THE LAUNCHCODE FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2016

View the entire original 990 at ProPublica ↗

Organization: THE LAUNCHCODE FOUNDATION (EIN 47-1718432)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-11-11
IRS object ID: 201733159349300318
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-11-11T15:16:58-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	431001367	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BROWN SMITH WALLACE LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6 CITYPLACE DRIVE SUITE 900	AddressLine1Txt
City	ST LOUIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	63141	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	471718432	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE LAUNCHCODE FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	LAUN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3142540107	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4811 DELMAR BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAINT LOUIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	63108	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LORI RASMUSSEN	PersonNm
Person Title	VP FINANCE & PEOPLE OPERATIONS	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3142540107	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-11-02	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JENNIFER M VACHA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01251998	PTIN
Phone	3149831200	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	199.119.121.196	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2017-11-02	IPDt
IP Tm	13:56:47	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	91CE1BC7E357162644F62B8F967D8274079E8911	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	D037691BB3A078F23FD4B95D433809F3294E7C43	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2017-02-10 21:41:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JAMES MCKELVEY	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4811 DELMAR BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAINT LOUIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	63108	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$4,157,369	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.LAUNCHCODE.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2014	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MO	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO INCREASE JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN TECHNOLOGY FOR INDIVIDUALS LACKING TRADITIONAL EDUCATION/BACKGROUND.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	4	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	124	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	246	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,509,057	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,569,992	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,171,593	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,566,674	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$587	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$16,857	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$6,541	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$3,697,507	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,142,620	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,820,745	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,366,553	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$30,541	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$45,724	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$343,239	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$358,971	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$896,733	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,210,257	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$4,309,010	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,487,250	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$166,390	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,825,100	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,647,249	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$199,159	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$187,698	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,625,941	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,459,551	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	LAUNCHCODE IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ASPIRING DEVELOPERS THROUGH JOB PLACEMENT AND TRAINING IN TECHNOLOGY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$3,393,157	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,566,674	RevenueAmt
Desc	LAUNCHCODE INCREASES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND UPWARD MOBILITY BY PLACING DRIVEN INDIVIDUALS INTO TECHNOLOGY APPRENTICESHIPS AND JOBS BASED ON APTITUDE, PROFESSIONALISM, AND SKILLS. IN 2016, WE WORKED WITH HUNDREDS OF COMPANIES AND EDUCATION PARTNERS TO HELP OUR CANDIDATES OVERCOME TRADITIONAL BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT SUCH AS FORMAL DEGREES OR YEARS OF JOB EXPERIENCE, PLACING 232 INDIVIDUALS INTO APPRENTICESHIPS OR PERMANENT JOBS IN TECHNOLOGY. IN PURSUIT OF THIS GOAL, LAUNCHCODE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL IN-KIND SUPPORT (RENT, CONSULTING, ACCOUNTING AND LEGAL SERVICES, MENTORING, DIGITAL MARKETING AND SOFTWARE LICENSES FOR APPRENTICESHIP CANDIDATES) VALUED AT $1,322,458.SEE SCHEDULE O FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING NEW PROGRAMS OFFERED.FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2016 LAUNCHCODE OFFERED "HELLO WORLD", "SUMMER OF CODE", AND "LC101" AS NEW EDUCATION PROGRAMS. LAUNCHCODE ALSO WELCOMED NEW OFFICES IN KANSAS CITY AND RHODE ISLAND TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND OFFER APPRENTICESHIPS IN THOSE MARKETS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$3,393,157	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (1)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (1)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	67	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	124	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	4	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ORGANIZATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3142540107	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4811 DELMAR BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAINT LOUIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	63108	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
JAMES MCKELVEY
PRESIDENT	8.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANDREW HOYNE
SECRETARY	2.30	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CYNTHIA BRINKLEY
DIRECTOR	1.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBIN CARNAHAN
DIRECTOR	1.80	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KAREN CHOPRA
DIRECTOR (TERM. 8/2016)	1.20	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARK BAUER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(EFF. 8/2016)	60.00		Yes (X)	$160,652	$0	$8,017
BRENDAN LIND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (TERM. 8/2016)	60.00		Yes (X)	$90,775	$0	$8,032
AUSTIN WOODS
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE	60.00		Yes (X)	$61,183	$0	$3,841
JEFF MAZUR
VP OF PARTNERSHIPS	60.00			$114,995	$0	$11,827	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$427,605	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$31,717	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$1,245,349	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,324,643	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$20,066	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,569,992	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	JOB PLACEMENT FEES	Desc
Business	624310	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$1,566,674	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,566,674	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,566,674	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$14,162	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$14,749	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$587	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$587	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$587	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	624310	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$6,541	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$6,541	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$6,541	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,142,620	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,566,674	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$5,954	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$332,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$242,725	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$59,850	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$29,925	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,619,654	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,157,977	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$253,343	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$208,334	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,268	TotalAmt
Program Services	$40,172	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,607	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,489	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$118,360	TotalAmt
Program Services	$95,257	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,604	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,499	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$233,771	TotalAmt
Program Services	$192,809	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$22,597	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$18,365	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$47,166	TotalAmt
Program Services	$500	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$46,666	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$66,659	TotalAmt
Program Services	$500	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$66,159	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,724	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$45,724	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$247,703	TotalAmt
Program Services	$230,870	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,595	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,238	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,152	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,870	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$282	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$104,553	TotalAmt
Program Services	$60,153	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,509	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,891	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,143	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,445	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$698	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,174	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,922	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$252	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$100,548	TotalAmt
Program Services	$70,449	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,258	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,841	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,863	TotalAmt
Program Services	$39,863	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,880	TotalAmt
Management And General	$16,880	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PROGRAM CONTRACTS	$128,726	$128,726
BAD DEBT	$45,379	$45,379
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES	$16,787	$6,540	$8,314	$1,933

