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← THE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,965,035
Total expenses
$4,635,701
Contributions and grants received
$4,972,716
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$205,964
Investment income
-$213,645
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,056,004
Total liabilities, end of year
$407,190
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,648,814
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,227,600
Management and general expenses
$408,101
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,227,600

Program services were 91.2% 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)

    $4,972,716

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $205,964 · related or exempt $205,964

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets -$213,645

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$213,645

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$213,645 · related or exempt -$213,645

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,226,690 · program services $1,974,638 · management and general $252,052

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $677,208 · program services $598,397 · management and general $78,811

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,062 · program services $10,062

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $247,434 · program services $243,672 · management and general $3,762

  • 17 · Travel

    total $53,220 · program services $52,121 · management and general $1,099

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,428 · program services $2,428

  • 20 · Interest

    total $884 · management and general $884

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $44,390 · program services $38,494 · management and general $5,896

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $396,399 · program services $396,399

  • 24b · Other expenses: CHILDREN MEALS

    total $151,935 · program services $151,935

  • 24c · Other expenses: BRUNSWICK KITCHEN EXPANSI

    total $131,250 · program services $131,250

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONTRACTUAL

    total $124,440 · program services $124,440

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $569,361 · program services $503,764 · management and general $65,597

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $399,903 · end of year $667,386

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $911,813 · end of year $753,016

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

    $461,202

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $259,677

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,007,355 · end of year $1,013,011

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $836,236 · end of year $622,591

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $96,955 · end of year $123,045

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $370,527 · end of year $114,141

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $116,401

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $162,565 · end of year $170,004

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,408,859 · end of year $2,648,814

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED TO CARRY OUT COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS WHICH ARE GENERALLY FUNDED BY REVENUE FROM AGENCY PROGRAMS AND GRANTS FROM LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. SUCH GRANTS USUALLY REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH PRESCRIBED GRANT CONDITIONS AND OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE FURNISHING OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF CASH OR NONCASH CONTRIBUTIONS.

  • HEAD START DURING THE 2022- 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, 228 CHILDREN WERE PROVIDED HEAD START SERVICES. OF OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT, 10% OF FUNDED ENROLLMENT WERE DIAGNOSED AS CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. HEAD START PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO ALL CHILDREN IN PREPARATION FOR KINDERGARTEN. SERVICES INCLUDE EDUCATION, HEALTH AND NUTRITION, MENTAL HEALTH, DENTAL, AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE ALSO PROVIDED TO MOVE FAMILIES TOWARD SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

    Expenses $2,410,477

  • PARENTS AS TEACHERS - MATERNAL, INFANT & EARLY CHILDHOOD HOME VISITING PROGRAM PROVIDED HOME-VISITING SERVICES TO 60 FAMILIES WITH 30 FAMILIES HAVING HIGH NEEDS; PAT/MIECHV TEACHES PARENTS TO BECOME THEIR CHILDREN'S FIRST TEACHERS. THEY ALSO CONDUCT DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS AND PROVIDE REFERRAL RESOURCES FOR HOUSING, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, ETC. FAMILIES RECEIVE 1 - 2 MONTHLY VISITS AND MORE IN CRISES. SOCIAL CONNECTIONS ARE MADE WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHEN THEY ATTEND MONTHLY GROUP CONNECTIONS THAT TEACH PARENTS AND PROVIDE ACTIVITIES IN A GROUP SETTING.

    Expenses $259,332

  • WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ENROLLED 30 CUSTOMERS. PROVIDED WORKSHOPS TO BUILD SELF-ESTEEM AND JOB SEARCH SKILLS, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND JOB DEVELOPMENT AND PLACEMENT. THIRTY ENROLLEES COMPLETED THE 5-WEEK WORKSHOP SESSION; 29 WERE PLACED IN EMPLOYMENT; 1 WERE ENROLLED IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.

    Expenses $14,817

  • Expenses $1,542,974

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tony Conwell

    BOARD MEMBE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Eliza Drew

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Barbara Harris Drummond

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Laverne Ford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Elizabeth Grizzard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Rhonda Jones-Gilliam

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Charlie Caple Jr

    CHAIRMAN OF

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Carol Mercer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Denise Miller

    BOARD MEMBE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Vicoria Saunders

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Linda Skipper

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Tywanda Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • John Stringfield

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

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
2022
Filed
27 March 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400879349300135

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