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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PROJECT SYNCERE.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 26 January 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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
$1,855,726 changed to $2,128,585
Total expenses
$2,395,703 changed to $2,403,171
Contributions and grants received
$1,476,493 changed to $1,820,957
Program service revenue
$379,233 changed to $307,628
Total assets, end of year
$318,072 changed to $327,617
Total liabilities, end of year
$293,942 changed to $301,412
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$24,130 changed to $26,205
Program services expenses
$704,127 changed to $1,668,527
Management and general expenses
$1,673,551 changed to $606,829
Fundraising expenses
$18,025 changed to $127,902

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Scott Greenburg

Totals

Total revenue
$2,128,585
Total expenses
$2,403,171
Contributions and grants received
$1,820,957
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$307,628
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$327,617
Total liabilities, end of year
$301,412
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,205
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,668,527
Management and general expenses
$606,829
Fundraising expenses
$127,902
Program service expenses (Part III)
$704,127

Program services were 69.4% 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)

    $340,024

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,480,933

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $9,464

  • 2a · Program service revenue: YOUTH ENGINEERING PROGRAM

    total $307,628 · related or exempt $307,628

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $378,539 · program services $228,293 · management and general $80,123 · fundraising $70,123

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $871,227 · program services $767,954 · management and general $63,519 · fundraising $39,754

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $28,997 · program services $16,254 · management and general $12,743

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $115,420 · program services $76,556 · management and general $38,864

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $83,349 · program services $58,344 · management and general $25,005

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $400 · management and general $400

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $962 · management and general $50 · fundraising $912

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $136,273 · program services $90,236 · management and general $39,851 · fundraising $6,186

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $58,430 · program services $32,220 · management and general $20,781 · fundraising $5,429

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $152,134 · program services $72,118 · management and general $80,016

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,504 · program services $34,378 · management and general $6,126

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,567 · management and general $7,567

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $21,489 · management and general $21,489

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,390 · management and general $13,390

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIP

    total $101,643 · program services $96,561 · management and general $5,082

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

    total $160,073 · program services $120,868 · management and general $33,794 · fundraising $5,411

  • 24c · Other expenses: FRAUD CHARGES

    total $96,028 · management and general $96,028

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND REC

    total $58,965 · program services $12,219 · management and general $46,746 · fundraising $87

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $77,781 · program services $62,526 · management and general $15,255

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $746,958 · end of year $208,473

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $72,141 · end of year $10,566

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $79,500

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

    $249,672

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

    $220,594

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $50,568 · end of year $29,078

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $108,254 · end of year $175,790

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $335,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $125,622 · end of year $125,622

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $300,791 · end of year $563,650

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $300,791 · end of year $26,205

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL & EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA WITH A FOCUS IN ENGINEERING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA WITH THE FOCUS IN ENGINEERING

  • PROJECT SYNCERE SUCESSFULLY SERVED OVER 200 STUDENTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR AND HOSTED A CITY-WIDE ENGINEERING COMPETITION.

    Expenses $704,127 · Grants $1,246,531 · Revenue $379,233

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jason L Coleman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $146,000
    From this org
    $146,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • Adrianne Wheeler

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $92,000
    From this org
    $92,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Craig Morris

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $92,000
    From this org
    $92,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Candice Smith

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Shaun Garrison

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Suen Phillips

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Cherie Meador

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Marc Nunn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Rashaanda Cook

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Sandor Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
16 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541979349300004

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