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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,202,298
Total expenses
$2,794,474
Contributions and grants received
$2,151,891
Grants paid
$995,960
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$50,407
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,881,739
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,521,284
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$360,455
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,251,873
Management and general expenses
$302,643
Fundraising expenses
$239,958
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,251,873

Program services were 80.6% 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

    $30,496

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,121,395

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,300 · excluded $29,300

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $21,107

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $21,107

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $21,107 · related or exempt $21,107

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $30,496

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $995,960 · program services $995,960

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $588,006 · program services $393,126 · management and general $117,600 · fundraising $77,280

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $277,366 · program services $194,922 · management and general $15,077 · fundraising $67,367

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $109,411 · program services $70,683 · management and general $16,307 · fundraising $22,421

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $60,179 · program services $42,776 · management and general $9,988 · fundraising $7,415

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,533 · program services $3,517 · management and general $1,913 · fundraising $103

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $102,608 · program services $51,840 · management and general $42,128 · fundraising $8,640

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $281,670 · program services $228,880 · management and general $19,969 · fundraising $32,821

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $59,574 · program services $54,910 · management and general $3,048 · fundraising $1,616

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $170,648 · program services $94,268 · management and general $64,699 · fundraising $11,681

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,730 · program services $1,901 · management and general $66 · fundraising $763

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,025 · program services $32,731 · management and general $2,095 · fundraising $2,199

  • 17 · Travel

    total $80,258 · program services $72,994 · management and general $1,556 · fundraising $5,708

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,564 · program services $319 · management and general $1,181 · fundraising $64

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,474 · program services $2,984 · management and general $4,986 · fundraising $504

  • 24a · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $9,698 · program services $8,017 · management and general $986 · fundraising $695

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $3,770 · program services $2,045 · management and general $1,044 · fundraising $681

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $708,652 · end of year $1,086,281

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,618,282 · end of year $548,620

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $136,676 · end of year $184,556

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,702 · end of year $18,023

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $59,713 · end of year $42,434

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

    $4,693

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

    $2,868

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,389 · end of year $1,825

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $87,124 · end of year $31,869

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,504,236 · end of year $1,489,415

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $383,989 · end of year -$38,885

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $564,065 · end of year $399,340

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE UNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION (UF) IS A NON-PROFIT HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD RECEIVES A QUALITY EDUCATION AND TO EMPOWER FAMILIES TO THRIVE SO THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE ARE A HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION THAT EMPOWERS LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION.

  • INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES STARTS WITH EDUCATION. WITH 57 MILLION CHILDREN WORLDWIDE DEPRIVED OF THIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT, OUR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE DEDICATED TO BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY. OPERATING PRIMARILY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, WHERE 43% OF THESE CHILDREN RESIDE, WE COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND TRUSTED PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS. FROM OUR TRANSFORMATIVE 5-PILLAR DEVELOPMENT MODEL TO INITIATIVES LIKE THE UNSTOPPABLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVES AND ENRICHMENT CENTERS, WE'VE IMPACTED OVER 500,000 LIVES ACROSS 22 COMMUNITIES IN KENYA ALONE. TOGETHER, WE'RE BUILDING A FUTURE WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.

    Expenses $2,173,545 · Grants $995,960

  • EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS: AT THE UNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION, WE CHAMPION VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN DEVELOPING NATIONS. OUR MISSION IS CLEAR: CATALYZE A SHIFT FROM MERE SURVIVAL TO FLOURISHING AND THE FULFILLMENT OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL'S POTENTIAL. THROUGH DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, WE EQUIP BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT OF GENEROSITY. FURTHERMORE, WE PROVIDE BUSINESSES WITH TURN-KEY SOLUTIONS TO INFUSE SOCIAL PURPOSE INTO THEIR OPERATIONS, INSPIRING EMPLOYEES AND ACTIVELY ADDRESSING THE WORLD'S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES. JOIN US IN CREATING A FUTURE WHERE EVERY LIFE THRIVES.

    Expenses $78,328

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • CYNTHIA KERSEY

    CEO & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,850
    From this org
    $174,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,814
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,036
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,814
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $190,850

  • GEOFF GREEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT QUINTANA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BLAINE BARTLETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DIANE CIRINCIONE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID MELTZER

    CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KARLA YOUNG

    COO

    Total calculated
    $153,701
    From this org
    $145,001
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,700
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,001
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $153,701

  • MICHAEL HAMMAN

    CFO & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $132,000
    From this org
    $132,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • JANET DRIVER

    SENIOR PARTNERSHIP MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $111,455
    From this org
    $102,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,700
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
20 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412699349301801

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