2022-05-16T08:12:02-05:00 2021-06-30 383697447 NON-PROFIT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 153 CLINTON ROAD PO BOX 211 STERLING MA 01564 990 2020-07-01 273660369 BOSTONS HIGHER GROUND INC BOST 6176528014 384 WARREN STREET ROXBURY MA 02119 MOSSIK HACOBIAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6176528014 2022-05-16 1 MOSSIK HACOBIAN 999009999 BRIAN KINDORF P01463837 7819336726 0 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X MOSSIK HACOBIAN 384 WARREN STREET ROXBURY MA 02119 1650061 0 X WWW.HIGHERGROUND-BOSTON.ORG X 2010 MA TO CONNECT CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES IN BOSTON'S UNDESERVED COMMUNITIES TO EXISTING SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES THAT CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, AVOID DUPLICATION, AND EMPOWER AND TRANSFORM LIVES FROM CRADLE TO CAREER BY ENGAGING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL. 18 18 8 3 0 0 585325 1453536 100002 184376 15 19 12180 12130 697522 1650061 0 0 250821 434412 3395 0 77827 198836 687491 453052 1121903 244470 528158 343993 977985 24110 270444 319883 707541 X TO CONNECT CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES IN BOSTON'S UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO EXISTING SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES THAT CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, AVOID DUPLICATION, AND EMPOWER AND TRANSFORM LIVES FROM CRADLE TO CAREER BY ENGAGING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL. 0 0 533871 FAMILY-LED STABILITY PILOT: IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, HIGHER GROUND CONTINUED TO PLAY A LEAD ROLE IN A SECOND COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVE, THE FAMILY-LED STABILITY PILOT (FLSP), A COLLABORATION INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS (BPS), BOSTON'S DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT (DND), BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY (BHA) AND THREE OTHER NON-PROFIT PARTNERS - DUDLEY STREET NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE (DSNI), PROJECT HOPE AND NEW LEASE FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES - TO ADDRESS THE GROWING CHALLENGE OF HOMELESS CHILDREN IN BOSTON SCHOOLS. FLSP WAS OFFICALLY LAUNCHED IN JANUARY 2018 WITH AN INTIAL FOCUS ON SEVEN BOSTON SCHOOOLS INCLUDING HIGGINSON K-2 FULL INCLUSION, DAVID A. ELLIS K-5, HIGGINSON LEWIS K-8, WILLIAM MONROE TROTTER K-8, DUDLEY STREET NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL, ORCHARD GARDENS K-8 AND DEARBORN STEM ACADEMY. DURING THE 42 MONTHS FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH, FLSP HOUSED MORE THAN 200 FAMILIES WITH 300 CHILDREN ATTENDING THE SEVEN SCHOOLS AND 35 SIBLINGS ATTENDING OTHER SCHOOLS. ALTHOUGH HIGHER GROUND AND FLSP EXCEEDED THEIR ORIGINAL GOAL OF HOUSING FAMILIES OF 243 HOMELESS STUDENTS AT THE LAUNCH OF THE PILOT, THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS STUDENTS IN THE INITIAL SEVEN SCHOOLS INCREASED BY MORE THAN 100 AND AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2021, 70 HOMELESS CHILDREN ATTENDING THE SEVEN SCHOOLS REMAINED IN SHELTERS OR DOUBLED-UP. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2021, HIGHER GROUND BEGAN PLANS TO SCALE UP THE PILOT PROGRAM TO A FULL INITIATIVE AND INVITED THIRTEEN ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEXT PHASE TO BE FOLLOWED WITH PLANS TO SCALE UP TO HOUSE THE FAMILIES OF MORE THAN 4,000 HOMELESS STUDENTS IN ALL BOSTON SCHOOLS. HIGHER GROUND ALSO BEGAN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY OF LAWRENCE ABOUT SUPPORT EFFORTS TO LAUNCH A SIMILAR INITIATIVE IN THAT CITY. 345740 EDUCATION - SUPPORT FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS: IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, HIGHER GROUND SUPPORTED THREE LOCAL SCHOOLS: HIGGINSON K-2 FULL INCLUSION, DAVID A. ELLIS K-5, AND HIGGINSON LEWIS K-8, BY OFFERING PLACEMENT OF SOCIAL WORK GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM LOCAL UNIVERSITIES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. HIGHER GROUND COMPLETED THE PLANNING PHASE OF THE SURROUND CARE COALITION (THE COALITION) AND SECURED A THREE-YEAR $1 MILLION GRANT FROM BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND BEGAN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN SERVING THE THREE SCHOOLS AND CRISPUS ATTUCKS CHILDREN'S CENTER (CACC) AS THE BACKBONE OF A COALITION OF FOURTEEN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS INCLUDING BOSTON CHILDREN'S CHORUS, CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT, DOCWAYNE, ELIZABETH STONE HOUSE, FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS, JFYNETWORKS, KEY STEPS, MASS. ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN (MAC), ONEBEAD, PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION & RESILIENCE (PEAR), ROOM TO GROW, THOMPSON ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND EDUCATION CENTER, UNION CAPITAL BOSTON, AS WELL AS THE THREE SCHOOLS, CACC AND BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS (BPS). HIGHER GROUND, WITH SUPPORT OF LOCAL SCHOOL LEADERS AND THE COALITION PARTNERS, SECURED FUNDS FROM BPS AND BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL AND BEYOND (BASB) AND IMPLEMENTED ITS SECOND SUMMER LEARNING ACADEMY (SLA) THIS TIME IN-PERSON AND HOSTED AT THE DAVID A. ELLIS SCHOOL. HIGHER GROUND AGAIN PRIORITIZED STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR WERE RECENTLY HOUSED. THE BIODIVERSITY PROGRAM OFFERED BY O2 FOR LIFE IN COSTA RICA CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SERVED MORE THAN 140 STUDENTS IN GRADES K-8. 21124 184376 EDUCATION - EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT: HIGHER GROUND AND THE CRISPUS ATTUCKS CHILDREN'S CENTER (CACC) EXTENDED THEIR AGREEMENT FOR A FOURTH YEAR AND HIGHER GROUND CONTINUED TO SUPPORT CACC IN FUNDRAISING FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CONNECTING CACC TO RESOURCES OFFERED BY THE SURROUND CARE COALITION (THE COALITION). CACC CONTINUED WITH ITS CONTRACT WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS (BPS) AS A COMMUNITY SITE FOR UNIVERSAL PRE-K (UPK) WITH FUNDING FOR A UP TO THREE CLASSROOMS TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY PRE-K EDUCATION FOR ALL BOSTON 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN. 12656 0 OPEN OPPORTUNITY MASSACHUSETTS: HIGHER GROUND CONTINUED ITS ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH OPEN OPPORTUNITY MASSACHUSETTS (OOMA), A STATEWIDE SYSTEM CHANGE INITIATIVE DRIVEN BY A CROSS-SECTOR NETWORK OF 40+ LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE COLLECTIVE GOAL IS TO ADVANCE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY AND PREPARE UNDERSERVED YOUTH TO THRIVE IN WORK AND LIFE. OOMA IS LED BY A LEADERSHIP TEAM INCLUDING HIGHER GROUND WITH THE RENNIE CENTER AS ITS BACKBONE ORGANIZATION. OOMA HAS SELECTED HIGHER GROUND'S GEOGRAPHY AND LAWRENCE COMMUNITY WORKS AS THE TWO INITIAL TARGET AREAS FOR ITS WORK, HIGHER GROUND WILL SERVE AS BACKBONE OF OOMA'S THRIVING FAMILIES LEVERAGE TEAM IN BOSTON. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2021, HIGHER GROUND ALSO ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (ABCD) TO SUPPORT THE SUMMER LEARNING ACADEMY AND TECH EQUITY PROGRAMS USING CARES ACT FUNDS THAT ABCD HAD RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GRANT. 12656 0 913391 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 MA X MOSSIK HACOBIAN 6176528014 384 WARREN STREET ROXBURY MA 02119 ARTHUR GERALD DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 HUBIE JONES FOUNDER AND COMMITTEE CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CAROL MIRANDA DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLIE TITUS CHAIR 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CHARLOTTE GOLAR RICHIE CO-VICE CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ERIKA FLORENCE DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 GERARD COX COMMITTEE CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 HUBIE JONES FOUNDER AND COMMITTEE CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LEVERETT WING DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MATTHEW CAMMACK DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MOSSIK HACOBIAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X 