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← COLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,525,823
Total expenses
$14,994,210
Contributions and grants received
$13,699,377
Grants paid
$1,769,201
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,630,755
Management and general expenses
$3,210,709
Fundraising expenses
$1,152,746
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,630,755

Program services were 70.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • BETH MURPHY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BRANDON NELSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DARREN SHEPPARD

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GIAVONNI LUCAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • HUSSEIN AWADA

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIM NEGRON

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KENDALL WHITE

    CULYP PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MELISSA BLOUNT-GARNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MELISSA STIMAC

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MONICA OLIVERIO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NICHOLE BARNES MARSHALL

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEPHANIE SHAW

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TRISTAN HALL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • VIREN PATEL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WILLIAM JEFFERSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LARRY WALKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEPHANIE HIGHTOWER

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $413,356
    From this org
    $401,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,356
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $326,000
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,356
    Filer's total
    $413,356
  • KESHA GARRETT

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $204,537
    From this org
    $182,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,245
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,292
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,245
    Filer's total
    $204,537
  • CHRISTINA BOULDING

    VP OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $147,022
    From this org
    $134,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,047
    Hours/week
    40
  • MARIO HALL

    DIRECTOR OF GRANTS COMPLIANCE

    Total calculated
    $132,704
    From this org
    $131,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,662
    Hours/week
    40
  • LORENZO BRENT

    AVP OF FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT SERV

    Total calculated
    $131,368
    From this org
    $119,281
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,087
    Hours/week
    40
  • TAWANNA WILLIAMS

    AVP REGIONAL CAMPUS

    Total calculated
    $151,014
    From this org
    $131,322
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,692
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,042
    Bonus
    $15,280
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,692
    Filer's total
    $151,014

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 — 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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ANNUALLY REVIEWS THE PERFORMANCE AND SETS THE SALARY OF THE CEO. THIS PROCESS INCLUDES REVIEWING DATA FROM NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE AND OTHER SALARY COMPARABILITY DATA TO ACCESS A REASONABLE SALARY. ADDITIONALLY, EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL COMPLETE A PERFORMANCE REVIEW FORM AND SUBMIT THEIR RESULTS TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW ALL PERFORMANCE REVIEW FORMS.
PART I, LINE 7
STEPHANIE HIGHTOWER RECEIVED A BONUS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000. CHRISTINA BOULDING RECEIVED A BONUS IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,500.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620979349300232

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