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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BREAK BARRIERS FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$375,430
Total expenses
$234,159
Contributions and grants received
$107,919
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$250,000
Investment income
$17,511
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$636,132
Total liabilities, end of year
$208,974
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$427,158
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$202,505
Management and general expenses
$31,654
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$202,505

Program services were 86.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $107,919

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,739

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SALE OF AFFORDABLE HOU

    total $250,000 · related or exempt $250,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,303 · excluded $16,303

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $138,750

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $137,542

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,208

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,208 · excluded $1,208

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,478 · management and general $1,478

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,767 · management and general $1,767

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,332 · program services $2,332

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,336 · program services $4,168 · management and general $4,168

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,359 · program services $15,679 · management and general $15,680

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,116 · program services $3,116

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,579 · management and general $2,579

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,151 · management and general $1,151

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASE/REHAB COSTS OF

    total $159,970 · program services $159,970

  • 24b · Other expenses: DONATED GOODS/TOYS

    total $11,043 · program services $11,043

  • 24c · Other expenses: MILEAGE

    total $4,188 · program services $4,188

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $4,017 · program services $2,009 · management and general $2,008

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,823 · management and general $2,823

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $137,101 · end of year $116,498

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $353,024 · end of year $276,634

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $243,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $511 · end of year $1,143

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $199,000 · end of year $207,831

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $290,614 · end of year $427,158

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HELPING PEOPLE FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS DETERMINED BY HUD FOR LOW/VERY LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

  • OUR GOAL IS TO HELP PEOPLE AS DETERMINED BY HUD PUBLISHED STANDARDS, THAT ARE LOW OR VERY LOW-INCOME EARNERS THAT CANNOT QUALIFY TO PURCHASE A HOME AND, IN MANY SITUATIONS, CANNOT EVEN AFFORD A DECENT RENTAL HOME AT MARKET RATES TO OBTAIN AFFORDABLE HOMES TO RENT OR BUY.IN 2024, WE ACQUIRED OUR FIRST PROPERTY, 1550 RIMPAU AVE IN CORONA, CA. THE PROPERTY WAS FULLY RENOVATED AND SOLD TO A LOW-INCOME FAMILY BELOW MARKET VALUE. BREAK BARRIERS FOUNDATION ALSO OFFERED THE LOW-INCOME FAMILY BUYERS A 10-YEAR INTEREST-FREE LOAN, WITH SELLER FINANCING, AT A 3% DOWNPAYMENT.

    Expenses $191,462 · Revenue $250,000

  • FOR THE 2024 HOLIDAY SEASON, BREAK BARRIERS FOUNDATION TEAMED UP WITH LAC+USC COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PEDIATRIC DEPARTMENT FOR A TOY DRIVE. LAC+USC PEDIATRIC DEPARTMENT PROVIDES HEALTHCARE TO THOUSANDS OF SICK CHILDREN WHO COME FROM THE MOST UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED PARTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THESE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN GO THROUGH SO MUCH AND DECIDED TO PUT A SMILE ON ALL THEIR FACES BY ENSURING THEY HAVE A CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO UNWRAP.

    Expenses $11,043

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Faraj Mourad

    DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Christine Kassissa-Mourad

    DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
31 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202532129349301128

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