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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BANANAS FOSTER INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 3 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$289,758 changed to $273,242
Total expenses
$196,132 changed to $179,614
Contributions and grants received
$235,198 changed to $273,242
Grants paid
$66,899 changed to $52,981
Program service revenue
$54,560 changed to $0
Total assets, end of year
$187,739 changed to $187,740
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$182,935 changed to $182,936
Program services expenses
$66,899 changed to $107,496
Management and general expenses
$115,553 changed to $25,045
Fundraising expenses
$13,680 changed to $47,073
Program service expenses (Part III)
$66,899 changed to $107,496

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Tori Briody

Listed under a different title

  • Emily Cole: CEO then CHAIR
  • Sarah Trumler: CFO then TREASURER

Totals

Total revenue
$289,758
Total expenses
$196,132
Contributions and grants received
$235,198
Grants paid
$66,899
Program service revenue
$54,560
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$187,739
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,804
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$182,935
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$66,899
Management and general expenses
$115,553
Fundraising expenses
$13,680
Program service expenses (Part III)
$66,899

Program services were 34.1% 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

    $235,198

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $0

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Go Bananas For Gameday

    total $54,560 · related or exempt $54,560 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $66,899 · program services $66,899

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,056 · management and general $100,056

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,656 · management and general $7,656

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $170 · management and general $170

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,525 · fundraising $2,525

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $418 · management and general $418

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,987 · management and general $3,313 · fundraising $10,674

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,600 · management and general $3,600

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $332 · management and general $332

  • 24a · Other expenses: Meals

    total $489 · program services $0 · management and general $8 · fundraising $481

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $83,589 · end of year $180,916

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,720 · end of year $6,823

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $3,232

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $1,572

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $89,309 · end of year $182,935

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Our mission is celebrating the foster care community while educating and inspiring others to get involved

  • Go Bananas For Gameday: Bananas Foster celebrates one family that is making a difference in the foster care community at EVERY game. The teams of Banana Ball rally around these families and give them that home run feeling. this program provides tickets to the game and a full day of celebration and exciting activities for the children including merchandise and gifts.

    Expenses $52,127

  • Potassium Care Baskets: These are care baskets put together to send to continue to support foster families. Full of gifts and useful items that foster families need to help the children.

    Expenses $13,770

  • Community Events: Bananas Foster gets involved with community events surrounding foster children. In 2024 they hosted a field day for children involved in juvenile court.

    Expenses $1,002

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jolie Chabala

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $60,000
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tori Briody

    Program Coordinator

    Total calculated
    $50,000
    From this org
    $50,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Emily Cole

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Sarah Trumler

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
2024
Filed
18 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202511089349300021

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