Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,166,822

Total expenses

$1,699,977

Contributions and grants received

$1,150,986

Grants paid

$680,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$15,836

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$978,737

Total liabilities, end of year

$14

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$978,723

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,302,455

Management and general expenses

$348,050

Fundraising expenses

$49,472

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,302,455

Program services were 76.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• MIRACLE MESSAGES IS AN AWARD-WINNING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS REBUILD THEIR SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS, PRIMARILY THROUGH FAMILY REUNIFICATIONS AND A PHONE-BASED BUDDY PROGRAM. PHONE BUDDY PROGRAM: MIRACLE FRIENDS MATCHES UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS WITH TRAINED VOLUNTEERS FOR WEEKLY PHONE CALLS AND TEXTS, TO PROVIDE GENERAL WELLNESS CHECKS AND LIGHTWEIGHT PROBLEM SOLVING. TO DATE, WE'VE PAIRED OVER 150 NEW FRIENDS WORLDWIDE. MIRACLE MESSAGES OFFERS A HUMANE, HIGHLY EFFECTIVE WAY TO HELP END HOMELESSNESS: STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SUPPORTS AND FINANCIAL SECURITY, SHATTER STIGMAS, AND EMPOWER PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TO GET INVOLVED. OUR WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, CNN, IN A TED TALK, AND HUNDREDS MORE. WE'RE ON A MISSION TO END RELATIONAL POVERTY ON THE STREETS.

  Expenses $172,532

• MIRACLE MONEY: MIRACLE MONEY PROVIDES UNCONDITIONAL DIRECT CASH TRANSFERS OF 750 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS TO AT LEAST 55 ADULTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND AT LEAST 55 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND, AS PART OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL EVALUATING BASIC INCOME COMBINED WITH SOCIAL SUPPORT. SOCIAL SUPPORT WILL BE PROVIDED OVER 12 MONTHS THROUGH MIRACLE FRIENDS, A PHONE BUDDY PROGRAM THAT MATCHES UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS 1:1 WITH COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR WEEKLY CALLS AND TEXTS TO CHECK-IN, SAY HELLO, AND OFFER LIGHTWEIGHT SUPPORT. THE GOAL IS TO ADDRESS "RELATIONAL POVERTY," WHICH IS A DEADLY, OFTEN- OVERLOOKED FORM OF POVERTY THAT LEADS TO NEARLY UNIMAGINABLE LEVELS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION, STIGMA, AND SHAME. WITHOUT ADEQUATE SOCIAL SUPPORT, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TEND TO STAY HOMELESS.

  Expenses $1,036,526 · Grants $680,000

• REUNION SERVICES: A PERSON EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS RECORDS A SHORT MESSAGE TO A LOVED ONE (OR VICE VERSA). THEN, OUR NETWORK OF "DIGITAL DETECTIVES" ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THE LOVED ONE AND DELIVER THE MESSAGE. TO DATE, WE'VE REUNITED OVER 450 FAMILIES WORLDWIDE.

  Expenses $93,397

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

Listed in Part VII

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

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202403209349327445

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