Fort Wayne Urban League Inc

“A copy of form 990 is emailed to the board of directors for review prior to filing the return.”

“Board members are required to annually sign a conflict-of-interest statement. The organization does not recruit individuals or family members of entities that the organization does business with.”

“The finance committee reviews and approves the amount to be paid to the ceo.”

“The organization's form 990 for the previous years is available at guidestar.org and irs.gov.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest statement, and financial statements are made available upon request.”

“Senior tekkie program: designed to teach seniors the skills needed to operate cell phones and tablets. The program is a six-week training program and all participants graduate with a certificate of completion and an amazon fire tablet to take home. Power hour tutoring program: students grades 3 - 12th grade receive up to two hours of one on one tutoring per week. Homework help is also available everyday monday - thursday after school until 6 p.m. Justice steam camp: participants learn about climate and soil, plant a sunflower garden, read the book the hate u give, and write a script off of a race card six-word essay "why does my hoodie scare you?- and perform the skit to the neighborhood. Participants also work with a local artist to create a 3d art character that puts on racism and discrimination in neighborhoods. Participants earn a 100 stipend for completion of projects. Banned book campaign: joined the freedom to learn campaign and distributed over 500 banned book titles for free to community members. Block club projects:provided eight blocks with 1,000 each to beautify their block and clean up & held a trunk or treat for area kids to trick or treat on halloween night in their own neighborhood. Neighbor to neighbor program: provided funding to help those facing a disconnection on their electric service to avoid a disconnection or to restore service. Food pantry: emergency food pantry open to the community. Free acting classes: offered to area youth in collaboration with the fort wayne civic theatre. Classes took place during the same time as the production of the color purple the musical. Participants were able to go see the play for free. Annual meet the candidates night: standing room only crowd, a moderator, both running mayors, and council candidates answered questions from the public prior to election. The night allowed community members to meet those running for office, learn about their initiatives, and to share concerns about their community. Organization hosted it's second annual race card project; partnering with michelle norris, msnbc journalist and author, and to date has collected over 500 six-word essays from community members describing how they feel about race and identity. Organization kicked off it's first annual equality for all sneaker ball raising funds to support the mission and bring the community together to celebrate the accomplishments of the urban league.”

“Professioinal fees 10,690 1,258 629 outside services 61,383 7,222 3,611 total 72,073 8,480 4,240”