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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $319K · expenses $275K · assets $65K

EIN
82-1719161
Address
17170 PERKINS RD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70810-3817
Website
www.iambr.org
NTEE code
O50 Youth Development Programs (Youth Development) published (IRS Business Master File)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
October 2017 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Christy Dwomoh-Mensah (its 2019 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2019 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

Social and Emotional Learning Program

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

19 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Christy Dwomoh-Mensah Executive Director2020-2024 $65,500$303,845 1
Jennifer Erno (former) Operations Director & Program Director2020-2023 $27,147$111,891 1
Kymber Janes (former) I AM Substitute and Curriculum Writer2021-2023 $14,193$39,086 1
Yoakaum Pierson (former) I AM Teacher2021-2022 $15,892$26,808 1
Kenya Harris (former) I AM Teacher2022-2023 $17,349$26,000 1
Dikisha Viges (former) I AM Teacher2022-2023 $16,234$23,628 1
Latyra Steward (former) I AM Teacher2022-2023 $12,254$21,200 1
Ashley Yoes (former) Curriculum Editor & Program Director2022-2023 $14,400$19,120 1
Melissa Elzy (former) I AM Teacher2022-2023 $7,757$15,022 1
Sadie Payne-Woods (former) Curriculum Editor2020-2023 $1,300$12,933 1
Alyson Coyle (former) I AM Teacher2021 $7,688$7,688 1
Abby Gautreau (former) Curriculum Writer2022-2023 $3,438$7,558 1
Kimberly Anderson (former) Curriculum Writer2022-2023 $1,806$5,728 1
Grovonte Stewart (former) I AM Teacher2023 $5,270$5,270 1
Stacy Belll (former) I AM Teacher2023 $2,745$2,745 1
Ronnie Richard (former) I AM Substitute2020 $234$234 1
Anita Herrera (former) I AM Substitute2023 $186$186 1
Rolanda Mackey (former) I AM Substitute2023 $129$129 1
Faye Davis (former) I AM Substitute2020 $114$114 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

10 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Jason Roussell President2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
James Thompson III Secretary2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Lanna Sprecher-Christian TreasurerAccountant2024 10 $0 reported 1
John Moran Board of Directors Member2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Meredith Eicher Board of Directors Member2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Lanna Sprecher (former) Board of Directors- Treasurer2023 1 $0 reported 1
Landon Snow (former) Board of Directors- President2020-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Joshua Fuller (former) Board of Directors- Treasurer2020-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Shawna Gose (former) Board of Directors- Secretary2020-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Jasmine Dean (former) Board of Directors- Secretary2020 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $66K · 11 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Christy Dwomoh-Mensah Executive Director40 $65,500$0$0 $65,5001
Jason Roussell President1 $0$0$0 $01
James Thompson III Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Lanna Sprecher-Christian TreasurerAccountant10 $0$0$0 $01
John Moran Board of Directors Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Meredith Eicher Board of Directors Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 20 people listed · 15 paid, $188K · 15 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Christy Dwomoh-Mensah Executive Director40 $64,000$0$0 $64,0001
Jennifer Erno Operations Director & Program Director30 $27,147$0$0 $27,1471
Kenya Harris I AM Teacher25 $17,349$0$0 $17,3491
Dikisha Viges I AM Teacher25 $16,234$0$0 $16,2341
Ashley Yoes Curriculum Editor & Program Director20 $14,400$0$0 $14,4001
Kymber Janes I AM Substitute and Curriculum Writer20 $14,193$0$0 $14,1931
Latyra Steward I AM Teacher27 $12,254$0$0 $12,2541
Melissa Elzy I AM Teacher32 $7,757$0$0 $7,7571
Grovonte Stewart I AM Teacher30 $5,270$0$0 $5,2701
Abby Gautreau Curriculum Writer6 $3,438$0$0 $3,4381
Stacy Belll I AM Teacher25 $2,745$0$0 $2,7451
Kimberly Anderson Curriculum Writer6 $1,806$0$0 $1,8061
Sadie Payne-Woods Curriculum Editor6 $1,300$0$0 $1,3001
Anita Herrera I AM Substitute1 $186$0$0 $1861
Rolanda Mackey I AM Substitute1 $129$0$0 $1291
Jason Roussell Board of Directors- President1 $0$0$0 $01
Lanna Sprecher Board of Directors- Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
John Moran Board of Directors- Member1 $0$0$0 $01
James Thompson III Board of Directors- Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Meredith Eicher Board of Directors- Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 17 people listed · 12 paid, $188K · 12 employees · 72 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Christy Dwomoh-Mensah Executive Director40 $60,293$0$0 $60,2931
Jennifer Erno Executive Administrative Assistant & Program Director40 $38,869$0$0 $38,8691
Kymber Janes I AM Teacher, Substitute, and Curriculum Writer30 $23,882$0$0 $23,8821
Yoakaum Pierson I AM Teacher35 $15,892$0$0 $15,8921
Latyra Steward I AM Teacher27 $8,946$0$0 $8,9461
Kenya Harris I AM Teacher25 $8,651$0$0 $8,6511
Dikisha Viges I AM Teacher25 $7,394$0$0 $7,3941
Melissa Elzy I AM Substitute and Teacher32 $7,265$0$0 $7,2651
Ashley Yoes Curriculum Editor15 $4,720$0$0 $4,7201
Abby Gautreau Curriculum Writer6 $4,120$0$0 $4,1201
Sadie Payne-Woods Curriculum Editor6 $4,109$0$0 $4,1091
Kimberly Anderson Curriculum Writer6 $3,922$0$0 $3,9221
Landon Snow Board of Directors- President1 $0$0$0 $01
Joshua Fuller Board of Directors- Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
Shawna Gose Board of Directors- Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Jason Roussell Board of Directors- Board Member & Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
James Thompson III Board of Directors- Board Member0 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 10 people listed · 5 paid, $115K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Christy Dwomoh-Mensah Executive Director40 $59,620-$0 $59,6201
Jennifer Erno Executive Administrative Assistant40 $35,850-$0 $35,8501
Yoakaum Pierson I AM Teacher35 $10,916-$0 $10,9161
Alyson Coyle I AM Teacher25 $7,688-$0 $7,6881
Kymber Janes I AM Substitute1 $1,011-$0 $1,0111
Landon Snow Board of Directors- President0 $0-$0 $01
Joshua Fuller Board of Directors- Treasurer0 $0-$0 $01
Shawna Gose Board of Directors- Secretary0 $0-$0 $01
Jason Roussell Board Member0 $0-$0 $01
James Thompson III Board Member0 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 9 people listed · 5 paid, $72K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Christy Dwomoh-Mensah Executive Director40 $54,432-$0 $54,4321
Jennifer Erno Executive Administrative Assistant30 $10,025-$0 $10,0251
Sadie Payne-Woods I AM Teacher25 $7,524-$0 $7,5241
Ronnie Richard I AM Substitute1 $234-$0 $2341
Faye Davis I AM Substitute1 $114-$0 $1141
Landon Snow Board of Directors- Vice President0 $0-$0 $01
Joshua Fuller Board of Directors- Treasurer0 $0-$0 $01
Shawna Gose Board of Directors- Secretary0 $0-$0 $01
Jasmine Dean Board of Directors- Secretary0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$318,914$274,534 $64,662$64,662 $318,914$0 $64,0001120
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$211,685$221,196 $20,282$20,282 $211,685$0 $188,2081520
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$202,921$224,775 $29,793$29,793 $202,921$0 $188,0651272
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$154,740$134,424 $51,645$51,645 $154,740$0 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$107,304$84,152 $39,521$31,329 $107,304$0 ---