94654 0 0 RENEE SIMMONS DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RONA KILEY COMMITTEE CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SHIRLEY CARRINGTON COMMITTEE CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SOPHIA BISHOP-RICE DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 WAYNE YSAGUIRRE CO-VICE CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 RANDALL DAVIS TREASURER 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CLARA ARROYO ASSISTANT TREASURER 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ARTHUR CHOO CLERK 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 94654 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1453536 1453536 CONTRACT SERVICES 541611 184376 184376 184376 19 19 LICENSE FEES 541611 12130 12130 12130 1650061 196506 0 19 X 123970 89826 15963 18181 256444 185815 33021 37608 17741 12095 870 4776 36257 24718 1777 9762 29505 29505 582403 541653 40750 4037 2309 1381 347 5905 4915 258 732 41605 33404 2978 5223 1822 1822 MISCELLANEOUS 18268 15278 1958 1032 EQUIPMENT & MAINTENANCE 3946 3378 402 166 1121903 913391 130685 77827 59293 187143 284085 790227 615 615 343993 977985 24110 270444 24110 270444 X -784 47132 320667 660409 319883 707541 343993 977985 X 528158 -140500 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 123999 144309 109633 585325 1453536 2416802 140000 158416 150000 100002 184376 732794 263999 302725 259633 685327 1637912 3149596 2625 8679 8270 7943 9282 36799 135000 153416 145000 83249 199702 716367 137625 162095 153270 91192 208984 753166 2396430 62 5 11 15 19 112 62 5 11 15 19 112 12180 12180 12180 12130 48670 264061 314910 271824 697522 1650061 3198378 0.74930 0.60140 0.00000 0.00010 X SCHEDULE A, PART III, LINE 12, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: LICENSING FEES - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 12,180. 2018 AMOUNT: $ 12,180. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 12,180. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 12,130. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND TREASURER REVIEW IN DETAIL THE FORM 990. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE FORM 990 FOR REVIEW. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY UPON FIRST BEING ELECTED DURING THEIR ORIENTATION AND ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE IF FUTURE CONFLICTS ARISE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTE TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SALARY. THE SALARY IS BASED UPON COMPARABLE ORGANIZATION SALARIES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS AND TAX RETURNS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. NO REQUESTS WERE MADE DURING THE YEAR. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTING CONTRACT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 470,922. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 32,000. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 502,922. PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 70,731. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 8,750. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 79,481. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THE FINANCE COMMITTEE PROVIDES THE OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW OF THE AUDIT. THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 8: HIGHER GROUND REQUIRED A RESTATEMENT OF THE JUNE 30, 2020 REVIEWED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO PROPERLY REMOVE CERTAIN GRANT REVENUE WHERE HIGHER GROUND DID NOT HAVE VARIANCE POWER OVER THE GRANT FUNDS. THIS RESULTED IN A PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT OF $(140,500) TO HIGHER GROUND'S TOTAL ASSETS AND TOTAL CHANGES IN NET ASSETS WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS. TOTAL ASSETS AND TOTAL CHANGES IN NET ASSETS WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS $343,993 AND $238,630, RESPECTIVELY. AFTER THE PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT, TOTAL ASSETS AND TOTAL CHANGES IN NET ASSETS WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS WERE ADJUSTED TO $203,493 AND $98,130, RESPECTIVELY AS OF JUNE 30, 2020.