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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by MERCURY FREE MINING INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$116,428
Total expenses
$108,695
Contributions and grants received
$116,428
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
not reported
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$16,079
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,079
Program service expenses (Part III)
$108,694

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

MERCURY FREE MINING INC.'S (MFM'S) PURPOSE IS TO INSPIRE THE GLOBAL JEWELRY INDUSTRY TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, DISCOVERY, AND DEPLOYMENT OF EFFICIENT GOLD ORE CONCENTRATORS THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY REPLACE THE USE OF TOXIC MERCURY TO CAPTURE GOLD BY SOME 20 MILLION ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINERS (ASGM) IN MORE THAN 70 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE COMMITTEDTHAT THROUGH OUR EFFORTS, THE 100 MILLION PEOPLE WHO DEPEND UPON ASGM CAN BE HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS AND MERCURY POLLUTION IN OUR ENVIRONMENT WILL BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED.

  • MFM ESTABLISHED ITS CORE JEWELRY INDUSTRY INFORMATION PROGRAM EDUCATING THE JEWELRY INDUSTRY REGARDING THE HISTORY AND IMPACTS OF MERCURY USE IN GOLD MINING. PART OF THIS EDUCATION PROCESS HAS BEEN THE HIGHLIGHTING HOW THE JEWELRY INDUSTRY CAN BENEFIT BY TAKING A STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE 20 MILLION ARTISIANAL AND SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINERS WHO HAVE NO ALTERNATIVES TO THE USE OF MERCURY IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR LIVING AS GOLD MINERS.

    Expenses $54,347

  • MFM FINALIZED A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (GIA), TO FUND A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN MFM AND THE ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING (ARM) TO BEGIN GOLD ORE SAMPLING AND TESTING IN ANNANEA, PERU. MFM DEVELOPED A PROTOCOL FOR A FIRST OF ITS KIND ORE-SAMPLE COLLECTION TO SHIP THE COLLECTED ORE SAMPLES TO INNOVATIVE PROCESSORS IN FOUR COUNTRIES ON THREE CONTINENTS, ANALYZE THE GOLD ORE SAMPLES AND THE PROCESSOR'S EFFECTIVENESS, CREATING A DATABASE OTHERS CAN ACCESS AND BENEFIT FROM

    Expenses $54,347

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

Listed in Part IV

  • Toby Pomeroy

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $65,000
    Compensation
    $65,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Bill Boyajian

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Brandee Dallow

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mariel Diaz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ira Levi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ronnie Vanderlinden

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Laker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Hanna

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423179349201582

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