Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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www.irs.gov/Form990 for instructions and the latest information.
| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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Calendar year
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 47,537 | 82,425 | 84,059 | 116,396 | 158,113 | 488,530 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 47,537 | 82,425 | 84,059 | 116,396 | 158,113 | 488,530 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | 322,145 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 166,385 | |||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 47,537 | 82,425 | 84,059 | 116,396 | 158,113 | 488,530 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 0 | |||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 488,530 | |||||
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
2 | |
| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
8 | |
| 9 Distributable amount for 2021 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2021 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2021 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2021 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2021 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2021: | ||||
| a From 2016....... | ||||
| b From 2017....... | ||||
| c From 2018....... | ||||
| d From 2019....... | ||||
| e From 2020....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2016 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2021 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2021, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2021. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2022. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Software ID: | 21013475 |
| Software Version: | 2021v4.0 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.16 | Class of Activity: Start-up Funds | Donee's Name: Students/Entrepreneurs | Relationship of Donee: None | Cash Amount Given: $6400 |
| Other Expenses.1001 | Advertising and Promotion $8780 |
| Other Expenses.1002 | Office Expenses $186 |
| Other Expenses.1003 | Information Technology $4571 |
| Other Expenses.1005 | Travel $3003 |
| Other Expenses.1007 | Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings $13431 |
| Other Expenses.1010 | Amortization $1778 |
| Other Expenses.1012 | Insurance $2137 |
| Other Expenses.1 | PTP Material/Equipment $6824 |
| Other Expenses.2 | SJ Material/Equipment $2292 |
| Other Expenses.3 | Youth Support $2077 |
| Other Assets.1006 | Pledges and Grants Receivable - Beginning $3650 Pledges and Grants Receivable - Ending $14000 |
| Other Assets.1011 | Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges - Beginning $1646 Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges - Ending $4567 |
| Other Assets.1012 | Intangible Assets - Beginning $4658 Intangible Assets - Ending $28381 |
| Total Liabilities.1001 | Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $2913 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $0 |
| Total Liabilities.1008 | Unsecured Notes and Loans Payable - Beginning $9870 Unsecured Notes and Loans Payable - Ending $0 |
| Part III, (continued) | Our youth programming has 3 main focuses: Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership. Our youth arts programs include Exploration of Music Through Orchestra and String Jams. Our youth entrepreneurship program Believe In Your Business includes our annual Young Visionaries Fellowship and Young Entrepreneurs Award. Our youth leadership program Pave The Path includes 3 separate groups Summit, Jumpstart, and Student Mentors. Our mix of youth programming which aims to develop musical art, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills through immersive and inspirational experiences constitutes a benefit to the general public. |
| Part III, line 28 (continued): | LEADERSHIP: Pave The Path (PTP), originally launched in November 2018, is a youth leadership program challenging community high school students to explore and connect their unique strengths and personal brands to leadership. Our annual 2-day PTP Youth Leaders Summit brings together 100+ hungry, humble, and smart sophomores and juniors from 10+ community high schools featuring highly interactive breakout sessions, workshops led by community leaders, and inspirational keynote speakers. Over the past year, the program has grown into 3 separate groups: Summit for Sophomores and Juniors, Jumpstart for Freshmen, and Student Mentors for Summit alumni who want to apply their leadership skills by mentoring younger Pave the Path peers. During our 2020-2021 school year, we were able to launch our new Jumpstart program and the inaugural (virtual) PTP Jumpstart Conference in December 2020, as well as completing our 3rd annual 2-day PTP Summit in May 2021. Since then, we have also completed our 2nd annual PTP Jumpstart Conference in December 2021, and well as our 4th annual PTP Summit in May 2022. Over the past 4 years, Pave the Path has created 500+ immersive leadership experiences, and currently serves 200+ students annually. Our Leadership programs have supported over 500 students from 10+ high schools in our community. During a typical year, our Leadership programs impact over 180 students. These programs, which enhance leadership skills among students in our community, constitute a benefit to the general public. FWCS continues to support our Leadership programming by allowing us to utilize their facilities for various meetups and events, investing directly in the development and launch of our Pave The Path Jumpstart program (originally created exclusively for FWCS Freshmen students), and supplying staff members to serve on our board and program advisory committees volunteering their time for program development and events. This in-kind (and monetary) support from our local taxpayer-funded public school system constitutes general public and community support. Additionally, Freeland Group Restaurants, including Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne, allowed us to utilize their office