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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MAKE GOOD INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$674,293
Total expenses
$604,785
Contributions and grants received
$630,837
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$43,456
Total assets, end of year
$265,241
Total liabilities, end of year
$52,951
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$212,290
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$557,167
Management and general expenses
$39,795
Fundraising expenses
$7,823
Program service expenses (Part III)
$557,167

Program services were 92.1% 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

    $630,837

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $55,054

  • 11a · Other revenue: EXP REIMBURSEMENTS (HIAS)

    total $43,456 · excluded $43,456

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $43,456

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $49,994 · program services $49,994

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $113,600 · program services $113,600

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,814 · program services $13,814

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,170 · program services $1,347 · fundraising $7,823

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,374 · program services $6,374

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,250 · program services $14,645 · management and general $12,605

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $132,067 · program services $105,653 · management and general $26,414

  • 20 · Interest

    total $919 · program services $735 · management and general $184

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,956 · program services $2,364 · management and general $592

  • 24a · Other expenses: APPAREL, SHOES, ACCES.

    total $84,671 · program services $84,671

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOOKS

    total $46,529 · program services $46,529

  • 24c · Other expenses: BACKPACKS

    total $33,293 · program services $33,293

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS AND HOSPITALITY

    total $22,268 · program services $22,268

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $61,880 · program services $61,880

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $144,898 · end of year $216,081

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $21,560 · end of year $21,560

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

    $7,452

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

    $7,452

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $27,600 · end of year $27,600

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $51,276 · end of year $52,951

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $142,782 · end of year $212,290

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MAKE GOOD BELIEVES IN BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE SOCIETY BY PROVIDING IMMEDIATE, ON-THE-GROUND IMPACT TO LOS ANGELES' MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUTH. THROUGH OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: THE BOOK FOUNDATION AND TAY SHOP AT THE EMPORIUM: FOSTER RESOURCE AND LITERACY CENTER, WE OFFER TARGETED PROGRAMS TO THOSE MOST AT RISK OF FALLING BEHIND. WE BELIEVE BEING LITERATE GOES BEYOND WORDS AND BOOKS. IT INCLUDES FINANCIAL AND NUTRITIONAL LITERACY, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND HAVING ONE'S NEEDS MET WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. WE AVOID A DUPLICATION OF EFFORT AND PROVIDE DEEPLY ENRICHED PROGRAMS BY PARTNERING WITH 'BEST-IN-CLASS' ORGANIZATIONS TO EFFECT POSITIVE AND LASTING CHANGE.

  • THE BOOK FOUNDATION WAS LAUNCHED IN 2014 BY FORMER HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR, RUTH STALFORD. THE INITIAL IDEA WAS SIMPLE: GET NEW BOOKS INTO THE HANDS OF CHILDREN IN UNDER-RESOURCED AREAS. THE RESEARCH WAS CLEAR, CHILDREN GROWING UP IN HOMES WITH NO BOOKS ARE "ON AVERAGE" THREE YEARS BEHIND IN SCHOOL THAN CHILDREN WHO HAVE ACCESS TO LOTS OF BOOKS. IN LOW-INCOME AREAS THE RATIO OF BOOKS TO CHILDREN IS 1 TO 300. RUTH'S PASSION WAS CONTAGIOUS AND SHE SOON BEGAN PARTNERING WITH LIKE MINDED ORGANIZATIONS. HER GOAL EARLY ON WAS NOT TO DUPLICATE EFFORTS AND INSTEAD TO PARTNER WITH THE BEST OF BREED ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE MISSIONS- AND POPULATIONS' WERE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE BOOK FOUNDATION. SINCE ITS INCEPTION THE BOOK FOUNDATION HAS GIVEN AWAY OVER 300,000 BOOKS TO 75,000 AT-RISK CHILDREN.

    Expenses $201,161

  • INSPIRED BY FOSTER CARE COUNTS' GOODS FOR GRADES PROGRAM, THE TAY SHOP WAS FOUNDED IN EARLY 2017 TO PROVIDE TRANSITION AGE FOSTER YOUTH(TAY)IN LA COUNTY WITH NEW CLOTHING, ESSENTIAL ITEMS, AND OR COURSE BOOKS, TO HELP EASE THEIR TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD. WE PARTNER WITH JOB TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE A PERSONALIZED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE FOR TAY YOUTH AT OUR STOREFRONT. THIS CURATED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE IS COMPLEMENTED WITH ON-SITE LIFE SKILLS AND LITERACY WORKSHOPS FOR TAY YOUTH. SINCE ITS INCEPTION WE HAVE SERVED MORE THAN 7,500 YOUNG PEOPLE, GIVING AWAY THOUSANDS OF SELF-ESTEEM BOOSTING NEW CLOTHING AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS. THE TAY SHOP SPACE HAS EVELOVED INTO A COLLABORATIVE HUB WHERE ORGANIZATIOONS WHO SERVE THIS POPULATION CAN CONNECT AND GATHER TO IMPROVE THE OUTSCOMES FOR ALL YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY EXIT THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.

    Expenses $356,006

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ruth Stalford

    PRES/EXEC DI

    Total calculated
    $49,992
    From this org
    $49,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0

  • Joanne Freed

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Staci Miller

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Sheri Singer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Julie Liker

    BOARD CHAIRP

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Sandy Nasseri

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • James Ryan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Rae Sanchini

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Megan Hooper

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Michele Sanchez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202543219349327929

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