Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$9,499,656

Total expenses

$2,456,051

Contributions and grants received

$9,338,640

Grants paid

$303,108

Program service revenue

$39,300

Investment income

$121,716

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$10,641,535

Total liabilities, end of year

$230,405

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$10,411,130

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,313,336

Management and general expenses

$83,781

Fundraising expenses

$58,934

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,313,336

Program services were 94.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THE HISTORY AND A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SAM'S PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE: WWW.LEARNWITHSAM.ORG. THE SPARTANBURG ACADEMIC MOVEMENT (SAM) IS BOTH A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND A COLLABORATIVE IMPACT MOVEMENT TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY RESIDENTS, ANCHORED IN ACADEMIC ACHEIVEMENT, CRADLE THROUGH CAREER. SAM WAS FORMED IN 2013, COMBINING THE WORK OF THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES ALLIANCE AND THE COLLEGE HUB TO CREATE THE CRADLE THROUGH CAREER PERSPECTIVE FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ACTION. SAM WORKS TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN AND YOUTH REACH ACADEMIC AND LIFE SUCCESS BY CONVENING PROGRAM AND SERVICE DELIVERY PARTNERS, ALIGNING RESOURCES, AND DRIVING EQUITY ACROSS ACHIEVEMENT INDICATORS. SAM SPECIFICALLY MONITORS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT INDICATORS: KINDERGARTEN READINESS, THIRD GRADE READING, EIGHTH GRADE MATH, COLLEGE/CAREER-READY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT, AND POSTSECONDARY PERSISTENCE AND COMPLETION. SAM PUBLISHED COUNTYWIDE ACHIEVEMENT DATA, DISAGGREGATED BY RACE/ETHNICITY, GENDER AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS INDICATORS TO DRIVE EQUITY. TO DATE, SAM HAS BUILT COLLABORATIVE ACTION/COLLECTIVE IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS WITH WELL OVER 150 PROGRAM AND SERVICE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE MANY SECTORS IMPACTING CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES: ACADEMIC/SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE, SOCIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING AGENCIES. WE ENGAGE THESE PARTNERS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND OUR DATA TO IMPLEMENT ACTION PLANS THAT RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN/FAMILIES/COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. WE USE THE STRIVETOGETHER (WWW.STRIVETOGETHER.ORG) IMPACT MODEL AND THEORY OF ACTION TO GUIDE THE PROCESS. SAM OFFERS TRAINING IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PRACTICES THROUGH ITS WARDLAW INSTITUTE FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, PROVIDING PARTNERS A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR TRACKING IMPACT AND GUIDING FUTURE ACTION PLANNING. SAM ALSO OFFERS TRAINING THROUGH THE CENTER FOR RESILIENT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES BY WORKING WITH SPARTANBURG COUNTY FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES TO BUILD SUPPORTS AND SYSTEMS THAT INCREASE CHILDREN'S SUCCESS, PARTICULARLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES EXIST.

  Expenses $2,313,336 · Grants $303,108

As filed on the 2023 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. 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

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

• ONE SPARTANBURG INC

  $66,000

  STAR FELLOWSHIP PROG

• SPARTANBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT 7

  $60,000

  CARVER COLLABORATIVE

• CITY OF SPARTANBURG

  $50,000

  HIGHLAND TRANSFORMAT

• NORTHSIDE DEVELOPMENT

  $30,000

  COMMUNITY PLAN

• FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SPTBG

  $25,000

  FAITH INITIATIVE

• BROTHERS RESTORING URBAN HOPE

  $9,600

  AFTERSCHOOL, SUMMER

• USC UPSTATE

  $6,700

  COLLEGE OF NURSING

• THE SOUND OF LEARNING LLC

  $6,000

  SUMMER SHAKEDOWN

• ITUTOR ACADEMIC CENTER

  $5,600

  SUMMER SHAKEDOWN

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

28 August 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202403169349301420

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