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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RITES OF PASSAGE & EMPOWERMENT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$315,369
Total expenses
$354,750
Contributions and grants received
$315,347
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$22
Total assets, end of year
$100,766
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$100,766
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$293,895
Management and general expenses
$60,855
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$293,895

Program services were 82.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $559

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $314,788

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

    $559

  • 11a · Other revenue: INTEREST REVENUE

    total $22 · related or exempt $22

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $22

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $65,959 · program services $65,959

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,793 · program services $16,793

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $111,451 · program services $89,831 · management and general $21,620

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,515 · program services $1,353 · management and general $11,162

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,540 · program services $838 · management and general $3,702

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,894 · program services $7,374 · management and general $13,520

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,202 · program services $21,202

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,023 · program services $2,340 · management and general $4,683

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,413 · program services $1,413

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,406 · program services $863 · management and general $1,543

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGE

    total $285 · management and general $285

  • 24b · Other expenses: TUITION AND COLLEGE ASSISTANCE

    total $61,662 · program services $61,662

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE

    total $4,048 · program services $4,048

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION AND RECREATION

    total $20,219 · program services $20,219

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,340 · management and general $4,340

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $140,327 · end of year $95,114

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

    $7,065

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

    $1,413

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $5,652

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $180

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $84,972 · end of year $82,329

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $55,175 · end of year $18,437

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of the ROPE is to celebrate and honor the entry of adolescents into adulthood and provide them with the skill and knowledge that they need to be successful, independent, and responsible people.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The mission of the ROPE is to celebrate and honor the entry of adolescents into adulthood and empower them to be successful, independent, and responsible people.

  • Organization program services & accomplishments International travel- An opportunity for scholars of R.O.P.E. to increase their knowledge of African (Ghanaian) culture, history and to engage with young Ghanaian women and participate in conversation and explore life as a young woman in Ghana and life as a young woman in America. The scholars also were able to volunteer and provide worthwhile services in the School of the Good Shepherd Orphanage and School.

    Expenses $3,525

  • To assist in sustaining our alumnus in college R.O.P.E. provides needed tuition funds.

    Expenses $51,172

  • R.O.P.E. conducts extensive college tours throughout Massachusetts,neighboring states,Southern States and Malcolm Bernard Fair in N.Y. to introduce our scholars, many who would be first generation students to higher education options. The scholars also discuss career options and learn about college life.

    Expenses $239,198

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Keiane West

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ana Monsalve

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Fran Zarubick

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gloria Saunders

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nathan Rogers

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
31 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511279349303886

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