Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$641,553

Total expenses

$587,477

Contributions and grants received

$603,708

Grants paid

$307,765

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$21,640

Other revenue

$16,205

Total assets, end of year

$1,367,056

Total liabilities, end of year

$33,476

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,333,580

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$467,898

Management and general expenses

$87,751

Fundraising expenses

$31,828

Program service expenses (Part III)

$467,898

Program services were 79.6% 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

• FUNDS GIVEN TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS/DISTRICT -THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE PPS FOUNDATION HELPS SCHOOLS WITH THEIR FUNDRAISING PROJECTS AND CONNECTS DONORS TO SCHOOLS. DONORS GIVE THEIR FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS/PROJECTS, AND THE PPS FOUNDATION PASSES ALONG THESE FUNDS TO THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS OR TO THE DISTRICT.

  Expenses $141,295 · Grants $141,295

• CAREER PROGRAMMING/HORIZONS - THE PPS FOUNDATION'S CAREER MENTORING PROGRAM CONSISTS OF HORIZONS CLUBS AND THE SEE IT, BE IT PROGRAM. HORIZONS CLUBS PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SPEAK WITH PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOL 6-8TH GRADE STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR CAREER PATHS DURING THEIR LUNCHTIMES ON A WEEKLY BASIS. THERE IS A HORIZON CLUB AT EACH PPS DISTRICT 150 MIDDLE SCHOOL. THESE CLUBS FOCUS ON TEACHING STUDENTS SOFT SKILLS, GOAL SETTING TECHNIQUES AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS. SOME EXAMPLES OF CAREER SPEAKERS INCLUDE DOCTORS, LAWYERS, VETERINARIANS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND ARCHITECTS. THE SEE IT BE IT PROGRAM IS TARGETED FOR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 5TH GRADE. EACH GRADE LEVEL HAS A SERIES OF COMMUNITY SPEAKERS THAT TALK TO THE STUDENTS AT THEIR LEVEL TO SPARK THEIR IMAGINATIONS AND GET THEM THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO BE WHEN THEY GROW UP. PREVIOUS GRADE LEVEL CAREER PATHS HAVE INCLUDED, MEDICAL BASED JOBS, ENGINEERING JOBS AND EMERGENCY SERVICE JOBS (POLICE, FIRE FIGHTERS, ETC). FIELD TRIPS TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES ARE AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF BOTH HORIZONS CLUB AND SEE IT, BE IT. THE PPS FOUNDATION STRIVES TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE FIELD TRIP PER SEMESTER TO ALL OF THE HORIZONS CLUBS AND EACH OF THE GRADE LEVELS IN THE SEE IT, BE IT PROGRAM. EACH FIELD TRIP STARTS WITH A CAREER SPEAKER AND THEN INCORPORATES A FUN ACTIVITY THAT STUDENTS MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO DO BEFORE. SOME PREVIOUS FIELD TRIPS INCLUDE ICE SKATING WITH A CAREER SPEAKER FROM THE PEORIA PARK DISTRICT, ROCK CLIMBING WITH A CAREER SPEAKER ABOUT MANAGING SMALL UPSTART BUSINESSES AND JUMP TRADING SIMULATION CENTER WITH A CAREER SPEAKER ON THE MEDICAL FIELD. GRANTS AND LARGE DONATIONS ARE THE MAIN FUNDING TO PROVIDE FOR FIELD TRIPS.BESIDES THE COST OF FIELD TRIPS (WHICH INCLUDES BUSING, ACTIVITY FEES AND FOOD FOR STUDENTS), THE OTHER PROGRAM COSTS ARE SALARIES TO PAY THE HORIZONS STAFF AND COORDINATOR OF THE PROGRAM, THE COST FOR SNACKS AND TREATS GIVEN OUT TO THE STUDENTS SINCE IT IS DURING THEIR LUNCHTIME, CLASSROOM SUPPLIES FOR THE HORIZONS TEACHERS, JOURNALS FOR EACH OF THE STUDENTS TO RECORD WHAT THEY LEARN, AND MISCELLANEOUS COSTS FOR INCENTIVES SUCH AS PIZZA PARTIES TO KEEP THE STUDENTS ENGAGED IN THE PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT GRANT ANY FUNDS OUT OR GENERATE ANY REVENUE. EACH YEAR THE PROGRAM EXPENSES ARE OFFSET BY DONATIONS AND GRANTS RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS. ANY AMOUNT NOT COVERED BY GRANTS OR DONATIONS DIRECTLY FOR THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED BY THE PPS FOUNDATION'S GENERAL FUND OR RIGHT NOW FUND (WHERE DONATIONS ARE GIVEN TO BE USED WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED MOST). FOR FYE 6.30.23, THE CAREER MENTORING PROGRAM SPENT $116,752 WITH $56,000 COMING FROM DONATIONS AND GRANTS GIVEN SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROGRAM AND THE REMAINING AMOUNT PROVIDED BY THE PPS FOUNDATION'S GENERAL AND RIGHT NOW FUNDS. THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE SEE IT BE IT PROGRAM IS 4,500. THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN HORIZONS CLUBS IS 800. TOGETHER THIS TOTALS ABOUT 5,300 STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE CAREER MENTORING PROGRAM.

  Expenses $116,752 · Grants $24,428

• BASIC NEEDS PROGRAM - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO PPS STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING FUNDS FOR FOOD, CLOTHING AND SHELTER. SCHOOL STAFF AND PRINCIPALS COMPLETE A REQUEST FORM IDENTIFYING THE STUDENT/FAMILY AND WHAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE THEY NEED. THE PPS REVIEWS THESE REQUESTS AND PROVIDES THE NEEDED FUNDS. EXAMPLES OF FOOD ASSISTANCE INCLUDE GROCERY ORDERS, WEEKEND SNACK PACKS FOR STUDENTS AND STOCKING OUR LITTLE FREE PANTRIES AT EACH SCHOOL. EXAMPLES OF CLOTHING ASSISTANCES INCLUDE NEW UNIFORMS, UNDERGARMENTS, WINTER GEAR, SHOES AND EYE GLASSES. EXAMPLES OF SHELTER ASSISTANCE INCLUDE FUNDS FOR RENT, BILL PAYMENT OF UTILITIES, AND BASIC NEED ITEMS FOR THE HOME.

  Expenses $35,419 · Grants $35,419

• ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE:1) CLASSROOM GRANT PROGRAM - $28,2962) MUSIC & ARTS PROGRAMMING - $8,073.893) ATTENDANCE INCENTIVES PROGRAM - $7,9054) PEORIA GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM - $3,430.805) GIRLS MENTORING PROGRAM - $2,962.986) ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAM - $1,856.667) LIGHTS ON PROGRAM - $1,116.208) STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS - $52,981

  Expenses $174,432 · Grants $106,623

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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

• PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT 150

  $254,784

  ASSIST PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH PURCHASING VARIOUS SUPPLIES FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

3 April 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202411099349300031

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