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← BREAK THE BARRIERS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BREAK THE BARRIERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,462,828
Total expenses
$2,421,988
Contributions and grants received
$1,549,674
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,826,700
Investment income
$29,560
Other revenue
$56,894
Total assets, end of year
$5,527,245
Total liabilities, end of year
$718,041
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,809,204
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,989,606
Management and general expenses
$409,269
Fundraising expenses
$23,113
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,989,606

Program services were 82.1% 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)

    $802,964

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $746,710

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Classes and Instruction

    total $1,826,700 · related or exempt $1,826,700

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,560 · excluded $29,560

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $255,182

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $189,788

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $65,394 · excluded $65,394

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $48,930

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $57,430

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$8,500 · unrelated business -$8,500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $190,888 · program services $190,888

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,084,120 · program services $1,028,083 · management and general $34,199 · fundraising $21,838

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $176,963 · program services $157,109 · management and general $19,854

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $104,889 · program services $103,470 · management and general $313 · fundraising $1,106

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,253 · program services $13,261 · management and general $7,992

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,845 · program services $14,614 · management and general $2,231

  • 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 $28,207 · program services $14,614 · management and general $13,593

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $147,272 · management and general $147,272

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,991 · program services $26,919 · management and general $2,072

  • 24a · Other expenses: Contract Labor (Stmt of Func E

    total $200,254 · program services $93,131 · management and general $107,123

  • 24b · Other expenses: Utilities and Facility Maint (

    total $150,974 · program services $119,682 · management and general $31,292

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Supplies (Stmt of Func

    total $79,376 · program services $79,376

  • 24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous (Stmt of Func Ex

    total $78,975 · program services $64,137 · management and general $14,838

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $112,981 · program services $84,322 · management and general $28,490 · fundraising $169

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,229,599 · end of year $819,551

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $594,214

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $150,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $165,690

  • 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

    beginning of year $31,440 · end of year $29,339

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $5,647,125

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

    $1,909,345

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,558,023 · end of year $3,737,780

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 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

    beginning of year $542,571 · end of year $30,671

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $272,031 · end of year $130,095

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $61,088 · end of year $103,222

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $484,064 · end of year $459,141

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $36,086 · end of year $25,583

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,954,963 · end of year $4,471,898

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $813,401 · end of year $337,306

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Break the Barriers, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, celebrates the awareness and victories of individuals of varying abilities, ethnicities, ages, and socioeconomic statuses through exceptional programs, outreach, and inclusive education. Established in 1984, our mission is to serve both local and global communities in order for individuals to achieve optimal physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. Break the Barriers strives to improve participants quality of life by helping individuals develop their full potential as well as overcome impeding physical and mental confinements.Locally, Break the Barriers primarily serves our community through our 39,000 square-foot Ability Center, which acts as the backdrop for our 23 inclusive programs. Over 2,000 individuals enter through our facilitys doors on a weekly basis, including Buddy students from Valley Schools, inner-city youth and a growing population of Veterans. Break the Barriers adapts offered classes to meet the cha

Activities or mission (Part I)

Break the Barriers mission is to serve both local and global communities through inclusive sports, performing arts, workshops, outreach and education. Break the Barriers empowers individuals of all ages to achieve optimal, physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development.

  • Through grants, fundraising events, individual and corporate donations Break the Barriers serves 2,485 people with various abilities weekly in house and hundreds of thousands annually locally and around the world. Break the Barriers is the largest recreation education and aftercare rehabilitation program in the nation for veterans and active duty members outside of the Veterans Administration. Break the Barriers serves underserved youth through recreation and literacy programs.

    Expenses $1,989,606

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jared Hergenrader

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $101,973
    From this org
    $101,973
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • Deby Hergenrader

    Director

    Total calculated
    $88,915
    From this org
    $88,915
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mike Hernandez

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Tom Milne

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Kelly Kruger

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David VonAh

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ray Buchanan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Carson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Cerro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Borchardt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marilyn Shepherd

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fidel Uribe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Josh Watney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Mouw

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
23 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412369349300846

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