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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ARES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,895,656
Total expenses
$5,992,890
Contributions and grants received
$4,896,009
Grants paid
$4,925,757
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$353
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,689,267
Total liabilities, end of year
$942,722
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$746,545
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,941,921
Management and general expenses
$50,969
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,941,921

Program services were 99.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,896,009

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $47,580

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $221 · excluded $221

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $47,006

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $47,580

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$574

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$574 · excluded -$574

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,925,757 · program services $4,925,757

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,535 · management and general $13,535

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,000 · management and general $15,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,016,164 · program services $1,016,164

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $175 · management and general $175

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,130 · management and general $3,130

  • 24a · Other expenses: SOFTWARE LICENSES, SUPP

    total $15,832 · management and general $15,832

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,057 · management and general $2,057

  • 24c · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $1,240 · management and general $1,240

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,772,175 · end of year $1,492,134

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $148,960 · end of year $221

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $18,425 · end of year $106,376

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $16,667

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $73,869

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $95,781 · end of year $155,159

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $787,563

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,843,779 · end of year $746,545

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE FOUNDATION IS FOCUSED ON ACCELERATING EQUALITY OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THROUGH STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS THAT PROVIDE CAREER PREPARATION AND RESKILLING, ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DEEPEN INDIVIDUALS' UNDERSTANDING OF PERSONAL FINANCE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PURSUE A BETTER FUTURE. THE FOUNDATION MAY ALSO SERVE AS A VEHICLE FOR SELECT GIVING OPPORTUNITIES IN CONNECTION WITH SIGNIFICANT LOCAL AND GLOBAL CRISES, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND NATURAL DISASTERS.

  • JOBS FOR THE FUTURE: THE INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO HELP INDIVIDUALS PREPARE FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT JOBS IN THE U.S. AS WELL AS IDENTIFY LEADING TRAINING PROVIDERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES TO DESIGN PATHWAYS TO THOSE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $2,188,161 · Grants $1,813,950

  • ALTFINANCE: INVESTING IN BLACK FUTURES". THE INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO DIVERSIFY THE ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT INDUSTRY BY ATTRACTING, TRAINING AND PROVIDING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS ATTENDING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THE INITIATIVE HAS THREE PRIMARY COMPONENTS: A MENTORED FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, A TAILORED VIRTUAL INSTITUTE AND A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,809,444 · Grants $1,500,000

  • WRI: THE INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO HELP BUILD THE RESILIENCE OF INDIA'S MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES ("MSMES") IN TWO STATES TO FUTURE-PROOF THEIR BUSINESS MODELS WITHIN A CHANGING CLIMATE.

    Expenses $550,459 · Grants $456,322

  • FOR ALL OTHER PROGRAMS, ARES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTED $1.2M FOR THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR.

    Expenses $1,393,857 · Grants $1,155,485

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Arougheti

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregory Margolies

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael D Weiner

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caroline Blakely

    INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • HELP INDIVIDUALS PREPARE FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT JOBS IN THE U.S. AS WELL AS IDENTIFY LEADING TRAINING PROVIDERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES TO DESIGN PATHWAYS TO THOSE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.

  • SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AND GRADUATES OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

  • HELP BUILD THE RESILIENCE OF INDIAS MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (MSMES) IN TWO STATES TO FUTURE-PROOF THEIR BUSINESS MODELS WITHIN A CHANGING CLIMATE.

  • HELP DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE COGENERATE CHALLENGE (THE CHALLENGE), A PROGRAM THAT WILL ELEVATE THE NEED AND OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERGENERATIONAL TEAMS OF ENTREPRENEURS TO HELP PROBLEM-SOLVE SOME OF SOCIETYS

  • DOTORG

    $212,563

    HELP EXECUTE A PERSONAL FINANCE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR LOW-INCOME WOMEN.

  • EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS, EMPLOYEES AND COMPANIES ABOUT THE ECONOMIC AND OTHER BENEFITS OF NROAD-BASED EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESSES AND METHODS OF ADOPTING EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS BY RESERACHING, DEVELOPING AND CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • HELP INTEGRATE PERSONAL FINANCE LESSONS INTO ITS CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES 5 THROUGH 8, DEVELOP DIGITAL GAMES SO THAT STUDENTS CAN APPLY THIS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH HANDS-ON LEARNING AND DELIVER A SERIES OF PERSONAL FINANCE SEMINARS TO HELP PARENTS MAKE SMART FINANCIAL DECISIONS THAT HELP EMPOWER THEIR FAMILY

  • HELP BUILD THE CARE ECONOMY IN ACCORD WITH THE 5RS RECOGNITION, REDUCTION, REDISTRIBUTION, REPRESENTATION AND REWARD FOR WHAT IS TRADITIONALLY UNPAID CARE WORK.

  • HELP ESTABLISH ITS GOOD JOBS INNOVATION LAB TO DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS AS WELL AS PILOT DATA-DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE JOB QUALITY IN SMALL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATED BY UNDERESTIMATED OWNERS IN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.

  • HELP ENHANCE ITS FLAGSHIP CAREER PATH PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES ITS WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE (WEI) SO WOMEN LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA AND NEW YORK, NEW YORK CAN INCREASE THEIR EMPLOYABILITY AND STRENGTHEN THEIR FINANCIAL SKILLS.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
11 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349313406

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