Totals
- Total revenue
- $371,402
- Total expenses
- $223,560
- Contributions and grants received
- $343,558
- Grants paid
- $26,145
- Program service revenue
- $20,719
- Investment income
- $6,425
- Other revenue
- $700
- Total assets, end of year
- $489,220
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $35,410
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $453,810
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $193,230
- Management and general expenses
- $4,905
- Fundraising expenses
- $25,425
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $193,230
Program services were 86.4% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$43,318
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$300,240
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$11,003
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2a · Program service revenue: Bakery Sales
total $11,637 · related or exempt $11,637 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: Trip Fees
total $9,082 · related or exempt $9,082 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $6,425 · related or exempt $6,425 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$43,318
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11a · Other revenue: Credit Card Rewards
total $700 · related or exempt $700 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$700
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $26,145 · program services $26,145
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $79,710 · program services $59,100 · management and general $1,440 · fundraising $19,170
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,225 · program services $3,559 · fundraising $666
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13 · Office expenses
total $714 · program services $32 · management and general $48 · fundraising $634
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14 · Information technology
total $3,434 · program services $275 · management and general $502 · fundraising $2,657
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16 · Occupancy
total $1,200 · program services $1,200 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $46,398 · program services $46,398 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $218 · program services $196 · management and general $0 · fundraising $22
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $13,294 · program services $13,294 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $2,890 · program services $2,890
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24a · Other expenses: Construction Supplies
total $26,907 · program services $26,907 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Program Supplies
total $8,228 · program services $8,228 · management and general $0
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24c · Other expenses: Vehicle Expense
total $2,502 · program services $2,502 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: General Supplies
total $1,965 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,965
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24e · All other expenses
total $5,730 · program services $2,504 · management and general $2,915 · fundraising $311
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $158,047 · end of year $160,981
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $155,544 · end of year $286,927
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,274
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$68,194
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$29,156
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $3,572 · end of year $39,038
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $11,205 · end of year $24,760
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $10,650
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $278,633 · end of year $326,543
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $27,325 · end of year $127,267
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Bricks to Bread International is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization whose primary exempt purpose is to alleviate poverty and build global leaders. We help build brick ovens for Costa Rican families seeking a sustainable source of income. Bricks to Bread assists and mentors families in the construction and maintenance of their own oven and offers training and assistance in developing a solid business plan to sell fresh baked goods to their community. Brick ovens not only help provide a family with a sustainable income, but they also bring communities together. The ovens become a focal point in the community, become a gathering place for community events, and bring people together. Bricks to Bread accomplishes all of this through donations, partnerships, volunteer trip opportunities and baking bread together.
Activities or mission (Part I)
We ignite hope and opportunity by empowering impoverished Latin American women to launch brick-oven bakery businesses that sustain families and communities. We inspire young global leaders through cultural exchange. We HOST joyful community baking events that raise awareness, spark connections, and celebrate the power of bread to change lives-one loaf, one story at a time.
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Rural Economic Development. 2,500 new lives touched by our programs. 2,672 members of our oven project communities received our ongoing support. Five households broke the poverty cycle barrier, achieving new financial security owning their own business during 2024. Our brick ovens are built for women seeking a sustainable source of income to support their families. They demonstrate an aptitude and desire to manage, maintain, and run a successful business. Furthermore, rural communities in Latin America rarely have access to fresh baked goods, many in food desert areas where the sources are limited. Breads from our ovens offer a sustainable, fresh option for the community. Our oven program provides needed resources for the whole community, giving families the opportunity to live better lives and give back to their communities. Each oven project includes the construction of a new brick oven, a processing and packaging facility and seed funding for training, business development and start-up costs. During 2024, we worked within 93 different communities throughout Costa Rica and Honduras, empowering 97 women to overcome adversity and achieve financial security. During 2024, we added 23 new families to our brick oven community, transforming each family from a life under the national extreme poverty level of $155 a month to earning over $600 a month (the national average income for rural communities). During 2024, we invested an additional $4,600 by hosting our third annual Empowering Women Entrepreneurs conference where 31 women entrepreneurs joined us for a 3-day conference of education, team building and information sharing.
Expenses $182,954 · Grants $17,655 · Revenue $9,052
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Global Leadership: In 2024, a total of 104 Youth Volunteers engaged in different community-driven initiatives. Our program promotes world peace, expands worldview, fosters cross-cultural understanding, and inspires servant leadership. In addition to one-time volunteer opportunities for youth, we offer a unique service learning opportunity for students interested in sharing their gifts and talents through both our Volunteer Trip Experiences and our Internship Program. A total of 26 youth and young adults (six local youth volunteers, and 20 youth in-country volunteers) participated in our volunteer trip experience. Our 7- to 11-day excursions cultivate a life-changing cultural exchange between recipients and volunteers, build meaningful relationships and provide opportunities that expand worldview, foster cross-cultural understanding, and inspire servant leadership. Two interns had intensive on-the-job training experiences working alongside leadership, staff, volunteers and donors.
Expenses $8,490 · Grants $8,490
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Community Engagement: Our community events are centered around the warmth of a community bread oven. During 2024, we offered 28 baking events in two communities, reaching over 1,012 local families who participated in our mission through our baking events. We offer volunteer participation experiences and sell baked goods throughout the region. Our oven events demonstrate just how our oven recipients in rural regions of Latin America change lives with a brick and a loaf.
Expenses $1,786 · Revenue $11,638
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Nancy F Alvarado
President of the Board
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Sara Kietzmann
Treasurer of the Board
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Josephine Kietzmann
Secretary of the Board
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Joyce Lizzi
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Lesley Blanco
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 25 August 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202513049349302261
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