Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,743,618

Total expenses

$1,663,397

Contributions and grants received

$1,726,833

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$6,258

Other revenue

$10,527

Total assets, end of year

$798,807

Total liabilities, end of year

$55,816

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$742,991

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,465,811

Management and general expenses

$174,567

Fundraising expenses

$23,019

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,465,811

Program services were 88.1% 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 · 2024

• OPERATION XCEL OPERATED FOUR 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS (21ST CCLC) AND FOUR EXPANDED LEARNING AND INTEGRATED SUPPORT SITES (ELISS). THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE SERVED 810 STUDENTS AT EIGHT NORTH CAROLINA LOCATIONS: TWO STOKESDALE SITES, TWO HIGH POINT SITES, THREE GREENSBORO SITES, AND ONE JAMESTOWN SITE. MOST STUDENTS COME FROM LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE TYPE OF SERVICES WE PROVIDE. OPERATION XCEL OFFERS OUR SERVICES FREE TO OUR FAMILIES.WE ARE GUIDED BY COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, A STRONG WORK ETHIC, AND A DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY BETTERMENT. THROUGH OUR ACADEMIC AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, WE DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT 1. TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, 2. TO SUPPORT DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT, 3. TO CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFELONG LEARNERS, 4. TO FOSTER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND 5. TO ENCOURAGE CAREER MINDFULNESS IN OUR YOUTH. OPERATION XCEL IS A PLACE WHERE LEARNERS ARE INSPIRED TO EXCEL IN EVERY AREA OF THEIR LIVES AND MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN THE WORLD.WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT GIVING OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ALL THE TIME, RESOURCES, SUPPORT, AND ENCOURAGEMENT THEY NEED TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO ATTAIN THEIR GOALS AS ANY OTHER STUDENT. WE COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM OUR PROGRAM. AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND PROVIDE OUR SERVICES TO MORE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, WE ARE SEEKING NEW PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT OUR PROGRAMMING THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: OPERATION HOMEWORK IS AN ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAM EMPHASIZING MATH, READING, AND SCIENCE ENRICHMENT, HOMEWORK COMPLETION, TEST PREPARATION, SOCIAL SKILL BUILDING, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EFFECTIVE STUDY HABITS. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL, WE WORK TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL PLAN FOR EACH STUDENT. EACH DAY, STUDENTS RECEIVE ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE WITH HOMEWORK, SPECIALIZED SKILL BUILDING DETERMINED BY INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, HANDS ON ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES IN SCIENCE AND MATH, AND SOCIAL SKILLS/CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. OPERATION 3 STEPS AHEAD IS A SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM OFFERING ACADEMIC RIGOR AND ENRICHMENT IN FUN AND EXCITING LESSONS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO REAL WORLD SITUATIONS. WE ASSESSED ALL CHILDREN AND PLACED THEM IN LEVEL APPROPRIATE READING, MATH AND SCIENCE CLASSES. CERTIFIED TEACHERS WITH SPECIFIC EXPERTISE STAFFED CLASSES. STUDENTS COMPLETED POST ASSESSMENTS AT THE END OF THE SUMMER TO MEASURE GROWTH IN READING, MATH, AND SCIENCE. STUDENTS FOCUSED ON ACADEMIC WORK IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN HAD EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE AFTERNOONS AFTER LUNCH. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED SCIENCE AND MATH ENRICHMENT, EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS, ARTS AND CRAFTS, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GAMES, GUEST SPEAKERS AND OFF SITE RECREATION SUCH AS SWIMMING. WE PROVIDED BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.FOR 2024 -2025, OPERATION XCEL'S ASSESSMENTS AND DATA HAVE YIELDED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS:1. OPERATION XCEL PROVIDED 130,736 HOURS OF DIRECT SERVICE 2. 97% OF THE STUDENTS TEACHERS CONFIRM STUDENTS SHOWED IMPROVEMENT 3. 50 TO 91% OF 8TH GRADERS WERE PROFICIENT IN SCIENCE 4. OPERATION XCEL SAW A GROWTH IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS PROFICIENCY OF 50 TO 89% 5. OPERATION XCEL SAW A GROWTH IN MATH PROFICIENCY IN 92% OF STUDENTS BY 27% 6. OPERATION XCEL SAW A 85% DECREASE IN IMPULSIVITY THE VALUE OF NON-CASH DONATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:DONATED MEALS: $ 113,613DONATED FACILITIES: $ 321,440DONATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: $ 8,750

  Expenses $1,465,811

As filed on the 2024 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

22 January 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

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