Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,269,485
- Total expenses
- $2,865,869
- Contributions and grants received
- $387,323
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $241,104
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $641,058
- Total assets, end of year
- $189,792
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $46,650
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $143,142
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $852,119
- Management and general expenses
- $1,798,094
- Fundraising expenses
- $215,656
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $852,119
Program services were 29.7% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$250,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$137,323
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2a · Program service revenue: Program Income
total $237,904 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: Employer Income
total $3,200 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11a · Other revenue: Debt Forgiveness
total $641,058 · related or exempt $641,058 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$641,058
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $552,340 · program services $0 · management and general $552,340 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,063,417 · program services $505,419 · management and general $543,863 · fundraising $14,135
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $41,713 · program services $19,714 · management and general $21,592 · fundraising $407
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $188,086 · program services $71,566 · management and general $115,818 · fundraising $702
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $115,846 · program services $38,747 · management and general $76,302 · fundraising $797
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11b · Fees: legal
total $16,318 · program services $0 · management and general $16,318 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $84,000 · program services $0 · management and general $84,000 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $588,427 · program services $147,186 · management and general $244,354 · fundraising $196,887
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $6,659 · program services $6,296 · management and general $363 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $29,595 · program services $8,232 · management and general $21,283 · fundraising $80
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14 · Information technology
total $83,408 · program services $15,391 · management and general $68,017 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $6,550 · program services $6,550 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $14,786 · program services $1,292 · management and general $13,494 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $9,170 · program services $2,644 · management and general $6,526 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $27,849 · program services $0 · management and general $27,849 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Student Related Expenses
total $12,584 · program services $12,183 · management and general $401 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Recruitment Expense
total $16,209 · program services $16,084 · management and general $125 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions
total $3,271 · program services $623 · management and general $0 · fundraising $2,648
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24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous Expenses
total $5,641 · program services $192 · management and general $5,449 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,372,539 · end of year $104,102
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $90,954 · end of year $64,883
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $26,672 · end of year $20,807
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $669,639 · end of year $46,650
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $81,000
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,236,262 · end of year $143,142
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $503,264 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Choose U creates economic mobility for marginalized communities by providing skills relevant to the current workforce, inclusive sopport systems, with employer and community partnerships to launch life-changing careers.
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Skill Growth (DBA Choose U) is a non-profit, direct service, workforce development organization. The Choose U program model works in partnership with employers and community organizations to create a program composed of training, coaching and placement support, all aligned to specific jobs Choose Us goal is to increase earning and employment opportunity for program participants.
Expenses $852,119 · Revenue $241,104
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Emily Schaffer
CEO and Board Member
- Total calculated
- $333,988
- From this org
- $285,577
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $48,411
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $285,577
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,749
- Nontaxable benefits
- $37,662
- Filer's total
- $333,988
-
Richard Clemmons
COO
- Total calculated
- $218,352
- From this org
- $186,779
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $31,573
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $186,779
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,004
- Nontaxable benefits
- $24,569
- Filer's total
- $218,352
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Janelle Gonzales
Chief Administrative Officer
- Total calculated
- $177,687
- From this org
- $152,116
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,571
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $152,116
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,663
- Nontaxable benefits
- $19,908
- Filer's total
- $177,687
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Michael Woking
Chief Program Officer
- Total calculated
- $159,918
- From this org
- $136,904
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,014
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $136,904
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,097
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,917
- Filer's total
- $159,918
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Ivan Grant
Managing Director of Finance
- Total calculated
- $152,303
- From this org
- $130,385
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,918
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $130,385
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,854
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,064
- Filer's total
- $152,303
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Shann Johnson
Program Manager
- Total calculated
- $126,919
- From this org
- $108,654
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,265
- Hours/week
- 40
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Kenneth Smith
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jonathan Carmel
Board Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Claudia Jaramillo
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Martha Laboissiere
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Van Richardson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jesse Salazar
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Thomas Seitz
Board Chairman
- 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. 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
None.
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523249349300537
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