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← PLA UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PLA UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,722,163
Total expenses
$1,673,752
Contributions and grants received
$1,101,882
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$620,281
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$557,098
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,220,324
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$663,226
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$888,604
Management and general expenses
$785,148
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$888,604

Program services were 53.1% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,101,882

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $620,281 · related or exempt $620,281

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $781,368 · management and general $781,368

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,780 · management and general $3,780

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $789,521 · program services $789,521

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $149 · program services $149

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,239 · program services $15,239

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,304 · program services $14,304

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $19,172 · program services $19,172

  • 24b · Other expenses: MATERIALS & SUPPLIES

    total $17,204 · program services $17,204

  • 24c · Other expenses: LEARN AND EARN

    total $12,392 · program services $12,392

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $8,560 · program services $8,560

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,063 · program services $12,063

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $44,345 · end of year $366,788

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $190,310

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $57,249

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $448,455 · end of year $1,163,075

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$404,110 · end of year -$830,786

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $167,560

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PLA UNIVERSITY'S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL CAREER WORKSHOPS, OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, JOB COACHING AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS SYSTEMIC, STRUCTURAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES SCHOOLS SERVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PLA UNIVERSITY PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL CAREER WORKSHOPS, OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE, AND ONE YEAR OF JOB COACHING AND MENTORSHIP ONCE STUDENTS ARE PLACED IN A JOB. PLA UNIVERSITY STAFF RECRUIT STUDENTS FOR ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAM, IDENTIFY PROSPECTIVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, PROVIDE IN-PERSON TRAINING WORKSHOPS TO ASSIST RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AND ADULTS IN GAINING SKILLS, EARNING INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS, AND SECURING HIGH-DEMAND CAREERS IN LIFE SCIENCES, MANUFACTURING, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

  • PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL CAREER WORKSHOPS, OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, JOB COACHING AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $888,604 · Revenue $620,281

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Earl M Phalen

    DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Marlin Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kris Kingery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Phalen

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Fernando Reimers

    DIRECTOR

    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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541349349312149

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