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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMISSION 127 INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 9 July 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$863,858
Total expenses
$745,111
Contributions and grants received
$822,321
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$24,939
Investment income
$16,598
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$590,265
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,944
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$582,321
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$658,041
Management and general expenses
$16,522
Fundraising expenses
$70,548
Program service expenses (Part III)
$658,041

Program services were 88.3% 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

    $822,321

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVENT REGISTRATIONS

    total $24,939 · related or exempt $24,939

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,598 · excluded $16,598

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $391,424 · program services $340,539 · management and general $7,828 · fundraising $43,057

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $21,440 · program services $19,296 · management and general $214 · fundraising $1,930

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $32,269 · program services $29,042 · management and general $323 · fundraising $2,904

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,500 · program services $27,450 · management and general $305 · fundraising $2,745

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,784 · program services $8,665 · management and general $3,790 · fundraising $329

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,071 · program services $3,016 · management and general $8 · fundraising $1,047

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,956 · program services $13,692 · management and general $138 · fundraising $3,126

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,662 · program services $2,800 · management and general $2,306 · fundraising $2,556

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,250 · program services $6,525 · management and general $73 · fundraising $652

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,689 · program services $19,593 · management and general $184 · fundraising $2,912

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,502 · program services $1,251 · management and general $1,251

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOSTERING DIRECT SUPPOR

    total $125,099 · program services $125,099

  • 24b · Other expenses: CHURCH MINISTRY

    total $28,145 · program services $28,145

  • 24c · Other expenses: PREVENTION AND REUNIFIC

    total $12,086 · program services $12,086

  • 24d · Other expenses: DONOR RELATIONS

    total $8,068 · program services $7,261 · fundraising $807

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,166 · program services $13,581 · management and general $102 · fundraising $8,483

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $468,260 · end of year $590,265

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,686 · end of year $7,944

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $463,574 · end of year $582,321

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT FOSTER, ADOPTIVE AND BIOLOGICAL FAMILIES IN CRISIS BY CREATING COMMUNITY AND EQUIPPING CHURCHES TO LAUNCH AND LEAD FAMILY ADVOCACY MINISTRIES WITH THE VISION THAT EVERY VULNERABLE CHILD WOULD EXPERIENCE LOVE IN A WELL-SUPPORTED FAMILY. C127 CORE PROGRAMS INCLUDE CHURCH MINISTRY IMPLEMENTATION, CREATING AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY FOR ADOPTIVE & FOSTER FAMILIES, VOLUNTEER SUPPORT, AND STRENGTHENING BIOLOGICAL FAMILIES IN CRISIS THROUGH CAREPORTAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE SUPPORT FOSTER & ADOPTIVE FAMILIES BY CREATING COMMUNITY AND EQUIPPING LOCAL CHURCHES

  • WE EQUIPPED, ACTIVATED AND SUSTAINED FAMILY ADVOCACY MINISTRIES IN 74 CHURCHES. WALKED ALONGSIDE 521 FOSTER & ADOPTIVE FAMILIES THIS YEAR. THROUGH WRAP AROUND SUPPORT, 105 FAMILIES WERE STRENGTHENED WITH VOLUNTEERS IN CARE COMMUNITIES WHO COMMITTED TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY FOR ONE YEAR: RECEIVING WEEKLY MEALS, ENCOURAGEMENT CALLS, MONTHLY NIGHT OFF, AND PRAYER BY THEIR TEAM OF 6-10 VOLUNTEERS THROUGH THE LOCAL CHURCH. SINCE WE IMPLEMENTED CAREPORTAL AS A TOOL FOR LOCAL CHURCHES TO MEET TANGIBLE NEEDS, 582 BIOLOGICAL FAMILIES IN CRISIS HAVE BEEN STABILIZED FAMILIES AND HELPED KEEP 1284 CHILDREN FROM HAVING TO ENTER THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM LOCALLY, RESULTING IN OVER $504,000 IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. IN 2023 ALONE, 323 FAMILIES AND 734 CHILDREN WERE STABILIZED IN THEIR HOME, RESULTING IN OVER $342,000 IN ECONOMIC IMPACT.

    Expenses $658,041

  • WE WALKED ALONGSIDE 521 FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES REPRESENTING A 550% GROWTH IN CONNECTED FAMILIES IN FOUR YEARS. WE PROVIDED EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO FAMILIES LOVING KIDS FROM HARD PLACES. DUE TO SUPPORT OF C127, 71% FAMILIES REPORTED THEY GREW SPIRITUALLY AND 76% SAID YES TO CONTINUING TO FOSTER, FOSTERING A SIBLING SET OR A DIFFICULT PLACEMENT. ONLY 22% OF FAMILIES FELT CONNECTED BEFORE C127 OR THEIR CARE COMMUNITY, WHILE 75% NOW FEEL HIGHLY CONNECTED AND SUPPORTED.

  • WE HOSTED OUR 3RD ANNUAL MARRIAGE RETREAT FOR 49 FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE COUPLES, OUR 3RD ANNUAL MOM'S RETREAT FOR 70 FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE MOMS, AND A FAM LEADER RETREAT FOR MINISTRY LEADERS OF OVER 20 PARTNER CHURCHES. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH CHURCH PARTNERS TO HOST 13 FAMILY PARK GATHERINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HELP BUILD COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION.SINCE INCEPTION, C127 CREATED CONNECTION FOR OVER 2000 VOLUNTEERS WITH WAYS TO SERVE AND SUPPORT FAMILIES THROUGH THEIR CHURCH. NOT ALL CAN FOSTER, BUT ALL CAN CARE. THROUGH THEIR CHURCHES, THESE VOLUNTEERS WERE ABLE TO FIND WAYS TO TANGIBLY CARE FOR THOSE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Betsey Bell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $104,600
    From this org
    $104,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • John Parker

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debbie Fields

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leigh Ann Horton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Morillo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Becky Robey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Olsen

    BOARD MEMBER

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422189349301117

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