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← URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,872,276
Total expenses
$5,672,128
Contributions and grants received
$4,410,960
Grants paid
$195,741
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$674,040
Other revenue
$787,276
Total assets, end of year
$31,458,725
Total liabilities, end of year
$14,855,092
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,603,633
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,716,912
Management and general expenses
$886,976
Fundraising expenses
$68,240
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,716,912

Program services were 83.2% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $379,969

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $146,250

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,505,114

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $379,627

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $681,612 · excluded $681,612

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,175,879

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $376,430

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $799,449

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $799,449 · unrelated business -$1,617 · excluded $801,066

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $772,025

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $779,597

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$7,572

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$7,572 · excluded -$7,572

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $55,600

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $146,250

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $85,069

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$29,469 · excluded -$29,469

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $17,296 · excluded $17,296

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $17,296

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $150,000 · program services $150,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $45,741 · program services $45,741

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $556,150 · program services $375,584 · management and general $164,208 · fundraising $16,358

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,280,819 · program services $836,681 · management and general $401,202 · fundraising $42,936

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,421 · program services $8,949 · management and general $7,340 · fundraising $132

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $289,297 · program services $165,807 · management and general $121,299 · fundraising $2,191

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $144,969 · program services $106,789 · management and general $34,084 · fundraising $4,096

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $131,333 · program services $114,806 · management and general $16,527

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,536 · program services $6,536

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $85,425 · program services $85,425

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $786,702 · program services $779,500 · management and general $7,202

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $243,693 · program services $190,578 · management and general $50,588 · fundraising $2,527

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $711,498 · program services $646,138 · management and general $65,360

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,154 · program services $9,154

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $70,940 · program services $70,940

  • 20 · Interest

    total $665,758 · program services $655,332 · management and general $10,426

  • 24a · Other expenses: ASSITANCE TO INDIVIDUAL

    total $460,278 · program services $460,278

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,740 · management and general $8,740

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,674 · program services $8,674

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,833,813 · end of year $2,090,396

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $16,071 · end of year $525,341

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,272,839 · end of year $1,354,613

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $855,734 · end of year $452,302

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $16,311,275 · end of year $16,331,006

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,879 · end of year $31,750

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

    $3,258,183

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

    $1,278,558

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,966,326 · end of year $1,979,625

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,956,308 · end of year $8,103,176

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $72,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $407,664 · end of year $518,516

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $115,971 · end of year $117,855

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $452,035 · end of year $18,500

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $43,607 · end of year $54,587

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $14,756,857 · end of year $14,386,211

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $179,481 · end of year $277,939

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,375,024 · end of year $17,936,479

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,283,066 · end of year -$1,332,846

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON IS TO ENSURE THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE EDUCATED, EMPLOYED AND EMPOWERED TO LIVE WELL, ADVANCE PROFESSIONALLY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMON GOOD IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

  • SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT: THE URBAN LEAGUE BLACK BUSINESS HUB & BLACK BUSINESS HUB ACCELERATOR PROGRAM (THE HUB) OPENED ITS NEW FACILITY AND SCALED UP OPERATIONS SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2024. THE HUB IS A TRANSFORMATIVE SPACE AND ECOSYSTEM DESIGNED TO INCUBATE, ACCELERATE, AND NETWORK SMALL BUSINESSES AND EMERGING ENTREPRENEURS AND SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY. THE HUB SPANS 80,000SQUARE FEET AND OFFERS A DYNAMIC MIX OF RETAIL STOREFRONTS, CO-WORKING SPACES, OFFICES, A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, AND EDUCATION SPACES WITH MANY OF THE SPACES RENTED AT BELOW-MARKET RATES TO EMERGING BUSINESSES. MORE THAN A BUILDING, IT IS A PLACE-BASED ECOSYSTEM THAT PROVIDES TRAINING, COACHING, OTHER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ACCESS TO CAPITAL, MENTORSHIP, AND COMMUNITY NETWORKING. THE HUB HOSTED OVER 600 MEETINGS, CLASSES, NETWORKING EVENTS, FORUMS, POP-UP MARKETS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. WE PROVIDED TRAINING, COACHING, MENTORING, OTHER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND/OR ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR 200 UNDERSERVED SMALL BUSINESSES AND ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS. WE OPENED THE HUB ENTREPRENEURSHIP CO-WORKING CENTER WHICH PROVIDED DEEPLY DISCOUNTED OFFICES, CUBICLES, AND FLEX MEMBERSHIPS TO 21 EMERGING BUSINESSES. THE HUB OPERATED POP-UP MARKETS TWICE WEEKLY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER WITH 20 DIFFERENT VENDORS PARTICIPATING AND ABLE TO SELL THEIR GOODS AND SERVICES. WE BEGAN THE BUILDOUT OF 5 NEW SPACES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES GEARING UP TO LAUNCH OR EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS INCLUDING A BARBERSHOP, PODCASTER, COFFEE SHOP, AND OTHERS. WE OPENED UP THE OPERATION OF THE HUB ENTREPRENEURSHIP KITCHEN WITH 3 EMERGING FOOD BUSINESSES AS OUR PILOT GROUP OF TESTERS FOR THE SPACE. WE DISTRIBUTED $518,561.22 IN GRANTS TO 21 EMERGING BUSINESSES BRINGING OUR GRANT AND LOAN TOTAL TO ALMOST $1.2 MILLION SINCE 2022.

    Expenses $2,292,979 · Grants $150,000

  • LEARN - OUR EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK IS COMPRISED OF PROGRAMS, ADVOCACY, PARTNERSHIPS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT CHILDREN IN GREATER MADISON SECURE THE EDUCATION NECESSARY TO THRIVE IN A TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY DEFINED BY CREATIVITY, SERVICE, AND INNOVATION. THE PROGRAMMATIC COMPONENT OF OUR FRAMEWORK INCLUDES INITIATIVES THAT ENHANCE AND SUPPORT STUDENTS' CORE LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN THE CLASSROOM. IN PARTICULAR, THESE INITIATIVES FOCUS ON SERVING SECONDARY SCHOOL AGE YOUTH THROUGH OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME LEARNING AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, ACADEMIC TUTORING/COACHING PROGRAMS, CAREER AND COLLEGE EXPLORATION PROGRAMS, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS. OUR 2024 PROGRAMS INCLUDED: THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMIC TUTORING PROGRAM (772 YOUTH SERVED); THE 21ST CENTURY CAREERS COLLEGE, CAREER, AND EMPLOYMENT READINESS PROGRAM (188 YOUTH SERVED); THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY YOUTH EVENTS (297 YOUTH SERVED); STEAM CAMP - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, MATH SUMMER CAMP (30 YOUTH SERVED); MY BROTHER'S KEEPER SPRING BREAK GAMING & CODING DAY (50 YOUTH).

