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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MY CHOSEN VESSELS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$234,391
Total expenses
$171,399
Contributions and grants received
$234,391
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$82,366
Total liabilities, end of year
$35,356
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$47,010
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$164,886
Management and general expenses
$6,513
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 96.2% 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

    $234,391

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $5,955 · program services $5,955

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $454 · program services $454

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $16,675 · program services $11,131 · management and general $5,544

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,150 · program services $1,150

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,782 · program services $16,782

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,133 · program services $7,535 · management and general $598

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,638 · program services $10,638

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,641 · program services $4,641

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $371 · management and general $371

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD AND WATER RELIEF

    total $14,042 · program services $14,042

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

    total $38,203 · program services $38,203

  • 24c · Other expenses: SERVICE LEARNING

    total $51,625 · program services $51,625

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

    total $2,730 · program services $2,730

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $33,120 · end of year $82,366

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $37,321 · end of year $35,356

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MCV MISSION IS TO PROVIDE MAASAI INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WITH CLEAN WATER, EDUCATION, AND CULTURE CONSERVATION INITIATIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MCV MISSION IS TO PROVIDE MAASAI INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WITH CLEAN WATER, EDUCATION, AND CULTURE CONSERVATION INITIATIVES

  • 1. LAUNCHED HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION EXCHANGE AND SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAM CONNECTING YOUTH IN CALIFORNIA AND KENYA; 25 STUDENTS TRAVEL TO KENYA FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE. 2. BUILT THE FIRST CLASSROOM AT MAASAI EDUCATION CENTER, COMPLETE WITH MEDIA HOUSE, SUPPLIES, FURNITURE, ELECTRICITY, WIFI, COMPUTERS, AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. 3. PROVIDED CLEAN WATER INITIATIVE BENEFITTING 1,500 PEOPLE THROUGH WATER TANKS AND DROUGHT RELIEF EFFORTS, INCLUDING ASSESSMENTS FOR FUTURE WATER PROGRAMS. 4. CONSTRUCTED A DAM FOR WILDLIFE. 5. BUILT A LATRINE AND PROVIDED SANITATION TRAINING. 6. IMPLEMENTED BEADING INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. 7. PROVIDED FOOD RELIEF DURING DROUGHT. 8. ORGANIZED SHOE DRIVE, COLLECTING SHOES FOR THE MAASAI COMMUNITY. 9. ESTABLISHED NEW MAASAI MEDICINAL GARDEN. 10. DEVELOPED VIRTUAL REALITY PROGRAM DOCUMENTING MAASAI RITES OF PASSAGE CEREMONIES. 11. PARTICIPATE IN UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUMS WITH CULTURAL CHIEFS AND YOUTH TO ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jessica Censotti

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Patricia Cole

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lesley Etherly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Khalif Price

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
13 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412929349301951

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