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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,611,738
Total expenses
$1,672,904
Contributions and grants received
$1,470,341
Grants paid
$630,693
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$9,437
Other revenue
$131,960
Total assets, end of year
$966,873
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,316,877
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$1,350,004
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,285,432
Management and general expenses
$198,166
Fundraising expenses
$189,306
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,285,432

Program services were 76.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $74,715

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,395,626

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $630,693

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,437 · excluded $9,437

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $131,960

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $131,960

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $131,960 · excluded $131,960

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $74,324

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

    $74,715

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $74,324

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $630,693 · program services $630,693

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $93,108 · program services $9,311 · management and general $9,311 · fundraising $74,486

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $276,084 · program services $177,832 · management and general $50,885 · fundraising $47,367

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,633 · program services $2,730 · management and general $4,393 · fundraising $510

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,826 · program services $1,368 · management and general $26,736 · fundraising $722

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $26,590 · program services $14,476 · management and general $3,838 · fundraising $8,276

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $200 · management and general $200

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,182 · management and general $24,182

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,141 · management and general $2,141

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $59,168 · program services $32,390 · management and general $22,000 · fundraising $4,778

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $84,675 · program services $63,768 · fundraising $20,907

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,875 · program services $13,109 · management and general $4,766

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,263 · program services $16,221 · management and general $646 · fundraising $3,396

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $145,867 · program services $134,773 · management and general $1,700 · fundraising $9,394

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,848 · program services $14,186 · management and general $7,363 · fundraising $7,299

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,794 · program services $5,949 · fundraising $845

  • 20 · Interest

    total $33,992 · program services $31,244 · management and general $2,748

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $71,706 · program services $64,536 · management and general $3,585 · fundraising $3,585

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,821 · management and general $20,292 · fundraising $529

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF, VOLUNTEER SUPPORT

    total $36,383 · program services $32,311 · fundraising $4,072

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $14,958 · program services $13,850 · management and general $422 · fundraising $686

  • 24c · Other expenses: GIFT CARDS AND PASSES

    total $13,300 · program services $13,300

  • 24d · Other expenses: MERCHANT ACCOUNT FEES

    total $13,051 · program services $21 · management and general $12,074 · fundraising $956

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,746 · program services $13,364 · management and general $884 · fundraising $1,498

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $168,921 · end of year $65,090

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

    $1,899,284

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

    $1,298,817

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $652,263 · end of year $600,467

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $258,312 · end of year $286,768

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,900 · end of year $14,548

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,928 · end of year $21,686

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $1,527,000 · end of year $1,458,158

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $842,521 · end of year $837,033

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,399,803 · end of year -$1,484,223

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $89,750 · end of year $134,219

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS WITH LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN, TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED, NEGLECTED OR ARE FACING HOMELESSNESS. OUR MOTTO IS SIMPLE: EVERY CHILD DESERVES A CHILDHOOD. PROVIDED RESOURCES TO 9,155 CHILDREN, YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED, NEGLECTED OR FACED HOMELESSNESS IN UTAH AND IN 4 COUNTRIES IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERING CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES AND CHARITIES SERVING CHILDREN, TEENS, AND YOUNG ADULTS.

  • THE CHRISTMAS BOX HOUSES SUPPORT SERVICES: THE CHRISTMAS BOX HOUSES (CBH) IN SALT LAKE, OGDEN, AND MOAB, UT, WERE CREATED AND BUILT BY THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL TO PARTNER WITH UTAH'S STATE AND COUNTY CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES IN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN ENTERING STATE'S CUSTODY, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SHELTER CARE, ASSESSMENT, HEALTH, THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL SERVICES, AND BOOK NOOKS AND BLANKET ROOMS STOCKED WITH NEW BOOKS COZY BLANKETS FOR THE CHILDREN. 810 CHILDREN IN TOTAL WERE SERVED AT THESE LOCATIONS. THESE EMERGENCY SHELTERS OFFER A SAFE PLACE FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES DUE TO ABUSE, NEGLECT, TRAFFICKING, OR FACING HOMELESSNESS. CBH'S SERVE 39 SIBLING GROUPS EACH MONTH BETWEEN ALL THREE SHELTER FACILITIES, KEEPING ABOUT 1,000 SIBLINGS TOGETHER EACH YEAR. CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS AND CHILDREN WITH MORE SEVERE BEHAVIORAL ISSUES UNTIL A LONGER-TERM PLACEMENT CAN BE FOUND IN KINSHIP OR FOSTER CARE ARE ALSO SERVED AT THE THREE LOCATIONS. - 119 TOTAL CHILDREN WERE SERVED AT THE MOAB CHRISTMAS BOX HOUSE - 455 TOTAL CHILDREN WERE SERVED AT THE SALT LAKE CHRISTMAS BOX HOUSE - 236 TOTAL CHILDREN WERE SERVED AT THE OGDEN CHRISTMAS BOX HOUSE VOLUNTEERS: - MOAB CHRISTMAS BOX HOUSE: 25 - SALT LAKE CHRISTMAS BOX HOUSE: 95 - OGDEN CHRISTMAS BOX HOUSE: 163 - BOARD MEMBERS: 8 - PROJECT ELF: 228 TOTAL VOLUNTEERS: 627

