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← GWENDOLYN STRONG FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GWENDOLYN STRONG FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$639,991
Total expenses
$173,071
Contributions and grants received
$364,068
Grants paid
$17,923
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$279,856
Other revenue
-$3,933
Total assets, end of year
$6,278,126
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,278,126
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$27,461
Management and general expenses
$23,821
Fundraising expenses
$121,789
Program service expenses (Part III)
$27,461

Program services were 15.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $364,068

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $279,856 · excluded $279,856

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,933

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,933 · excluded -$3,933

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $14,423 · program services $14,423

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,500 · program services $3,500

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $577 · management and general $577

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,800 · management and general $6,800

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,525 · management and general $3,525

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $95,852 · fundraising $95,852

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,619 · program services $4,155 · management and general $4,155 · fundraising $8,309

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,531 · program services $5,383 · management and general $5,383 · fundraising $10,765

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,863 · fundraising $6,863

  • 24a · Other expenses: CALIFORNIA TAXES

    total $3,019 · management and general $3,019

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $362 · management and general $362

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $416 · end of year $156,332

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,810,790 · end of year $6,121,794

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,761,206 · end of year $4,228,126

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,050,000 · end of year $2,050,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE WORK TO FILL IN THE GAPS NEEDED TO CREATE REAL CHANGE AND BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE FUTURE FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES. WE PROVIDE PRACTICAL FAMILY SUPPORT, FUND SMA RESEARCH, AND ARE BUILDING THE FIRST INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND IN SANTA BARBARA. WE WORK TO INSPIRE COURAGE, FOSTER INCLUSION AND CREATE A KINDER WORLD AROUND THE GLOBE.

  • CONSISTENT WITH ITS MISSION, IN 2024 THE GWENDOLYN STRONG FOUNDATION (GSF) PROVIDED TARGETED FUNDING TO ACCELERATE SMA RESEARCH, CREATED UNIQUE WEB BASED SMA AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS REACHING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GLOBALLY, GRANTED TECHNOLOGY DEVICES TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE WITH SMA, CREATED TECHNOLOGY TO ASSIST WITH COMMUNICATION, AND PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IMPACTED BY SMA.

    Expenses $27,461 · Grants $17,923

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • VICTORIA STRONG

    DIRECTOR, CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • BILL STRONG

    DIRECTOR, CFO, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • NICK BARTOLO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
1 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202500939349301645

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