    Expenses $974,488 · Grants $45,741

  • WORK - OUR CURRENT ARRAY OF ADULT CAREER PATHWAY TRAINING AND COACHING SERVICES INCLUDES INDIVIDUALIZED EMPLOYMENT PLANNING AND CAREER ADVISING; INDIVIDUALIZED FOUNDATIONAL JOB PREPARATION TRAINING; SHORT-TERM, EMPLOYER-FOCUSED, CAREER-PATHWAY TRAINING ACADEMIES IN HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, HEALTHCARE, CONSTRUCTION TRADES, BIOTECHNOLOGY, K-12 EDUCATION, FINANCE AND BANKING, AND OTHER INDUSTRIES AS NEEDED; SPECIAL SUPPORT AND FATHERHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING FOR NON-CUSTODIAL FATHERS; INDIVIDUALIZED AND GROUP JOB SEARCH AND JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE: JOB RETENTION AND ADVANCEMENT COACHING AND CASE MANAGEMENT; ENGAGEMENT OF EMPLOYERS THROUGH BOTH A LOCAL AND NATIONAL NETWORK; FEATURED EMPLOYER SEMINARS; AND LEADERSHIP ON REGION-WIDE WORKFORCE DIVERSITY INITIATIVES. IN 2024, 409 ADULT JOB SEEKERS RECEIVED CAREER COUNSELING, JOB TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, JOB COACHING, AND/OR JOB RETENTION SERVICES. AT LEAST 139 UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS WERE PLACED INTO NEW OR BETTER JOBS, 92% WERE PLACED IN JOBS EARNING $15 OR MORE PER HOUR AND 66% WERE PLACED IN JOBS PAYING $18 OR MORE PER HOUR, 78% INCREASED THEIR HOURLY WAGES BY 20% OR MORE, AND 40% OF THOSE WHO DID NOT PREVIOUSLY HAVE A JOB WITH HEALTHCARE BENEFITS SECURED A JOB WITH BENEFITS. AN ADDITIONAL 131 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN MY BROTHER'S KEEPER PROGRAMMING INCLUDING FREE LEGAL CLINICS TO HELP WITH ARREST AND CONVECTION RECORD EXPUNGEMENTS, PARDONS, AND CHILD SUPPORT ISSUES.

    Expenses $943,037

  • FINANCIAL EDUCATION & HOMEOWNERSHIP: OUR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND WEALTH BUILDING PROGRAMS ENCOMPASS TWO KEY AREAS OF PROGRAMMING: FINANCIAL LITERACY AND HOMEBUYER EDUCATION AND SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING. ULGM PROVIDED HUD-CERTIFIED GROUP AND ONE-ON-ONE FINANCIAL LITERACY, PRE-PURCHASE HOMEBUYER EDUCATION, AND POST-PURCHASE HOMEOWNER EDUCATION TO 134 LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS. THE URBAN LEAGUE ALSO ACQUIRED, RENOVATED, AND RE-SOLD 16 SINGLE FAMILIES HOMES TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS. ULGM IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING AT LEAST 7 YEARS OF TRAINING AND COACHING TO HELP THESE NEW HOMEOWNERS BE SUCCESSFUL.

    Expenses $506,408

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • FRANK BYRNE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HABEN GOITOM

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE TERVALON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES GRAHAM

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LADONNA REED

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETH CURLEY-PRESTINE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • ANTHONY HUDSON JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK GRIFFIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GLORIA LADSON-BILLINGS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • DAN O'CALLAGHAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FREDERIC RANSOM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DERRICK SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CARRIE TEMPLETON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NOBLE WRAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUBEN L ANTHONY JR

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $263,184
    From this org
    $251,562
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,622
    Hours/week
    40 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,166
    Bonus
    $55,000
    Other
    $22,396
    Deferred
    $7,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,072
    Filer's total
    $263,184

  • EDWARD LEE

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $166,455
    From this org
    $159,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,053
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,603
    Bonus
    $25,541
    Other
    $258
    Deferred
    $4,804
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,249
    Filer's total
    $166,455

  • JIM HORN

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $126,511
    From this org
    $111,686
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,825
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

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

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
457(F) PLAN - ER CONTRIBUTIONS, RUBEN ANTHONY, JR., $55,000

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • UMOJA MAGAZINE - MADISON INC

    501(C)(3) · COMMUNICATE POSITIVE NEWS HAPPENING IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY · WI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON

  • ULGM COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP

    501(C)(3) · PROMOTE PROGRAMS AND MISSION OF URBAN LEAGE OF GREATER MADISON, INC. · WI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON

  • ULGM REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS INC

    501(C)(2) · HOLD TITLE TO PROPERTY. COLLECTS AND PAYS INCOME · WI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • ULGMCED LLC

    HOLD TITLE TO PROPERTY · WI · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349314846

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