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← GIVE MERIT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GIVE MERIT INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 19 July 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$1,976,301 changed to $1,982,440
Total expenses
$1,444,625 changed to $1,557,469
Contributions and grants received
$1,912,752 changed to $1,857,134
Program service revenue
$0 changed to $63,500
Investment income
$16 changed to -$17,727
Other revenue
$63,533 changed to $79,533
Total assets, end of year
$3,152,855 changed to $3,227,281
Total liabilities, end of year
$35,396 changed to $134,254
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,117,459 changed to $3,093,027
Program services expenses
$1,213,482 changed to $1,073,645
Management and general expenses
$214,146 changed to $415,497
Fundraising expenses
$16,997 changed to $68,327
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,213,482 changed to $1,073,645

Totals

Total revenue
$1,976,301
Total expenses
$1,444,625
Contributions and grants received
$1,912,752
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16
Other revenue
$63,533
Total assets, end of year
$3,152,855
Total liabilities, end of year
$35,396
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,117,459
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,213,482
Management and general expenses
$214,146
Fundraising expenses
$16,997
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,213,482

Program services were 84.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,866,906

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $45,846

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16 · related or exempt $16

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $63,000 · related or exempt $63,000

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $533 · related or exempt $533

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $63,533

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $589,541 · program services $501,110 · management and general $88,431

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $47,044 · program services $39,987 · management and general $7,057

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,753 · program services $53,340 · management and general $9,413

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $296,319 · program services $251,871 · management and general $44,448

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $47,327 · program services $40,228 · management and general $7,099

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,245 · program services $15,509 · management and general $2,736

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,050 · program services $25,542 · management and general $4,508

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,480 · program services $13,158 · management and general $2,322

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,905 · program services $3,319 · management and general $586

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,337 · program services $2,836 · management and general $501

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $201,575 · program services $171,339 · management and general $30,236

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSE AND PERMITS

    total $35,852 · program services $30,474 · management and general $5,378

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT EXPENSE

    total $21,287 · program services $18,094 · management and general $3,193

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING&EVENT EXPENSE

    total $16,997 · fundraising $16,997

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $54,913 · program services $46,675 · management and general $8,238

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,797,758 · end of year $1,469,139

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $208,798 · end of year $42,591

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,483,395

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $28,205

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $424,899 · end of year $1,455,190

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $185,911 · end of year $185,935

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $39,057 · end of year $16,959

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $11,250 · end of year $17,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $1,440 · end of year $1,437

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,097

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $3,117,459

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,554,522

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION EXISTS TO ENHANCE AND EXTEND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSERVED YOUTH THROUGH INNOVATIVE ENRICHMENT, MENTORSHIP AND ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES.

  • THE FATE PROGRAM WORKED WITH APPROXIMATELY 150 HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS PLUS OVER 90 MENTORS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND WORKING PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY. EACH HIGH SCHOOL GRADE WORKED TOWARD A CAPSTONE PROJECT OFFERING SKILLS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUSINESS, DESIGN THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING. ALUMNI STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS AND IN- PERSON SUMMITS TO EXTEND THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $1,213,482 · Revenue $1,976,301

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Merritt

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Laura Grannemann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Niraj Kapadia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tyler Kirkham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelly Kozlowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Machelle McAdory

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kyona McGhee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan Merritt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chevelle Roman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ekpe Udoh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kori Valentine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2022
Filed
29 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420669349300007

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