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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLOC MINISTRIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,899,457
Total expenses
$3,667,467
Contributions and grants received
$4,461,777
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$54,007
Other revenue
$383,673
Total assets, end of year
$9,085,212
Total liabilities, end of year
$463,451
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,621,761
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,962,415
Management and general expenses
$424,681
Fundraising expenses
$280,372
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,962,415

Program services were 80.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $238,665

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,223,112

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $127,617 · other assets $0

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

    securities $73,619 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $53,998 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $53,998 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $53,998

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $584,056

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $240,383

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $343,673 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $343,673

  • 11a · Other revenue: Private Loan Forgiven

    total $40,000 · related or exempt $40,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $40,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $53,661 · program services $0 · management and general $26,831 · fundraising $26,831

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,680,860 · program services $1,298,964 · management and general $212,566 · fundraising $169,330

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $57,262 · program services $6,681 · management and general $31,330 · fundraising $19,251

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $162,727 · program services $115,565 · management and general $33,221 · fundraising $13,941

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $50,160 · program services $48,598 · management and general $1,562 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $118,973 · program services $111,162 · management and general $135 · fundraising $7,676

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,100 · program services $4,061 · management and general $10,665 · fundraising $5,374

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $795,921 · program services $761,170 · management and general $34,750 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,381 · program services $1,306 · management and general $2,019 · fundraising $1,056

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,992 · program services $967 · management and general $9,069 · fundraising $1,956

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $164,404 · program services $149,623 · management and general $14,781 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,015 · program services $5,286 · management and general $5,729 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: BLOC Programs

    total $317,854 · program services $282,978 · management and general $523 · fundraising $34,353

  • 24b · Other expenses: Auto Expenses

    total $23,139 · program services $9,096 · management and general $14,044 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $15,122 · program services $16,561 · management and general -$1,453 · fundraising $14

  • 24d · Other expenses: Computer

    total $36,965 · program services $21,514 · management and general $14,936 · fundraising $515

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $142,931 · program services $128,883 · management and general $13,973 · fundraising $75

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,085,572 · end of year $3,734,586

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $16,146 · end of year $16,003

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $6,531 · end of year $6,531

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $6,540,080

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

    $1,138,060

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,833,237 · end of year $5,402,020

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,166 · end of year -$73,928

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $549,346 · end of year $458,883

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,627 · end of year $4,568

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,017,054 · end of year $8,116,233

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $372,625 · end of year $505,528

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BLOCs mission is building relationships with our neighbors and sharing hope in brokenness. We do this through a variety of free activities and programs for youth and adults.

  • BLOC Industries offers paid job training to hard-to-employ men and women ex-felons recovering addicts etc. Focus on both general job skills as well as trade skills in food and printing. These small businesses also aspire to grow social enterprises in an economically challenged neighborhood.

    Expenses $1,658,210

  • BLOC offers two programs specifically to urban women who struggle to overcome drug addiction and to leave the sex trafficking trade. 1 Weightless Anchor day shelters for homeless women in Price Hill area who are still involved in drugs and prostitution being trafficked. Goal: to offer practical support and resources for change. 2Redeemed residential homes for women in recovery. Goal: offer mentoring practical support and life job training to move them into a pathway of self-sufficiency. All programs are offered at no cost.

    Expenses $351,176

  • BLOC offers programs and mentoring for urban students and families to foster holistic success in life. These include afterschool programs arts sports training and residential program for teens whose families are experiencing issues like homelessness or parental absence due to incarceration or illness emergency food pantries and community meals large neighborhood events like grill outs and seasonal festivals.

    Expenses $953,029

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jerry Maas

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Larry Blundred

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dwight Young

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $92,688
    From this org
    $92,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Kelvin Boatner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Fritz Greer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Johnnie Carroll

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Victor Martinez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Denk

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mike Rader

    Board Member

    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.

  • BLOC House Coffee Shop LLC

    Program - Job Training · OH · income $343,174 · assets $380,903

  • BLOC Industries LLC

    Program - Job Training · OH · income $62,596 · assets $513,034

  • BLOC Letterpress LLC

    Program - Job Training · OH · income $20,822 · assets $43,319

  • BLOC Ministries Knoxville LLC

    Program - Job Training · OH · income $230,540 · assets $193,095

  • BLOC Ministries Louisville LLC

    Program - Job Training · OH · income $188,682 · assets $516,041

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403219349301825

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