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ELEVATE FOUNDATION INC

EIN 20-0009589 RAPID CITY, SD

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Revenue 2024
$550,546
Expenses 2024
$160,525

Program services were 98.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S30
Classification
1000
Street
18 E MAIN ST

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

TO FURTHER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN THE AREAS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT ELEVATE THE RAPID CITY ECONOMY FOR ALL.

  • WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING CONSISTS OF OUTREACH AND RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY INCLUDING SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITY POPULATIONS WITH OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATING EMPLOYERS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF HIRING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TYPICALLY LEFT OUT OF THE WORKFORCE, AND RESEARCHING METHODS OF INCREASING EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $78,252 · Grants $78,252

  • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN THE AREAS OF HOUSING, CHILDCARE, AND OTHER ROADBLOCKS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH RESEARCHING THESE TOPICS IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING WHITE PAPERS, REPORTS, AND DASHBOARDS TO EDUCATE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND POPULATION AT LARGE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE COMMUNITY BUILDING BLOCKS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $47,928 · Grants $31,264

  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMMING INCLUDES EDUCATION ABOUT THE VARIETY OF STARTUP SUPPORTS THAT EXIST IN THE ECOSYSTEM AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORATION OF NEW METHODS OF STARTUP SUPPORT.

    Expenses $31,529

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Paulette Davidson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Tom Weaver

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Marne Jones

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Todd Kenner

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Darren Haar

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Alan Solano

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Andy Bartling

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Brad Hearst

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Regan Brilz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Dick Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Erika Batcheller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Greg Loos

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Holly Lien

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Mayor Jason Salamun

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Zane Brink

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Tom Johnson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $396,278
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $357,649
    Other
    $38,629
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $296,749 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $60,900 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,081 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,548 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $396,278 related

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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $550,546
    Expenses
    $160,525
    Contributions
    $550,546
    Grants paid
    $109,516

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2023

Tax period
1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023
Principal officer
Tom Johnson
Mailing address
18 E Main StRapid City SD 57701
Website
www.elevaterapidcity.com

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.