space as our central hub for our inaugural Pave The Path Virtual Conference in December 2021. The University of St. Francis also allowed us to use venue space on their campus in-kind for our 3rd & 4th annual PTP Youth Leads Summits. And most recently, publicly-funded Purdue University Fort Wayne has offered in-kind venue support, as well as sponsorship support, for our growing Pave The Path youth program going into our 2022-2023 fiscal year. With the support of our Board of Directors a group of individuals drawn from diverse segments of the community in terms of age, race, gender, and professional backgrounds, including public education, performing arts, insurance, finance, marketing, and startup entrepreneurship our Executive Director leads community relationship building, operations, and fundraising efforts, including sponsorship calls and emails, grant applications, and corporate support in order to ensure funding and community resources for our mission. Our recently hired Executive Administrative Assistant helps our ED with these endeavors, as well as with program administration support. |
| Part III, line 29 (continued): | ARTS: Exploration of Music Through Orchestra (EMTO) is our String Superbowl, an annual collaboration between hundreds of young orchestra students coming together to perform on one stage. This true, big orchestra experience has impacted young string players from over 15 schools in our community. Since our first EMTO concert held in May 2011, annual program participation has grown from 75 to 530 young musicians coming together to perform on one stage. Throughout the programs 9-year history, we created 2,900+ immersive performance experiences and donated over $75,000 to participating schools. (NOTE: EMTO has been suspended since March 2020 due to the pandemic shutdowns and the inability to adapt the nature of the program to a virtual environment. Additionally, the venue for this massive endeavor has not been available due to scheduling conflicts. We plan to relaunch this program and annual event in Spring 2024, provided venue-availability.) String Jams is an alternative strings performance program focused on various genres of music rock, pop, hip-hop, and jazz as well as holiday favorites during the Fall season. Originally launched in Fall 2020 as a pandemic-adapted, limited-size string orchestra, String Jams has created over 170 immersive performance experiences for participating middle school and high school string players including a virtual Holiday Concert in December 2020, an additional Holiday Concert on December 2021, and 2 Spring Concerts in May 2021 & 2022. As of Summer 2021, we became an official community partner with Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS), allowing our young String Jammers to rehearse weekly throughout the school year at the Career Academys historic auditorium and other FWCS facilities. Our group has also performed a private concert for nonprofit Lutheran Life Villages, an underserved retirement community, as well as performing annually at public community festivals like Germanfest and Taste Of The Arts allowing the young musicians we serve to experience a variety of musical performance gigs during their middle school and high school years. Our Arts programs have supported over 1,300 music students from 15+ community schools. During a typical (non-COVID) year, our Arts programs impact over 500 students. Navigating the COVID environment, we have adapted to continue serving 50+ young musicians annually. These programs, which create immersive experiences in the performing arts for young music students, constitute a benefit to the general public. FWCS continues to support our Arts programming by providing us with rehearsal space in many of their schools, performance space in their auditoriums, music instructor support during various rehearsals and performances, and allowing our young musicians to use school instruments during our rehearsals and community concerts. This in-kind support from our local taxpayer-funded public school system constitutes general public and community support. |
| Part III, line 30 (continued): | ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Believe In Your Business (BIYB), allows high school students to learn, practice, and grow their entrepreneurial skills. Originally partnering with New Tech Academy in 2013 to coach students on business planning and sponsor an annual Shark Tank-style pitch competition, BIYB created 450+ immersive entrepreneurial experiences during its 12 pitch competition events investing over $16,500 in student ventures. In 2018, BIYB continued one-on-one classroom coaching, while pivoting to engage young entrepreneurs beyond New Tech Academy launching Young Visionaries & Young Entrepreneurs. For those young people who take the risk to launch a new venture, our Young Entrepreneurs Award recognizes and invests in youth who actively operate new businesses. However, since many young people in school do not have time to launch and operate a business, our Young Visionaries Fellowship recognizes and invests in young leaders who develop an entrepreneurial mindset by planning and executing visionary projects to help make a difference in their respective communities. Both programs are open to youth up to 25 years old. Since the programs launch we have awarded over $30,000 to 40+ individuals including 10 young visionaries and young entrepreneurs receiving $500-$1,000 each during our 2021-2022 fiscal year. Our Entrepreneurship programs have supported 500+ young entrepreneurs or entrepreneurially curious students in our Northeast Indiana community through one-on-one classroom coaching, pitch competition practice, and micro-grant investment into student and youth ventures and community projects. This support from our local taxpayer-funded public school system inviting us to their classrooms and allowing us to coach their young entrepreneurs as well as past public-fund support from SEED and IEDC to help us launch Young Visionaries & Young Entrepreneurs constitutes general public and community support. |
| Software ID: | 21013475 |
| Software Version: | 2021v4.0 |