2026-09-01T10:37:58-07:00 2025-12-31 311717077 Support Kansas City 6405 Metcalf Suite 516 Overland Park KS 66202 990 2025-01-01 900805670 SUBURBAN BALANCE SUBU 8162604159 923 NE Woods Chapel Rd PMB 229 Lees Summit MO 64064 LaShawn Walker Founder, President and CEO 8162604159 2026-09-01 1 Lindsey Curfman P03228378 9133968343 2026-09-01 2025 LaShawn Walker 923 NE Woods Chapel Road PMB 229 Lees Summit MO 64064 246770 0 X www.suburbanbalance.com X 2012 MO To provide educational and cultural opportunities to suburban kids of color to help them experience a well-balanced life while growing up in suburban school districts or attend schools that lack diversity. 7 6 1 40 0 0 217266 201406 0 42444 0 0 -66392 2120 150874 245970 6000 15750 0 0 66736 96877 0 0 7724 29604 133738 102340 246365 48534 -395 168623 162710 73631 68113 94992 94597 X To provide educational and cultural opportunities to suburban kids of color to help them experience a well-balanced life while growing up in suburban school districts or attend schools that lack diversity. 1 0 126740 0 42444 In 2025, Suburban Balance held numerous educational forums centered around topics such as economic inclusion as a pathway to health equity, educational equity, race relations, college, and career education, and the importance of voting, voter education skilled trades, workforce development, certification programs, mentorship and it's benefits on health, advancing economic mobility. These non-partisan forums were held to build positive relationships with the surrounding communities and school districts, and to also learn about school boards and mayoral candidates running for elected offices. A "Get out the Vote Educational Rally" was held and provided information on voter registration, voting deadlines, polling stations, sample ballots, a plan to vote, and an opportunity to hear from the candidates during the non-Partisan candidate forum. Suburban Balance also launched an event that focused on mental health and building generational wealth. This initiative was launched through the educational programs called LIFT HIM UP and LIFT HER UP for girls. In 2025, Suburban Balance hosted the "Lift Her Up" Event which is an inspirational and uplifting program that recognizes the scarifies of essential workers, women leaders and trailblazers in the Kansas City community. This event is one of the organization's signature events with 1600 women attending in 2025. During the event, 27 phenomenal women were recognized for the sacrifices made in the community. With the support of local sponsors such as T-Mobile, JCPenney and many small businesses supporting the event as vendors it was a huge success. This is our major fundraising event of the year. During the event we support local underserved minority women entrepreneurs. 65 Displayed and was supported by 1600 other women in attendance who patronaged their businesses to build long-term relationships and support. Through this new entrepreneurship program hundreds of minority women entrepreneurs will have the supports they need. We are working on building a robust ecosystem of support to build a peer network and will connect experienced entrepreneurs to experienced entrepreneurs and will develop an annual entrepreneurship resource summit. 84493 15750 0 In 2025, 55 High school Seniors are graduating out of Suburban Balance(adding to the total of a little over 500 students since the founding in 2012) and heading off to college or into a certification program or workforce development training program. Suburban helped connect students to paid internships in the careers they are pursuing. Suburban Balance successfully built a relationship with major school district in Kansas which resulted in the non-profit launching the C.A.R. E. program(college and career access readiness education) to help build the essential competencies of students to help them navigate applying for college and we have helped connect them to job training and workforce development program called CARE which offers mentors to help support college students through college completion. The organization continued our efforts to recruit CARE coaches and now have 20 C.A.R.E. coaches part of the program. CARE stands for college and career access readiness education. An initiative to help change the trajectory of declining college enrollment rates and declining college graduation rates amongst black students. This is a huge accomplishment. The program is reaching over 200 students. 99% of students are heading to college or into a workforce development program. Suburban Balance is also building the mindset, behaviors and skillset to teach students about entrepreneurship and starting their own business someday. Exposing them to financial literacy, our motto is the earlier the better. Suburban Balance announced a new initiative to launch our new Entrepreneurship Economic Mobility support workshops to advance equitable economic mobility in KC. The initiative aims to help underrepresented minority women entrepreneurs start, sustain, grow and scale their businesses through these robust workshops. The number of families getting their children involved in Suburban Balance grew significantly in 2025. Nearly 100 families enrolled their children in our programming. These families receive access to a variety of educational programs, information regarding scholarships, mentoring resources, and the support of advocates who advocate for educational equity on behalf of families. The organization continues to work to remove inequities that create educational and health disparities as Education is a social determinant of health. In 2025 Suburban Balance awarded approx. 15,000 in scholarships to help underrepresented minority students go to college. 0 0 0 211233 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X LaShawn Walker 8162604159 316 NE Lakes Edge Cir Lee Summit MO 64064 LaShawn Walker President & CEO 40 0 X 90000 0 0 Dr Pamela Webb Board Chair 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Roxanne Moore Board Treasurer 1 0 X 0 0 0 Sharon Cleaver Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Robbin Roustic Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Dr Sara Myers Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Rasheida Perry-Otutu Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 90000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2400 0 0 0 199006 800 201406 Lift Her Up Program Revenue 900099 42444 42444 0 0 0 0 0 0 42444 0 0 0 0 0 2920 800 2120 0 0 2120 0 245970 42444 0 2120 0 0 15750 15750 0 0 0 0 90000 81000 4500 4500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6877 6189 344 344 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11008 0 11008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5503 703 1920 2880 4217 4217 0 0 8713 605 8108 0 2281 1753 528 0 0 0 0 0 2603 2603 0 0 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 347 0 347 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 626 0 626 0 Program Food 69568 69568 0 0 Lift Her Up Event Cost 28845 28845 0 0 0 0 0 0 246365 211233 27408 7724 165497 162710 0 0 2500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 626 0 1590 1590 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168623 162710 0 0 0 0 73631 68113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73631 68113 X 94992 94597 0 0 94992 94597 168623 162710 -395 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 109588 75472 104516 217266 201406 708248 109588 75472 104516 217266 201406 708248 393730 314518 125 125 708373 42444 0.44400 0.39634 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 2023: T-shirts sales RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1590 1590 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Scholarships 9 15750 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Scholarships given to students to use towards college or towards their trade or certification programs based off of a written essay they submit. The scholarship funds can be used as the students deem necessary. Form 990, Part III, Line 2 Entrepreneurship Economic Mobility support workshops and mentoring program. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 is distributed via email. Approval is sent via email from each board member. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The board reviews and approves the compensation of the CEO annually. They look at the compensation of comparable nonprofits of CEO's in the area. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization made its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request to the public during the tax year.