    Expenses $1,284,380 · Grants $630,693

  • THE CHRISTMAS BOX ROOMS: OUR TWENTY-THREE CHRISTMAS BOX RESOURCE ROOMS SERVING 16 UTAH COUNTIES ARE STOCKED WITH NEW DONATED CHILD AND YOUTH ITEMS, INCLUDING CLOTHING, BEDDING, BABY ITEMS, SCHOOL AND HYGIENE KITS, BOOKS, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, AND TOYS. THESE RESOURCES SERVE CHILDREN AND TEENS: STAYING AT THE CHRISTMAS BOX HOUSES, SLCO YOUTH SERVICES SHELTER GROUP HOME AND MILESTONE TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM HOMES, YOUTH CURRENTLY IN FOSTER CARE AND AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE, CHILDREN RECEIVING IN-HOME SERVICES, CHILDREN BEING RAISED BY RELATIVES, AND CHILDREN BEING SERVICED INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH PARTNERING NONPROFITS. VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SUPPORT THE CHRISTMAS BOX RESOURCE ROOMS (CBR). RESOURCE ROOMS SERVED 2,214, HELP EASE THE FINANCIAL COSTS ON FOSTER FAMILIES, KINSHIP PLACEMENTS, AND AT-RISK YOUNG ADULTS STARTING THEIR JOURNEY INTO ADULTHOOD. INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS THROUGH PARTNERING CHILDREN'S CHARITIES WHERE OUR CBR RESOURCES WERE SHARED WITH CHILDREN IN HAITI, INDIA, KENYA, MEXICO, ECUADOR, PERU, AND COLOMBIA. CHILDREN SERVED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS: 1,603 THE CHRISTMAS BOX RESOURCE ROOMS PROVIDE RESOURCES TO MORE THAN 104 PARTNERING CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES, AND CHILDREN'S CHARITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

  • TRANSITION TO ADULT LIVING (TTAL): THE TTAL PROGRAM SERVES YOUNG ADULTS 14-22 YEARS WHO EITHER AGE OUT OF FOSTER CARE OR FACE HOMELESSNESS. THIS AT-RISK POPULATION HAS LITTLE OR NO SUPPORT IN THEIR LIVES. THIS PROGRAM ASSISTS THEM IN ACCESSING COMMUNITY RESOURCES, PROVIDES HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FOR MOVE-IN KITS AS THEY TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD TO THEIR FIRST APARTMENT ON THEIR OWN, AND SUPPORTS RECREATIONAL AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES AIMED AT FOSTERING A COMMUNITY OF INCLUSIVE SUPPORT WITH POSITIVE PEER-TO-PEER INTERACTIONS. TTAL YOUTH SERVED: - SALT LAKE METROPOLITAN: 1,182 - OGDEN/WEBER COUNTY: 26 - UTAH COUNTY: 360 - SOUTHWEST AREA: 5 TOTAL YOUNG ADULTS SERVED: 1,573

  • PROJECT ELF: EACH HOLIDAY SEASON PROJECT ELF HELPS TO STOCK SANTA'S SLEIGH FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO EXPERIENCE ABUSE, NEGLECT OR HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS HELP STOCK THE CHRISTMAS BOX RESOURCE ROOMS FOR MONTHS TO COME. IN ADDITION, PROJECT ELF OFFERS FUN AND MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS, SCOUTS, AND CHURCH GROUPS TO ASSIST THOSE IN NEED. PROJECT ELF YOUTH SERVED: - SALT LAKE METROPOLITAN: 1,613 - OGDEN/WEBER COUNTY: 306 - UTAH COUNTY: 591 - GRAND COUNTY: 499 - WASHINGTON COUNTY: 59 TOTAL CHILDREN SERVED THROUGH PROJECT ELF: 3,068

    Expenses $1,052

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Celeste Edmunds

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $91,229
    From this org
    $83,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,708
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kearston Cutrubus

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keri Evans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Paul Evans

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Diane Glad

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • Richard Post

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Douglas Short

    SEC./EXEC. V

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Alan Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.58

  • Lynn Taylor

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $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
2023
Filed
1 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510439349300606

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