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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMAZING AVENS QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$238,789
Total expenses
$295,307
Contributions and grants received
$257,255
Grants paid
$266,790
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$13,187
Other revenue
-$31,653
Total assets, end of year
$312,204
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$312,204
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$289,757
Management and general expenses
$5,550
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$289,757

Program services were 98.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $206,723

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $50,532

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $41,084

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,187 · excluded $13,187

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $33,108

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

    $206,723

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $64,860

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$31,752 · excluded -$31,752

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $99

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $99 · excluded $99

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $266,790 · program services $266,790

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,471 · management and general $4,471

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,079 · management and general $1,079

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,351 · program services $8,351

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,496 · program services $11,496

  • 17 · Travel

    total $980 · program services $980

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,140 · program services $2,140

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $109,374 · end of year $55,748

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $259,447 · end of year $256,456

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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 $368,821 · end of year $312,204

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE WILL PROVIDE FUNDS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND HOSPITALS TO HELP FURTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS AND RAISE AWARENESS WITHIN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. THROUGH COMMUNITY SPONSORED EVENTS, BILLBOARDS, BROCHURES, AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS AAQAA WILL MODEL SAFE SWIMMING ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT FUTURE INFECTIONS. ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES WILL BE CHARITABLE IN NATURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WITH A MISSION OF IMPROVING AND ADVANCING EARLY DETECTION STRATEGIES AND MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR INFECTIONS CAUSED BY NAEGLERIA FOWLERI AND PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS (PAM) WHILE INCREASING AWARENESS WITHIN MEDICAL COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC.

  • TO SUPPORT OUR MISSION OF BRINGING AWARENESS OF NF TO OTHERS WE MAINTAINED OUR WEBSITE, PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL PR AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND PROMOTED AWARENESS THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. WE ATTENDED EVENTS AT LOCAL SCHOOLS WHERE WE PROVIDED MARKETING MATERIALS REGARDING WATER SAFETY AND WAYS TO PREVENT NF. IN ADDITION WE COLLABORATED ON A VIDEO THAT SHARES AVEN'S STORY AND EDUCATES OTHERS ON THE DANGERS OF NF AND HOW TO PREVENT INFECTIONS.

    Expenses $64,051 · Grants $41,084

  • WE AWARDED FUNDS TO THREE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS DOING RESEARCH ON NAEGLERIA FOWLERI INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETS DARTMOUTH, THE UNIVERSTIY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, AND UNC CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION. IN ADDITION, WE PARTICIPATED IN PR AND COMMUNITY EVENTS TO SPREAD AWARENESS WITHIN THE GENERAL COMMUNITY. WE MAINTAINED AND UPDATED OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. WE ALSO DESIGNED AND DISTRIBUTED VARIOUS MARKETING/ADVERTISING MATERIALS INCLUDING SHIRTS, WRISTBANDS, A BILLBOARD, PRINTED MATERIALS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT NF AND WAYS TO PREVENT INFECTIONS.

    Expenses $225,706 · Grants $225,706

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

Listed in Part VII

  • DEBRA MOFFAT

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • CRAIG MOFFAT

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JESSICA BRIGHT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MEGHAN PAYNE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349317929

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