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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$184,311
Total expenses
$229,087
Contributions and grants received
$148,372
Grants paid
$83,963
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$901
Other revenue
$35,038
Total assets, end of year
$138,648
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,927
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$136,721
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$189,718
Management and general expenses
$19,682
Fundraising expenses
$19,687
Program service expenses (Part III)
$189,718

Program services were 82.8% 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

    $30,380

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $117,992

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $901 · related or exempt $901

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $47,790

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

    $30,380

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,022

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $34,768

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $3,688

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,418

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $270 · related or exempt $270

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $83,963 · program services $83,963

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $29,621 · program services $20,735 · management and general $4,443 · fundraising $4,443

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $52,735 · program services $36,915 · management and general $7,910 · fundraising $7,910

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $666 · program services $466 · management and general $100 · fundraising $100

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,648 · program services $3,954 · management and general $847 · fundraising $847

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,984 · program services $7,689 · management and general $1,647 · fundraising $1,648

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $68 · program services $48 · management and general $10 · fundraising $10

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,279 · program services $895 · management and general $192 · fundraising $192

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,249 · program services $5,774 · management and general $1,237 · fundraising $1,238

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,093 · program services $765 · management and general $164 · fundraising $164

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,576 · program services $10,203 · management and general $2,186 · fundraising $2,187

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $569 · program services $398 · management and general $85 · fundraising $86

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,419 · program services $993 · management and general $213 · fundraising $213

  • 24a · Other expenses: EXCHANGE RATE LOSS

    total $10,237 · program services $10,237

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $3,626 · program services $2,538 · management and general $544 · fundraising $544

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT TAXES

    total $2,563 · program services $2,563

  • 24d · Other expenses: DEPRECIATION

    total $569 · program services $569

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,222 · program services $1,013 · management and general $104 · fundraising $105

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $124,064 · end of year $68,372

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $37,315 · end of year $28,419

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,194 · end of year $3,323

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

    $39,478

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

    $944

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $151 · end of year $38,534

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $340 · end of year $1,927

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $175,387 · end of year $136,721

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND RELATED SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF CHILD TRAFICKING IN GHANA, AFRICA IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEM FROM RE-ENTRY INTO SLAVERY, PREPARE THEM FOR FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE, AND OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

  • DURING 2023, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES T0 93 VICTIMS OF CHILD TRAFFICKING LIVING THROUGHOUT GHANA. SERVICES INCLUDED SCHOOL TUITION, ROOM AND BOARD, BOOKS, UNIFORMS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, MEDICAL CARE, AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.

    Expenses $189,718 · Grants $83,964

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • EVAN ROBBINS

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $29,621
    From this org
    $29,621
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • LISA ROBBINS

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MICHAEL BAER

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BRIAN VALQUETTE

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • ADEKUNIE ADISA

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • DAVID SACHS

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • CHRISTINE MARSH

    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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • BREAKING THE CHAIN

    SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS · GH

    Directly controlled by BREAKING THE CHAIN THRU EDUC INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423219349300002

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