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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BENS BELLS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$907,238
Total expenses
$1,153,211
Contributions and grants received
$316,869
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$205,253
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$385,116
Total assets, end of year
$532,367
Total liabilities, end of year
$243,240
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$289,127
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$835,125
Management and general expenses
$118,324
Fundraising expenses
$199,762
Program service expenses (Part III)
$835,125

Program services were 72.4% 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

    $48,437

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $268,432

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MURALS

    total $141,260 · related or exempt $141,260

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDIO

    total $50,793 · related or exempt $50,793

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $13,200 · related or exempt $13,200

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $67,897

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

    $48,437

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $40,457

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $27,440 · excluded $27,440

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $391,209

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $42,716

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $348,493 · related or exempt $348,493

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $9,183 · excluded $9,183

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,183

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $691,733 · program services $532,366 · management and general $26,048 · fundraising $133,319

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $89,261 · program services $62,178 · management and general $10,685 · fundraising $16,398

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,813 · program services $688 · management and general $3,452 · fundraising $7,673

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $75,298 · program services $30,120 · management and general $37,648 · fundraising $7,530

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,063 · program services $7,063

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,480 · program services $3,287 · management and general $33 · fundraising $12,160

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $28,035 · program services $17,077 · management and general $7,142 · fundraising $3,816

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $124,766 · program services $101,824 · management and general $17,952 · fundraising $4,990

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,324 · program services $1,937 · management and general $1,701 · fundraising $686

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,801 · program services $7,616 · management and general $2,021 · fundraising $164

  • 24a · Other expenses: MATERIALS

    total $40,958 · program services $37,426 · management and general $956 · fundraising $2,576

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $18,599 · program services $12,289 · management and general $6,284 · fundraising $26

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $16,041 · program services $9,194 · management and general $2,886 · fundraising $3,961

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $10,990 · program services $10,153 · management and general $178 · fundraising $659

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,049 · program services $1,907 · management and general $1,338 · fundraising $5,804

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $24,565 · end of year $29,171

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $110,130 · end of year $147,245

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $312,704 · end of year $38,742

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $92,875 · end of year $100,459

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $14,702 · end of year $17,093

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

    $123,539

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

    $123,539

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $199,657

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $57,576 · end of year $67,683

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $21,963 · end of year $37,090

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $138,467

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $475,437 · end of year $251,627

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $37,500

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF BEN'S BELLS IS TO TEACH INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE POSITIVE IMPACTS IF INTENTIONAL KINDNESS AND TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO PRACTICE KINDNESS AS A WAY OF LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF BEN'S BELLS IS TO TEACH INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE POSITIVE IMPACTS OF INTENTIONAL KINDNESS AND TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO PRACTICE KINDNESS AS A WAY OF LIFE.

  • MERCHANDISING/STUDIO:BEN'S BELLS HAS THREE STUDIO LOCATIONS IN ARIZONA AND ONE IN CONNECTICUT. SINCE 2003, BEN'S BELLS STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING THOUSANDS OF CERAMIC WIND CHIMES IN THE STUDIOS EACH YEAR TO DISTRIBUTE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THE BELLS ARE A SYMBOL OF KINDNESS AND ITS POWER IN HEALING, MEANT TO TOUCH OTHERS' LIVES AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A GENTLER PLACE TO LIVE.THE STUDIO LOCATIONS ALSO OPERATE AS STORE FRONTS IN ADDITION TO AN ONLINE WEBSITE WHERE MERCHANDISE CAN BE ORDERED. SHOP KIND IS MORE THAN JUST A RETAIL STORE, HOWEVER. BEN'S BELLS' "GOODS FOR KINDNESS" ARE LITERALLY THAT. IT'S PURPOSE-DRIVEN SHOPPING THAT IMPACTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. EVERY HANDMADE AND HAND-SELECTED ITEM SOLD HELPS FUND BEN'S BELLS' OPEN ART STUDIOS, KINDNESS EDUCATION, AND FURTHERS THE MISSION OF INSPIRING KINDNESS.

    Expenses $617,312 · Revenue $399,286

  • EDUCATION:SINCE ITS INCEPTION, OVER 800 SCHOOLS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OUR KIND CAMPUS PROGRAM, MEANING MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION STUDENTS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING KINDNESS SKILLS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT CULTURE, WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN TO SUPPORT A RANGE OF POSITIVE LEARNING OUTCOMES.OUR OTHER KINDNESS EDUCATION PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND GROW WITH OVER 50 ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE FORMALLY PARTICIPATED IN OUR KIND COLLEAGUES PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BENEFITTED MORE THAN 43,000 EMPLOYEES AT PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS. MEANWHILE MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATE IN KINDNESS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING THROUGH SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, GROUP VOLUNTEERING, AND WORKSHOPS. IN 2022-2023, WE HONORED 22 INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR KINDNESS BY GIVING THEM BEN'S BELLS AND SHARING THEIR STORIES. WE HAVE ALSO DISTRIBUTED OVER 80,000 BELLS SINCE WE STARTED IN 2013. OUR MISSION CONTINUES TO RESONATE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES CONTINUE TO BE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO OUR MISSION AND GOALS. THIS YEAR, 1,385 PARTICIPANTS DEDICATED 12,335 HOURS TO HELP CREATE HAND-MADE ART PIECES, PARTICIPATE IN OUR EDUCATION OUTREACH, AND SUPPORT OUR MESSAGE OF INTENTIONAL KINDNESS AT EVENTS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA AND CONNECTICUT.

    Expenses $138,114 · Revenue $13,200

  • MURAL: BEN'S BELLS HAS INSTALLED A SERIES OF KINDNESS-THEMED MOSAIC MURALS IN TUCSON, PHOENIX, CONNECTICUT, AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THESE BRIGHTLY COLORED PUBLIC ART PIECES SYMBOLIZE COMMUNITY CONNECTION AND SUPPORT THROUGH KINDNESS, AND ARE CREATED BY A DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS, LOCAL ARTISTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHEREVER THEY ARE LOCATED. IN DECEMBER OF 2009, THE BEN'S BELLS PROJECT, TUSD'S COMMUNITY TRANSITION PROGRAMS AND THE MARSHALL FOUNDATION BROUGHT WORLD RENOWNED AND AWARD-WINNING MOSAIC ARTIST ISAIAH ZAGAR FROM PHILADELPHIA TO TUCSON. HE TAUGHT THE "ZAGAR METHOD AND WORKED ALONGSIDE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO INSTALL MOSAIC ART ONTO TWO PUBLIC WALLS WITHIN MAIN GATE SQUARE. THE ZAGAR WORKSHOP RESULTED IN THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE KINDNESS CORRIDOR MOSAIC ART MURAL.SINCE THEN, BEN'S BELLS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CREATING DOZENS MORE COMMUNITY MURALS, AND WE REGULARLY INSTALL OUR BELOVED "BE KIND" FLOWER, "KINDNESS TREE AND "KIND CACTUS" AT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN ARIZONA, CONNECTICUT, AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.WE HAVE LAUNCHED A CUSTOM MURAL PROGRAM, WHICH IS EXPANDING OUR REACH TO MORE BUSINESSES AND PUBLIC ART SPACES.

    Expenses $79,699 · Revenue $141,260

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrew Luria

    CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Fonseca

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Mellady

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erika Barnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Shirley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeni Jankowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashleigh Kruk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debbie McGuire

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Forest Melton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phil Tilicki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stacey Worthington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh Pebbles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Gomez Bernard

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $77,533
    From this org
    $77,533
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jeannette Mare

    CHIEF KINDNESS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $4,226
    From this org
    $4,226
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441369349317504

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