Funders of this organization

5 grantors reported grants to this organization, $64,750 in all, tax years 2020 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
NEW SCHOOLS FOR BATON ROUGE $30,0002 $20,0002022 2021-2022 Public charity Exact
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CHARLES LAMAR FAMILY FOUNDATION $25,5003 $8,5002023 2021-2023 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “I AM EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION INC”
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PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND $8,3361 $8,3362024 2024 DAF sponsor Exact
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SHELL USA COMPANY FOUNDATION $7005 $1002024 2020-2024 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “I AM Empowering the Next Generation Inc”, “I AM EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION INC”
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION $2144 $592023 2020-2023 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “I AM EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION INC”
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Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $274,534 spent · pay $193,444 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $114,339$107,345$6,994- 41.6%
Fees: other services $66,254$54,511$11,743- 24.1%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $64,000$38,423$25,577- 23.3%
Payroll taxes $15,105$15,105-- 5.5%
Office expenses $12,590$2,086$719$9,785 4.6%
Advertising and promotion $1,512$1,512-- 0.6%
Fees: legal $734$734-- 0.3%
Total$274,534100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $221,196 spent · pay $203,908 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $188,208$161,132$18,051$9,025 85.1%
Payroll taxes $15,700$8,232$5,836$1,632 7.1%
Insurance $5,590-$5,590- 2.5%
Fees: other services $2,871$272$2,599$0 1.3%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous $2,377$1,440$937$0 1.1%
Information technology $1,980-$1,980- 0.9%
Other (as described)Program Supplies $1,874$1,874$0$0 0.8%
Other (as described)Continuing Education $1,140$0$1,140$0 0.5%
Advertising and promotion $986-$986- 0.4%
Other (as described)Meals & Entertainment $470$0$470$0 0.2%
Total$221,196100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $224,775 spent · pay $204,463 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $188,065$155,288$21,851$10,926 83.7%
Payroll taxes $16,398$6,832$6,377$3,189 7.3%
Other (as described)Program Supplies $4,260$4,178$82$0 1.9%
Fees: other services $3,858$3,245$613$0 1.7%
Other (as described)Continuing Education $3,418$0$3,418$0 1.5%
Insurance $2,502$2,502$0$0 1.1%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous $2,493$2,176$317$0 1.1%
Information technology $2,118$0$2,118$0 0.9%
Other (as described)Gifts $1,231$276$955$0 0.5%
Advertising and promotion $432$0$432$0 0.2%
Total$224,775100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $134,424 spent · pay $123,890 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $123,890 92.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $8,013 6.0%
Fees to independent contractors $2,521 1.9%
Total$134,424100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $84,152 spent · pay $77,862 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $77,862 92.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $4,856 5.8%
Fees to independent contractors $1,388 1.6%
Printing, publications, postage $46 0.1%
Total$84,152100%

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Federal grants and contracts

Awards from USAspending.gov to a recipient with this organization's name and zip code. Obligations by federal fiscal year (October to September); each award links to its page on usaspending.gov.

Fiscal yearGrants and other assistanceContractsAwards
2020$0$01
Largest awards · 0 shown
YearAgencyKindProgramDescriptionObligated

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