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15 PEARLS AND A PROMISE

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $57K · expenses $59K · assets $23K

EIN
32-0081965
Address
2136 FOREST HILL AVE SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49546-6245
NTEE code
B82
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2015
Cross-check
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Mission

TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

None of the 16 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

16 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
Latasha Black PRESIDENT2017-2025 7 $0 reported 1
Charlotte Booker DIRECTOR2017-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Lorraine Cassell TREASURER2017-2025 7 $0 reported 1
Doretha Merritt DIRECTOR2020-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Billijean Johnson DIRECTOR2017-2025 7 $0 reported 1
Shirley Rapier DIRECTOR2017-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Lisa Oliver-King SECRETARY2017-2025 7 $0 reported 1
Tanya Powell-May VICE PRESIDENT2017-2025 7 $0 reported 1
Kenisha Dorsey DIRECTOR2023-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Tamiea Palmer DIRECTOR2023-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Nikki Mczee DIRECTOR2024-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Alisa Thomas (former) DIRECTOR2017-2020 5 $0 reported 1
Jamie Gordon (former) DIRECTOR2020 5 $0 reported 1
Angela Smith-Daniels (former) DIRECTOR2020 5 $0 reported 1
Lisa Smith (former) DIRECTOR2017-2019 5 $0 reported 1
Keli Christopher (former) DIRECTOR2017-2019 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 11 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LATASHA BLACK PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
CHARLOTTE BOOKER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LORRAINE CASSELL TREASURER7 $0-$0 $01
DORETHA MERRITT DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
BILLIJEAN JOHNSON DIRECTOR7 $0-$0 $01
SHIRLEY RAPIER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LISA OLIVER-KING SECRETARY7 $0-$0 $01
TANYA POWELL-MAY VICE PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
KENISHA DORSEY DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
TAMIEA PALMER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
NIKKI MCZEE DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 11 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LATASHA BLACK PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
CHARLOTTE BOOKER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LORRAINE CASSELL TREASURER7 $0-$0 $01
DORETHA MERRITT DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
BILLIJEAN JOHNSON DIRECTOR7 $0-$0 $01
SHIRLEY RAPIER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LISA OLIVER-KING SECRETARY7 $0-$0 $01
TANYA POWELL-MAY VICE PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
KENISHA DORSEY DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
TAMIEA PALMER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
NIKKI MCZEE DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LATASHA BLACK PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
CHARLOTTE BOOKER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LORRAINE CASSELL TREASURER7 $0-$0 $01
DORETHA MERRITT DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
BILLIJEAN JOHNSON DIRECTOR7 $0-$0 $01
SHIRLEY RAPIER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LISA OLIVER-KING SECRETARY7 $0-$0 $01
TANYA POWELL-MAY VICE PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
KENISHA DORSEY DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
TAMIEA PALMER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 11 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LATASHA BLACK PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
CHARLOTTE BOOKER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LORRAINE CASSELL TREASURER7 $0-$0 $01
DORETHA MERRITT DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
BILLIJEAN JOHNSON DIRECTOR7 $0-$0 $01
SHIRLEY RAPIER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
ALISA THOMAS DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
TANYA POWELL-MAY VICE PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
JAMIE GORDON DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LISA OLIVER-KING SECRETARY5 $0-$0 $01
ANGELA SMITH-DANIELS DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LATASHA BLACK PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
CHARLOTTE BOOKER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LORRAINE CASSELL TREASURER7 $0-$0 $01
LISA SMITH DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
BILLIJEAN JOHNSON SECRETARY7 $0-$0 $01
SHIRLEY RAPIER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
ALISA THOMAS DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
TANYA POWELL-MAY VICE PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
KELI CHRISTOPHER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LISA OLIVER-KING DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LATASHA BLACK PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
CHARLOTTE BOOKER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LORRAINE CASSELL TREASURER7 $0-$0 $01
LISA SMITH DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
BILLIJEAN JOHNSON SECRETARY7 $0-$0 $01
SHIRLEY RAPIER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
ALISA THOMAS DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
TANYA POWELL-MAY VICE PRESIDENT7 $0-$0 $01
KELI CHRISTOPHER DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
LISA OLIVER-KING DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
2017 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LATASHA BLACK PRESIDENT7 $0-- $01
CHARLOTTE BOOKER DIRECTOR5 $0-- $01
LORRAINE CASSELL TREASURER7 $0-- $01
LISA SMITH DIRECTOR5 $0-- $01
BILLIJEAN JOHNSON SECRETARY7 $0-- $01
SHIRLEY RAPIER DIRECTOR5 $0-- $01
ALISA THOMAS DIRECTOR5 $0-- $01
TANYA POWELL-MAY VICE PRESIDENT7 $0-- $01
KELI CHRISTOPHER DIRECTOR5 $0-- $01
LISA OLIVER-KING DIRECTOR5 $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
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$56,576$58,808 $23,111$23,111 $56,576$0 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$66,853$95,627 $25,493$25,493 $66,853$0 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · amended · superseded · view filing · original 990 ↗
$67,203$95,627 $25,343$25,343 $67,203$0 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$84,186$63,616 $54,267$54,267 $83,186$0 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$5,935$12,751 $14,072$14,072 $1,377$0 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$104,557$107,706 $20,888$20,888 $0$0 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · superseded · view filing · original 990 ↗
$128,343$107,553 $69,303$69,303 $0$0 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$45,334$46,773 $24,037$24,037 $0$0 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · superseded · view filing · original 990 ↗
$68,696$44,659 $48,513$48,513 $0$0 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$73,352$63,010 $24,476$24,476 $0$0 ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $44,596 in all, tax years 2020 to 2023. 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

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2022 1$44,500 2022$44,500
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “15 PEARLS AND A PROMISE” 2020-2023 4$96 2023$27
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Where the money went

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.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $58,808 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $58,591 99.6%
Printing, publications, postage $217 0.4%
Total$58,808100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $95,627 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $95,407 99.8%
Printing, publications, postage $220 0.2%
Total$95,627100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $63,616 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $63,410 99.7%
Printing, publications, postage $206 0.3%
Total$63,616100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $12,751 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $7,492 58.8%
Fees to independent contractors $5,141 40.3%
Printing, publications, postage $118 0.9%
Total$12,751100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $107,706 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $102,736 95.4%
Printing, publications, postage $2,360 2.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,110 2.0%
Fees to independent contractors $500 0.5%
Total$107,706100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $46,773 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $41,788 89.3%
Fees to independent contractors $2,269 4.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,959 4.2%
Printing, publications, postage $757 1.6%
Total$46,773100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $63,010 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $57,669 91.5%
Fees to independent contractors $4,184 6.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $793 1.3%
Printing, publications, postage $364 0.6%
Total$63,010100%

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