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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SAFE HANDS FOR GIRLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$562,160
Total expenses
$591,672
Contributions and grants received
$562,160
Grants paid
$94,642
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$124,063
Total liabilities, end of year
$511,532
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$387,469
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$524,828
Management and general expenses
$57,673
Fundraising expenses
$9,171
Program service expenses (Part III)
$524,828

Program services were 88.7% 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

    $562,160

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $94,642 · program services $94,642

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,316 · program services $4,216 · management and general $1,829 · fundraising $1,271

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,000 · program services $500 · fundraising $500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,500 · program services $12,500 · management and general $12,500 · fundraising $3,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $129,832 · program services $125,932 · fundraising $3,900

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $669 · program services $669

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,244 · program services $2,244

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $79,265 · program services $57,599 · management and general $21,666

  • 17 · Travel

    total $176,117 · program services $176,117

  • 20 · Interest

    total $14,920 · management and general $14,920

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,050 · program services $473 · management and general $577

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,754 · program services $2,877 · management and general $2,877

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES-PROGSERV

    total $36,326 · program services $36,326

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES-MNGMNT-9

    total $302 · management and general $302

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,735 · program services $10,733 · management and general $3,002

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $185,764 · end of year $58,805

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,000

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

    $160,772

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

    $99,401

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $62,420 · end of year $61,371

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,462 · end of year $3,887

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $94,487 · end of year $11,957

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $517,624 · end of year $499,575

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,494 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$357,959 · end of year -$387,469

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NONE

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND ITS HARMFUL EFFECTS; HELP FIGHT TO ELIMINATE IT; AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO SURVIVORS OF THE PRACTICE.

  • THE U.S. ADVOCACY PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING OF FGM SURVIVORS TO BECOME INFORMATION ADVISORS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. IT ALSO INCLUDES VARIOUS WORKSHOPS AROUND MULTIPLE U.S. CITIES TO TEACH PRACTICING COMMUNITIES ABOUT FGM AND TO WORK WITH FRONT LINE PROFESSIONALS. YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED IN AFTER SCHOOL SETTINGS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL REFUGEE STUDENTS AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WITH LARGE IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS AND HELPING THEM BECOME ADVOCATES FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH.

    Expenses $320,288

  • THE GAMBIAN ADVOCACY PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING OF FGM SURVIVORS TO BECOME INFORMATION ADVISORS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. IT ALSO INCLUDES VARIOUS WORKSHOPS AROUND SURROUNDING VILLAGES TO TEACH PRACTICING COMMUNITIES ABOUT FGM AND TO WORK WITH FRONT LINE PROFESSIONALS.

    Expenses $74,186 · Grants $62,937

  • THE GLOBAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM RAISES AWARENESS OF THE PLIGHT TO END FGM AND CHILD MARRIAGE, AND BRINGS ATTENTION TO THESE ISSUES IN ORDER TO SHAPE POLICY AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION. SAFE HANDS FOR GIRLS WORKS WITH GOVERNMENTS AND UN BODIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO BRING MUCH NEEDED ATTENTION TO THESE ISSUES.

    Expenses $73,864 · Grants $30,000

  • THE AGRICULTURAL PROJECT, WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 6-9, 2023, AND INCLUDED A SEED DONATION TO THE BANKAU COMMUNITY GARDEN, AS A WAY TO PROPMOTE SELF-SUSTAINABILITY BY GROWING FOOD, AND LATER SELLING IT; USING THE PROCEEDS TO EDUCATE YOUNG WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $49,323 · Grants $310

  • ON DECEMBER 4-8, 2023, AN EVENT WAS HELD TO INITIATE THE FORMATION OF A SOCIAL CLUB FOR YOUNG WOMEN IN THE LOWER RIVER REGION; IT WAS ATTENDED BY 110 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $6,971 · Grants $1,395 · Revenue $2,951

  • THE BREAKING BARRIERS PROGRAM, BASED IN MULTIPLE U.S. CITIES, OFFERS MENTORSHIP; HELP WITH SCHOOL; AND LINKS YOUNG GIRLS (FROM IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE BACKGROUNDS) WITH LOCAL RESOURCES AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, WHILE PREVENTING PRACTICES OF FGM AND CHILD MARRIAGE.

    Expenses $196

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jaha Dukureh

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Haddy Dande Jabbie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Mustapha Njie

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cany Jobe

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Haddy Jobe

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2023v5.1
Source object
202403209349327700

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