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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PERSIST NASHVILLE INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 6 February 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$1,525,147 changed to $417,857
Total expenses
$1,167,969 changed to $583,789
Contributions and grants received
$1,370,781 changed to $294,697
Program service revenue
$138,252 changed to $112,366
Investment income
$24 changed to $2,411
Other revenue
$16,090 changed to $8,383
Total assets, end of year
$560,098 changed to $454,792
Total liabilities, end of year
$0 changed to $60,626
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$560,098 changed to $394,166
Program services expenses
$833,150 changed to $403,461
Management and general expenses
$226,680 changed to $130,628
Fundraising expenses
$108,139 changed to $49,700
Program service expenses (Part III)
$833,150 changed to $403,461

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Josh Ireland

Listed only on the later return

  • Joshua Ireland

Totals

Total revenue
$1,525,147
Total expenses
$1,167,969
Contributions and grants received
$1,370,781
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$138,252
Investment income
$24
Other revenue
$16,090
Total assets, end of year
$560,098
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$560,098
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$833,150
Management and general expenses
$226,680
Fundraising expenses
$108,139
Program service expenses (Part III)
$833,150

Program services were 71.3% 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

    $20,686

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,350,095

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $138,252 · related or exempt $138,252

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24 · related or exempt $24

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $25,660

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

    $20,686

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $10,597

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $15,063

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $1,027 · related or exempt $1,027

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,027

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $170,681 · program services $119,834 · management and general $28,795 · fundraising $22,052

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $429,633 · program services $301,641 · management and general $72,483 · fundraising $55,509

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $77,148 · program services $52,860 · management and general $22,867 · fundraising $1,421

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $191,723 · program services $141,789 · management and general $32,262 · fundraising $17,672

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,110 · management and general $3,110

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,610 · management and general $1,610

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $34,897 · program services $26,804 · management and general $4,215 · fundraising $3,878

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,766 · program services $2,522 · management and general $5,465 · fundraising $779

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $105,584 · program services $99,870 · management and general $5,461 · fundraising $253

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,638 · management and general $22,638

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,879 · program services $1,570 · management and general $2,284 · fundraising $25

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,640 · program services $9,465 · management and general $175

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,525 · management and general $6,525

  • 24a · Other expenses: EMERGENCY FUND

    total $52,027 · program services $52,027

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $23,554 · program services $14,406 · management and general $4,276 · fundraising $4,872

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROCESSING FEES

    total $9,780 · management and general $8,120 · fundraising $1,660

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $5,558 · program services $582 · management and general $4,976

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,216 · program services $9,780 · management and general $1,418 · fundraising $18

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $173,011 · end of year $99,301

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,358

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $76,280 · end of year $444,336

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $13,373

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $3,088

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,101

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $250,548 · end of year $560,098

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

INCREASE COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES OF NASHVILLE, TN STUDENTS.

  • PERSIST PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL COACHING TO MORE THAN 1300 STUDENTS TO HELP THEM ENROLL, PERSIST AND GRADUATE COLLEGE. THOSE STUDENTS, WHO ATTEND MORE THAN 100 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, ENROLLED AT A RATE 20% HIGHER THAN PEERS AND PERSISTED AT RATES 13% HIGHER THAN THEIR PEERS.

    Expenses $712,452

  • PERSIST DEVELOPED MORE THAN 15 STUDENT LEADERS THROUGH ITS PEER MENTORING PROGRAM AND COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS. THESE STUDENTS HOSTED ON-CAMPUS EVENTS, MEALS, AND STUDY GROUPS THAT ENGAGED MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS IN 2023. ADDITIONALLY, IN COLLABORATION OTHER LOCAL COLLEGE ACCESS ORGANIZATIONS, PERSIST SUPPORTED MNPS STUDENTS IN COMPLETING FAFSA AND TN PROMISE APPLICATIONS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY AND MAINTAIN ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE FINANCIAL AID.

    Expenses $68,671

  • PERSIST PROVIDED MORE THAN 52,000 IN EMERGENCY MICROGRANTS TO MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT NO UNEXPECTED FINANCIAL EXPENSE PREVENTED THEM FROM ENROLLING, PERSISTING, OR COMPLETING THEIR POSTSECONDARY DEGREE.

    Expenses $52,027 · Grants $52,027

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Prentice Ashford

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laurie Brown

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stefan Hubbard

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mario McClunie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Flury

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brett Michaels

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh Ireland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shawn Boyd

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Agnew

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Miriam Michel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Renee Kelley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wayne Powers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hunter Mobley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hannah Sears

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Campbell

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $119,890
    From this org
    $119,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $600
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Hill

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $50,682
    From this org
    $50,682
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
30 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202412779349300541

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