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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GRAY MATTER EXPERIENCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$924,948
Total expenses
$649,523
Contributions and grants received
$879,147
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$45,601
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$200
Total assets, end of year
$823,401
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,063
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$780,338
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$281,700
Management and general expenses
$291,940
Fundraising expenses
$75,883
Program service expenses (Part III)
$281,700

Program services were 43.4% 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

    $879,147

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $45,601 · related or exempt $45,601

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $200 · related or exempt $200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $256,535 · program services $156,800 · management and general $99,735

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $17,295 · program services $13,667 · management and general $3,628

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,972 · program services $11,418 · management and general $8,554

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,250 · management and general $7,250

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,293 · management and general $5,293

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,222 · management and general $5,222

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,609 · management and general $12,609

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,219 · management and general $37,219

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,912 · management and general $2,912

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,638 · management and general $19,638

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,931 · program services $2,931

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,647 · management and general $2,647

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS AND

    total $144,675 · program services $72,904 · management and general $71,771

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $75,883 · fundraising $75,883

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $23,444 · program services $23,444

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,370 · management and general $4,370

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,628 · program services $536 · management and general $11,092

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $525,883 · end of year $733,913

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $75,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,274 · end of year $4,838

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

    $21,305

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

    $13,305

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,641 · end of year $8,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,650

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,004 · end of year $13,235

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $20,700 · end of year $20,700

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,181 · end of year $9,128

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $504,913 · end of year $743,880

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $36,458

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE GRAY MATTER EXPERIENCE IS TO UNLOCK THE SELF-DETERMINING POWER OF BLACK YOUTH AND STRENGHEN THEIR TIES TO COMMUNITY THROUGH REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE GRAY MATTER EXPERIENCE PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY WHERE BLACK STUDENTS CAN EXPLORE BUSINESS AND CREATIVE AREAS WITHIN AN INNOVATIVE SPACE - FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, MINDSETS, SELF-AGENCY, AND TRANSFERABILITY OF THEIR SKILLS AND MINDSETS TO SCHOOL, CAREER, AND LIFE.

  • THE GRAY MATTER EXPERIENCE PROVIDES COACHING, CAPITAL CURRICULUM, CONNECTIONS, AND COMMUNITY TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR TEENS TO ENTER THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPACE. SINCE 2016, THE GRAY MATTER EXPERIENCE HAS DIRECTLY SUPPORTED 65 TEEN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS ACROSS CHICAGO'S SOUTH AND WEST SIDES, INVESTED OVER $95,000 IN SEED FUNDING AND PRO BONO SERVICES INTO 9 TEEN-FOUNDED COMPANIES, AND WORKED WITH OVER 700 STUDENTS ACCROSS THE CITY TO EXPOSE THEM TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP PRACTICES.

    Expenses $281,700 · Revenue $45,801

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Seth Green

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Chika Umeadi

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Layla Lumpkin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Pamela Randle

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Britney Robbins

    FOUNDER AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $90,692
    From this org
    $90,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    65

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
2022
Filed
2 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312759349301216

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