Totals
- Total revenue
- $120,856
- Total expenses
- $111,139
- Contributions and grants received
- $120,856
- Grants paid
- $30,249
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $210,460
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $210,460
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $83,254
Program services were 74.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2022
Primary exempt purpose
IN 2013, MATT FORT, ALL PRO RUNNING BACK FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS, ESTABLISHED THE MATT FORT WHATS YOUR FORTE? FOUNDATION AFTER LEARNING THAT 14.7 % OF CHICAGOS HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS WERE INCARCERATED, AND NEARLY 42,000 TEENS DID NOT RECEIVE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS. AS A MEANS TO HELP STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, THE "WHAT'S YOUR FORTE?" FOUNDATION AWARDS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE EXCELLED ACADEMICALLY, DEMONSTRATED STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND HAVE MAINTAINED A HIGH ATTENDANCE RECORD. THE FOUNDATION WAS CREATED TO EMPOWER AT-RISK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS STRIVING TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION BY PROVIDING LIFE-CHANGING RESOURCES. IT IS OUR MISSION TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH MENTORSHIP FOR THESE STUDENTS. ALL WHILE FINDING WHATS YOUR FORTE? FOR EACH STUDENT IN THE PROGRAM. AS A PROUD GRADUATE OF TULANE UNIVERSITY, MATT UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF EDUCATION AND HOW IT CHANGES LIVES FOR THE BETTER. MATT BELIEVES THAT THROUGH AWA
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THE FOUNDATIONS MISSION IS DESIGNED TO UPLIFT, IMPACT AND EMPOWER TODAY'S YOUTH BY ESTABLISHING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, PROVIDING RESOURCES TO FURTHER EDUCATION, AND CREATING MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Expenses $83,254 · Grants $30,249
As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Matt ForteMATT FORTE
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0
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Rev Dr Jimmy DanielsREV DR JIMMY DANIELS
SECRETARY/TR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Gene ForteGENE FORTE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Danielle ForteDANIELLE FORTE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jamia JowersJAMIA JOWERS
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $20,000
- Compensation
- $20,000
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2022
- Filed
- 14 November 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202333189349207443
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