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ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS

EIN 38-2766412 DETROIT, MI

Revenue 2024
$9,370,554
Expenses 2024
$9,720,846

Program services were 76.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L410
Classification
1000
Street
903 WEST GRAND BOULEVARD

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

ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS HELPS HOMELESS AND HIGH-RISK YOUTH AVOID VIOLENCE, TEEN PREGNANCY, AND EXPLOITATION, AND HELPS THEM TO EXPLORE AND ACCESS THE SUPPORT, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES NECESSARY TO BE SAFE, TO GROW STRONG, AND TO MAKE POSITIVE CHOICES IN THEIR LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO HELP HOMELESS AND HIGH-RISK YOUTH (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIOANL INFORMATION) AVOID VIOLENCE, TEEN PREGNANCY, AND EXPLOITATION, AND TO HELP THEM TO EXPLORE AND ACCESS THE SUPPORT, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES NECESSARY TO BE SAFE, GROW STRONG, AND MAKE POSITIVE CHOICES.

  • SHELTER/TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM:1) THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM SERVED 107 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING 22 MINORS. 2) 34 YOUTH WERE PREGNANT AND/OR PARENTING AT INTAKE. IN ADDITION TO THE PREGNANT AND PARENTING MOTHERS, 29 OF THEIR INFANTS/TODDLERS LIVED WITH THEM. 3) 5,740 NIGHTS OF CARE AND 18,624 MEALS WERE PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN. 4) PARTICIPANTS WERE PROVIDED COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT, LIFE SKILLS, AND PARENTING GROUPS. 5) RESIDENTS PARTICIPATED IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GROUPS, INCLUDING EDUCATION ABOUT A VARIETY OF POSSIBLE CAREERS AND FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY DAYS ACROSS THE STATE. 51 PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS GAINED EMPLOYMENT, AND 37 PERCENT WERE ENROLLED IN SCHOOL WHILE IN THE TIL.

    Expenses $1,463,351 · Grants $46,598 · Revenue $41,475

  • OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM:1) 885 PARTICIPANTS DIRECTLY SERVED ACROSS REGULAR PROGRAMMING.2) 399 INDIVIDUALS WERE SEEN IN THE CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER. 3) 172 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED THROUGH STREET OUTREACH. 4) 323 PARTICIPANTS WERE ENROLLED AND ACTIVE IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HUB; ALL RECEIVED CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, WHILE 75 PERCENT ACHIEVED EMPLOYMENT AND 16 PERCENT ENROLLED IN VOCATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. 57 EMPLOYER AND TRAINING PARTNERSHIPS.

    Expenses $2,532,758 · Grants $46,598

  • COMMUNITY-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAM: 1) 62 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN AFTER-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS, MENTORING, AND THE SUMMER PROGRAM. 2) 569 YOUTH WERE SEEN AT LEAST ONCE DURING YOUTH STREET OUTREACH. 41 OF THESE YOUTH RECEIVED ONGOING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. 3) 220 YOUTH WERE SERVED IN THE PREGNANCY PREVENTION "GIRLS WITH AMBITION" RESEARCH PROJECT. 4) 1047 YOUTH WERE SERVED OVERALL. 100 PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS AVOIDED UNPLANNED PREGNANCY.

    Expenses $1,762,424 · Grants $46,598

  • HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAM: SERVED 136 HOUSEHOLDS (315 ADULTS AND THEIR CHILDREN) WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, PROVIDING 100% OF THEM WITH SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, CASEWORK SERVICES, AND RENT SUBSIDIES. 40 PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS SECURED/MAINTAINED INCOME.EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM: STATE OF MICHIGAN LICENSED PROGRAM FOR THE CHILDREN OF MOTHERS LIVING IN THE ORGANIZATION'S SHELTER; THE ORGANIZATION CARED FOR 21 INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND YOUNG CHILDREN, AGES SIX WEEKS TO FIVE YEARS OLD, AND ALSO PROVIDED PARENTING EDUCATION AND SUPPORT TO THE YOUNG MOTHERS LIVING IN THE SHELTER/TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM. 72 PERCENT OF INFANTS/TODDLERS LIVING IN SHELTER ENROLLED.

    Expenses $1,680,030 · Grants $46,598

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.

  • Rochelle Lento

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Allison Nelson

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michele Samuels

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kate Cherry

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alexandra Korell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angelique Reed

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angelique Strong Marks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Normandin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Carrington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dhivya Srinivasan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Estrella Star Crawford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Pinkerton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Giattino-Declerck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mae Smitherman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marlene Martel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sammye Van Diver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shanna Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stefanie Worth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Blatt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Van Nguyen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tonya Adair

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $251,855
    From this org
    $235,279
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,576
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,279
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,576
    Filer's total
    $251,855
  • Celia Thomas

    COO

    Total calculated
    $149,070
    From this org
    $147,479
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,591
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jonquil Bertschi

    VP OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $106,000
    From this org
    $106,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Erika Jones

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $104,000
    From this org
    $104,000
    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. 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
    $9,370,554
    Expenses
    $9,720,846
    Contributions
    $9,327,945
    Grants paid
    $186,392
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,928,698
    Expenses
    $9,485,387
    Contributions
    $8,810,839
    Grants paid
    $174,210
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,847,722
    Expenses
    $8,961,354
    Contributions
    $8,431,435
    Grants paid
    $219,856

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
    $7,775,708
    Expenses
    $7,454,431
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,647,223
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,157,291
    Expenses
    $6,144,422
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,273,906
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,724,789
    Expenses
    $5,405,267
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,817,860
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,383,343
    Expenses
    $4,768,533
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,166,841
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,652,462
    Expenses
    $4,116,391
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,391,648
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,753,022
    Expenses
    $3,719,704
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,739,484
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,983,669
    Expenses
    $3,645,126
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,642,960
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,529,481
    Expenses
    $3,905,947
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,267,242

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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.