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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BEGIN AGAIN FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,328,903
Total expenses
$649,671
Contributions and grants received
$579,370
Grants paid
$453,300
Program service revenue
$15,502
Investment income
$32,948
Other revenue
$701,083
Total assets, end of year
$3,496,886
Total liabilities, end of year
$14,638
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,482,248
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$583,365
Management and general expenses
$55,178
Fundraising expenses
$11,128
Program service expenses (Part III)
$583,365

Program services were 89.8% 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

    $579,370

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Butterfly Blessings

    total $7,751 · related or exempt $7,751

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LEISHline at PAF

    total $7,751 · related or exempt $7,751

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,552 · related or exempt $37,552

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $240,871

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

    securities $245,475

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$4,604

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,604 · related or exempt -$4,604

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $882,901

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $181,818

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $701,083 · excluded $701,083

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $393,649 · program services $393,649

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $59,651 · program services $59,651

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $150,476 · program services $102,551 · management and general $37,575 · fundraising $10,350

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,113 · program services $1,557 · management and general $778 · fundraising $778

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,200 · program services $6,300 · management and general $900

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,000 · program services $3,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Awareness and Advocacy

    total $16,657 · program services $16,657

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $4,596 · management and general $4,596

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bad Debt

    total $2,950 · management and general $2,950

  • 24d · Other expenses: Investment Advisory Fees

    total $2,236 · management and general $2,236

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,143 · management and general $6,143

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,842,509 · end of year $1,462,982

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $807,359 · end of year $1,016,856

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,760 · end of year $2,000

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $194,216 · end of year $1,015,048

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $50,828 · end of year $14,638

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,803,016 · end of year $3,482,248

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Begin Again Foundation's mission is to save lives through sepsis and toxic shock syndrome education and awareness, provide financial assistance to survivors and families, and support communities during times of crisis.

  • Through a grant to the Patient Advocate Foundation, the Begin Again Foundation assisted with providing assistance to patients with ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome), Sepsis, and/or TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome) physician verified diagnosis to help with rent, medication, transportation, utility or grocery expenses. Begin Again Foundations Angel Fund awards one-time $1,000 grants to bereaved families to assist with the expense of laying a loved one who has passed from sepsis, ARDS or TSS to rest.

    Expenses $292,519 · Grants $227,300 · Revenue $7,751

  • Through specific grants to the Butterfly Blessings of the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, the Begin Again Foundation was able to provide assistance to families of patients in the hospital who demonstrated a severe hardship. The grants are to be used to help with expenses related to transportation, meals, medications, household utilities and more.

    Expenses $136,285 · Grants $105,900 · Revenue $7,751

  • The Begin Again Foundations Period Planners program is committed to providing access to safe feminine hygiene products to women experiencing housing insecurity across the country and education on toxic shock syndrome.

    Expenses $37,256 · Grants $28,949

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Audrey-Ann Leishman

    Pres/Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Marc Leishman

    VP/Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ronald Kramer

    Treas/Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • April Strickland

    Sec/Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Douglas Altamura

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Henry

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joanna Pascua-Colasito

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Johnny Garcia

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Seifert

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432219349301968

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