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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LUNAR INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$615,768
Total expenses
$821,741
Contributions and grants received
$460,280
Grants paid
$15,100
Program service revenue
$155,103
Investment income
$54
Other revenue
$331
Total assets, end of year
$459,228
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,492
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$441,736
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$613,760
Management and general expenses
$143,520
Fundraising expenses
$64,461
Program service expenses (Part III)
$613,760

Program services were 74.7% 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

    $460,280

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVENT SPONSORSHIP

    total $146,103 · related or exempt $146,103

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $9,000 · related or exempt $9,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $54 · excluded $54

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $331 · related or exempt $331

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $331

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $100 · program services $100

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $118,314 · program services $86,370 · management and general $16,563 · fundraising $15,381

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $177,939 · program services $129,894 · management and general $24,913 · fundraising $23,132

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $39,885 · program services $29,116 · management and general $5,584 · fundraising $5,185

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,664 · program services $17,275 · management and general $3,313 · fundraising $3,076

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $125,000 · program services $125,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $27,753 · program services $20,259 · management and general $3,883 · fundraising $3,611

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,571 · program services $15,747 · management and general $3,020 · fundraising $2,804

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $228,120 · program services $144,658 · management and general $74,484 · fundraising $8,978

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,123 · program services $6,266 · management and general $570 · fundraising $287

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,789 · program services $810 · management and general $4,863 · fundraising $116

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,945 · program services $3,808 · management and general $989 · fundraising $148

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,111 · program services $1,111

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $567 · program services $567

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,671 · program services $1,191 · management and general $4,310 · fundraising $170

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $9,579 · program services $9,579

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE

    total $6,049 · program services $3,448 · management and general $1,028 · fundraising $1,573

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $3,561 · program services $3,561

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $416,207 · end of year $428,850

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $251,279 · end of year $23,258

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,341

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

    $3,800

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,800

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,486 · end of year $979

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,760 · end of year $17,492

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,503 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $273,586 · end of year $121,736

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $374,123 · end of year $320,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

LUNAR STARTUPS IS CREATING EQUITABLE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, SUPPORT, AND CONNECTIVITY TO LEADERS WHO IDENTIFY AS BIPOC, WOMEN, LGBTQ, AND ARE FOUNDING HIGH-IMPACT VENTURES WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING COMMUNITY WEALTH AND DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPABILITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOR ENTREPRENEURS IDENTIFYING AS WOMEN, BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC), AND LGBTQ+ IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM.

  • IN 2022, LUNAR EXECUTED THE THIRD VIRTUAL AND FIFTH FULL COHORT SERVING 15ENTREPRENEURS. LUNAR EXPANDED THE PROGRAMMING TEAM BY HIRING THE FIRST PROGRAM MANAGER AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, CRITICAL IN BUILDING CAPACITY ANDBRINGING NEW THOUGHT LEADERSHIP TO THE EXPERIENCE. LUNAR'S 5TH COHORT BROUGHT THE TOTAL PORTFOLIO TO 60 COMPANIES AND GAVE LUNAR THE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATA TO FINALIZE THE ACCELERATOR METHODOLOGY.LUNAR ALSO FINISHED PHASE 2 OF AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT ANALYZED THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE COHORT COMPANIES IN MINNESOTA. TO DATE, LUNAR ALUMNI HAVE CREATED MORE THAN $237 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR MINNESOTA.LUNAR EVERYWHERE IS THE DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR EVENTS, PROGRAMMING, AND SCALING SUPPORT FOR FOUNDERS ACROSS THE REGION. IN 2022, LUNAR EXECUTEDTHE SECOND LUNAR SUMMIT SERIES FEATURING LOCAL AND NATIONAL EXPERTS, DELIVERING OUR FIRST IN-PERSON EVENT SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND SERVING 200 PARTICIPANTS.LUNAR ALSO DEVELOPED A COMPELLING HR SYSTEM WITH COMPETITIVE BENEFITS TO ATTRACT TOP TALENT. THE LUNAR LEADERSHIP TEAM BEGAN EXECUTING A STRATEGIC AMBITION FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND RAISED CRITICAL CAPITAL FROM NEW DONORS, CORPORATES, AND INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $613,760 · Grants $15,100 · Revenue $155,103

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Regina Blayney

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Davila

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Kjolsing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Reszler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Steer

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETA

    Total calculated
    $123,314
    From this org
    $118,314
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,000
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jade Denson

    DIRECTOR

    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
2022
Filed
11 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302639349300405

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