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← KINDNESS ORG INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by KINDNESS ORG INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$814,936
Total expenses
$1,051,166
Contributions and grants received
$801,689
Grants paid
$9,464
Program service revenue
$13,247
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$673,355
Total liabilities, end of year
$14,028
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$659,327
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$907,794
Management and general expenses
$58,672
Fundraising expenses
$84,700
Program service expenses (Part III)
$907,794

Program services were 86.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $801,689

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENU

    total $13,247 · related or exempt $13,247

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,009 · program services $5,009

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $4,455 · program services $4,455

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $175,582 · program services $153,471 · management and general $958 · fundraising $21,153

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $318,736 · program services $278,597 · management and general $1,741 · fundraising $38,398

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $21,375 · program services $18,683 · management and general $117 · fundraising $2,575

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,397 · program services $32,688 · management and general $204 · fundraising $4,505

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,565 · management and general $2,565

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $51,140 · management and general $51,140

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,668 · program services $34,923 · fundraising $5,745

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $110,642 · program services $108,892 · fundraising $1,750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,248 · program services $10,345 · management and general $567 · fundraising $1,336

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,530 · program services $12,534 · management and general $283 · fundraising $2,713

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,571 · program services $12,921 · management and general $511 · fundraising $1,139

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,369 · program services $28,927 · management and general $206 · fundraising $2,236

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $39,329 · program services $39,329

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,653 · program services $1,372 · management and general $83 · fundraising $198

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $128,407 · program services $128,407

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $27,944 · program services $27,750 · management and general $39 · fundraising $155

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,546 · program services $9,491 · management and general $258 · fundraising $2,797

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $591,534 · end of year $165,030

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $434,613

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $273,971 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,083 · end of year $0

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

    $204,004

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

    $130,292

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $87,151 · end of year $73,712

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,752 · end of year $14,028

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $328,987 · end of year $231,300

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $580,000 · end of year $428,027

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE KINDNESS. WE DO THIS BY CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (THROUGH KINDLAB) AND APPLYING THE FINDINGS TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND PRODUCTS FOR KINDER CLASSROOMS (LEARN KIND), COMMUNITIES (LIVE KIND), AND WORKPLACES (WORK KIND). WE THEN STRATEGICALLY PARTNER WITH MAJOR BRANDS TO AMPLIFY THE WORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE KINDNESS.

  • THROUGH OUR RESEARCH HUB KINDLAB, WE EXECUTED RESEARCH ON THE ROLE OF KINDNESS IN COMPANIES, KINDNESS WITHIN POLICE AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, HOW KIDS UNDERSTAND KINDNESS, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR LEARN KIND PROGRAM. LEARN KIND DELIVERED OUR SEL (SOCIAL-EMOTION LEARNING) CURRICULUM TO 100,000 STUDENTS IN MORE THAN 45 STATES AND 20 COUNTRIES. LIVE KIND LAUNCHED ITS FIRST PODCAST, "WHY KINDNESS?", WHICH SHOWCASED STORIES OF KINDNESS AND WAS STREAMED IN MORE THAN 50 COUTRIES. WE ALSO DID A WEBSITE OVERHAUL TO STREAMLINE THE USER EXPERIENCE TO ENCOURGAE MORE ACTION AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO BE EDUCATED AND INSPIRED.

    Expenses $907,794 · Grants $9,464 · Revenue $13,247

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jaclyn Lindsey

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $175,582
    From this org
    $167,315
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,267
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,315
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,267
    Filer's total
    $175,582

  • Yukari Pass

    BOARD CHAIR - UNTIL JULY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Debbie Wasserman

    BOARD CHAIR - STARTING JULY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jen Lackard

    TREASURER - UNTIL JULY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neil Hutchinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sergio Navarro

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gelila Bekele

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phil Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Katayama

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rana Diorio

    TREASURER - STARTING JULY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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. 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
1 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443139349304274

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