Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,136,057

Total expenses

$1,845,217

Contributions and grants received

$2,125,009

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$11,048

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$740,381

Total liabilities, end of year

$114,293

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$626,088

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,413,298

Management and general expenses

$165,380

Fundraising expenses

$266,539

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,413,298

Program services were 76.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• LEADERSHIP ACADEMY - THIS FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM EXPOSES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE TOOLS AND SKILL SETS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHILE HELPING THEM IDENTIFY CAREERS THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR SPARK PASSION. THIS CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE EACH OF UNL'S FOUR PILLARS: TALENT, EDUCATION, CAREER AND SERVICE. FROM SAT PREP TO NAVIGATING THE COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID PROCESS, STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH KEY OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEMSELVES ACADEMICALLY WHILE HONING THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES NATIONALLY. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, ARE PREPARED FOR HIGHER LEARNING, AND CAN COMPETE FOR JOBS IN A GLOBAL, INFORMATION-BASED ECONOMY WITH 21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

  Expenses $898,855

• MOGULS IN TRAINING - COLLEGE AND HIGHER LEARNING ARE MAJOR KEYS TO SECURING SUCCESS IN TODAY'S COMPETITIVE ECONOMY, SO UNL IS WORKING TO ENSURE ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM UNDER-RESOURCED BACKGROUNDS HAVE THE TOOLS AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO FINISH SCHOOL AND BEGIN THEIR CAREERS. STUDENTS MEET VIRTUALLY EVERY MONTH TO DISCUSS HIGHER LEARNING CHALLENGES AND RECEIVE STRATEGIC RESOURCES. SESSIONS FOSTER PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVE COLLEGE MATRICULATION, AND TRANSITIONING INTO ADULTHOOD. STUDENTS ALSO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM UNL PARTNERS WHILE SEEKING AND SECURING INTERNSHIPS. MAINTAINING THE PEER-TO-PEER MODEL, THE MONTHLY SESSIONS ARE LED BY A UNL COORDINATOR AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS WHO'VE DEVELOPED UNIQUE, DYNAMIC LEARNING MODELS WHICH ENSURE SUCCESS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER COLLEGE.

  Expenses $142,743

• POWERED BY SERVICE - THE PEER TO PEER WORKSHOP SPANS SIX HOURS AND PROVIDES PARTICIPANTS WITH ENGAGING ACTIVITIES ALLOWING THEM TO DISCOVER CORE TENETS OF USHERS NEW LOOK. DURING THE 6-HOUR, IN-SCHOOL, POWERED BY SERVICE WORKSHOP, LED BY CURRENT AND FORMER UNL ACADEMY LEADERS AND MOGULS IN TRAINING, STUDENTS EXPLORE THEIR INDIVIDUAL SPARKS (I.E., TALENTS, PASSIONS), ARTICULATE THEIR PERSONAL BRAND (I.E., HOW THEY WISH TO BE VIEWED BY OTHERS); ANALYZE THE TRAITS OF WELL-KNOWN LEADERS; EXPLORE THE ROOT CAUSES OF LOCAL ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THEM (E.G., HOMELESSNESS, BULLYING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE); EXPLORE PRINCIPLES AND KNOWLEDGE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY; AND MAKE A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO CREATE AND EXECUTE POWERED BY SERVICE PROJECTS.

  Expenses $80,558

• NEW LOOK CLUBS - THIS IS AN EXPANSION OF OUR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, MAKING THE PROGRAMMING, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES OF USHERS NEW LOOK AVAILABLE TO HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOUTH WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ON-DEMAND VIRTUAL SESSIONS AND FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES THAT WILL HELP THEM DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS, TAKE ACTIONABLE STEPS TOWARDS THEIR FUTURES, EMBRACE THE POWER OF BEING IN SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND BECOME A PART OF A LARGER COMMUNITY OF DISRUPTIVATORS.

  Expenses $291,142

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

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

9 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202521479349300402

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