Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,540,912

Total expenses

$985,838

Contributions and grants received

$1,540,830

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$82

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$4,262,941

Total liabilities, end of year

$472,436

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,790,505

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$626,892

Management and general expenses

$358,946

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$626,892

Program services were 63.6% 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

• PUBLIC ADVOCATE FELLOWSHIP PROVIDES 100 PARENTS ANNUALLY FROM ALL OVER THE CITY WITH THE EDUCATION AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO BECOME ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT EDUCATION IN MEMPHIS. THE COURSE IS 10 WEEKS LONG WITH A CURRICULUM THAT BECOMES MORE COMPELLING AND COMPREHENSIVE WITH EACH COHORT.

  Expenses $211,343

• THE SURGE TEAM IS THE MEMPHIS LIFT'S TEAM OF PARENT ORGANIZERS. THE SURGE TEAM DEVOTES THEMSELVES TO MEETING AND EDUCATING PARENTS WHERE THEY ARE-AT THEIR DOORS, AT A SCHOOL PICK UP LINE OR AT CHURCH-AND BUILDS THAT INITIAL CONVERSATION INTO A RELATIONSHIP THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED TO MAKE THE VOICE OF PARENTS EVEN GREATER IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MEMPHIS SCHOOLS. FROM CANVASSING TO HOSTING SPEAKER SERIES TO RALLYING PARENTS ON QUICK TURNAROUNDS TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN AT THE LEGISLATURE IN NASHVILLE, THE SURGE TEAM IS CONSTANTLY IN THE ORGANIZING BUSINESS.

  Expenses $271,768

• CHOICE COUNSELING HELPS BUILD AWARENESS IN PRIORITY SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT PARENTS HAVE EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS AND PROVIDES PARENTS WITH THE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION THEY NEED TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLEX EDUCATION SYSTEM AND MAKE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL CHOICE FOR THEIR CHILD. IN ADDITION TO OFFERING RESOURCES AND EDUCATION, CHOICE COUNSELING OFFERS THE MUCH NEEDED SOUNDING BOARD TO MANY PARENTS.

  Expenses $69,948

• SPECIAL EDUCATION - THE MEMPHIS LIFT SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (SPED) TEAM IS HERE TO HELP FAMILIES WHEN SCHOOLS OFTEN DON'T MEET THE INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE A CLEARLY DEFINED INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN (IEP) OR 504. PARENTS GET FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY AND HAVE UNPRODUCTIVE MEETINGS WITH PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF. WE TEACH, SUPPORT AND GUIDE PARENTS TO SHOW THEM HOW TO MOVE FROM EMOTION TO ADVOCACY SO YOUR CHILD CAN SUCCEED. SPED HELPS ANY PARENT WHO BELIEVES THEIR CHILD MAY NEED TO BE TESTED FOR SERVICES, HAS A CHILD WHO ALREADY CARRIES A DOCUMENT (IEP OR 504), AND/OR SUPPORTS A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

  Expenses $73,833

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202443209349317309

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