Totals
- Total revenue
- $153,329
- Total expenses
- $147,701
- Contributions and grants received
- $153,329
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $27,292
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $10,585
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $16,707
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $146,460
Program services were 99.2% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
MERCURY FREE MINING INC.'S (MFM'S) PURPOSE IS TO INSPIRE THE GLOBAL JEWELRY INDUSTRY TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, DISCOVERY, AND DEPLOYMENT OF EFFICIENT GOLD ORE CONCENTRATORS THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY REPLACE THE USE OF TOXIC MERCURY TO CAPTURE GOLD BY SOME 20 MILLION ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINERS (ASGM) IN MORE THAN 70 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE COMMITTEDTHAT THROUGH OUR EFFORTS, THE 100 MILLION PEOPLE WHO DEPEND UPON ASGM CAN BE HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS AND MERCURY POLLUTION IN OUR ENVIRONMENT WILL BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED.
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MFM ESTABLISHED ITS CORE JEWELRY INDUSTRY INFORMATION PROGRAM EDUCATING THE JEWELRY INDUSTRY REGARDING THE HISTORY AND IMPACTS OF MERCURY USE IN GOLD MINING. PART OF THIS EDUCATION PROCESS HAS BEEN THE HIGHLIGHTING HOW THE JEWELRY INDUSTRY CAN BENEFIT BY TAKING A STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE 20 MILLION ARTISIANAL AND SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINERS WHO HAVE NO ALTERNATIVES TO THE USE OF MERCURY IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR LIVING AS GOLD MINERS.
Expenses $73,230
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MFM FINALIZED A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (GIA), TO FUND A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN MFM AND THE ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING (ARM) TO BEGIN GOLD ORE SAMPLING AND TESTING IN ANNANEA, PERU. MFM DEVELOPED A PROTOCOL FOR A FIRST OF ITS KIND ORE-SAMPLE COLLECTION TO SHIP THE COLLECTED ORE SAMPLES TO INNOVATIVE PROCESSORS IN FOUR COUNTRIES ON THREE CONTINENTS, ANALYZE THE GOLD ORE SAMPLES AND THE PROCESSOR'S EFFECTIVENESS, CREATING A DATABASE OTHERS CAN ACCESS AND BENEFIT FROM
Expenses $73,230
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Toby PomeroyTOBY POMEROY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $45,000
- Compensation
- $45,000
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Mark HannaMARK HANNA
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ronnie VanderlindenRONNIE VANDERLINDEN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Barbara HeinrichBARBARA HEINRICH
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Avi LeviAVI LEVI
MEMBER AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 April 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202521059349202077
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