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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HUMANITY FUNDS.

Totals

Total revenue
$205,492
Total expenses
$192,681
Contributions and grants received
$205,489
Grants paid
$159,911
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$38,752
Total liabilities, end of year
-$29,781
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$68,533
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$168,606
Management and general expenses
$3,621
Fundraising expenses
$20,454
Program service expenses (Part III)
$168,606

Program services were 87.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $94,745

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $110,744

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $0

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $3 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $10,597

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $94,745

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $10,597

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $159,911 · program services $159,911

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $800 · program services $0 · management and general $800 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $120 · management and general $120 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,159 · program services $575 · fundraising $584

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,701 · program services $0 · management and general $2,701 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,285 · program services $2,928 · management and general $0 · fundraising $5,357

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank and Pay Pal Fees

    total $2,124 · program services $2,124 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Fundraising Faciity and Food

    total $13,963 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $13,963

  • 24c · Other expenses: Video, Film and Sound

    total $3,618 · program services $3,068 · management and general $0 · fundraising $550

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $55,722 · end of year $22,783

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $45,760

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year -$44,769 · end of year -$29,791

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year -$25,769 · end of year -$10,781

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year -$19,000 · end of year -$19,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $29,953 · end of year $57,752

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,769 · end of year $10,781

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

We are a small group with extensive governmental, private sector and international non-profit experience. We established The Humanity Funds (THF) in the Spring of 2022 and received US Government 501c3 registered charity status in June of that year. Our guiding principle is research critical needs in our target countries and to work through local partners to implement and monitor projects to meet these needs. By going local we not only achieve immediate impact but also build the long-term capabilities of our local partners. We select our programs carefully. Our partners range from small grassroot organizations to large governmental organizations. Our projects are designed to address a wide range of needs to include critical infrastructure, education, humanitarian relief and longer term strategic projects designed to build lasting local capabilities. Our overarching goal is to bring about measurable and lasting, positive impact.

Activities or mission (Part I)

We are a group with extensive governmental, private sector and international non-profit experience. We established The Humanity Funds (THF) in the Spring of 2022 and received US Government 501c3 registered charity status in June of that year. Our guiding principle is to research critical needs in our target countries and to work through local partners to implement and monitor projects to meet these needs. By going local we not only achieve immediate impact but also build the long-term capabilities of our local partners. We select our programs carefully. Our partners range from small grassroot organizations to large governmental organizations. Our projects are designed to address a wide range of needs to include critical infrastructure, education, humanitarian relief and longer term strategic projects designed to build lasting local capabilities. Our overarching goal is to bring about measurable and lasting, positive impact.

  • Heating Points: Immediately with the start of Russia's efforts to destroy Ukraine's infrastructure, The Humanity Funds began work on a plan to establish a Community Heating and Communication Point in Kyiv. Fortunately the City of Kyiv had developed plans for a model site. Using these plans and working though our on-the-ground partner, Soloma Cats and the City of Kyiv we were able to purchase generators in France, Wifi and a Starlink satellite receiver and rudimentary kitchen appliances in Ukraine and establish the first Heating Point in Kyiv thereby earning for the project President Zelensky's Golden Heart Award. We went on to fund two more Heating Points in this life saving project.

    Expenses $28,718 · Grants $28,718 · Revenue $15,000

  • THERAPEUTIC SUMMER CAMP FOR WAR-IMPACTED CHILDREN: A recurring request from our Ukrainian partners has been to focus our efforts on Ukraine's women and children. Many o the programs we had underway were not specifically targeted on women and children but they were certainly of great benefit to these two categories. (The heating points were one such example.) Our first program specifically targeted on children took place in cooperation with the Ukrainian National Police and the Ukrainian Non-Profit organization, Voices of Children. In the summer of 2023 we planned and funded a summer camp for the war-traumatized children of first responders. The camp featured psychological help for the children and was regarded by all concerned as a huge success.

    Expenses $29,000 · Grants $29,000 · Revenue $30,378

  • OHMATDIT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN KYIV: In the course of The Humanity Funds visits to Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv we learned about the need of child amputees for hydro-therapy and resistance training in a heated therapeutic pool. Construction of such a pool had been started in an auxiliary building of the Ohmatdyt Hospital but the construction had stalled for lack of funding The Humanity Funds undertook to raise the necessary funds by holding a benefit concert in Ohmatdyt Hospital featuring the renowned cellist, Colin Carr. The concert was live-streamed to US audiences and the funds were raised for the pool. The opening ceremony for the pool took place in Kyiv in June 2024. The names of the major Humanity Funds donors are inscribed in a plaque on the pool wall. Revenues above the needs of the therapeutic pool were pooled for other projects at Ohmatdyt Childdren's hospital with donor consent.

    Expenses $48,788 · Grants $40,000 · Revenue $62,702

  • KYIV CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL: The Humanity Funds responded to an appeal from the Border Security Hospital in Kyiv for a 3D XRAY machine for the surgical ward. Operations were taking place on severe shrapnel wounds without the use of such a machine making effective surgery very difficult. A second hand 3D Xray machine was discovered in Poland and purchased through an intermediary and delivered to the hospital. Funds for the machine were raised at an event designed to fund both the machine and the camp for traumatized children. Event expenses were covered by the fund fo the camp.

    Expenses $15,729 · Grants $15,729 · Revenue $12,174

  • KAKHOVKA DAM FLOODING RELIEF: In June 2023 Russian forces destroyed a large section of the Kakhovka Dam leading to catastrophic flooding, loss of lives and property. The Humanity Funds received an urgent appeal from one of its Ukrainian partners for water pumps and rubber boats to conduct rescue and rehabilitation missions. The items were procured and were used throughout the period of emergency response.

    Expenses $9,850 · Grants $9,850 · Revenue $11,149

  • A program begun in 2022 in cooperation with the Ukrainian National Police delivered small generators to widows and others who were suffering from the consequences of Russia's attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure.

    Expenses $5,604 · Grants $5,694 · Revenue $1,942

  • Our Ukrainian Partner, the Zagoriy Foundation, is a registered Ukrainian non-profit with extensive public service programs in Ukraine, particularly in Western Ukraine. We have partnered with Ukraine House in the US to support Zagoriy efforts.

    Expenses $10,090 · Grants $10,000 · Revenue $10,000

  • In cooperation with the registered Ukrainian non-profit, Save Ukraine, we have supported creation of documentary film highlighting the plight of children abducted by Russian forces and taken to Russia or who have been kept against their will in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Save Ukraine is the lead organization rescuing children from Russian control.

    Expenses $20,827 · Grants $20,827 · Revenue $40,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Larry Craig Johnstone

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • Erik Schumy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Kinsley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Wilson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Trowbridge

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Silke Johnstone

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    55

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
2023
Filed
10 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202403199349300845

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