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P U R E YOUTH ATHLETICS ALLIANCE

EIN 45-5226345 MEMPHIS, TN

Revenue 2024
$4,202,851
Expenses 2024
$2,898,196

Program services were 72.7% 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
4847 AMEY RD

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

OUR MISSION, AS AN ACCREDITED CATEGORY 1 PRIVATE 365-DAY BOARDING HIGH SCHOOL FOR UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOOD YOUNG MEN, IS TO DEVELOP THESE STUDENTS INTO COMMUNITY-MINDED PRODUCTIVE LEADERS BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION IN A SUPPORTIVE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT. STUDENTS VOLUNTARILY ENROLL WITH FAMILY APPROVAL, GAINING ACCESS TO AN UNPARALLELED STRUCTURE DESIGNED TO BREAK CYCLES OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY AND UNDERACHIEVEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO DEVELOP UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOOD YOUNG MEN INTO COMMUNITY MINDED, PRODUCTIVE LEADERS BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION IN A SUPPORTIVE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT

  • ACADEMIC & RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM- OUR KEY ADVANTAGE IS OUR ABILITY TO STRUCTURE 70% OF A STUDENT'S ANNUAL TIME UNDER ADULT SUPERVISION THEREBY CREATING AN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT ACCELERATES ACADEMIC GROWTH, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND LIFE READINESS. MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ENTER HIGH SCHOOL TESTING SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW GRADE LEVEL. WE BRIDGE THIS GAP THROUGH A SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES AN AGRISTEM CURRICULUM, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE), CREDIT RECOVERY AND DUAL ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES. OUR EXTENDED AFTER SCHOOL SCHEDULE ALLOWS FOR MANDATORY INDIVIDUALIZED TUTORING, TRAUMA COUNSELING, ATHLETIC AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, CONSISTENT NUTRITION AND SLEEP ROUTINES, AND SUMMER COLLEGE TOURS. TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS CANNOT EFFECTIVELY DELIVER MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS : NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED: 50

    Expenses $2,107,608 · Revenue $154,639

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.

  • JOHN GOLWEN

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • TIANA WOODEN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SHANNON BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEMP CONRAD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GERRE GURRIE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHIE FLETCHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HARVEY KAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM LAWRENCE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • URSULA MADDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATE SMITH MALLORY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICK SALA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GLEN SESSOMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TONY WALKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEREMY BLACK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHUCK BOLTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JERE BOWDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELVIN COLE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,396
    From this org
    $113,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,063
    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
    $4,202,851
    Expenses
    $2,898,196
    Contributions
    $3,913,076
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,342,277
    Expenses
    $1,250,619
    Contributions
    $1,297,778
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,148,299
    Expenses
    $947,348
    Contributions
    $2,072,626
    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
    $920,768
    Expenses
    $586,948
    Assets (EOY)
    $603,065

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $352,162
    Expenses
    $371,848
    Assets (EOY)
    $161,934

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $352,162
    Expenses
    $385,701
    Assets (EOY)
    $148,081

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $180,343
    Expenses
    $300,322
    Assets (EOY)
    $171,047

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $236,465
    Expenses
    $180,747
    Assets (EOY)
    $156,204

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Melvin Cole
Mailing address
5286 Gemstone WayMemphis TN 38109
Website
pureyouth.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.