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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by I KNOW I CAN.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,220,875
Total expenses
$9,175,746
Contributions and grants received
$6,107,967
Grants paid
$1,825,266
Program service revenue
$2,044,423
Investment income
$68,485
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$47,550,534
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,269,504
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$46,281,030
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,634,916
Management and general expenses
$961,080
Fundraising expenses
$579,750
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,634,916

Program services were 83.2% 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)

    $2,058,435

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,049,532

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $2,044,423 · related or exempt $2,044,423

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $68,485 · excluded $68,485

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,825,266 · program services $1,825,266

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $403,336 · program services $330,905 · management and general $72,431

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,507,828 · program services $2,662,463 · management and general $509,863 · fundraising $335,502

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $464,035 · program services $408,112 · management and general $41,049 · fundraising $14,874

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $325,531 · program services $234,288 · management and general $64,748 · fundraising $26,495

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,176 · program services $23,199 · management and general $29,977

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $177,624 · program services $112,099 · fundraising $65,525

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $354,442 · program services $340,631 · fundraising $13,811

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $62,742 · program services $30,936 · management and general $19,655 · fundraising $12,151

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $391,628 · program services $287,022 · management and general $85,141 · fundraising $19,465

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $105,256 · program services $78,717 · management and general $18,143 · fundraising $8,396

  • 17 · Travel

    total $35,305 · program services $33,920 · management and general $763 · fundraising $622

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $44,465 · program services $33,434 · management and general $3,297 · fundraising $7,734

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $335,587 · program services $239,340 · management and general $69,342 · fundraising $26,905

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,617 · program services $20,222 · management and general $5,181 · fundraising $2,214

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROG. EXP

    total $925,787 · program services $925,787

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $135,026 · program services $47,480 · management and general $41,490 · fundraising $46,056

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOOK

    total $1,095 · program services $1,095

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,142,210 · end of year $4,604,673

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,281,543 · end of year $1,362,365

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $939,749 · end of year $1,043,220

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $30,037 · end of year $28,942

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

    $1,948,761

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

    $747,434

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,137,672 · end of year $1,201,327

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $36,475,432 · end of year $39,310,007

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,067,437 · end of year $854,855

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $414,649

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,667,913 · end of year $8,542,396

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $35,271,293 · end of year $37,738,634

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO INSPIRE, ENABLE, AND SUPPORT CENTRAL OHIO STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR COLLEGE AND CAREER GOALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INSPIRE, ENABLE AND SUPPORT CENTRAL OHIO STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR COLLEGE AND CAREER GOALS.

  • I KNOW I CAN IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING COLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS AND SUPPORT TO STUDENTS IN COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOLS, SOUTH-WESTERN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHITEHALL CITY SCHOOLS, AND REYNOLDSBURG CITY SCHOOLS. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1988, I KNOW I CAN HAS EMPOWERED STUDENTS TO PURSUE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION THROUGH A COMBINATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS, COLLEGE AND CAREER ADVISING, AND POST-GRADUATION SUPPORT PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $7,634,916 · Grants $1,825,266 · Revenue $2,044,423

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thekla R Shackelford

    CHAIRMAN EMERITA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Butler

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Abell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robbie Banks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Blackmon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tanny Crane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Deascentis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Dixon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Flowers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Mabel Freeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • W Shawna Gibbs-Ayers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harvey Glick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany Grinstead

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tenzin Alexander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Montgomery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gene Pierce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Regan Reilly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Rich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shirley Rogers Reece

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Sanders

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tei Street

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Wasch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Webber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Weiler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katina Fullen

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $193,911
    From this org
    $185,352
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,559
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,352
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,959
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,600
    Filer's total
    $193,911
  • Kimberly Ebbrecht

    SENIOR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $135,451
    From this org
    $131,337
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,114
    Hours/week
    40
  • Patrick Lynch

    DIR DEVELOPMENT & PUBLIC R

    Total calculated
    $153,833
    From this org
    $149,233
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,600
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,833
    Bonus
    $1,400
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $153,833
  • Kimberly Scott

    CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFIC

    Total calculated
    $128,942
    From this org
    $128,942
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ashley Logan

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $125,313
    From this org
    $121,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,022
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511349349303716

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