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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MEOW MEOW FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$398,142
Total expenses
$93,894
Contributions and grants received
$398,142
Grants paid
$60,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$356,696
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$356,696
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$85,515
Management and general expenses
$3,217
Fundraising expenses
$5,162
Program service expenses (Part III)
$85,515

Program services were 91.1% 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

    $398,142

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $60,000 · program services $60,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,000 · program services $1,932 · management and general $2,068

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,260 · program services $2,130 · fundraising $2,130

  • 17 · Travel

    total $944 · program services $944

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $486 · management and general $486

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING, PUBLICATIONS,

    total $15,162 · program services $12,130 · fundraising $3,032

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $6,633 · program services $5,970 · management and general $663

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADVOCACY

    total $2,409 · program services $2,409

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $52,448 · end of year $356,646

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $50

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $52,448 · end of year $93,264

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $263,432

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SUPPORT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, SUPPORT OF MUSIC AND ARTS PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND ADVANCEMENT OF WATER SAFETY EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUMMER CAMP AND AQUATICS SAFETY FOR CHILDREN

  • PROVIDED RESEARCH, CONTENT AND FINANCIAL AID TO THE BEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN INC FOR NATIONWIDE CAMP SAFETY CURRICULUM AND TRAINING TO BE ADMINISTERED TO THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH COUNSELORS.

    Expenses $20,000 · Grants $20,000

  • WATER SAFETY AND WELLNESS PROGRAMMING WITH STRATEGIC PARTNER THE MICHAEL PHELPS FOUNDATION. THIS WAS A FIRST PHASE INVESTMENT IN CO-DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SAFETY, SWIM LESSONS AND MENTAL/PHYSICAL WELLNESS EDUCATION FOR 1,200 SOCIOECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN VIA BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS

    Expenses $40,000 · Grants $40,000

  • ROXIE'S WISH: DROWNING PREVENTION AND CAMP SAFETY FOR CHILDREN. ONGOING, NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN TO EXTEND AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. RESEARCHED, CREATED CONTENT AND MET WITH COUNTLESS STAKEHOLDERS RELATED TO CAMP AND AQUATICS SAFETY ORDINANCES IN THE NATION'S LARGEST COUNTY (10 MILLION) WHICH LED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE ELENA MATYAS CAMP SAFETY ORDINANCE AND ROXIE'S SWIM SAFE ORDINANCE HERE IN LA COUNTY. DISTRIBUTED ROUGHLY 500 MMF WATER WATCHER BADGES TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD DROWNING. SPONSORED TWO DOZEN SWIM LESSONS PACKAGES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH THE ROSE BOWL AQUATICS CENTER. PRODUCED AD CAMPAIGN FOR CAMP AND AQUATICS SAFETY IN THE OUTLOOK NEWSPAPER GROUP REACHING 40,000 PEOPLE. PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH, LEGAL CONSULTATION, ADVOCACY SUPPORT AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT RELATED TO A COMPLEX CHILD DROWNING AT A ST. LOUIS, MO COUNTY CAMP. RESEARCHED, DRAFTED LANGUAGE, RECRUITED SPONSORS, HELD NUMEROUS MEETINGS AND TESTIFIED BEFORE MULTIPLE COMMITTEES RELATED TO OUR STATE (CA) CAMP SAFETY BILL AB 1727 WHICH AFFECTED MORE THAN A MILLION CHILDREN. BEGAN DIRECTING A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE DARK AMERICAN SECRET OF PERVASIVE SUMMER CAMP HARM AND ALTHOUGH MMF DOES NOT FUND THE FILM, IT SERVES AS SPONSOR THROUGH LEVERAGING MMF CONTACTS, BRAND RECOGNITION AND RESOURCES.

    Expenses $25,515

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Douglas A Forbes

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Elena Matyas

    SECRETARY AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Liliana Coronado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katie Danneberg

    DIRECTOR

    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

  • MEOW MEOW FOUNDATION (MMF) INVESTED $30,000 IN THE MICHAEL PHELPS FOUNDATION (MPF) TO CO-DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT IMPACTS 1,200 SOCIOECOMICALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA. THE IM PROGRAM COMBINES DROWNING PREVENTION, SWIM LESSONS, COMPETITIVE SWIMMING, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICAL HEALTHY LIVING AND GOAL ACHIEVEMENT. TRAINING IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, INCLUDING CLUBS IN MMF'S HOME LOCATION OF PASADENA, CA.

  • MMF INVESTED $20,000 IN THE BEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION (BBF) TO CO-DEVELOP SUMMER CAMP HEALTH AND SAFETY CURRICULUM AND TRAINING.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343189349312274

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