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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BEE CAUSE PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$536,975
Total expenses
$566,452
Contributions and grants received
$533,625
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,350
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$39,678
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$39,678
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$485,370
Management and general expenses
$64,809
Fundraising expenses
$16,273
Program service expenses (Part III)
$485,370

Program services were 85.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $533,625

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HONEY SALES

    total $3,350 · related or exempt $3,350

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $237,000 · program services $177,750 · management and general $47,400 · fundraising $11,850

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,131 · program services $13,598 · management and general $3,626 · fundraising $907

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,282 · program services $2,462 · management and general $656 · fundraising $164

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,395 · program services $14,546 · management and general $3,879 · fundraising $970

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $253,814 · program services $248,677 · management and general $4,109 · fundraising $1,028

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,147 · program services $5,361 · management and general $1,429 · fundraising $357

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,537 · program services $2,653 · management and general $707 · fundraising $177

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,706 · program services $3,530 · management and general $941 · fundraising $235

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,279 · program services $9,458 · management and general $657 · fundraising $164

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,065 · program services $2,065

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,218 · program services $2,413 · management and general $644 · fundraising $161

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $2,777 · program services $2,083 · management and general $555 · fundraising $139

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES & TAXES

    total $1,032 · program services $774 · management and general $206 · fundraising $52

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $69 · fundraising $69

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50,191 · end of year $31,555

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $7,091

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,572

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

    $17,705

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

    $16,673

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,097 · end of year $1,032

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $145

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,850

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $69,155 · end of year $39,678

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE BEE CAUSE PROJECT IS TO ENSURE FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE STEWARDS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WHO UNDERSTAND, ENGAGE, AND ARE INSPIRED BY THE WONDER OF HONEY BEES WHILE BEING EMPOWERED TO TAKE ACTION THROUGH CAREERS IN STEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BEE CAUSE PROJECT SEEKS TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS WHILE PROTECTING OUR PLANET'S PRECIOUS POLLINATORS. OUR OBSERVATIONAL HIVES, STEAM CURRICULUM, AND BEEKEEPING RESOURCES STRENGHTEN THE CONNECTION TO OUR SHARED ENVIRONMENT WITH POLLINATORS AND ENABLE BEES AND CURIOUS MINDS ALIKE TO THRIVE.

  • THE BEE CAUSE PROJECT HAS BEEN SERVICING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2013 CONNECTING YOUTH AND ADULTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND BYOND WITH THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. THE BEE CAUSE PROJECT HAS ACCOMPLISHED THIS BY INSTALLING OBSERVATION HIVES INSIDE OF SCHOOLS AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL HIVES IN THEIR GARDENS. THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO UTILIZE BEE LEARNING CENTERS TO: RECONNECT YOUTH AND ADULTS WITH THE NATURAL WORLD, PROVIDE AN ENGAGING AND UNIQUE TOOL FOR TEACHING STEM TO STUDENTS, EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO ACT AS BEE AMBASSADORS, AND TEACHING THE IMPORTANCE EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS TO BE STEWARDS OF NATURE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $132,882 · Revenue $540,995

  • HONEY SALES

    Expenses $352,488

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Tamara Enright

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $105,000
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Emilee Elingburg

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $66,000
    From this org
    $66,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amora Mayo

    PROGRAMS & O

    Total calculated
    $66,000
    From this org
    $66,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amy Dabs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Ted Dennard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Rebecca Griffith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Susan Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Isa Ramseyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Elisa Strickler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • SAVANNAH BEE COMPANY

    C CORP · HONEY SALE · GA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303149349303030

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