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FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER

EIN 20-2610539 AKRON, OH

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Revenue 2024
$605,045
Expenses 2024
$583,752

Program services were 83.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
1000
Street
943 KENMORE BLVD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CREATED TO CONNECT STUDENTS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TO CHRIST AND THE CHURCH, THROUGH REAL, LOVING, NON-THREATENING AVENUES. THE MAJOR SOURCE OF REVENUE INCLUDES LOCAL GRANTS, FOUNDATION REVENUE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONNECT STUDENTS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TO CHRIST AND THE CHURCH

  • FIRST GLANCE'S RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE REC NIGHT AND SKATE NIGHT. THESE PROGRAMS GIVE STUDENTS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HANG OUT WITH BOTH THEIR FRIENDS AND ADULT MENTORS. AVERAGING 100 STUDENTS EACH WEEK AGES 12-19, REC NIGHT GIVES STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH FRIENDS AND MENTORS THROUGH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BASKETBALL, DODGEBALL, DANCING, VIDEO GAMES, AND MORE. SKATE NIGHT GIVES STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO SKATE AND HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS AND MENTORS. BEING THE ONLY INDOOR SKATE PARK IN THE AREA, SKATE NIGHT HAS THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN SKATERS SPECIFICALLY, AND GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE NEW TRICKS, REPAIR SKATE EQUIPMENT, AND BUILD RAMPS ALONGSIDE VOLUNTEER MENTORS. THE PROGRAM AVERAGES 20 STUDENTS EACH WEEK AND IS OPEN SEASONALLY OCTOBER THROUGH APRIL.

    Expenses $121,149

  • THE CONNECT IS A PROGRAM OF FIRST GLANCE WHICH INSTRUCTS YOUNG MOTHERS IN BASIC LIFE AND PARENTING SKILLS SUCH AS FINANCES, COOKING, AND PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN. THOUGH BEGINNING SPECIFICALLY FOR TEEN MOTHERS, THE PROGRAM ALSO MINISTERS TO YOUNG ADULT MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. TINY GLANCERS, A SUBSECTION OF THE PROGRAM, IS OFFERED TO THE CHILDREN OF THE MOMS. THROUGH THE PROGRAM, THE CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT THE ALPHABET, BASIC MATH, SOCIAL SKILLS, AND ART. BOTH THE CONNECT AND TINY GLANCERS PROGRAMS AVERAGE 10 STUDENTS EACH WEEK.

    Expenses $80,928

  • MENTORING IS A PRIMARY FOCUS OF EACH OF FIRST GLANCE'S PROGRAMS. THE STUDENT LEADER PROGRAM (AVERAGING 10 STUDENTS) IS A CO-ED PROGRAM THAT SPECIFICALLY DEALS WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE SEEKING TO BE LEADERS AND ROLE MODELS AMONG THEIR PEERS OR WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THOSE WITH THAT POTENTIAL. LADIES' NIGHT OUT (AVERAGING 25 STUDENTS WEEKLY) PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TO DEAL WITH THE VERY REAL RELATIONSHIP STRUGGLES THAT ACCOMPANY THEIR AGE. MAN UP (AVERAGING 20 STUDENTS WEEKLY) FOCUSES ON ENCOURAGING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TO BECOME MEN OF CHARACTER. YOUNG ADULTS (AVERAGING 15 STUDENTS) IS FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO EXCEED THE AGE LIMIT OF OTHER PROGRAMS. ALMOST LEADERS IS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO TRANSITION FORMER STUDENTS INTO THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEER MENTOR, ALLOWING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND PAIRS SEASONED LEADERS WITH EACH PARTICIPANT. HIP HOP NIGHT (AVERAGING 5 STUDENTS) PAIRS ADULT MENTORS WITH YOUTH WHO SHARE AN INTEREST IN CREATING MUSIC BEATS AND WRITING LYRICS TO SONGS. LAUNCH KENMORE (AVERAGING 30 STUDENTS EACH DAY) IS AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT MEETS IN A LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND OFFERS BOTH INTENTIONAL BIBLE TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

    Expenses $282,520 · Revenue $15,572

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Michelle Highsmith

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tami Valvo

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Courtney Yanda

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Noelle Beck

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Todd Brahler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mapi Byler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Casey Hughes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shawn Wetsel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ben White

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Husted

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shana Sgro

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andre Thornton Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessica Swiger

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kasey Parmalee

    BUSINESS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $60,000
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $605,045
    Expenses
    $583,752
    Contributions
    $573,138
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $536,096
    Expenses
    $546,119
    Contributions
    $322,942
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $660,531
    Expenses
    $456,801
    Contributions
    $491,641
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $541,129
    Expenses
    $424,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $811,984

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $487,594
    Expenses
    $391,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $748,403

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $481,333
    Expenses
    $434,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $596,601

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $432,958
    Expenses
    $450,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $557,625

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $526,665
    Expenses
    $440,632
    Assets (EOY)
    $584,961

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $409,952
    Expenses
    $439,768
    Assets (EOY)
    $565,649

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $449,097
    Expenses
    $430,771
    Assets (EOY)
    $594,889

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $419,529
    Expenses
    $365,508
    Assets (EOY)
    $668,715

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.