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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LAURENS KIDS.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,079,932
Total expenses
$2,825,032
Contributions and grants received
$2,640,996
Grants paid
$30,025
Program service revenue
$177,331
Investment income
$131,200
Other revenue
$130,405
Total assets, end of year
$7,737,013
Total liabilities, end of year
$265,320
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,471,693
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,241,818
Management and general expenses
$446,905
Fundraising expenses
$136,309
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,241,818

Program services were 79.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $192,971

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,803,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $645,025

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Curriculum Sales

    total $148,978 · related or exempt $148,978

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Recycling Service

    total $28,353 · related or exempt $28,353

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $135,597 · excluded $135,597

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $258,788

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

    securities $263,185

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$4,397

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,397 · excluded -$4,397

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $636,921

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

    $192,971

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $506,516

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $130,405 · excluded $130,405

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $30,025 · program services $30,025

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $511,884 · program services $97,443 · management and general $341,512 · fundraising $72,929

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,421 · program services $15,421

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,353 · program services $7,139 · management and general $6,610 · fundraising $19,604

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,470 · program services $1,470

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,940 · program services $6,864 · management and general $27,076

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $31,314 · management and general $31,314

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $24,814 · program services $24,814

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $155,727 · program services $143,922 · management and general $10,306 · fundraising $1,499

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $45,138 · program services $9,662 · management and general $8,946 · fundraising $26,530

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $74,303 · program services $73,944 · management and general $299 · fundraising $60

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,078 · program services $3,953 · management and general $1,292 · fundraising $3,833

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Services

    total $1,833,004 · program services $1,812,919 · management and general $19,550 · fundraising $535

  • 24b · Other expenses: Credit Card Processing

    total $12,815 · program services $1,496 · fundraising $11,319

  • 24c · Other expenses: Supplies and Materials

    total $12,746 · program services $12,746

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,347,932 · end of year $3,395,015

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,177,571 · end of year $477,251

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $44,421 · end of year $58,173

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

    $15,051

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

    $15,051

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,369,943 · end of year $3,806,574

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $50,034 · end of year $265,320

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $38,866 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,850,967 · end of year $7,471,693

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To prevent the sexual abuse of minors by educating children and adults about sexual predators, promoting awareness of sexual abuse laws and supporting survivors and their families in post-disclosure recovery, making America safer for our children.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Lauren's Kids, Inc.'s mission is to prevent the sexual abuse through education and awareness and to help survivors heal with guidance and support.

  • The organization receives funds to support Florida school districts in implementing the lessons from Lauren's Kids "Safer, Smarter Schools" curriculum for Florida's public (including charter) school students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12, with supporting professional development and trainings for educators. This is the first-ever comprehensive pre-kindergarten through grade 12 program school-based prevention and personal safety curriculum. The funds were used to research best practices, consult with career educators, administrators, mental health professionals, and developmental psychologists to develop educationally sound, research-based materials aligned to Florida state education standards. Funds were also used to produce animated videos and digital curriculum modules for children, parents and educators.

    Expenses $786,709

  • The organization developed an educational brochure regarding protecting children against sexual abuse that is included in 8-10 million vehicle registration renewals. Since 95% of childhood sexual abuse is preventable through education and awareness, the goal is to reach as many individuals with direct messaging as possible. The program that allows Lauren's Kids to provide an educational insert in motor vehicle registration renewal notices assures that over 8 million individuals will read the material this year. In December of each year a targeted program occurs in driver's license renewal offices where close to 500,000 individuals are provided with educational materials on how to better protect our children from predators and pedophiles. The organization wrote books entitled "It's Ok to Tell and "Lauren's Kids" which is intended to educate people about abuse. In addition the organization incurs expenses in delivering education materials and class work on the subject of abuse.

    Expenses $1,437,207 · Grants $30,025 · Revenue $177,331

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $17,902

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ronald L Book

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Beth Rosenstein

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rochelle S Matza

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Keith Kenner

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stanford Blake

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Bruno Dede

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Charles Fernandes

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Manny Kadre

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Randal Perkins

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Diane Philbin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Lauren F Book

    Founder and CEO

    Total calculated
    $262,500
    From this org
    $262,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $262,500

  • Maraleen Browne

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $103,500
    From this org
    $103,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 3
The Board of Directors approves the CEO and Executive Director compensation.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513119349300921

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