Totals
- Total revenue
- $113,595
- Total expenses
- $122,574
- Contributions and grants received
- $113,595
- Grants paid
- $571
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,929
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,929
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $42,335
Program services were 34.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2023
Primary exempt purpose
Innovative Change Makers (ICM) stands on our mission statement: "Working together as a community to provide innovative alternatives to hazardous lifestyles. Successfully reaching our youth through ongoing mentorship, peer-mediation, Job Readiness Training, and our modular curriculum. Highlighting the essential fundamentals of a healthy, legitimate, and prosperous way of life". We address individuals with a whole person-centered approach, and work with the family as a whole by providing programming specific to youth, as well as programs for parents and guardians. Innovative Change Makers strives to address youth mental health with a focus on Trauma Informed Care. We provide positive social interactions which allow youth to experience their childhood, connect with Peer Counselors, and learn life skills. Innovative Change Makers intends for our community engagement to help individuals take appropriate actions to better their lives and have the resources to determine their own destiny.
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Youth Empowerment Sessions (YES) Summer Program - 8 Saturday Activities with Purpose for 240 youth, Summer Teen Late Night braiding workshops and crafts for 7 schools (8 weeks), hosted 2 Youth Paint N' Vibe Events with 156 attendees, trained and supervised 17 Youth Peer Mentors, and took 17 Youth Peer Mentors to two concerts where they worked backstage.
Expenses $17,632 · Grants $25,000
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Leaders of Today Girls Group - Hosted 24 (twice a month) Leaders of Today Girls Groups with attendance from 20 unduplicated youth (265 total sign-ins) - Girls Groups include crafts, speakers, socioemotional activities, attending a gala, free therapy from community partner, and topics that focus on mental health.
Expenses $10,951 · Grants $10,000
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Crafting With Gina Bean - Hosted 24 (twice a month) crafting sessions for a total of 144 participants. Provided different crafting activity for each session with guided facilitation - promoting relationship building and socioemotional learning.
Expenses $13,752 · Grants $10,000
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Reco Bembry
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Seyi Olajoyegbi
Board Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Denise Wells
Vice Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Deon Lister
Board Secratary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Plamena Tsanev
COO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Brian Gatewood
CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 16 October 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202442909349200519
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