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← THE WEST INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE WEST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$268,238
Total expenses
$277,533
Contributions and grants received
$55,851
Grants paid
$100,300
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$29
Other revenue
$212,358
Total assets, end of year
$715,528
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,606
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$701,922
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$257,471
Management and general expenses
$16,718
Fundraising expenses
$3,344
Program service expenses (Part III)
$257,471

Program services were 92.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $3,101

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $52,750

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29 · related or exempt $29

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $460,995

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $254,958

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $206,037 · related or exempt $206,037

  • 11a · Other revenue: PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT

    total $4,901 · related or exempt $4,901

  • 11b · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REBATE

    total $1,420 · related or exempt $1,420

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,321

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $100,300 · program services $100,300

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $28,155 · program services $24,776 · management and general $2,816 · fundraising $563

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,385 · program services $2,098 · management and general $239 · fundraising $48

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $195 · program services $171 · management and general $20 · fundraising $4

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,882 · program services $6,882

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,970 · program services $7,013 · management and general $797 · fundraising $160

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,471 · program services $8,335 · management and general $947 · fundraising $189

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $89,084 · program services $78,394 · management and general $8,908 · fundraising $1,782

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,191 · program services $3,191

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,025 · program services $3,541 · management and general $403 · fundraising $81

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $10,956 · program services $9,641 · management and general $1,096 · fundraising $219

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $5,829 · program services $5,129 · management and general $583 · fundraising $117

  • 24c · Other expenses: BUYING EXPENSES

    total $4,416 · program services $3,886 · management and general $442 · fundraising $88

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $2,341 · program services $2,060 · management and general $234 · fundraising $47

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,333 · program services $2,054 · management and general $233 · fundraising $46

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $51,654 · end of year $95,428

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $380,267 · end of year $300,102

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $279,701 · end of year $278,465

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

    $49,971

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

    $8,438

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,584 · end of year $41,533

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,086

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,190

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,885 · end of year $13,606

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $711,217 · end of year $701,922

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PROFITS FROM THE RETAIL STORE, THE WEST, ARE DONATED TO QUALIFYING EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE IRC.

  • THE WEST, INC IS A SECTION 501(C)(3) CHARITY FORMED TO OPERATE THE WEST, A GIFT AND NEEDLEWORK RETAIL STORE. THE CHARITY HAS APPROXIMATELY 90 ACTIVE MEMBERS WHO DONATE THEIR SERVICES TO OPERATE THE RETAIL STORE. PROFITS FROM THE RETAIL STORE ARE DONATED TO LOCAL CHARITIES WHOSE PRIMARY FOCUS IS SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

    Expenses $257,471 · Grants $100,300

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eileen Aird

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Paula Christenson

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Margie Gradillas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Virginia Harpold

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Marilyn Schubert

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

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

  • SISTER JOSE WOMEN'S CENTER

    $15,000

  • EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUS

    $10,000

  • AVIVA

    $10,000

  • CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY OF SOUTHERN ARI

    $9,000

  • YOUTH ON THEIR OWN

    $8,000

  • CANDLELIGHTERS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOU

    $8,000

  • WHEELS FOR KIDS

    $7,800

  • ERIK HITE FOUNDATION

    $7,500

  • EAGLES WINGS OF GRACE

    $7,500

  • MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS

    $7,500

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540729349301779

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