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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MEMPHIS LIFT PARENT INSTITUTE.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 28 January 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$2,251,307 changed to $2,031,153
Total expenses
$691,655 changed to $715,633
Contributions and grants received
$2,251,307 changed to $2,031,153
Total liabilities, end of year
$0 changed to $17,204
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,252,635 changed to $3,235,431
Program services expenses
$385,016 changed to $388,727
Management and general expenses
$306,639 changed to $326,906
Program service expenses (Part III)
$385,016 changed to $388,727

Totals

Total revenue
$2,251,307
Total expenses
$691,655
Contributions and grants received
$2,251,307
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,252,635
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,252,635
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$385,016
Management and general expenses
$306,639
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$385,016

Program services were 55.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,251,307

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,000 · management and general $122,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $324,502 · program services $206,356 · management and general $118,146

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,579 · program services $28,674 · management and general $6,905

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,157 · program services $15,812 · management and general $18,345

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,450 · program services $8,917 · management and general $16,533

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,868 · program services $3,026 · management and general $842

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,525 · program services $2,371 · management and general $2,154

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $24,584 · program services $12,770 · management and general $11,814

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,003 · program services $5,455 · management and general $15,548

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,884 · program services $50,175 · management and general -$30,291

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,563 · management and general $6,563

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,025 · program services $17,497 · management and general $7,528

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD/CATERING

    total $10,352 · program services $9,397 · management and general $955

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNITY EVENTS

    total $8,396 · program services $8,396

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADVOCACY & ORGANIZING EVE

    total $6,289 · program services $6,289

  • 24d · Other expenses: INTERNET & PHONE

    total $4,593 · program services $2,931 · management and general $1,662

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,885 · program services $6,950 · management and general $7,935

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,684,029 · end of year $3,051,428

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

    $225,044

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

    $23,837

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,189 · end of year $201,207

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $235

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,592,390 · end of year $3,252,635

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $100,593

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO BUILD WIDESPREAD DEMAND FOR HIGH QUALITY SCHOOLS AND RADICAL CHANGES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION TO DISRUPT SYSTEMATIC EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY THROGH CHOICE AND HEALTHY COMPETITION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BUILD WIDESPREAD DEMAND FOR HIGH QUALITY SCHOOLS AND RADICAL CHANGES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION TO DISRUPT SYSTEMATIC EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY THROUGH CHOICE AND HEALTHY COMPETITION.

  • PUBLIC ADVOCATE FELLOWSHIP PROVIDES 100 PARENTS ANNUALLY FROM ALL OVER THE CITY WITH THE EDUCATION AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO BECOME ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT EDUCATION IN MEMPHIS. THE COURSE IS 10 WEEKS LONG WITH A CURRICULUM THAT BECOMES MORE COMPELLING AND COMPREHENSIVE WITH EACH COHORT.

    Expenses $10,539

  • THE SURGE TEAM IS THE MEMPHIS LIFT'S TEAM OF PARENT ORGANIZERS. THE SURGE TEAM DEVOTES THEMSELVES TO MEETING AND EDUCATING PARENTS WHERE THEY ARE-AT THEIR DOORS, AT A SCHOOL PICK UP LINE OR AT CHURCH-AND BUILDS THAT INITIAL CONVERSATION INTO A RELATIONSHIP THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED TO MAKE THE VOICE OF PARENTS EVEN GREATER IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MEMPHIS SCHOOLS. FROM CANVASSING TO HOSTING SPEAKER SERIES TO RALLYING PARENTS ON QUICK TURNAROUNDS TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN AT THE LEGISLATURE IN NASHVILLE, THE SURGE TEAM IS CONSTANTLY IN THE ORGANIZING BUSINESS.

    Expenses $181,663

  • CHOICE COUNSELING HELPS BUILD AWARENESS IN PRIORITY SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT PARENTS HAVE EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS AND PROVIDES PARENTS WITH THE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION THEY NEED TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLEX EDUCATION SYSTEM AND MAKE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL CHOICE FOR THEIR CHILD. IN ADDITION TO OFFERING RESOURCES AND EDUCATION, CHOICE COUNSELING OFFERS THE MUCH NEEDED SOUNDING BOARD TO MANY PARENTS.

    Expenses $61,020

  • SPECIAL EDUCATION - THE MEMPHIS LIFT SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (SPED) TEAM IS HERE TO HELP FAMILIES WHEN SCHOOLS OFTEN DON'T MEET THE INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE A CLEARLY DEFINED INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN (IEP) OR 504. PARENTS GET FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY AND HAVE UNPRODUCTIVE MEETINGS WITH PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF. WE TEACH, SUPPORT AND GUIDE PARENTS TO SHOW THEM HOW TO MOVE FROM EMOTION TO ADVOCACY SO YOUR CHILD CAN SUCCEED. SPED HELPS ANY PARENT WHO BELIEVES THEIR CHILD MAY NEED TO BE TESTED FOR SERVICES, HAS A CHILD WHO ALREADY CARRIES A DOCUMENT (IEP OR 504), AND/OR SUPPORTS A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

    Expenses $131,794

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sarah Carpenter

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $122,000
    From this org
    $122,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nedra Anderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Al Bright

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Reggie Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Toya Harvey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Courtney Jennings

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Margo Roen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343189349310229

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