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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BELLIS.

Totals

Total revenue
$987,446
Total expenses
$218,704
Contributions and grants received
$966,081
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$13,040
Investment income
$8,325
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$992,704
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,356
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$989,348
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$97,274
Management and general expenses
$67,402
Fundraising expenses
$54,028
Program service expenses (Part III)
$97,274

Program services were 44.5% 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

    $966,081

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EARNED INCOME

    total $13,040 · related or exempt $13,040

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,325 · excluded $8,325

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $63,654 · program services $21,218 · management and general $21,218 · fundraising $21,218

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $66,837 · program services $22,279 · management and general $22,279 · fundraising $22,279

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,041 · program services $4,013 · management and general $4,014 · fundraising $4,014

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,215 · program services $2,430 · management and general $6,533 · fundraising $252

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,804 · program services $3,527 · management and general $268 · fundraising $2,009

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,729 · program services $385 · management and general $3,959 · fundraising $385

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,962 · management and general $7,962

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $40,416 · program services $37,714 · fundraising $2,702

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,508 · program services $1,170 · management and general $1,169 · fundraising $1,169

  • 24a · Other expenses: CAPACITY BUILDING

    total $4,538 · program services $4,538

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $34,271 · end of year $15,902

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $488,662

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $192,220 · end of year $488,140

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,412 · end of year $3,356

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $224,079 · end of year $500,686

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $488,662

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BELLIS' LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO DRIVE SOCIETAL CHANGE BY OFFERING EFFECTIVE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WITH TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND/OR TERMINATION OF LEGAL CUSTODY ORDERS, AND OTHER SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. THE PEOPLE BELLIS SUPPORTS, OFTEN STIGMATIZED FOR CIRCUMSTANCES LARGELY BEYOND THEIR CONTROL, DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAL, REGAIN A SENSE OF SELF-WORTH, AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES. BY INVESTING IN PEOPLE WHOSE CHILDREN ARE PARENTED BY OTHERS, WE REDUCE THE NEED FOR REPEATED COSTLY LEGAL AND SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS, AND GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO LIVE MORE PURPOSEFUL, FULFILLING LIVES DESPITE THEIR TRAUMA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BELLIS IS A GROUNDBREAKING, NATIONAL NONPROFIT WHOSE MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM COMPLEX GRIEF AND AMBIGUOUS LOSS, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THOSE WHOSE CHILDREN ARE PARENTED BY OTHERS, AND TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR SYSTEMS SERVING THEM. BELLIS IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCES OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. BELLIS HAS NO POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION OR AGENDA AND IS INDEPENDENT OF CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES, CHILD WELFARE AND COURT SYSTEMS.

  • PEER-BASED NETWORKS: OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS PEER-BASED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WHOSE CHILDREN ARE PARENTED BY OTHERS. PARTICIPANTS OF BELLIS PROGRAMS COME TO US WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES INCLUDING TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, TRANSFER OF CUSTODY, FOSTER CARE, OPEN CHILD PROTECTION CASES, CUSTODY DISPUTES, PARENTAL ALIENATION, ADOPTION, AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. LICENSED PROFESSIONALS ENSURE THAT SHARING LIFE STORIES HAPPENS IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT OFFERS VALIDATION AND ACCEPTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: SIX WEEKLY ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS, TWO ANNUAL RETREATS FOR WOMEN, A TELEPHONE WARMLINE, AND A MONTHLY IN-PERSON GROUP IN ST. PAUL, MN.

    Expenses $82,683

  • BELLIS EXPANDED THE REACH OF ITS STRONGER TOGETHER PEER SUPPORT MODEL THROUGH BOTH DIRECT-SERVICE PARTNERSHIPS AND A NEWLY AVAILABLE FACILITATOR TRAINING PROGRAM. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, BELLIS DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE FACILITATOR TRAINING MANUAL AND TRAINING PROCESS. THIS LICENSED TRAINING ALLOWS ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT PEOPLE WHOSE CHILDREN ARE PARENTED BY OTHERS TO EQUIP THEIR OWN PROFESSIONALS TO IMPLEMENT THE STRONGER TOGETHER PEER SUPPORT MODEL WITHIN THEIR PROGRAMS, WITH ONGOING SUPPORT FROM BELLIS.

    Expenses $14,591

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Tracy Murphy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kristine Moser

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mary McKeown

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Monique Lindquist

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kate Bottiger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Elif McCain

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Natalie Netzel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kelly Tronstad

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $63,654
    From this org
    $63,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

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
9 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523459349300307

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