Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$916,581

Total expenses

$1,123,862

Contributions and grants received

$824,381

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$92,200

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$275,842

Total liabilities, end of year

$102,092

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$173,750

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$763,675

Management and general expenses

$268,337

Fundraising expenses

$91,850

Program service expenses (Part III)

$763,675

Program services were 68.0% 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 · 2024

• MENTOR NEBRASKA EMBARKED ON A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO FORMAL MENTORING OPPORTUNTITIES FOR REFUGEE STUDENTS IN THE US LESS THAN 5 YEARS. STRIVE IS AN INSCHOOL MENTORING MODEL THAT MATCHES RECENTLY ARRIVED REFUGEE STUDENTS WITH SCHOOL FACULTY TO FACILIATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEEPER SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT, EXPANDED SUPPORT NETWORK IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. OVER 200 YOUTH WERE SERVED IN THROUGH THIS PROJECT WITH PLANS FOR FURTHER EXPANSION ACROSS THE STATE.

  Expenses $139,404

• EACH YEAR, MENTOR NEBRASKA PROVIDES VALUABLE MEMBER BENEFITS THAT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF MENTORING ACROSS THE SECTOR. ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS COSTFREE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO YOUTH PROVIDERS, MENTORING PROFESSIONALS, MENTORS, SCHOOL PERSONNEL, COMMUNITY/BUSINESSLEADERS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO FOCUS ON BEST PRACTICES FOR YOUTH MENTORING. IN 2023: WE TRAINED 300+ INDIVIDUALS THROUGH 20+ TRAININGS AND PROVIDED 825 HOURS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT. IN ADDITION, DIRECT FUNDING FOR BACKGROUND SCREENINGS ALLOWS MEMBER PARTNERS TO UTLIIZE SCREENING PRACTICES TO ENSURE THOROUGH VETTING IS DONE OF VOLUNTEERS MATCHED THROUGH THEIR MENTORING PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $76,497 · Revenue $45,849

• MENTOR NEBRASKA HAS CONSISTENTLY SOUGHT TO BRING INNOVATION TO THE MENTORING SECTOR BY HELPING TO ESTABLISH "NEW MODELS" OF MENTORING THAT REACH AUDIENCES IN UNIQUE AND SUPPORTIVE WAYS. WE INTRODUCED A NEW EVIDENCED-BASED MENTORING MODEL, CALLED SUCCESS MENTORS, AND THE MODEL IS BEING USED TO SUPPORT NEARLY 200 CHRONICALLY ABSENT YOUTH IN OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE WERE THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO INITIATE ANOTHER NEW MENTORING MODEL, CALLED YOUTH INITIATED MENTORING (YIM) TO SUPPORT JUVENILE JUSTICE YOUTH. NATIONAL RESESARCHERS AND EVALUATORS HAVE CALLED OUR MODEL "GAME CHANGING" FOR SUPPORTING THIS AUDIENCE. THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED WITH PUBLIC DOLLARS TO PREVENT YOUTH FROM RECIDIVATING WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

  Expenses $107,393

• Expenses $440,381 · Revenue $46,351

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

24 February 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202620559349301757

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