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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BESS THE BOOK BUS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$601,166
Total expenses
$488,809
Contributions and grants received
$584,648
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16,500
Other revenue
$18
Total assets, end of year
$526,088
Total liabilities, end of year
$67,040
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$459,048
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$434,014
Management and general expenses
$54,795
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$434,014

Program services were 88.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $584,648

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $315,326

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $16,500

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $16,500

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $16,500 · related or exempt $16,500 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: INTEREST

    total $18 · related or exempt $18 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $51,251 · program services $38,438 · management and general $12,813 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $43,381 · program services $32,536 · management and general $10,845 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,617 · program services $5,713 · management and general $1,904 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,500 · program services $750 · management and general $750 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,108 · program services $8,331 · management and general $2,777 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,503 · program services $6,377 · management and general $2,126 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,260 · program services $17,260 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,605 · program services $2,704 · management and general $901 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $37,780 · program services $18,890 · management and general $18,890 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,682 · program services $11,011 · management and general $3,671 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES

    total $235 · program services $117 · management and general $118 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOOKS DISTRIBUTED

    total $290,687 · program services $290,687 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTANT

    total $1,200 · program services $1,200 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $97,889 · end of year $174,584

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $119,992 · end of year $179,752

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $8,068

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

    $270,942

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

    $107,258

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $201,464 · end of year $163,684

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,203 · end of year $5,378

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $71,451 · end of year $61,662

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $346,691 · end of year $459,048

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Bess the Book Bus is a mobile literacy outreach dedicated to narrowing the academic acheivement gap. We instill a love of reading in asset limited communities by supplying high quality books to children, caregivers, and educators and making the joy of book ownership a reality.

  • In 2022, Bess the Book Bus delivered a total of 60,264 books to 45,754 children in 21 states and 69 cities.

    Expenses $434,014 · Revenue $601,166

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leah Wooten

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny Scruggs

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcia Israeloff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bobbi Davis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Smith

    SECRETARY AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Frances

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2022
Filed
25 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343069349302504

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