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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MICROGRANTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$779,041
Total expenses
$810,753
Contributions and grants received
$775,954
Grants paid
$187,741
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$587
Other revenue
$2,500
Total assets, end of year
$503,272
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,801
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$477,471
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$567,313
Management and general expenses
$54,978
Fundraising expenses
$188,462
Program service expenses (Part III)
$567,313

Program services were 70.0% 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)

    $83,779

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $692,175

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $587 · excluded $587

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $2,500 · excluded $2,500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $187,741 · program services $187,741

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $29,392 · program services $16,239 · management and general $1,520 · fundraising $11,633

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $290,304 · program services $177,044 · management and general $12,714 · fundraising $100,546

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,938 · program services $23,927 · management and general $4,824 · fundraising $13,187

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,554 · program services $16,656 · management and general $1,291 · fundraising $9,607

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,475 · program services $1,426 · management and general $49

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $78,238 · program services $41,250 · management and general $14,522 · fundraising $22,466

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $33,337 · program services $21,588 · management and general $1,333 · fundraising $10,416

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,484 · program services $10,424 · management and general $60

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,058 · program services $16,484 · management and general $2,670 · fundraising $1,904

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,508 · program services $11,894 · management and general $2,190 · fundraising $6,424

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,656 · program services $10,511 · management and general $401 · fundraising $5,744

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,563 · program services $7,997 · management and general $217 · fundraising $1,349

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,329 · management and general $4,329

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $637 · program services $637

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,994 · management and general $3,994

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT

    total $28,710 · program services $18,660 · management and general $4,864 · fundraising $5,186

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $4,835 · program services $4,835

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $416,087 · end of year $410,771

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $97,637 · end of year $39,147

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $126,385 · end of year $47,249

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,584 · end of year $5,640

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

    $2,699

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

    $2,699

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $637 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,931 · end of year $465

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $115,797 · end of year $16,665

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $8,641

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,281 · end of year $495

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $259,256 · end of year $208,929

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $249,927 · end of year $268,542

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO SPUR ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY BY GIVING STRATEGIC GRANTS TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE OF POTENTIAL THROUGH PARTNER AGENCIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SPUR ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY BY GIVING GRANTS TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE OF POTENTIAL

  • MICROGRANTS PROVIDES TIMELY GRANTS UP TO $1,500 TO PEOPLE OF POTENTIAL SEEKING TO IMPROVE THEIR ECONOMIC STABILITY THROUGH EDUCATION, WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO FILL FUNDING GAPS WHERE TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE UNAVAILABLE, HELPING INDIVIDUALS OVERCOME BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT AND BREAK CYCLES OF POVERTY.GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE IDENTIFIED AND SUPPORTED BY A NETWORK OF PARTNER AGENCIES THAT ASSIST APPLICANTS THROUGHOUT THE GRANT PROCESS AND PROVIDE COACHING AND MENTORSHIP TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. IN 2025, MICROGRANTS DISTRIBUTED 64 GRANTS TOTALING $63,302. OF THOSE SERVED, 82.8% IDENTIFIED AS BIPOC, 100% REPORTED AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE AND 91.7% REPORTED INCREASED INCOME.

    Expenses $131,630 · Grants $187,741

  • LIGHTS ON! IS AN AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM THAT REPLACES EQUIPMENT VIOLATION TICKETS WITH REPAIR VOUCHERS, HELPING LOW-INCOME DRIVERS ADDRESS SAFETY-RELATED VEHICLE REPAIRS WITHOUT INCURRING FINES AND FEES THEY CANNOT AFFORD. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL REPAIR SHOPS, THE PROGRAM IMPROVES PUBLIC SAFETY BY KEEPING SAFE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WHILE FOSTERING POSITIVE COMMUNITY-POLICE RELATIONSHIPS.IN 2025, LIGHTS ON! FUNDED $118,790 IN REPAIRS VIA 100+ LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAM EXPANDED ITS SIDEWALKS AND STREETS INITIATIVE, A COMMUNITY-BASED MODEL THAT DISTRIBUTES REPAIR VOUCHERS THROUGH BLOCK PARTY-STYLE EVENTS WITHOUT REQUIRING A TRAFFIC STOP. SIDEWALKS AND STREETS HOSTED 6 EVENTS AND THAT DISTRIBUTED 175 VOUCHERS AND GAVE WAY 90 BIKES, SCOOTERS AND HELMETS, AND PROVIDED 348 MEALS. ONE IN FOUR VOUCHER RECIPIENTS REPORTED THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD THE REPAIR WITHOUT THE VOUCHER, DEMONSTRATING THE PROGRAM'S IMPACT IN REDUCING FINANCIAL BARRIERS AND SUPPORTING PATHWAYS TOWARD GREATER ECONOMIC STABILITY.

    Expenses $435,683

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Clarence D Castile

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Billy Edwards

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alicia Gibson

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Don Samuels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Tate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Siegler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Muteeat A Lawal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John A Kindseth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan R Wood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryan Tyner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Bennett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Harrington

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $29,391
    From this org
    $29,391
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
23 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632109349300803

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