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← BE ORG INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BE ORG INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$696,639
Total expenses
$635,377
Contributions and grants received
$535,758
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$160,881
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$192,979
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,748
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$146,231
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$635,377
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$635,377

Program services were 100.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $242,613

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $293,145

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PRO

    total $160,881 · related or exempt $160,881

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $242,613

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $217,632 · program services $217,632

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,598 · program services $14,598

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $25,201 · program services $25,201

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,405 · program services $20,405

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,150 · program services $8,150

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $287,969 · program services $287,969

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,369 · program services $2,369

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,112 · program services $29,112

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $29,941 · program services $29,941

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $212,324 · end of year $192,979

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $89,797 · end of year $46,748

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $122,527 · end of year $146,231

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ENCOURAGE AND NURTURE YOUTH TO LIVE ABOVE THEIR SOCIALLY IMPOSED LIMITATIONS; TO DEVELOP THEIR CHARACTER, TALENTS AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS ALLOWING THEM TO GO BEYOND A DREAM AND ACHIEVE REMARKABLE EXCELLENCE.

  • CHARACTER EDUCATION/STEM PROGRAMMING - TOOK PLACE FOR OVER 130 STUDENTS THROUGH CONTINUED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE Y OF CENTRAL MD, MORAVIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CHARLES CARROL BARRIESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDE USING STEM EXPERIMENTS TO CREATE MODALITIES FOR EMOTIONAL REGULATION AND INCORPORATING GAME PLAY FOR MORE STUDENT ENGAGED ACTIVITY BASED LEARNING.

  • GEA - GIRLS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY, DURING OUR RECENT GIRLS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY, GIRLS PARTICIPATED IN A TRIP TO THE NEW LEXINGTON MARKET. THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES INTO THE LARGER BALTIMORE COMMUNITY AND EXPERIENCE IT THROUGH A NEW LENS. THE SESSIONS PRIOR TO THE VISIT WERE DEDICATED TO PREPARATION FOR THE VISIT. THESE SESSIONS INCLUDED WATCHING SEASON 4 OF THE GO DADDY MADE IN AMERICA SERIES ENTITLED MADE IN BALTIMORE. THE SERIES INCLUDED A DEEP DIVE INTO THE BACK STORIES, RESILIENCE, DETERMINATION AND ENTERPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF SEVERAL BALTIMORE BASED SMALL BUSINESSES AND OWNERS. GEA CULMINATED WITH A WOMENS FIRESIDE CHAT FOCUSING ON LOCAL WOMEN LEADERS IN BALTIMORE AND A CHARGE TO OUR GIRLS TO EMBRACE THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP.

  • BE VIRTUAL - BE. VIRTUAL IS THE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM OF THE BE ORG, BOLSTERING SUPPORT ON BOTH A LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL. THE OVERALL GROWTH OF BE VIRTUAL IS OUR BIGGEST SUCCESS, WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. WE HAVE GROWN FROM ONLY HAVING A SUMMER YOUTH WORKS PARTNERSHIP TO TWO SESSIONS OF WEEKLY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AT TWO SEPARATE SITES. AT CONNEXIONS ACADEMY, COHORT 1 STUDENTS HAVE INCREASED THE VISIBILITY AND REPUTATION WITHIN THE SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED 65 STUDENTS FROM WEST BALTIMORE, MD THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SUMMER.

    Expenses $635,377 · Revenue $696,639

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • TONEE A LAWSON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • TAYLOR SCOTT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • SEVERN MILLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • CHRISTI OWIYE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • SHANNON JEFFERIES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JAMAR CREECH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • ROODINZ VITAL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • TRACY BARBOUR-GILLETT

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • ANDREA ROSS

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • DOMINIC MCALILY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
11 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202641579349300104

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