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← HIGHER PURPOSE CO

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HIGHER PURPOSE CO.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,823,132
Total expenses
$2,591,129
Contributions and grants received
$1,822,952
Grants paid
$147,270
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$180
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,289,223
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,951
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,269,272
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,582,302
Management and general expenses
$975,609
Fundraising expenses
$33,218
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,582,302

Program services were 61.1% 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

    $1,822,952

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $180 · related or exempt $180

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $79,020 · program services $79,020

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $68,250 · program services $68,250

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $825,762 · program services $528,488 · management and general $297,274

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $267,584 · program services $171,254 · management and general $96,330

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $110,311 · program services $45,478 · management and general $64,833

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $40,000 · management and general $40,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,060 · management and general $69,060

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $427,162 · program services $307,499 · management and general $99,913 · fundraising $19,750

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $85,738 · program services $29,760 · management and general $52,515 · fundraising $3,463

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,040 · program services $12,628 · management and general $14,412

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,795 · program services $2,113 · management and general $14,682

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $263,973 · program services $168,807 · management and general $94,036 · fundraising $1,130

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,128 · program services $320 · management and general $10,808

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $102,650 · program services $80,384 · management and general $22,266

  • 24b · Other expenses: Office & Storage Rent

    total $54,996 · management and general $54,996

  • 24c · Other expenses: Equipment Rental

    total $37,246 · program services $37,246

  • 24d · Other expenses: Program Event Venue

    total $26,748 · program services $24,948 · fundraising $1,800

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $77,666 · program services $26,107 · management and general $44,484 · fundraising $7,075

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,659,428 · end of year $815,176

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $300,300

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,188 · end of year $14,188

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

    $159,559

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $166,328 · end of year $159,559

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $43,675 · end of year $19,951

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,037,269 · end of year $459,940

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $809,332

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Higher Purpose Co mission is to improve intergenerational economic opportunity across Mississippi by prioritizing Black communities impacted by poverty. Our key programming pillars are Business Ownership, Food Justice, Arts/Culture, Workforce Development, and Public Policy. Utilizing an integrated model of community education, digital storytelling, and participatory grantmaking to create systemic impact.

  • The Hub

    Expenses $405,733

  • HPC General Programs

    Expenses $392,455

  • The Institute - Business Ownership Education & Outreach - providing business workshops, trainings, and summits at no or low cost to entrepreneurs

    Expenses $356,625

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Sondra Collins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Derek Dewayne Hopson Jr

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Temika Simmons

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mara Scott

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jacqueline Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rosie Brown

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pamela Hadley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Timothy E Lampkin

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $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
2023
Filed
14 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402889349302290

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