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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by POP CULTURE CLASSROOM.

Totals

Total revenue
$626,692
Total expenses
$680,857
Contributions and grants received
$595,960
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$25,878
Investment income
$4,854
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$433,716
Total liabilities, end of year
$87,309
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$346,407
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$545,032
Management and general expenses
$83,494
Fundraising expenses
$52,331
Program service expenses (Part III)
$545,032

Program services were 80.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $294,170

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $301,790

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,139

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CURRICULUM

    total $17,407 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EVENT/CONVENTION

    total $8,471 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,854 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $4,854

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $87,132 · program services $65,349 · management and general $17,426 · fundraising $4,357

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $311,873 · program services $247,419 · management and general $32,929 · fundraising $31,525

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,832 · program services $1,519 · management and general $50 · fundraising $263

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $29,815 · program services $23,608 · management and general $3,246 · fundraising $2,961

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,681 · program services $28,020 · management and general $3,859 · fundraising $2,802

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $850 · program services $0 · management and general $850 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,535 · program services $0 · management and general $6,535 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,438 · program services $25,438 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,740 · program services $11,101 · management and general $1,529 · fundraising $1,110

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,216 · program services $17,141 · management and general $2,361 · fundraising $1,714

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,231 · program services $1,803 · management and general $248 · fundraising $180

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,928 · program services $30,643 · management and general $4,221 · fundraising $3,064

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,756 · program services $15,756 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $299 · program services $0 · management and general $299 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,197 · program services $9,854 · management and general $1,357 · fundraising $986

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES - CLASSROOM

    total $13,404 · program services $13,404 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $29,902 · program services $24,159 · management and general $3,327 · fundraising $2,416

  • 24c · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER EXPENSES

    total $1,215 · program services $1,215 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: FEE & LICENSES

    total $985 · program services $795 · management and general $110 · fundraising $80

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $33,828 · program services $27,808 · management and general $5,147 · fundraising $873

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $365,547 · end of year $313,743

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $20,624 · end of year $35,075

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $26,701 · end of year $9,669

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $22,205 · end of year $22,205

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $53,024 · end of year $53,024

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $37,475 · end of year $37,255

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $50,054 · end of year $50,054

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $400,572 · end of year $346,407

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

POP CULTURE CLASSROOM/COMIC BOOK CLASSROOM USES POP CULTURE TO IMPROVE LITERACY, IGNITE CREATIVITY AND CELEBRATE DIVERSITY.

  • PROVIDE CURRICULUM, TEACHING GUIDES, WORKSHOPS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, COMMUNITY EVENTS TO EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS. WITHIN THIS PROGRAM WE HAVE COLORFUL HISTORY COMICS, GAME ON CURRICULUM, STORYTELLING THROUGH COMICS CURRICULUM, POPUP EVENTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING WE PROVIDE TO FAN EXPO DENVER. WE ARE ALWAYS DEVELOPING NEW EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND WILL EVEN CUSTOMIZE WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

    Expenses $545,032 · Revenue $25,878

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Matthew Hess

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $87,132
    From this org
    $78,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,578
    Hours/week
    40

  • Esteban Morin

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kyle Burnett

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashley Wilfred

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Topher Hernley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Fukai

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jess Castellano

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jameka Lewis

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433189349308453

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