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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BONITA SPRINGS ASSISTANCE OFFICE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$569,254
Total expenses
$336,087
Contributions and grants received
$542,171
Grants paid
$3,373
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$23,903
Other revenue
$3,180
Total assets, end of year
$1,373,473
Total liabilities, end of year
$73,882
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,299,591
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$212,815
Management and general expenses
$105,239
Fundraising expenses
$18,033
Program service expenses (Part III)
$212,815

Program services were 63.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $6,590

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $535,581

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,068 · excluded $14,068

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,458

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

    securities $623

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $9,835

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $9,835 · excluded $9,835

  • 11a · Other revenue: CHANNEL

    total $3,180 · excluded $3,180

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,180

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,373 · program services $3,373

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $77,625 · program services $75,490 · management and general $2,135

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $58,801 · program services $57,184 · management and general $1,617

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,470 · program services $5,211 · management and general $19,737 · fundraising $2,522

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,211 · program services $6,040 · management and general $171

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,695 · management and general $2,695

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $29,579 · program services $5,612 · management and general $21,252 · fundraising $2,715

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,178 · program services $4,242 · management and general $13,887 · fundraising $2,049

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,560 · program services $3,901 · management and general $14,772 · fundraising $1,887

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $55,502 · program services $29,524 · management and general $18,461 · fundraising $7,517

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,102 · program services $209 · management and general $792 · fundraising $101

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $799 · program services $524 · management and general $244 · fundraising $31

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,492 · program services $283 · management and general $1,072 · fundraising $137

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,696 · program services $2,029 · management and general $7,685 · fundraising $982

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

    total $11,616 · program services $11,616

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD AND SUPPLIES

    total $7,034 · program services $7,034

  • 24c · Other expenses: DONATION

    total $1,000 · program services $189 · management and general $719 · fundraising $92

  • 24d · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER MEALS

    total $354 · program services $354

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $581,890 · end of year $849,462

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $106,036 · end of year $112,262

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,085 · end of year $2,085

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

    $51,450

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

    $22,523

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $30,419 · end of year $28,927

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $269,456 · end of year $312,915

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,772 · end of year $67,822

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $8,762

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,838 · end of year $65,120

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $889,820 · end of year $1,199,591

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $100,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS OF BONITA SPRINGS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY AN UNEXPECTED CRISIS. OUR GOAL IS TO FOSTER INDEPENDENCE THROUGH EDUCATION AND BY BRIDGING THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THE RECIPIENT.

  • IN FEBRUARY 2024, THE BONITA SPRINGS ASSISTANCE OFFICE CLOSED ITS DOORS AND REOPENED IN SEPTEMBER 2024. PROGRAM SERVICES AVAILABLE IN 2024 WERE THE FOOD PANTRY AND SHORT-TERM CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. FROM SEPTEMBER 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 2024, OUR FOOD PANTRY SERVED 4,329 INDIVIDUALS. OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ASSISTED 18 INDIVIDUALS BY PROVIDING SUPPORT ASSESSMENTS AND AN ACTION PLAN FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN CRISIS. PARTNERED WITH THE BONITA SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HOSTED A TOYS FOR TOTS REGISTRATION IN NOVEMBER 2024, AND REGISTERED OVER 930 CHILDREN IN BONITA SPRINGS TO RECEIVE HOLIDAY GIFTS. WE PURCHASED AND ESTABLISHED TWO SOFTWARE PROGRAMS TO MANAGE OUR CLIENT SERVICES. NEIGHBOR INTAKE TO TRACK PANTRY PARTICIPANTS AND INFOFLO FOR CASE MANAGEMENT AND FUTURE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CLIENTS. SINCE RETURNING IN AUGUST, A MAJOR GOAL OF BSAO HAS BEEN TO RECONNECT WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. WE ACHIEVED THIS IN 2024 BY: ?REESTABLISHING AS A UNITED WAY PARTNER AGENCY. ?PARTICIPATION IN BIMONTHLY INTERAGENCY LAUNCHES HOSTED BY CAFE OF LIFE ?HOST NETWORKING LUNCHES FOR VARIOUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DISCUSS COLLABORATION OF SERVICES. ?VISIT THE BONITA SENIOR CENTER REGULARLY TO MEET WITH PARTICIPANTS. IN SEPTEMBER 2024, WE BEGAN RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO ASSIST AT OUR FOOD PANTRY AND SUPPORT OUR NOVEMBER TOYS FOR TOTS REGISTRATION. BY DECEMBER 2024, WE HAD OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS SIGNED UP IN OUR VOLUNTEER SOFTWARE PROGRAM, AND AROUND 10 TO 15 VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING BSAO WEEKLY.

    Expenses $212,815 · Grants $3,373

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Teri Lamaine

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $105,095
    From this org
    $77,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,470
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dixon Blevins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Dawn Brewer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Cindy Cedeno

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Jennifer Dewitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Darcy Eikenberg

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Beverly Gervasi

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Lisa Karnow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Arden McCurdy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Chris Riesen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Richard R Rosier

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • John Spear

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Chuck Stauffer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Suzanne Ward

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202543219349312724

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