program services $9,977

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,463 · program services $2,463

  • 24c · Other expenses: BUSINESS MEALS

    total $1,784 · program services $1,784

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $595 · program services $595

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $402 · end of year $36,585

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $92

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $47,950

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $494 · end of year $1,537

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year -$12,902

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE CLEVELAND EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPING WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUALS BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, JOB-TRAINING, COUNSELING, PHYSICAL FITNESS/DIET AND NUTRITIONAL TRAINING, AND LEADERSHIP AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING TO LOW INCOME AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI THAT BETTER PREPARE THEM FOR LIFE AND A GLOBAL SOCIETY.

  • CHOOSE TO GROW- OPERATED AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-8 AT VARIOUS SITES ACROSS THE STATE

    Expenses $364,755

  • PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR LOCAL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE MISSIONS AND GOALS ALIGN WITH THOSE OF THE CLEVELAND EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION.

    Expenses $66,000 · Grants $66,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Carla Kirkland

    DIRECTOR, CH

    Total calculated
    $432,270
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $395,135
    Other
    $37,135
    Hours/week
    3 + 37 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $395,135 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $37,135 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported + $432,270 related

  • Leroy Stokes

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Dr Trecina Green

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $129,125
    From this org
    $23,531
    From related orgs
    $105,594
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

  • Dr Karla McCullough

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Chantae J Cleveland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $131,248
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $119,508
    Other
    $11,740
    Hours/week
    3 + 37 related

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • THE KIRKLAND GROUP INC

    MS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
14 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202622579349301452

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