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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by A RAY OF HOPE ON EARTH.

Totals

Total revenue
$650,663
Total expenses
$470,379
Contributions and grants received
$617,636
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$33,027
Total assets, end of year
$236,393
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,463
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$226,930
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$307,010
Management and general expenses
$73,692
Fundraising expenses
$89,677
Program service expenses (Part III)
$300,961

Program services were 65.3% 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)

    $302,961

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $314,675

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $122,694

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $122,694

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $89,667

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $33,027

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $200,000 · program services $107,805 · management and general $12,166 · fundraising $80,029

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $46,266 · program services $46,266 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,896 · program services $11,298 · management and general $3,598

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,397 · management and general $4,397

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,222 · program services $6,041 · management and general $29,181

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $816 · management and general $816

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,375 · management and general $9,798 · fundraising $1,577

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,442 · management and general $1,442

  • 16 · Occupancy

    fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,213 · management and general $4,157 · fundraising $2,056

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,620 · management and general $1,620

  • 24a · Other expenses: Mentoring Events

    total $52,934 · program services $52,934

  • 24b · Other expenses: Facilities For Camp

    total $6,985 · program services $5,065 · management and general $1,920

  • 24c · Other expenses: Participant Supplies

    total $5,533 · program services $4,281 · management and general $1,252

  • 24d · Other expenses: Other Contractual

    total $82,680 · program services $73,320 · management and general $3,345 · fundraising $6,015

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $16,563 · end of year $12,433

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,441

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $213,627

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $10,333

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,130

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,512 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $9,463

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $12,166

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE MINISTRY AND MENTORING SERVICES

  • MENTORING DESCRIPTION: THE MENTORING PROGRAM SERVICEAS MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS FROM 6-8TH GRADE AT FOUR INNER CITY SCHOOLS ON THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO BIWEEKLY. THE MENTORING PROGRAM TEACHES GOAL SETTING, MORALS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS, LEADERSHIP, AND THE VALUE OF LIFE TO THEM AND THOSE AROUND THEM.

    Expenses $13,240 · Grants $13,240

  • Expenses $287,721

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Raymond McElroy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $200,000
    From this org
    $200,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $200,000
  • Michelle McElroy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Steve Wille

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dennis Rizo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Johnathan Hauser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Keith Richards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Sean Thomas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ron Lofton Sr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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
  • 9 · Followed the rebuttable-presumption procedure

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
2024
Filed
25 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202610629349301116

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