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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLUE LOTUS FARM & RETREAT CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$391,351
Total expenses
$353,186
Contributions and grants received
$341,259
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$51,681
Investment income
$11,140
Other revenue
-$12,729
Total assets, end of year
$1,053,580
Total liabilities, end of year
$91,520
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$962,060
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$234,210
Management and general expenses
$65,589
Fundraising expenses
$53,387
Program service expenses (Part III)
$234,210

Program services were 66.3% 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

    $300,802

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $40,457

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS

    total $51,681 · related or exempt $51,681

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,347 · excluded $9,347

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,793

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,793

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,793 · excluded $1,793

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $36,854

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

    $300,802

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $49,583

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$12,729 · excluded -$12,729

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,807 · program services $63,613 · management and general $12,850 · fundraising $24,344

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $73,148 · program services $46,159 · management and general $9,324 · fundraising $17,665

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,870 · program services $9,019 · management and general $2,039 · fundraising $3,812

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,600 · management and general $6,600

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,277 · management and general $4,277

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,967 · program services $12,236 · management and general $12,731

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $435 · fundraising $435

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,052 · program services $8,579 · management and general $8,413 · fundraising $5,060

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $814 · program services $814

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,174 · program services $31,548 · management and general $4,626

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $44,919 · program services $44,919

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,547 · program services $9,311 · management and general $3,236

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION,

    total $6,000 · program services $6,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,973 · program services $652 · management and general $250 · fundraising $2,071

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP FEES

    total $1,660 · program services $417 · management and general $1,243

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $612 · program services $612

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $331 · program services $331

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $131,006 · end of year $126,811

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $48,431 · end of year $53,369

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,297 · end of year $1,148

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

    $874,330

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

    $462,078

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $371,831 · end of year $412,252

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $382,899 · end of year $460,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,392 · end of year $285

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $31,500

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $63,395 · end of year $59,735

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $852,677 · end of year $962,060

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST UNDER PRIVILEGED CHILDREN AND ADULTS BY SPONSORING HEALING RETREATS IN A NATURAL SETTING WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AS A RESPITE FROM DAILY CHALLENGES

  • PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE OF ANY AGE WITH PROFOUND LIFE CHALLENGES BY OFFERING ACCESSIBLE OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL AND THERAPEUTIC OPPORTUNITIES IN A CARING, ACCEPTING, AND INSPIRING 64-ACRE DAY-CAMP SETTING.

    Expenses $234,210 · Revenue $51,681

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Fred Bliffert

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • David Lemke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Roger Dickson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Susan Bliffert

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • David Slinde

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jim Schlief

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Fabian

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Quintin Averhardt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ena Allen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Louisa Kamps

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Sohm

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Lipscomb

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Mark Goldstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Larson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $73,337
    From this org
    $73,337
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
18 March 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202400799349300020

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