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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$406,335
Total expenses
$372,229
Contributions and grants received
$352,837
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$6,073
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$47,425
Total assets, end of year
$163,715
Total liabilities, end of year
$180,068
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$16,353
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$212,829
Management and general expenses
$115,737
Fundraising expenses
$43,663
Program service expenses (Part III)
$212,829

Program services were 57.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $199,750

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $153,087

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $50

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CHANGEMAKER EVENT

    total $6,073 · related or exempt $6,073

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,000

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,000 · excluded $3,000

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $117,145

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $72,720

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $44,425 · related or exempt $44,425

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,550 · program services $27,183 · management and general $27,184 · fundraising $27,183

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $68,432 · program services $68,432

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,436 · program services $11,436

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,235 · program services $5,235

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,630 · management and general $5,630

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,053 · management and general $9,053

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $16,480 · fundraising $16,480

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $33,970 · program services $5,839 · management and general $28,131

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,564 · management and general $2,564

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,822 · management and general $4,822

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $47,449 · program services $47,449

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13,305 · management and general $13,305

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,756 · program services $2,756

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,619 · management and general $6,619

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $16,046 · program services $16,046

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINT

    total $13,349 · program services $13,349

  • 24c · Other expenses: FEES, TAXES & LICENSES

    total $10,475 · program services $684 · management and general $9,791

  • 24d · Other expenses: COST OF GOODS SOLD

    total $8,949 · program services $8,949

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,109 · program services $5,471 · management and general $8,638

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,346 · end of year $12,280

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $429 · end of year $429

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $620

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $78,170 · end of year $83,085

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

    $75,268

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

    $7,967

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $56,901 · end of year $67,301

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $5,098

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $14 · end of year $14

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $47,648 · end of year $1,511

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $164,800 · end of year $173,445

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year -$63,616 · end of year -$16,353

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EMPOWER AND EDUCATE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS TO THRIVE AS ENTREPRENEURS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. THROUGH BUSINESS EDUCATION, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, MENTORSHIP, BUSINESS START-UPS, INTERNSHIPS, AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES, WE WILL LEAD THE NEXT GENERATION IN GROWING WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MAINE.

  • THE CES CHANGEMAKER PROGRAM SERVES YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AGES 10-24, GUIDING RURAL MAINE PARTICIPANTS TOWARD CAREER AND ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROGRAM OFFERS HANDS-ON, ON-THE-JOB LEARNING AND BUSINESS EDUCATION. PARTICIPANTS ENGAGE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES, EITHER AS INTERNS GAINING VALUABLE WORK AND BUSINESS SKILLS OR AS BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS.

    Expenses $212,829

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • BONITA TOMPKINS

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $81,550
    From this org
    $81,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    55
  • CLIFF WEBSTER

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BRIAN ELLIS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ASHLEY TOMPKINS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AMANDA COOLONG

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513219349316726

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