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,309,010	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,393,157	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$572,614	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$343,239	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,370,138	BOYAmt
EOY	$814,759	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,136	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,000	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$364,770	BOYAmt
EOY	$759,422	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,960	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,990	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$83,392	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$51,329	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$71,926	BOYAmt
EOY	$32,063	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,170	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,015	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,825,100	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,647,249	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$124,159	BOYAmt
EOY	$187,698	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$75,000	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$199,159	BOYAmt
EOY	$187,698	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$637,683	BOYAmt
EOY	$343,435	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$988,258	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,116,116	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,625,941	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,459,551	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,825,100	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,647,249	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$166,390	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$81,527	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,509,057	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,569,992	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,160,576	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$81,527	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,509,057	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,569,992	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,160,576	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$3,045,757	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$2,114,819	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,093	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$16,857	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,541	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$24,491	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$5,185,068	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$2,890,394	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.40790	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$37,035	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$37,035	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$46,357	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$14,294	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$32,063	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$32,063	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,465,078	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$1,322,458	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$1,322,458	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,142,620	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,142,620	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,631,468	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$1,322,458	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$1,322,458	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$4,309,010	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$4,309,010	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	LAUNCHCODE FOUNDATION CONSTITUTES A QUALIFIED NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND IS, THERFORE, EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LAUNCHCODE USES A LOSS CONTINGENCY APPROACH FOR EVALUATING UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. MANAGEMENT CONTINUALLY EVALUATES EXPIRING STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, AUDITS, PROPOSED SETTLEMENTS, CHANGES IN TAX LAW, AND NEW AUTHORITATIVE RULINGS. LAUNCHCODE HAS EVALUATED ITS TAX POSITIONS, EXPIRING STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS, AUDITS, PROPOSED SETTLEMENTS, CHANGES IN TAX LAW, AND NEW AUTHORITATIVE RULINGS AND BELIEVES THAT NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES IS NECESSARY, AT THIS TIME, TO COVER ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	1	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	PROGRAM SERVICES	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	EVALUATION OF APPRENTICESHIP CANDIDATES; DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT.	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$42,780	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	1	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	1	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$42,780	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$42,780	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (1)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LAURA CHAUVIN	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7701 GREENLAWN RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOUISVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	KY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	40242	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	CONSULTED ON FUNDRAISING MATTERS	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	0	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$0	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$45,499	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$0	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors	$45,499	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MARK BAUER	PersonNm
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(EFF. 8/2016)	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$160,652	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$0	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$8,017	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$168,669	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY THE OUTSIDE ACCOUNTING FIRM BASED UPON THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. A DRAFT OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE VP OF FINANCE FOR REVIEW. CHANGES, IF ANY, ARE MADE AND A COPY OF THE RETURN IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR REVIEW BEFORE FILING WITH IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	EACH DIRECTOR IS REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY REVIEW THE POLICY AND REPORT ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO THE FULL BOARD AND MANAGEMENT
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE ORGANIZATION HAD BOARD MEMBERS INDEPENDENT WITH RESPECT TO COMPENSATION ISSUES USE COMPARABILITY DATA FROM SIMILARLY QUALIFIED PERSONS IN FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE AND CONTEMPORANEOUSLY DOCUMENT / RECORD THOSE DECISIONS AND DELIBERATIONS REGARDING THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST CONDUCTED IN THE CURRENT FILING TAX YEAR.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:	THE LAUNCHCODE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHOOSING THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR AND OVERSEEING THE PROCESS. THIS PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE PRIOR YEAR.