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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MZC FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,073,032
Total expenses
$2,412,445
Contributions and grants received
$2,073,032
Grants paid
$125
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$343,854
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,148
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$337,706
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,782,232
Management and general expenses
$430,872
Fundraising expenses
$199,341
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,782,232

Program services were 73.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $570,181

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,502,851

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $125 · program services $125

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $264,996 · program services $185,497 · management and general $79,499

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $829,463 · program services $580,624 · management and general $248,839

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,723 · program services $8,206 · management and general $3,517

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $20,228 · program services $14,160 · management and general $6,068

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $59,790 · program services $41,853 · management and general $17,937

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $38,408 · program services $26,886 · management and general $11,522

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,500 · program services $5,250 · management and general $2,250

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $199,341 · fundraising $199,341

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $501,147 · program services $499,006 · management and general $2,141

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $34,310 · program services $24,017 · management and general $10,293

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,324 · management and general $24,324

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,379 · management and general $7,379

  • 17 · Travel

    total $97,207 · program services $97,207

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,167 · program services $14,167

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,265 · program services $5,785 · management and general $2,480

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,623 · management and general $14,623

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECTS EXPENSE

    total $279,449 · program services $279,449

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $609,880 · end of year $271,492

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

    $82,647

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

    $10,285

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $67,239 · end of year $72,362

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $6,148

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $35,088 · end of year $337,706

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $642,031 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ZERO CARBON. ZERO WASTE. ZERO DEATHS. ZERO IMPACT.BY 2025, THE RAY WILL CREATE AND DEPLOY 10 TO 15 INNOVATIVE PROJECTS THROUGH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS, BUILD TECHNICAL CAPACITY WITH TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATIONS, AND SHAPE POLICY AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, TO ACCELERATE ZERO DEATHS, ZERO CARBON, AND ZERO WASTE MOBILITY ON A GLOBAL SCALE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ZERO CARBON. ZERO WASTE. ZERO DEATHS. ZERO IMPACT.USING INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO TRANSFORM TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, THE RAY'S MISSION IS TO REIMAGINE HOW WE CONNECT OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR LIVES, AND THE WORLD IN A WAY THAT IS SAFER, MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE CLIMATE, MORE REGENERATIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND MORE CAPABLE OF GENERATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

  • ROADSIDE PLANTINGS - THE RAY LANDSCAPE LAB DEVELOPS NATIVE AND PERENNIAL ROADSIDE PLANTINGS, THAT ARE NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL, BUT PREVENT WATERWAY SEDIMENTATION FROM SOIL EROSION, CAPTURE LITTER AND POLLUTION FROM STORMWATER RUNOFF, AND RESTORE SOIL HEALTH, IN ORDER TO UNLOCK THE CAPACITY OF ROADSIDE SOILS TO SEQUESTER TRANSPORTATION CARBON. THEY ALSO PROVIDE HABITATS FOR CRITICALLY IMPORTANT POLLINATORS, LIKE BEES AND BUTTERFLIES, WHOSE NUMBERS ARE EXPERIENCING SEVERE DECLINE. SUPPORTED LITTER REMOVAL, BEAUTIFICATION AND WILDFLOWER INSTALLATIONS ON INTERSTATE 85 FROM THE GEORGIA-ALABAMA STATE LINE TO EXIT 18-LAGRANGE.

    Expenses $66,996 · Grants $125

  • TIRE WASTE AND MONITORING - MAINTAINED THE WHEELRIGHT TIRE HEALTH MONITORING STATION AND THE GEORGIA VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER ON THE INTERSTATE 85 NORTHBOUND RIGHT-OF-WAY AT THE GEORGIA-ALABAMA STATE LINE. AIDED THE TRAVELING PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO MEASURE TIRE HEALTH, INCLUDING TIRE PRESSURE, TREAD DEPTH AND SIDEWALLS, ALL TO IMPROVE TIRE SAFETY AND REDUCE TRAFFIC CRASHES AND ASSOCIATED FATALITIES. ONE SOLUTION DEMONSTRATED ON THE RAY HIGHWAY IS RECYCLING SCRAP TIRE MATERIAL INTO RUBBER-MODIFIED-ASPHALT (RMA). IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. TIRE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, THE RAY SUPPORTED A COMPILATION AND PUBLICATION BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI OF THE NATION'S BEST RESEARCH ON THE ECONOMIC, PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF USING GROUND TIRE RUBBER IN ASPHALT. THE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT RMA IS A PROMISING SUSTAINABLE AND CIRCULAR END-OF-LIFE MARKET FOR SCRAP TIRES.

    Expenses $66,537

  • GENERATING CLEAN ENERGY ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY - WE WORK WITH TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE U.S. TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS AND FEASIBILITY OF INTERSTATE RIGHT-OF-WAY (ROW) SOLAR, REMOVE BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION, AND GUIDE THEM THROUGH PLANNING, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ROW SOLAR PROJECTS.

    Expenses $37,541

  • ADMINISTRATIVE- OTHER PROGRAM RELATED PROJECTS AND EXPENSES FURTHERING THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.

    Expenses $1,611,158

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Harriet Anderson Langford

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • John Picard

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $80,004
    From this org
    $80,004
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Alan Anderson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $49,992
    From this org
    $49,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Phil Langford

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Allie Kelly Beaton

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $165,000
    From this org
    $165,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $165,000

  • Laura Rogers

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $157,067
    From this org
    $154,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,956
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,111
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,260
    Nontaxable benefits
    $696
    Filer's total
    $157,067

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 survey or study
  • 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
4 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403469349300220

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