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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,047,744
Total expenses
$5,540,972
Contributions and grants received
$5,090,354
Grants paid
$1,580,584
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$15,876
Other revenue
-$26,734
Total assets, end of year
$9,451,235
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,050,578
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,400,657
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,417,651
Management and general expenses
$641,495
Fundraising expenses
$481,826
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,417,651

Program services were 79.7% 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

    $1,330,886

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $163,979

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,595,489

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $949,829

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $213,293 · excluded $213,293

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $194,137 · other assets $80,464

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

    securities $193,701 · other assets $310,069

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $436 · other assets -$229,605

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$229,169 · excluded -$229,169

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $209,460

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

    $1,330,886

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $311,098

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$101,638 · excluded -$101,638

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $63,559

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $4,041

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $59,518 · excluded $59,518

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $10,957 · excluded $10,957

  • 11b · Other revenue: REBATES

    total $4,429 · excluded $4,429

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,386

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $952,615 · program services $952,615

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $627,969 · program services $627,969

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $316,466 · program services $190,378 · management and general $85,907 · fundraising $40,181

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,870,542 · program services $1,505,109 · management and general $70,570 · fundraising $294,863

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,370 · program services $27,763 · management and general $247 · fundraising $5,360

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $170,032 · program services $159,620 · management and general $10,412

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $178,525 · program services $138,802 · management and general $12,091 · fundraising $27,632

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $120,124 · management and general $120,124

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $10,840 · fundraising $10,840

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $85,808 · management and general $60,792 · fundraising $25,016

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $86,989 · management and general $11,493 · fundraising $75,496

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $561,356 · program services $436,546 · management and general $124,810

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $162,821 · program services $130,257 · management and general $32,564

  • 17 · Travel

    total $52,201 · program services $49,763 · fundraising $2,438

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $70,361 · management and general $70,361

  • 20 · Interest

    total $84,367 · program services $59,479 · management and general $24,888

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $64,499 · program services $56,026 · management and general $8,473

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $92,087 · program services $83,324 · management and general $8,763

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,630,901 · end of year $5,382,814

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $394,605 · end of year $233,098

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $756,754 · end of year $508,048

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $177,457 · end of year $117,744

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

    $2,534,743

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

    $79,987

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,737,536 · end of year $2,454,756

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $87,964 · end of year $754,775

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $97,799 · end of year $215,581

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $14,062 · end of year $25,487

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $706,081 · end of year $1,779,250

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $89,882 · end of year $30,260

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,301,106 · end of year $5,366,050

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,576,287 · end of year $2,034,607

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS TO LEARNING FOR STUDENTS LIVING IN POVERTY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE WHOLE CHILD. OUR AIM IS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS AND DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE, (SEE SCHEDULE O)WHILE LEAVING AN IMPRINT OF LOVE AND HOPE ON YOUNG LIVES FOR WHOM A LITTLE BIT MEANS A LOT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PARTNER WITH ST. LOUIS SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

  • FILLS UNMET NEEDS IN ST. LOUIS SCHOOLS BY PROVIDING FOR THE ESSENTIALS STUDENTS LACK BUT REQUIRE FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS. FOOD INSECURITY, UNDIAGNOSED HEALTH CONDITIONS, LACK OF WINTER CLOTHING, PROPER HYGIENE AND INSUFFICIENT READING MATERIAL IN THE HOME ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF BARRIERS THAT INHIBIT STUDENT ATTENDANCE, CLASSROOM ENGAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE, AND ARE ADDRESSED BY LITTLE BIT. EMBEDDED IN SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, WITH VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH STUDENTS ACROSS EVERY GRADE LEVEL, WE ENSURE THEY ARE HEALTHY, CONFIDENT AND READY TO LEARN. WE ALSO ENRICH THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITH PROGRAMS NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS THAT EXPAND THEIR WORLD KNOWLEDGE, SUCH AS STEM AND CAREER PLANNING. THE RESULTS ARE STUDENTS BETTER EQUIPPED TO SUCCEED IN TODAY'S SOCIETY.

    Expenses $4,417,651 · Grants $1,580,584

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kelly Weis

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Sarah Bowman

    VICE CHAIR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Waltke

    TREASURER/CHAIR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Suzie Andrews

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martin Akins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alicia Armstrong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nick Bahn

    DIRECTOR (THRU 04/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keith Brooks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Noelle Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Emert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Michael England

    DIRECTOR (THRU 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Richard Fister Jr

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Gausnell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ashley Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Hettiger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Kelley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Klug

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aly Kowal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Larry Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Mindel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Russel

    DIRECTOR (THRU 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Snyder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Sorth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan St Eve

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Candace Wakefield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miranda Walker Jones

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $213,716
    From this org
    $200,032
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,684
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,608
    Bonus
    $60,424
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,001
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,683
    Filer's total
    $213,716
  • Thomas Tangaro

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $184,098
    From this org
    $168,706
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,392
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,751
    Bonus
    $36,955
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,061
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,331
    Filer's total
    $184,098
  • Michelle Abel

    CHIEF DEV. OFFICER (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $150,931
    From this org
    $147,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,889
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,767
    Bonus
    $25,275
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,866
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23
    Filer's total
    $150,931
  • Erica Driver

    VP COMPLIANCE & PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $123,127
    From this org
    $113,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,168
    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. 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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THERE ARE SEVERAL METRICS FACTORED INTO DETERMINING THE BONUS/INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PAID. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS THE DISCRETION OF APPROVING ADDITIONAL BONUSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS THEY SEE FIT BASED ON KEY METRICS AND GOALS ACHIEVED.
SCHEDULE J PART II:
THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION MAY PROVIDE EXECUTIVES WITH LUMP-SUM BONUSES BASED ON THE EXECUTIVE'S PERFORMANCE AGAINST PRE-ESTABLISHED GOALS, RETENTION CRITERIA DURING A MAJOR ORGANIZATION TRANSITION, THE RESULTS ACHIEVED BY THE ORGANIZATION, AND/OR ONE-TIME SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OUTSIDE OF NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS (E.G., COVID-19 PANDEMIC). AT THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION'S DISCRETION, BONUSES MAY BE PAID IN A CALENDAR YEAR SUBSEQUENT TO THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY ARE EARNED. AS SUCH, TOTAL COMPENSATION PAID IN A GIVEN YEAR MAY BE HIGHER THAN COMPENSATION EARNED IN A 12-MONTH PERIOD. THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR THE CEO AND THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICERS INCLUDES REVIEW BY INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS. THE DATA FOR THIS REVIEW INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM FORM 990 FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS DATA FROM COMPENSATION SURVEYS AND STUDIES.

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

  • EAST ST LOUIS SCHOOL DISTRICT

    $0

    TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

  • TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

  • TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

  • JENNINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT

    $0

    TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

  • TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

  • NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE

    $0

    TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

  • TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

  • RIVERVIEW GARDENS SCHOOL DISTRICT

    $0

    TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

  • SAINT LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $0

    TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349312066

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