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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,741,071
Total expenses
$7,263,071
Contributions and grants received
$6,729,268
Grants paid
$5,806,114
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$25,254
Other revenue
-$13,451
Total assets, end of year
$3,691,741
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,169
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,654,572
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,409,987
Management and general expenses
$456,277
Fundraising expenses
$396,807
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,409,987

Program services were 88.3% 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

    $213,383

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,515,885

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $520,598

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $25,254 · excluded $25,254

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $54,652

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

    $213,383

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $68,103

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$13,451 · excluded -$13,451

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $5,806,114 · program services $5,806,114

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $176,903 · program services $61,916 · management and general $47,764 · fundraising $67,223

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $577,202 · program services $284,716 · management and general $155,325 · fundraising $137,161

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $31,198 · program services $17,130 · management and general $10,683 · fundraising $3,385

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $59,049 · program services $26,710 · management and general $16,207 · fundraising $16,132

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,500 · management and general $27,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $109,463 · program services $74,366 · management and general $16,982 · fundraising $18,115

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $586 · fundraising $586

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,366 · program services $3,927 · management and general $10,318 · fundraising $8,121

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $78,871 · program services $39,986 · management and general $14,615 · fundraising $24,270

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,750 · program services $9,900 · management and general $4,950 · fundraising $9,900

  • 17 · Travel

    total $62,685 · program services $40,186 · management and general $12,009 · fundraising $10,490

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,469 · management and general $2,469

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,173 · program services $598 · management and general $10,079 · fundraising $496

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $108,753 · management and general $108,753

  • 24b · Other expenses: FINANCIAL AND INTERNET

    total $81,399 · program services $6,910 · management and general $15,644 · fundraising $58,845

  • 24c · Other expenses: WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT

    total $52,500 · program services $26,250 · fundraising $26,250

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $17,042 · program services $476 · management and general $886 · fundraising $15,680

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,048 · program services $10,802 · management and general $2,093 · fundraising $153

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $707,661 · end of year $1,098,815

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,569,508 · end of year $1,669,003

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $888,591 · end of year $861,959

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,144 · end of year $54,993

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

    $58,280

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

    $51,466

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,959 · end of year $6,814

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $179 · end of year $157

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $27,470 · end of year $37,169

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,936,728 · end of year $1,859,952

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,239,844 · end of year $1,794,620

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • MUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES (MSC) PROVIDES LIFELONG RESIDENTIAL CARE TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED. RESIDENTIAL CARE IS PROVIDED IN JAMAICA, NICARAGUA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ZIMBABWE AND MALAWI. IN ADDITION TO CARING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DISABLED, MSC CARES FOR TEENAGE MOTHERS IN CRISIS AND THEIR BABIES IN JAMAICA, AND FOR CHILDREN AFFECTED BY HIV IN JAMAICA AND ZIMBABWE.MSC OPERATES NUMEROUS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH INITIATIVES INCLUDING FEEDING PROGRAMS, SCHOOLS, COMPUTER LABS, COMMUNITY RADIO AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.JAMAICA - MSC PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR 450 CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS, TEEN MOTHERS AND THEIR BABIES IN TWELVE HOMES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. MSC MANAGES SEVERAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO COMBAT POVERTY AND PROVIDE EDUCATION. LITTLE ANGELS LEARNING CENTERS, A REGISTERED SCHOOL SYSTEM, IS ONE OF MSC'S PRIMARY OUTREACH INITIATIVES, PROVIDING EDUCATION TO APPROXIMATELY 150 CHILDREN.NICARAGUA - MSC PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR 76 CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. MSC'S OUTREACH PROGRAM, CHRIST IN THE GARBAGE, PROVIDES FOOD PACKAGES AND SKILLS TRAINING TO WOMEN AND FAMILIES LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY LA CHURECA, THE MANAGUA CITY DUMP.DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - MSC PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR 48 CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. MSC'S OUTREACH PROGRAM, CHRIST IN THE GARBAGE, PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES WORKING IN THE GARBAGE DUMP BY DISTRIBUTING FOOD PACKAGES TO FAMILIES IN NEED. IN APRIL 2023 MSC BROKE GROUND ON A NEW RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, SET TO OPEN IN 2024, THAT WILL BE HOME TO AN ADDITIONAL 56 CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.ZIMBABWE - MSC PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR 55 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES OR AFFECTED BY HIV ACROSS THREE RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES IN BULAWAYO. MSC OPERATES 5 NUTRITION PROGRAMS WHICH PROVIDE A DAILY MEAL TO OVER 1,200 CHILDREN AND OPERATES TWO PRESCHOOLS THAT PROVIDE BASIC EDUCATION AND 2 MEALS A DAY TO OVER 80 CHILDREN. PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO ESTABLISH A THIRD PRESCHOOL IN 2024.MALAWI - MSC PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR 15 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. IN MAY 2023 MSC BROKE GROUND ON A NEW RESIDENTIAL FACILITY THAT WILL BE HOME TO AN ADDITIONAL 45 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

    Expenses $6,409,987 · Grants $5,806,114

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Terry Newton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • William G Ballaine

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Anne Kelly

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Totlyn Mason

    BOARD CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Father Garvin Augustine

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Glenn M Creamer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Jack Griffin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Daphne Mahoney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Traug Keller

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Msgr Gregory Ramkissoon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Patrick Polking

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Brian Dooling

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Brian Young

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Msgr Joseph Corbett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Jim Dressman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Dawn Barnard

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Elizabeth Fell

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Elizabeth Fountain

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $176,903
    From this org
    $170,234
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,669
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,234
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,669
    Filer's total
    $176,903
  • Kristen Kerwin

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $114,503
    From this org
    $107,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,669
    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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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
2023
Filed
18 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402049349300900

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