Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$1,924,803

Total expenses

$820,536

Contributions and grants received

$1,806,978

Grants paid

$771,595

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$128,908

Other revenue

-$11,083

Total assets, end of year

$5,462,040

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,462,040

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$771,595

Management and general expenses

$42,941

Fundraising expenses

$6,000

Program service expenses (Part III)

$771,595

Program services were 94.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• AMY BELL CHARITIES SUPPORTS CHILDREN IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN AFRICA WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES, TEACHER SUPPORT, UNIFORMS, AND FOOD SUPPLEMENTS. WE SUPPORT TEN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN VARIOUS PLACES IN AFRICA. THAT INCLUDES THREE IN SOUTH AFRICA, ONE IN NAMIBIA, FIVE IN ZAMBIA AND WE HAVE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL IN UGANDA. MOST OF THE SCHOOLS VARY IN SIZE FROM 40 STUDENTS TO 400 STUDENTS. IN TOTAL, WE ESTIMATE WE SUPPORT DAILY FEEDING PROGRAMS IN FIVE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE APPROXIMATELY 600 STUDENTS. WE PROVIDE ONE MEAL PER DAY FOR EACH OF THE CHILDREN ON SCHOOL DAYS (APPROXIMATELY 200 SCHOOL DAYS PER YEAR) WHICH TOTALS SERVING OVER 120,000 MEALS PER YEAR. IN SOME CASES, WE ALSO SUPPLEMENT THEIR FOOD WITH ADDITIONAL FOOD ITEMS FOR THEM TO TAKE HOME ON WEEKENDS AND DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. WE HELP WITH FUNDING OF CRITICAL SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AND WE MADE A SPECIAL GRANT TO BUILD AND FURNISH A COMPUTER CENTER FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IN 2024, WE ALSO SUPPORTED A FEEDING PROGRAM IN SOUTH AFRICA THAT SERVES APPROXIMATELY 300 MEALS PER WEEK. THESE FOOD ITEMS ARE DISTRIBUTED EACH WEEK IN SQUATTER CAMPS, HOMELESS SHELTERS FOR CHILDREN AND SMALL DAY CARE CENTERS THAT TOTAL OVER 20,000 MEALS PER YEAR. THIS AGENCY ALSO SERVES AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 MEALS PER YEAR TO CHILDREN IN SMALL DAY CARE CENTERS.WE CREATED A WASHABLE SANITARY PAD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM TO ENABLE YOUNG WOMEN TO BE FULL PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR EDUCATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES BY PROVIDING CRITICALLY NEEDED SUPPLIES FOR THEIR MENSTRUAL CYCLE. WE DISTRIBUTED PAD KITS TO OVER 1,000 YOUNG WOMEN IN 2024. WE HAVE FUNDED PROGRAMS IN ZAMBIA AROUND EMPOWERMENT TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN VILLAGE LEADERS AND FAMILIES TO WORK TOWARD REDUCING CHILD MARRIAGE AND CHILD ABUSE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $771,595 · Grants $771,595

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

• FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MIDLAND

  $148,550

  WATER WELLS UGANDA

• CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL

  $62,000

  SAINI AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

• SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

  $56,000

  HUMANITARIAN AID, BELL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, AND BLUE BELL BAG

• COOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  COOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION

• ARISE AFRICA INC

  $10,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• AFRICAN CHILDRENS SCHOOLS

  $10,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

7 April 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.1

Source object

202610989349301326

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