Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,845,525

Total expenses

$2,333,781

Contributions and grants received

$2,639,306

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$117,219

Other revenue

$89,000

Total assets, end of year

$2,793,859

Total liabilities, end of year

$191,775

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,602,084

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,998,859

Management and general expenses

$189,604

Fundraising expenses

$145,318

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,998,859

Program services were 85.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• DURING ACHIEVE SATURDAYS, THE ORGANIZATION PAIRS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS, FOSTERING CONNECTIONS THROUGH READING, WRITING AND OTHER ENGAGING ACTIVITIES. THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, REFERRED TO AS "LITTLE BUDDIES" BOND WITH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL MENTORS, OR "BIG BUDDIES," WHICH CAN LEAD TO ACADEMIC GAINS AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. WE CONDUCTED 15 ACHIEVE SATURDAYS ACROSS FOUR ELEMENTARY SITES, BRINGING TOGETHER OVER 1,000 COMMITTED BIG BUDDY VOLUNTEERS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 61 HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS MIAMI. THE ACHIEVE SUMMER PROGRAM OFFERS A SIX-WEEK ACADEMIC PROJECT BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO MORE THAN 495 PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES TARGETED ENRICHMENTS IN ART, STEM, WELLNESS, CULINARY AND MUSIC. SIXTY-SIX HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A MEANINGFUL, PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE THAT NOT ONLY HARNESSED THEIR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL, BUT ALSO IMPARTED ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR HELPING THEM TRANSITION INTO BECOMING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND FURTHER PREPARE THEM FOR COLLEGE. THEY ALSO EARNED COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS FOR LEADING ENRICHMENTS FOR THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, COLLABORATING WITH ADDITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS. ACHIEVE MUSIC DELIVERS AFTER-SCHOOL MUSIC CLASSES TAILORED FOR SECOND THROUGH EIGHT-GRADE STUDENTS AT SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT MIAMI- DADE COUNTY. THE PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OFFERINGS, INCLUDING VOICE, KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION, BAND, MUSIC THEORY, AND LIVE PERFORMANCES. THE PRIMARY GOAL IS FOR STUDENTS TO NURTURE A PASSION AND LOVE FOR MUSIC WHILE BUILDING ESSENTIAL QUALITIES SUCH AS SELF-CONTROL, SELF-CONFIDENCE, ATTENTIVE LISTENING SKILLS, AND VERBAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN OUR MUSIC PROGRAM. ACHIEVE HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDES THE ACHIEVE SCHOLARS PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES OVER 350 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH YEAR-ROUND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS TRAINING, INCLUDING WEEKLY TUTORING TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE ACT TEST, FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION, COLLEGE APPLICATION WORKSHOPS, AND PERSONALIZED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. AFTER COMPLETING THE SCHOLARS PROGRAM, STUDENTS TRANSITION TO THE ALUMNI PROGRAM, RECEIVING ONGOING SUPPORT DURING THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE TO ENSURE THEIR CONTINUED SUCCESS. ACHIEVE HIGH SCHOOL ALSO INCLUDES THE ACHIEVE CLUB, WHICH PROVIDES COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO OVER 1,000 STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12 THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE. IN 2021, THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERED WITH THE MIAMI FOUNDATION TO LAUNCH MIAMI CONNECTED, AN INITIATIVE AIMED AT PROVIDING FREE BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS AND DIGITAL LITERACY TO INDIVIDUALS IN MIAMI LACKING THESE RESOURCES. THIS YEAR WE CONTINUED WORKING WITH 13 ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVED DIGITAL EQUITY GRANTS FROM THE MIAMI FOUNDATION AND ARE PROVIDING DIGITAL LITERACY AND DIGITAL NAVIGATION SERVICES FOR HIGH-NEED POPULATIONS THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE. THE PROGRAM HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED OVER 80,000 FAMILIES, ENSURING BROADER ACCESS TO DIGITAL RESOURCES AND SKILLS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. MIAMI CONNECTED PLANS TO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION THIS FISCAL YEAR TO MIAMI DADE COUNTY TO CONTINUE ITS MISSION AND WORK. THE TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM (TAP) CREATES A CLEAR PATHWAY FOR PROFESSIONALS WITH BACHELOR'S DEGREES AND COLLEGE SENIORS - NOT IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION - TO GRADUATE AND ENTER THE TEACHING PROFESSION. COLLEGE SENIORS AND CAREER CHANGERS TAKE A ONE-SEMESTER UNDERGRADUATE COURSE FOCUSING ON EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS AND TEACHER CERTIFICATION SUPPORT. THE COURSE IS FOLLOWED BY A PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP THROUGH ACHIEVE SUMMER WHERE TAP PARTICIPANTS WILL TEACH BEFORE LANDING A FULL-TIME TEACHING POSITION WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ACHIEVE SERVES AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR TAP.

  Expenses $1,998,859

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

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

25 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202510949349300526

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