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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by TRANSFORMATIONS YOUTH GROUP.

Totals

Total revenue
$805,050
Total expenses
$618,575
Contributions and grants received
$805,050
Grants paid
$33,686
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$231,189
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,580
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$222,609
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$336,382
Management and general expenses
$272,895
Fundraising expenses
$9,298
Program service expenses (Part III)
$336,382

Program services were 54.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $10,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $795,050

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $33,686 · program services $33,686

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $109,652 · program services $6,080 · management and general $98,163 · fundraising $5,409

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,558 · program services $15,558

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,460 · program services $1,393 · management and general $31,719 · fundraising $348

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,358 · management and general $12,358

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $143,032 · program services $110,316 · management and general $31,716 · fundraising $1,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,933 · program services $19,315 · management and general $1,362 · fundraising $256

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,577 · program services $19,332 · management and general $11,159 · fundraising $86

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,084 · program services $680 · management and general $4,404

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,827 · program services $1,567 · management and general $3,260

  • 17 · Travel

    total $111,616 · program services $80,401 · management and general $31,215

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,259 · program services $3,179 · management and general $2,080

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,191 · management and general $1,191

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program supplies

    total $47,345 · program services $23,542 · management and general $23,803

  • 24b · Other expenses: Subscriptions

    total $8,178 · program services $2,102 · management and general $6,050 · fundraising $26

  • 24c · Other expenses: Meals

    total $35,208 · program services $19,025 · management and general $14,010 · fundraising $2,173

  • 24d · Other expenses: Business registration fees

    total $611 · program services $206 · management and general $405

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $56,643 · end of year $117,489

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $109,633

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $4,067

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,509 · end of year $8,580

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $36,134 · end of year $222,609

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Transformationsisbuildingcollectiveleadershipandpoweramongtranswomenandgirlsofcolor inMissouri,KansasandNorthwest Arkansassotheycanthriveandgrowintheirpower.

  • COMMUNITY & SISTERHOOD BUILDING: Transformations engages in outreach and community building work to connect with communities it serves across Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. Transformations engages in a number of community outreach events and facilitates community building spaces to strengthen relationships and belonging among community members. The Community Advisory Board (CAB) is composed of leaders who guide organizational strategy and programming. Members hosted campaigns, storytelling projects, and leadership circles, and met quarterly to identify community priorities. CAB is key to ensuring the organizations work reflects lived experience and community needs.

    Expenses $189,820

  • LIBERATION CAMP: Liberation Camp centers capacity building and leadership development for the communities it serves. We bring together budding movement leaders to skill share and learn from each other. The camp serves as a pipeline to build new networks of leaders, where our community members can bond with their peers and take on mentorship roles.

    Expenses $65,540

  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Transformations is committed to building leadership and professional development for the communities it serves. In 2025, Transformations leadership and participants facilitated and led multiple workshops at various conferences and events. Members of Transformations community also attended various professional development opportunities, including national conferences and networking events, where they highlighted their skills and talents to a variety of audiences.

    Expenses $26,037

  • Microgrants, narrative storytelling and community advisory board

    Expenses $54,985 · Grants $33,686

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Merrique Jenson

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $109,652
    From this org
    $109,652
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Susan McClannahan

    Board Chair and Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Hailee Bland Walsh

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Aaron Gray

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chadwick Campbell

    Board Member

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
25 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202611769349301761

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