Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,416,308

Total expenses

$2,594,333

Contributions and grants received

$71,444

Grants paid

$2,042,611

Program service revenue

$2,336,356

Investment income

$6,508

Other revenue

$2,000

Total assets, end of year

$131,159

Total liabilities, end of year

$185,859

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$54,700

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,493,149

Management and general expenses

$101,184

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,493,149

Program services were 96.1% 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

• THE SPUR GIVING INITIATIVE HELPS NONPROFITS ACTIVATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF DONORS AND ENGAGE NEW BOARD MEMBERS. THROUGH SPUR IMPACT'S ONLINE FUNDRAISING PLATFORM, DEGIVES.ORG, NONPROFITS HAVE AN EASY, TURNKEY WAY TO RAISE MONEY FROM INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS. SPUR IMPACT LEADS AND MANAGES THE STATEWIDE DO MORE 24 DELAWARE GIVING DAY, HELD MARCH 6-7, 2025, WHICH RAISED MORE THAN $2.5 MILLION FOR 566 DELAWARE NONPROFITS FROM OVER 19,000 UNIQUE DONORS IN JUST 24 HOURS. BEYOND THE GIVING DAY, SPUR IMPACT PROVIDES ONGOING SUPPORT TO MORE THAN 900 DELAWARE NONPROFITS, OFFERING INDIVIDUALIZED GUIDANCE, MARKETING TOOLS, AND FUNDRAISING CONSULTING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

  Expenses $2,226,207 · Grants $2,042,611 · Revenue $2,181,829

• THE SPUR LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO ACTIVATE AND DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS AND IS ANCHORED BY THE SPUR IMPACT LEADERSHIP SUMMIT (FORMERLY THE MILLSUMMIT), SPUR IMPACT'S ANNUAL LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE. THE SUMMIT CONNECTS EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED LEADERS, INSPIRING THEM TO MAKE A GREATER IMPACT IN THEIR CAREERS AND COMMUNITIES. IN 2025, THE EVENT ENGAGED MORE THAN 350 IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL ATTENDEES FROM NINE STATES AND FEATURED 30 SPEAKERS, OF WHOM 50% WERE WOMEN AND 70% WERE PERSONS OF COLOR. THE SPUR IMPACT LEADERSHIP SUMMIT CONTINUES TO BE AMONG THE LARGEST CONFERENCES OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY AND SERVES AS A CORNERSTONE FOR CULTIVATING INCLUSIVE, COMMUNITY-MINDED LEADERSHIP ACROSS DELAWARE AND BEYOND.

  Expenses $91,541 · Revenue $91,729

• THE SPUR CONNECTION INITIATIVE STRENGTHENS DELAWARE'S NONPROFIT SECTOR BY EDUCATING, TRAINING, AND BUILDING CAPACITY AMONG THOSE WORKING OR VOLUNTEERING IN THE FIELD. THIS INITIATIVE INCLUDES DELAWARE DIFFERENCE MAKERS AND THE SPUR LEADERS NETWORK (SLN), FORMERLY THE EMERGING LEADERS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. DELAWARE DIFFERENCE MAKERS FACILITATES NETWORKING, COLLABORATION, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NONPROFIT PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS. THE SLN TRAINS AND CONNECTS PROFESSIONALS AND LEADERS INTERESTED IN PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTEERISM, AND BOARD SERVICE WITH ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING THEIR EXPERTISE. IN 2025, SPUR IMPACT EXPANDED THIS MODEL BY LAUNCHING GET ON BOARD: SPUR SERVICE, A ONE-DAY TRAINING FOR CURRENT AND ASPIRING BOARD MEMBERS. THROUGH FIVE SLN COHORTS COMPLETED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, 51 PARTICIPANTS HAVE GRADUATED, WITH 28 (72%) SUCCESSFULLY PLACED ON 34 DELAWARE NONPROFIT BOARDS. THE INAUGURAL GET ON BOARD EVENT WELCOMED OVER 75 ATTENDEES, WITH EARLY OUTCOMES INCLUDING MULTIPLE NEW BOARD PLACEMENTS, DEMONSTRATING THE INITIATIVE'S GROWING SUCCESS AND TANGIBLE COMMUNITY IMPACT.

  Expenses $12,103 · Revenue $62,799

• THE OTHER SPUR IMPACT INITIATIVES INCLUDE THE NINE INNINGS OF NETWORKING (SPUR NETWORKING) AND THE PURSUIT OF HEALTH & WELLNESS (SPUR WELLNESS). THE NINE INNINGS OF NETWORKING ARE DELAWARE-FOCUSED JOB FAIR AND NETWORKING EVENTS. THE NATURE OF THE EVENT AT THE BASEBALL STADIUM ALLOWS FOR A MORE RELAXED NETWORKING AND RECRUITING ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES (AND OTHER ATTENDEES) AND ANY EMPLOYERS ATTENDING THE GAME. THE JOB FAIR ASPECT OF THE NINE INNINGS OF NETWORKING INITIATIVE IS EXPECTED TO BE PHASED OUT WITH A MORE INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON IN-PERSON AND HYBRID NETWORKING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.THE PURSUIT OF HEALTH & WELLNESS OR SPUR WELLNESS INITIATIVE IS FOCUSED ON PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO THE EMERGING LEADERS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN SPUR IMPACT'S NETWORK AS WELL AS TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY. ALTHOUGH THE HEALTH FAIR EVENT IS NOT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE, SPUR IMPACT HAS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ITS HEALTH IN HIGH HEELS WOMEN'S FOCUSED NETWORKING EVENT AND ALSO INCORPORATES HEALTH & WELLNESS TOPICS INTO MUCH OF ITS PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

  Expenses $163,298 · Revenue $1,999

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

• UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE

  $1,657,988

  SEE SCHEDULE I WORKSHEET

• SHEPHERD'S OFFICE INC

  $137,934

  DEGIVES.ORG DONATIONS

• SAM'S KIDS

  $42,757

  DEGIVES.ORG DONATIONS

• HUMANE ANIMAL PARTNERS

  $25,662

  DEGIVES.ORG DONATIONS

• DELAWARE WILD LANDS

  $13,911

  DEGIVES.ORG DONATIONS

• NEMOURS FOUNDATION

  $12,103

  DEGIVES.ORG DONATIONS

• FRIENDSHIP HOUSE

  $10,482

  DEGIVES.ORG DONATIONS

• CLAYMONT COMMUNITY CENTER

  $8,197

  DEGIVES.ORG DONATIONS

• SHAFFER FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND

  $6,489

  DEGIVES.ORG DONATIONS

• STRIVE HOW YOU LEAD MATTERS

  $6,050

  DEGIVES.ORG DONATIONS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

7 July 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202601889349300600

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