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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION.

This return was superseded by a later amendment.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 2023 , filed 22 September 2024. 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.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,191,261
Total expenses
$1,235,686
Contributions and grants received
$1,191,259
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$42,691
Total liabilities, end of year
$543,881
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$501,190
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$625,822
Management and general expenses
$609,864
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$625,822

Program services were 50.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $838,940

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $352,319

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2 · unrelated business $2

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $62,400 · management and general $62,400

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $90,222 · program services $90,222

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,395 · program services $5,395

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,310 · management and general $3,310

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $520,081 · program services $117,109 · management and general $402,972

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,830 · program services $2,830

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,938 · program services $24,670 · management and general $7,268

  • 17 · Travel

    total $117,199 · program services $117,199

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,303 · management and general $4,303

  • 24a · Other expenses: TUTORING & TRAINING

    total $122,186 · program services $122,186

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $32,000 · program services $32,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL EXPENSES

    total $31,061 · program services $31,061

  • 24d · Other expenses: JOB TRAINING

    total $24,000 · program services $24,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $188,761 · program services $59,150 · management and general $129,611

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,742 · end of year $21,964

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,860

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

    $36,487

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

    $15,760

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,528 · end of year $20,727

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $499,900 · end of year $499,900

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $43,981

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$468,770 · end of year -$501,190

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF SOUTH SUDANESE FOUNDATION (SSF) IS TO BE A LIFE-CHANGING, TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY FOR NEW AMERICAN FAMILIES WHERE EVERYONE ENCOUNTERS REMINDERS OF LOVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND MOVES FORWARD TOGETHER IN OUR NEW HOME OF FARGO-MOORHEAD. SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 2015, WE HAVE SUPPORTED AND UPLIFTED OVER 9,000 REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS, AND FAMILIES FROM THE SOUTH SUDANESE, SOMALIAN, NEPALESE, CONGOLESE, KURDISH, IRAQI, AND BHUTANESE COMMUNITIES.

  • SSF ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICES (GENERAL OPERATING)THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO ELIMINATE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM BARRIERS TO FAMILY SUCCESS. THIS INCLUDESA. IMMEDIATE RELIEF, SUCH AS FOOD, SIGNING UP FOR SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS (SUCH AS GOVERNMENT BENEFITS, MORTGAGE/RENT ASSISTANCE, TRANSPORTATION), TRANSLATION AND FORM-FILLING SERVICES, AND OVERALL CASE MANAGEMENT; B. PROMOTING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE;C. COMMUNITY-ORIENTED CULTURAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AND MAINTAIN MEANINGFUL CULTURAL TRADITIONS; D. EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER/WORKPLACE DEVELOPMENT;E. ADULT EDUCATION & ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES;F. LEGAL ASSISTANCE;G. REFERRAL SERVICES;H. FINANCIAL LITERACY INFORMATION. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2022:1. 86% OF REGISTRANTS OF PROGRAM COMPLETE PROGRAM2. FOOD PANTRY - 500 BOXES FOOD/MONTH TO 120 FAMILIES, 3. ADULT ESL CLASSES - 55 ADULT STUDENTS/MONTHLY, 24 FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASSES - 120 SERVED, 4. WORKFORCE DEV: 120 GED, 40 CNA CERTIFICATE, 45 FORKLIFT CERTIFICATE, 60 PASSED CITIZENSHIP EXAMS, 5. AFTER SCHOOL/SUMMER PROGRAM - 750 CHILDREN/YR,

    Expenses $250,329

  • YOUTH SERVICES (K-12)SSF SEEKS TO UPLIFT NEW AMERICAN YOUTH K-12 OF FARGO-MOORHEAD, SO THAT THEY MAY BECOME LIFE-LONG LEARNERS, DECISION-MAKERS, AND LEADERS IN THEIR NEW HOME, WHILE PROMOTING POSITIVE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND A CULTURE OF LEARNING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. WE OFFER A. TUTORING AND MENTORING, INCLUDING TUTORING FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND OTHER CORE SUBJECTS SO THAT NEW AMERICAN YOUTH ARE NOT LEFT BEHIND ACADEMICALLY;B. AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS;C. SUMMER CAMPS; D. YOUTH AT WORK (YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM)MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2022:SUMMER CAMP: 620 CHILDREN/YOUTH GRADES K-12 (98% BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN) ATTENDED SUMMER CAMP; AFTER SCHOOL: 150 SERVED WITH MENTORING, TUTORING, ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES, & ACCELERATED EDUCATION COURSES.

    Expenses $187,747

  • WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT (15+)BUILD A WORKFORCE PIPELINE FOR THE NEW AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE TWIN CITIES REGION TO OBTAIN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT THROUGH CAREER COACHING, ACADEMIC AND WORKFORCE SKILLS TRAINING, WRAPAROUND SERVICES, AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT MENTORSHIP. 480 NEW AMERICANS GAIN EMPLOYMENT, 60 SECURE EMPLOYMENT/YEAR, ADD 5 NEW WORKFORCE TRAINING PARTNERS

    Expenses $187,746

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Adil Abdelnour

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Philip

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alex Cyusa

    BOARD MEMBE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Agnes Majok

    BOARD MEMBE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shamsa Issak

    BOARD MEMBE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pastor Jacob Matiop

    BOARD MEMBE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kennedy Lino

    BOARD MEMBE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anger Madit

    BOARD MEMBE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fariha Ali

    BOARD MEMBE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matuor Alier

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $62,400
    From this org
    $62,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
20 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402659349300000

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