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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BLUE GRIT.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,468,746
Total expenses
$6,123,779
Contributions and grants received
$422,543
Grants paid
$156,995
Program service revenue
$2,046,203
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$370,111
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,052,176
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$682,065
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,264,462
Management and general expenses
$788,674
Fundraising expenses
$70,643
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,264,462

Program services were 86.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $422,543

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $2,046,203 · related or exempt $2,046,203

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $156,995 · program services $156,995

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $319,766 · program services $114,680 · management and general $191,995 · fundraising $13,091

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,048,564 · program services $1,957,132 · management and general $76,193 · fundraising $15,239

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $378,948 · program services $333,474 · management and general $37,895 · fundraising $7,579

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $182,323 · program services $159,496 · management and general $20,646 · fundraising $2,181

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $31,326 · program services $31,326

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $62,651 · management and general $62,651

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $231,937 · program services $150,334 · management and general $59,989 · fundraising $21,614

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $61,642 · management and general $61,642

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $89,148 · program services $66,861 · management and general $22,287

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $914,498 · program services $800,002 · management and general $103,557 · fundraising $10,939

  • 17 · Travel

    total $185,367 · program services $92,684 · management and general $92,683

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,653 · management and general $2,653

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLASS TOOLS, SUPPLIES,

    total $670,787 · program services $670,787

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER SUBCONTRACTORS

    total $407,060 · program services $407,060

  • 24c · Other expenses: RECRUITING/RETENTION EX

    total $146,718 · program services $146,718

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS/MAINTENANCE

    total $68,020 · program services $68,020

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $165,376 · program services $108,893 · management and general $56,483

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $298,736 · end of year $362,611

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,391,333 · end of year $7,500

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $3,056,668 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $26,836 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $96,276 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,092,710 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $552,619 · end of year $1,052,176

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $59,000 · end of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,972,968 · end of year -$682,065

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RAISING AWARENESS AND SUPPORTING BLUE-COLLAR TRADES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WELDING). TO SUPPORT AWARENESS PROGRAMS AND PROVIDE GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS, THEREBY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO PURSUE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL SKILLS. THIS EFFORT WILL SUPPORT THE REVIVAL OF THE MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE AND JOB GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT THE WELDING INDUSTRY BY OPERATING A TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND BY OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY MAY OBTAIN THE NEEDED EDUCATION TO BEGIN A CAREER IN WELDING.

  • OPERATION OF A TECHNICAL SCHOOL TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO BEGIN A CAREER IN WELDING. THIS INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF STUDENT HOUSING WHILE THEY ATTEND SCHOOL. SUPPORT OF THE WELDING INDUSTRY BY OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY MAY OBTAIN THE NEEDED EDUCATION TO BEGIN A CAREER IN WELDING. DURING 2024, OVER 190 SCHOLARSHIPS WERE PROVIDED.

    Expenses $5,264,462 · Grants $156,995 · Revenue $2,046,203

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tyler Sasse

    PRESIDENT, VP, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $104,392
    From this org
    $90,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,623
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dirk Anderson

    TREASURER, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $68,302
    From this org
    $58,794
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,508
    Hours/week
    30

  • Nathan Ponder

    SECRETARY, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $81,333
    From this org
    $75,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,865
    Hours/week
    40

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
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533179349303093

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