PROPEL EDUCATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

J20

Classification

2000

Street

1914 4TH AVE N STE 200

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

• K-12 EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT: TEACHER FELLOWS PROGRAM: SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS AND ADMINISTRATORS PARTNER WITH ED FARM TO IDENTIFY EDUCATORS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING. THESE EDUCATORS FORM AN ANNUAL COHORT KNOWN AS "TEACHER FELLOWSED FARM EQUIPS THEM WITH INNOVATIVE RESOURCES AND TEACHING STRATEGIES THAT SUPPORT ACTIVE LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS. TEACHER FELLOWS ALSO COLLABORATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR OTHER TEACHERS IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS. STUDENT FELLOWS PROGRAM: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN YEAR-LONG, CHALLENGE-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES DESIGNED TO SOLVE REAL COMMUNITY PROBLEMS. AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH EXPERIENCE, COMMUNITY LEADERS IDENTIFY A CHALLENGE AND INVITE STUDENT FELLOWS TO SOLVE IT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. STUDENTS WORK TOGETHER TO INVESTIGATE THE CHALLENGE, BUILD DIGITAL SKILLS AND CREATE ACTIONABLE SOLUTIONS. STUDENT FELLOWS PRESENT THEIR SOLUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SPACES: TRANSFORM TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS INTO TECHNOLOGICAL HUBS FOR THE EDUCATION AND EXPLORATION OF K-12 STUDENTS.

  Expenses $3,637,296 · Revenue $1,227,499

• COMMUNITY DIGITAL SKILLS GRANTS: FUNDS 'KIDS CODING'BIRMINGHAM CAN CODE' PROGRAMS WHICH ENCOURAGE, INSPIRE AND IGNITE CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO DISCOVER AND EXPLORE TECHNOLOGY, LEARN TO CODE AND PURSUE STEM CAREERS. GRANTS SERVE TO HELP ED FARM ACHIEVE ITS GOALS OF EXPANDING THE REGION'S TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM. PATHWAYS: FREE COURSES FOR ADULT LEARNERS THAT TEACHES DIGITAL SKILLS, APP CODING, EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AND POST-SECONDARY CREDENTIAL ATTAINMENT.

  Expenses $152,694 · Grants $4,378 · Revenue $763,791

• PROPEL: PROPEL CENTER PROVIDES HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCU) WITH SHARED SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK OF PREPARING LEADERS WHO IMPROVE OUR WORLD. VIA DIGITAL LEARNING TOOLS, STUDENTS FROM HBCUS WILL CONNECT WITH THE BRIGHTEST MINDS IN THE WORLD, BE GIVEN GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES AND DEVELOP INTO CIVIC-MINDED LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS. A PHSYICAL CAMPUS IS IN THE PLANNING PHASES TO HELP CONTINUE THE CENTER'S MISSION.

  Expenses $6,235,333 · Grants $108,698

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.

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

  $8,533,384

  Expenses

  $12,948,086

  Contributions

  $6,288,188

  Grants paid

  $113,076

• 2023

  Revenue

  $11,398,307

  Expenses

  $14,820,452

  Contributions

  $9,827,765

  Grants paid

  $449,020

• 2022

  Revenue

  $731,270

  Expenses

  $8,815,698

  Contributions

  $179,994

  Grants paid

  $925,843

• 2022

  Revenue

  $12,655,421

  Expenses

  $17,868,201

  Contributions

  $11,585,808

  Grants paid

  $1,457,077

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

  $28,965,281

  Expenses

  $11,271,210

  Assets (EOY)

  $26,385,584

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $43,965,281

  Expenses

  $11,678,574

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,135,810

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,199,770

  Expenses

  $2,166,571

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,996,826

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,169,724

  Expenses

  $355,233

  Assets (EOY)

  $837,888

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 2018

Tax period

1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018

Principal officer

Show names as filed Christina SmithCHRISTINA SMITH

Mailing address

1500 FIRST AVENUE NORTH UNIT 42BIRMINGHAM AL 35203

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

• THE CHEYNEY FOUNDATION

  $200,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

  $200,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• HARRIS-STOWE FOUNDATION INC

  $200,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• THE MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE INC

  $200,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHORE INC

  $200,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM

  $65,000

  2022 · ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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