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← LAUNCH MICHIGAN

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAUNCH MICHIGAN.

Totals

Total revenue
$550,067
Total expenses
$501,446
Contributions and grants received
$550,067
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$105,421
Total liabilities, end of year
$56,800
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$48,621
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$272,460
Management and general expenses
$169,108
Fundraising expenses
$59,878
Program service expenses (Part III)
$272,460

Program services were 54.3% 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

    $550,067

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,303 · management and general $1,303

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $35,000 · fundraising $35,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $378,922 · program services $246,508 · management and general $107,536 · fundraising $24,878

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,000 · management and general $48,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,452 · program services $7,452

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $12,500 · program services $12,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES

    total $12,000 · program services $6,000 · management and general $6,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $3,939 · management and general $3,939

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT EXPENSE

    total $2,330 · management and general $2,330

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $105,421

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $56,800

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $48,621

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LAUNCH MICHIGAN IS A CROSS-PARTISAN, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT INCLUDES EDUCATION, BUSINESS, LABOR AND PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS WORKING TOGETHER TO REIMAGINE MICHIGAN'S SYSTEM OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO PREPARE EVERY CHILD FOR SUCCESS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

  • LAUNCH MICHIGAN IS GUIDED BY OUR FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSFORMATION. IT IS A ROADMAP FOR REINVENTING MICHIGAN'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM. THE LAUNCH MICHIGAN FRAMEWORK INCLUDES THREE KEY PILLARS: 1.) REINVENTION: CREATE A TOP-PERFORMING EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR MICHIGAN AND WILL UNLOCK A COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARD IN A WAY THAT REVOLUTIONIZES EDUCATION IN MICHIGAN AND PROVIDES INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS. 2.) RESPONSIBILITY: A REALIGNED AND REDEFINED SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY TO REDESIGN AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT PROMOTES TRANSPARENCY AND ALIGNS OUR STATE'S GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE MORE COHESIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY AND HAS ALL STUDENTS IN MIND. AND 3.) RESOURCES: INCREASED INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WILL INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS IN A WAY THAT ADDRESSES THEIR EVERY NEED, AT EVERY LEVEL, SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THEIR FUTURE AND FOR THE FUTURE OF MICHIGAN'S ECONOMY.

    Expenses $272,460

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Venessa Kessler

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $61,257
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,257
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bill Parfet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronald E Hall Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen McPhee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Nikolai Vitti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Bernstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerry Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kylee Mitchell Wells

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee Graham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tina Kerr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Donofrio

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chandra Madafferi

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Calley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Punita Dani Thurman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Gardner

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433179349306063

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