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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MY VERY OWN BLANKET PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,638,502
Total expenses
$2,520,628
Contributions and grants received
$2,635,374
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,210
Other revenue
$918
Total assets, end of year
$396,957
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,101
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$392,856
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,722,888
Management and general expenses
$257,329
Fundraising expenses
$540,411
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,722,888

Program services were 68.4% 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

    $16,200

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $49,227

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,569,947

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,239,923

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,210 · excluded $2,210

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $16,200

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REWARDS

    total $918 · excluded $918

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $918

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $82,800 · program services $53,820 · management and general $4,140 · fundraising $24,840

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $31,499 · program services $20,474 · management and general $1,575 · fundraising $9,450

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,744 · program services $5,684 · management and general $437 · fundraising $2,623

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,895 · program services $245 · management and general $4,405 · fundraising $245

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,865 · program services $1,544 · management and general $10,292 · fundraising $1,029

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,621 · program services $1,573 · management and general $131 · fundraising $917

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,052 · program services $1,498 · management and general $103 · fundraising $451

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,817 · program services $1,775 · management and general $225 · fundraising $817

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,020 · program services $9,814 · management and general $701 · fundraising $3,505

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,876 · program services $1,219 · management and general $94 · fundraising $563

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $392 · program services $254 · management and general $20 · fundraising $118

  • 24a · Other expenses: BLANKET MATERIALS

    total $2,341,591 · program services $1,615,698 · management and general $234,159 · fundraising $491,734

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $8,124 · program services $5,281 · management and general $731 · fundraising $2,112

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $3,396 · program services $1,869 · management and general $170 · fundraising $1,357

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $2,067 · program services $1,509 · management and general $103 · fundraising $455

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $869 · program services $631 · management and general $43 · fundraising $195

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $54,078 · end of year $42,348

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $67,111 · end of year $135,140

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

    $2,271

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

    $2,271

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $145,005 · end of year $219,469

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,778 · end of year $4,101

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $260,416 · end of year $392,856

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MY VERY OWN BLANKET IS DEDICATED TO WARMING THE HEART OF EVERY CHILD IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM WITH A BLANKET WHICH GIVES THEM FEELINGS OF COMFORT, SECURITY, AND MOST OF ALL, A SMILE.WE CONNECT DIVERSE PEOPLE, COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUSINESSES AND SERVICES THROUGH THIS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY AND MINISTRY TO OUR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. THESE GIFTS ARE COMFORTING AND FAMILIAR AND CHILDREN CAN TAKE THEM FROM ONE HOME TO ANOTHER.THROUGH THE LOVING CARE OF VOLUNTEERS, THOUSANDS OF BLANKETS ARE DONATED EACH YEAR TO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. EACH BLANKET IS PERSONALIZED WITH THE CHILD'S NAME, A TRADITION FOR "MY VERY OWN BLANKET" SINCE 1999.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MY VERY OWN BLANKET IS DEDICATED TO WARMING THE HEART OF EVERY CHILD IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM WITH A BLANKET WHICH GIVES THEM A FEELING OF COMFORT, SECURITY, AND MOST OF ALL, A SMILE.WE CONNECT DIVERSE PEOPLE, COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUSINESSES AND SERVICES THROUGH THIS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY AND MINISTRY TO OUR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. THESE GIFTS ARE COMFORTING AND FAMILIAR AND CHILDREN CAN TAKE THEM FROM ONE HOME TO ANOTHER.THROUGH THE LOVING CARE OF VOLUNTEERS, THOUSANDS OF BLANKETS ARE DONATED EACH YEAR TO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. EACH BLANKET IS PERSONALIZED WITH THE CHILD'S NAME, A TRADITION FOR "MY VERY OWN BLANKET" SINCE 1999.

  • WE CONNECT DIVERSE PEOPLE, COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUSINESSES AND SERVICES THROUGH THIS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY AND MINISTRY TO OUR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. THESE GIFTS ARE COMFORTING AND FAMILIAR AND CHILDREN CAN TAKE THEM FROM ONE HOME TO ANOTHER. THROUGH THE LOVING CARE OF VOLUNTEERS, THOUSANDS OF BLANKETS ARE DONATED EACH YEAR TO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. EACH BLANKET IS PERSONALIZED WITH THE CHILD'S NAME, A TRADITION FOR "MY VERY OWN BLANKET" SINCE 1999.WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF BLANKET ANGELS, WORKING ALONE OR WITH A GROUP, WHO MAKE BLANKETS OCCASIONALLY, OR JUST ONCE. WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT 60 ACTIVE BLANKET ANGELS FROM 49 STATES WHO HAVE MADE AN ONGOING, MULTI-YEAR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING BLANKETS. WE VALUE EVERY BLANKET ANGEL AND EVERY BLANKET.DURING THE YEAR, OUR BLANKETS REACHED CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE IN 49 STATES THROUGH OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS SUCH AS MY COMFY KITS, COMFORT CASES, MY STUFF BAGS, STITCHED TOGETHER, CARRYING HOPE, EL'LESUN, WENDY'S WONDERFUL KIDS AND BUCKEYE RANCH, AS WELL AS A GROWING NUMBER (300+) OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FOSTER CARE AGENCIES ACROSS THE U.S.

    Expenses $1,722,888

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffery Corzine

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randy Gabel

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brittany Yoder

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robyn Newman

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Bownas

    BOARD MEMBER AND LEGAL ADV

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Swanson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Rudolph

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $82,800
    From this org
    $82,800
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202431809349300618

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