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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHALLENGE PROGRAM.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,403,309
Total expenses
$1,841,148
Contributions and grants received
$1,638,381
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$697,755
Investment income
$16
Other revenue
$67,157
Total assets, end of year
$6,344,835
Total liabilities, end of year
$996,444
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,348,391
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,617,119
Management and general expenses
$141,439
Fundraising expenses
$82,590
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,617,119

Program services were 87.8% 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)

    $770,013

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $868,368

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EARNED INCOME

    total $697,755 · related or exempt $697,755

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16 · excluded $16

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $39,339

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $29,117

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $10,222

  • 11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE PROCEEDS

    total $55,225 · related or exempt $55,225

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,710 · related or exempt $1,710

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $56,935

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $95,827 · program services $81,453 · management and general $14,374

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $876,780 · program services $768,071 · management and general $38,747 · fundraising $69,962

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $87,119 · program services $67,849 · management and general $11,973 · fundraising $7,297

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $83,863 · program services $66,752 · management and general $11,780 · fundraising $5,331

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,259 · program services $31,670 · management and general $5,589

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,095 · program services $14,531 · management and general $2,564

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,470 · program services $11,470

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $62,057 · program services $52,748 · management and general $9,309

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $59,394 · program services $50,485 · management and general $8,909

  • 20 · Interest

    total $41,191 · program services $41,191

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $105,908 · program services $90,022 · management and general $15,886

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $115,800 · program services $98,430 · management and general $17,370

  • 24a · Other expenses: MATERIALS

    total $161,382 · program services $161,382

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUILDING SUPPLIES

    total $28,723 · program services $28,723

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $22,420 · program services $19,057 · management and general $3,363

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING AND EDUCATION

    total $16,757 · program services $16,757

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $18,103 · program services $16,528 · management and general $1,575

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $237,197

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $286,051 · end of year $20,722

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $23,304

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $235,560 · end of year $214,471

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $2,460

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,650 · end of year $3,129

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

    $6,998,816

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

    $1,258,280

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,969,622 · end of year $5,740,536

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,250 · end of year $103,016

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $231,890 · end of year $221,086

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $164,734 · end of year $561,989

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $148,789 · end of year $148,789

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $165,490 · end of year $64,580

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,365,508 · end of year $5,327,669

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $420,722 · end of year $20,722

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR DELAWARE'S AT-RISK YOUTH TO EMPOWER THEM WITH THE CONFIDENCE, SKILLS AND PURPOSE NEEDED TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. SINCE 1995, THE CHALLENGE PROGRAM HAS OFFERED YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN VALUABLE CONSTRUCTION SKILLS, ASSISTANCE IN EARNING A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED AND JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES.

  • OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR DELAWARE'S AT-RISK YOUTH TO EMPOWER THEM WITH THE CONFIDENCE, SKILLS AND PURPOSE NEEDED TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. SINCE 1995, THE CHALLENGE PROGRAM HAS OFFERED YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN VALUABLE CONSTRUCTION SKILLS, ASSISTANCE IN EARNING A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED AND JOB PLACEMENT.

    Expenses $1,617,119 · Revenue $697,755

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Copeland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan D Graham Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Ilardi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Julian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean Murray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Palmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zach Phillips

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Potter

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jocelyn Pugh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew McKnight

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $95,771
    From this org
    $95,771
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521269349301352

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