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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BABIES NEED BOTTOMS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,204,730
Total expenses
$1,219,775
Contributions and grants received
$2,204,651
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$79
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,355,455
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,804
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,349,651
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,174,464
Management and general expenses
$37,960
Fundraising expenses
$7,351
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,174,464

Program services were 96.3% 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)

    $28,102

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,176,549

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,416,031

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $79 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $79

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,713 · program services $82,971 · management and general $4,871 · fundraising $4,871

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,698 · program services $4,698 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,276 · program services $7,448 · management and general $414 · fundraising $414

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,983 · program services $0 · management and general $3,983 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,885 · program services $0 · management and general $8,885 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,463 · program services $7,357 · management and general $1,150 · fundraising $1,956

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,094 · program services $206 · management and general $11,778 · fundraising $110

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,217 · program services $9,195 · management and general $1,022 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $47,958 · program services $43,162 · management and general $4,796 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,338 · program services $1,204 · management and general $134 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,691 · program services $1,691 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Diapers/Supplies Distributed

    total $1,016,452 · program services $1,016,452 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Licenses and Permits

    total $227 · program services $0 · management and general $227 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Meals and Entertainment

    total $80 · program services $80 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Memberships

    total $700 · program services $0 · management and general $700 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $185,148 · end of year $361,594

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $17,215 · end of year $387,791

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,092 · end of year $6,826

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $162,034 · end of year $599,244

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $713

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,506 · end of year $5,804

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $303,966 · end of year $1,216,234

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $60,730 · end of year $133,417

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Our mission is to improve the lives of babies, toddlers and parents in Western North Carolina through diaper distribution, community awareness and partnerships.

  • In 2024, 717,432 diapers were distributed to families in need (a 43% increase from 2023). Babies Need Bottoms partnered with over 80 social service agencies in 18 Counties in Western NC to help meet this basic healthy and hygiene need for over 2,400 babies every month. In addition to diapers, Babies Need Bottoms distributed additional supplies of packages of baby wipes, tubes of rash cream, bottles of baby wash and canisters of infant formula when these additional supplies were available.

    Expenses $1,174,464

  • Diapers were provided to community partners serving known clients and who were already regularly providing additional social services to support, stabilize and help lift families out of poverty; as well as to agencies serving walk-in clients facing acute crises, such as baby pantries, food pantries, and food markets, including some with mobile units or pop-up markets to expand into rural communities especially where transportation issues are a barrier for families.

  • Hurricane Helene devastated our region in Septemeber 2024. Immediately, Babies Need Bottoms provided front like diaper, hygiene supply and formula distribution. Increasing distributions by over 300% in the first month after the storm hit. In the months following, BNB served as a redistribution site for baby feeding and hygiene supplies and have expanded to distribute additional care items (socks, underwear, winter coats, baby food, baby equipment) to help meet more of the acute needs our community faces during this recovery process.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Alicia Heacock

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $46,329
    From this org
    $46,329
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    28

  • Meagan Lyon Leimena

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $46,329
    From this org
    $46,329
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    28

  • Allie Ellenbogen

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Leavitt

    Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neeta Kirpalani

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Lynes

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelley Adams

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Whitney Elster

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Neff

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brittany Wallen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erica Whyman

    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
2024
Filed
5 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202501619349301025

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