Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$21,271,945

Total expenses

$13,392,408

Contributions and grants received

$21,231,599

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$6,226

Other revenue

$34,120

Total assets, end of year

$17,420,296

Total liabilities, end of year

$765,705

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$16,654,591

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$11,316,875

Management and general expenses

$1,140,543

Fundraising expenses

$934,990

Program service expenses (Part III)

$11,316,875

Program services were 84.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• COMMUNITIES - BLUE STAR FAMILIES, INC. DESIGNS AND DELIVERS INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GEARED FOR THE MILITARY COMMUNITY. SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT AND THE BSF CAREERS PROGRAM SUPPORTS SPOUSES THROUGH THEIR CAREER JOURNEY AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY SPOUSES TO DEVELOP NETWORKS AND ACCESS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING RESOURCES. BLUE STAR MUSEUMS OFFERS FREE ADMISSION TO MORE THAN 2,000 MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH LABOR DAY EACH SUMMER. BLUE STAR BOOKS ON BASES DONATES BOOKS TO MILITARY CHILDREN, BASE LIBRARIES,DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS, AND MILITARY-IMPACTED PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES AROUND THE WORLD. CAREGIVERS PROGRAMMING PROVIDES ONGOING RESOURCES TO BUILD RESILIENCY AND THE COPING SKILLS NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE RIGORS OF THE CAREGIVERS' DAY-TO-DAY LIFESTYLE. BLUE STAR FAMILIES LAUNCHED SEVERAL PHYSICAL CHAPTERS IN LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES DIRECTLY TO MILITARY FAMILIES.

  Expenses $7,287,362

• RESEARCH AND POLICY - BLUE STAR FAMILIES, INC., AS PART OF ITS CENTRAL MISSION TO CONNECT, ENGAGE, AND EMPOWER MILITARY FAMILIES, CONDUCTS IN-DEPTH RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE THAT AFFECT THE MILITARY FAMILY COMMUNITY. ANNUAL MILITARY LIFESTYLE SURVEY: THE BLUE STAR FAMILIES ANNUAL MILITARY FAMILY LIFESTYLE SURVEY (AMFLS) PROVIDES DEEP AND VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE TRUE COSTS OF SUSTAINING OUR NATION'S ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE AND PROVIDES THE VEHICLE FOR MILITARY FAMILIES' VOICES TO BE HEARD BY KEY DECISION-MAKERS. WHITE OAK: THE PURPOSE OF THE WHITE OAK RETREATS IS TO ENCOURAGE CREATIVE THINKING AND FACILITATE SOLUTIONS THAT REQUIRE COLLABORATION BOTH WITHIN AND BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT, NON-PROFIT, AND INDEPENDENT SECTORS IN THE MILITARY FAMILY SPACE.

  Expenses $1,163,365

• TECHNOLOGY ENGAGEMENT - BLUE STAR FAMILIES, INC. LEVERAGES STATE OF THE ART OUTREACH AND INFORMATION CHANNELS TO CONNECT WITH MILITARY FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD. MILITARY FAMILIES ARE ENGAGED THROUGH OUR ONLINE RESOURCES, ONLINE WEBINARS, ONLINE MENTORING, VIRTUAL HANG-OUTS,FACEBOOK LIVE AND STREAMING EVENTS, AND, A VARIETY OF OTHER TECHNOLOGY POINTS. THIS ALLOWS MILITARY FAMILIES TO ACCESS BLUE STAR FAMILIES AND ITS RESOURCES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

  Expenses $2,197,283

• CAMPAIGN FOR INCLUSION (CFI) - LED BY BLUE STAR FAMILIES, REI IS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL, CROSS-SECTOR, COLLECTIVE-ACTION EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE EXPERIENCES OF MILITARY FAMILIES OF COLOR. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH FIVE IMPACT AREAS - RESEARCH & ADVOCACY, TRAINING, LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATION, AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. THE REI COMMITTEE DIRECTS THIS EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT OUR COUNTRY MEETS ITS OBLIGATION TO DELIVER POSITIVE, FULFILLING EXPERIENCES TO ALL FAMILIES WHO SERVE.IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2021. AS AN INITIAL STEP IN COMBATING THESE INEQUITIES, BLUE STAR FAMILIES HAS LAUNCHED THE DEPLOY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (DIVERSIFY AND EXPAND THE PIPELINE OF LEADERS FOR YOUR MILITARY COMMUNITY). THIS PROGRAM SEEKS TO TRAIN A NEW COHORT OF RACIALLY DIVERSE LEADERS FOR MILITARY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH A ONE-YEAR FELLOWSHIP.

  Expenses $668,865 · Revenue $34,120

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

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

10 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202343179349304669

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