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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PROSPERUS DETROIT MICRO LENDING.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,801,771
Total expenses
$2,249,853
Contributions and grants received
$1,682,942
Grants paid
$99,560
Program service revenue
$118,829
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,215,384
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,121,817
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,093,567
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,700,741
Management and general expenses
$477,030
Fundraising expenses
$72,082
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,700,741

Program services were 75.6% 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

    $1,682,942

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Interest income from l

    total $94,005 · related or exempt $94,005

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Loan fees

    total $13,482 · related or exempt $13,482

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Service income fees

    total $11,342 · related or exempt $11,342

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $99,560 · program services $99,560

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $148,894 · program services $126,020 · management and general $14,423 · fundraising $8,451

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $903,809 · program services $764,961 · management and general $87,551 · fundraising $51,297

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,649 · program services $3,935 · management and general $450 · fundraising $264

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $99,030 · program services $83,817 · management and general $9,593 · fundraising $5,620

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $84,562 · program services $71,572 · management and general $8,191 · fundraising $4,799

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $222,190 · program services $70,080 · management and general $152,110

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $165,206 · program services $143,956 · management and general $21,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,381 · management and general $8,381

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $60,571 · program services $46,556 · management and general $14,015

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $29,086 · program services $24,617 · management and general $2,818 · fundraising $1,651

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,240 · program services $5,261 · management and general $28,979

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,610 · management and general $1,610

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $613 · management and general $613

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,698 · management and general $15,698

  • 24a · Other expenses: Technical assistance

    total $229,291 · program services $227,136 · management and general $2,155

  • 24b · Other expenses: Provision for loan loss

    total $71,202 · management and general $71,202

  • 24c · Other expenses: Membership dues

    total $44,337 · program services $33,270 · management and general $11,067

  • 24d · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $23,641 · management and general $23,641

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,283 · management and general $3,283

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,370,816 · end of year $2,398,274

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $25,875 · end of year $792

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,185,699 · end of year $1,736,242

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,136 · end of year $5,253

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

    $5,149

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

    $613

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,536

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $16,579 · end of year $70,287

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $66,456 · end of year $120,384

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $725,729

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $250,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $25,704

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,757,795 · end of year $2,149,960

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,783,854 · end of year $943,607

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ProsperUs advances economic equity in under-resourced communities by supporting entrepreneurs with opportunities and capital needed to build businesses, generational wealth, and vibrant neighborhoods.

  • Microlending: In 2023, ProsperUs deployed over $1,200,000 in microloansTraining & Technical Assistance: In 2023, 144 entrepreneurs participated in our business development training classes, 105 participated in personal financial coaching and education initiatives, and 141 business service projects were facilitated.

    Expenses $1,700,741 · Grants $99,560 · Revenue $118,829

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Kosuda

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chanell R Contreras

    Executive Director/Director

    Total calculated
    $148,894
    From this org
    $131,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,793
    Hours/week
    40
  • Hector Hernandez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Tobocman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pierre Batton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly Faison

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Don Jones

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Veronika Scott

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Bihun

    Manager

    Total calculated
    $121,854
    From this org
    $111,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,494
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joanna Dueweke-Perez

    Manager

    Total calculated
    $128,109
    From this org
    $112,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,509
    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • Operating Grant

  • Inkster Public Library dba Leanna Hicks Public Library

    $20,000

    Operating Grant

  • Spectacle Society LLC

    $10,000

    Operating Grant

  • The Great Divine Center

    $10,000

    Operating Grant

  • Auto Rejuvenators LLC

    $7,500

    Operating Grant

  • Deeply Rooted Enterprises LLC

    $7,500

    Operating Grant

  • Lloyd Hogan

    $7,500

    Operating Grant

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423059349300147

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