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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by 757 ACCELERATE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,238,698
Total expenses
$1,663,078
Contributions and grants received
$893,613
Grants paid
$160,000
Program service revenue
$331,632
Investment income
$13,453
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$507,572
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,284
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$505,288
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$883,795
Management and general expenses
$779,283
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$883,795

Program services were 53.1% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $468,416

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $425,197

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ACCELERATER AND ADVISE

    total $320,174 · related or exempt $320,174

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BOOT CAMP PROGRAM SALE

    total $5,958 · related or exempt $5,958

  • 2c · Program service revenue: START UP WORKSHOP SALE

    total $5,000 · related or exempt $5,000

  • 2d · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY SPONSOR SALE

    total $500 · related or exempt $500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,453 · excluded $13,453

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $160,000 · program services $160,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $241,063 · program services $96,425 · management and general $144,638

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $400,178 · program services $160,071 · management and general $240,107

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,221 · program services $9,688 · management and general $14,533

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $44,500 · program services $17,800 · management and general $26,700

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $50 · management and general $50

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,862 · management and general $41,862

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $68,737 · management and general $68,737

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,720 · management and general $16,720

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,908 · management and general $22,908

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,811 · management and general $21,811

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $143,420 · management and general $143,420

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,235 · management and general $34,235

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $482 · management and general $482

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,080 · management and general $3,080

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER DIRECT COSTS

    total $439,811 · program services $439,811

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $635,939 · end of year $68,973

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $340,433 · end of year $230,998

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $188,401

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $18,160

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,040

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,226 · end of year $498

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $35,478 · end of year $1,786

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $929,668 · end of year $505,288

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

757 ACCELERATE IS A NON-PROFIT STARTUP ACCELERATOR AND INCUBATOR PROGRAM. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE STARTUPS WITH THE CUSTOMIZED RESOURCES AND CAPITAL THEY NEED TO GROW. WE BOOST PROMISING STARTUPS TOWARDS CUSTOMER TRACTION AND REVENUE USING THEIR OWN NETWORK OF MENTORS, INVESTORS, SUPPORT SERVICE, WORKING SPACE, AND A LEAN STARTUP EDUCATION. OUR VALUES ARE ENTREPRENEURS-FIRST, GIVE BEFORE YOU GET, AND A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO HELPING STARTUPS DO MORE, FASTER.

  • IN 2024, 757 COLLAB DELIVERED HIGH-IMPACT PROGRAMMING ACROSS ITS CONTINUUM - STARTUP STUDIOS, ACCELERATE, AND ANGELS - POSITIONING HAMPTON ROADS AS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INNOVATION HUB. THE ORGANIZATION DIRECTLY ENGAGED OVER 2,500 ENTREPRENEURS, CREATED 350 NEW JOBS, AND FACILITATED 90 INTERNSHIPS. THROUGH 757 STARTUP STUDIOS, OVER 200 STARTUPS HAVE BEEN INCUBATED SINCE LAUNCH, INCLUDING 24 NEW PRODUCTS LAUNCHED IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE. FOUNDERS LOGGED OVER 7,000 VISITS TO THE SPACE AND PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN 100 FACILITATED PROGRAMS - WITH 98% OF THEM CALLING HAMPTON ROADS HOME.

    Expenses $707,036 · Grants $160,000 · Revenue $331,632

  • 757 ACCELERATE, THE FLAGSHIP INVESTOR-READINESS PROGRAM, HAS NOW SUPPORTED 54 STARTUPS ACROSS EIGHT COHORTS, HELPING RAISE MORE THAN $100 MILLION TO DATE, INCLUDING $20+ MILLION IN 2024. THE PROGRAM CREATED OVER 350 JOBS AND DELIVERED OVER 1,500 HOURS OF MENTORSHIP IN THE PAST YEAR. ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE STRATEGIC INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS CLIMATE, HEALTH, AND DEFENSE TECH SECTORS. THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED 85 INVITE-ONLY INNOVATION EVENTS, FACILITATED OVER 200 MATB STARTUP CONNECTIONS, AND HELPED 28 SMALL BUSINESSES AND TWO UNIVERSITIES PITCH DIRECTLY TO NAVY AND AIR FORCE STAKEHOLDERS.

    Expenses $176,759

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Nancy Grden

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Blake Luse

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Drew Unvgarsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Angela Reddix

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rishap Malhotra

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dave Levin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Paul Nolde

    PREDSIDENT

    Total calculated
    $100,663
    From this org
    $100,663
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Willy Donaldson

    VICE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tina McRae

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Crissie Hall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tim Ryan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sarah Jane Kirkland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dalip Kapoor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rhonda Alexander

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Toi Hunter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jeff Conroy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Charles Corprew

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $140,400
    From this org
    $140,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

  • REBLOOD RX INC

    $20,000

    ORGANIZATION STARTUP FUNDS

  • NIGHTINGALE CARE SOLUTIONS

    $20,000

    ORGANIZATION STARTUP FUNDS

  • WORDS LIIVE

    $20,000

    ORGANIZATION STARTUP FUNDS

  • SLIP SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES

    $20,000

    ORGANIZATION STARTUP FUNDS

  • LUFTCAR LLC

    $20,000

    ORGANIZATION STARTUP FUNDS

  • MARKBOTIX

    $20,000

    ORGANIZATION STARTUP FUNDS

  • NININGER MEDICAL INC

    $20,000

    ORGANIZATION STARTUP FUNDS

  • REENVISION AI INC

    $20,000

    ORGANIZATION STARTUP FUNDS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349300220

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