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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BEAUTY BUS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,003,680
Total expenses
$715,748
Contributions and grants received
$945,489
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$37,110
Investment income
$21,081
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,443,522
Total liabilities, end of year
$164,767
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,278,755
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$505,595
Management and general expenses
$144,352
Fundraising expenses
$65,801
Program service expenses (Part III)
$505,595

Program services were 70.6% 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

    $126,405

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $819,084

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $142,220

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Income

    total $37,110 · related or exempt $37,110

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,236 · related or exempt $21,236

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,347

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

    securities $8,502

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$155

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$155 · excluded -$155

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $113,936

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

    $126,405

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $113,936

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $134,968 · program services $101,226 · management and general $26,994 · fundraising $6,748

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $145,727 · program services $114,320 · management and general $19,341 · fundraising $12,066

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,541 · program services $4,714 · management and general $3,938 · fundraising $889

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,539 · program services $16,085 · management and general $3,640 · fundraising $2,814

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,458 · program services $1,003 · management and general $455

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,400 · program services $3,000 · management and general $37,400

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,172 · management and general $1,172

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $37,707 · program services $8,909 · management and general $16,491 · fundraising $12,307

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,880 · program services $2,258 · management and general $3,343 · fundraising $279

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,831 · program services $4,782 · management and general $2,049

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $70,229 · program services $56,183 · management and general $7,023 · fundraising $7,023

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,594 · program services $2,204 · management and general $171 · fundraising $219

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,382 · program services $7,100 · management and general $1,141 · fundraising $1,141

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,067 · program services $7,295 · management and general $4,116 · fundraising $656

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONATIONS IN KIND

    total $146,757 · program services $146,757

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $23,714 · program services $14,992 · management and general $6,055 · fundraising $2,667

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $9,328 · management and general $1,234 · fundraising $8,094

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,690 · program services $720 · management and general $4,788 · fundraising $3,182

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,764 · program services $14,047 · management and general $5,001 · fundraising $7,716

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $217,711 · end of year $308,661

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $362,609 · end of year $681,628

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $105,747 · end of year $74,739

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $121,370 · end of year $65,450

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,150

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

    $72,978

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

    $45,387

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $20,770 · end of year $27,591

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $111,136 · end of year $115,481

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $217,850 · end of year $164,822

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,694 · end of year $10,359

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $212,528 · end of year $154,408

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $935,971 · end of year $1,250,255

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $28,500

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BEAUTY BUS FOUNDATION DELIVERS LOVING KINDNESS, SUPPORT AND COMPASSION TO SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS THROUGH BEAUTY AND GROOMING SERVICES.

  • BEAUTY BUS DELIVERS LOVING KINDNESS, SUPPORT AND COMPASSION TO SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS THROUGH BEAUTY SERVICES IN HOMES AND HOSPITALS. SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 2009, BEAUTY BUS HAS DELIVERED FREE HAIR, MAKEUP, NAIL AND FACIAL SERVICES TO OVER 32,000 CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST. AS OUR CLIENT, CANCER THRIVER KAREN O., SAID: THE SIMPLEST IDEA OF SOMEONEPAMPER[ING] YOU WHEN ALL OF YOUR ENERGY IS BEING EXPENDED TO FIGHT A PERSONAL BATTLE IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST FEELING GOOD ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK. BEAUTY BUS GIVES ITS CLIENTS RENEWED INTERNAL STRENGTH TO KEEP FIGHTING.

    Expenses $505,595 · Revenue $37,110

  • POP-UP SALONS: BEAUTY BUS BRINGS THE BEAUTY SALON TO YOU! BEAUTY BUS HOSTS POP-UP SALONS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN HOSPITALS AND SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES WHERE PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS GATHER IN A SAFE AND FESTIVE COMMUNITY FOR A DAY AT THE SPA! UP TO 100 CLIENTS ENJOY AN AFTERNOON OF HAIRCUTS, MANICURES, FACIALS, AND MAKEUP APPLICATIONS. CLIENTS ENJOY THE TIME AWAY FROM DOCTORS AND TESTS, NEEDLES AND TREATMENTS, WHILE RECONNECTING TO THEIR SENSE OF SELF AND CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY. EACH CLIENT LEAVES WITH A BAG OF BEAUTY FILLED WITH AN ESTIMATED $100 IN DONATED PRODUCTS SO THE PAMPERING CAN CONTINUE. IN 2024, BEAUTY BUS PROVIDED 32 POP-UP SALONS WITH PARTNERS INCLUDING CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES, RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY, UCLA MATTEL CHILDRENS, USC NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER AND CEDARS-SINAI THE ANGELES CLINIC. BEAUTY SERIES: BEAUTY SERIES BRINGS THE CARING TOUCH OF BEAUTY BUS INTO HOSPITALS AND SOCIAL SERVICE PARTNERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO ASSURE CONSISTENCY OF SERVICE. FACIALS, HAIRCUTS, WIG FITTINGS AND HAND TREATMENTS ARE OFFERED IN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT HOSPITAL ROOMS, INFUSION BAYS OR IN A SPECIALLY DESIGNATED SPACE AT OUR PARTNERING AGENCIES INCLUDING, AT PROVIDENCE HOLY CROSS, MISSION HILLS AND THE DISNEY FAMILY CANCER CENTER IN BURBANK, WHERE BEAUTY BUS PROVIDES WEEKLY FREE BEAUTY SERVICES. BAGS OF BEAUTY: BAGS OF BEAUTY PROMOTE WELLNESS AND SELF-CARE BY PROVIDING CLIENTS AND CAREGIVERS WITH A BAG OF COMPLIMENTARY FULL-SIZE CLEAN BEAUTY PRODUCTS WORTH AN ESTIMATED $100. THE GENEROSITY OF LEADING BEAUTY INDUSTRY PARTNERS ALLOWS BEAUTY BUS TO GIVE OUR CLIENTS THE LIFT AND GIFT OF BEAUTY. CLIENTS AT HOSPITALS RECEIVE A BAG OF BEAUTY AFTER THEIR BEAUTY TREATMENTS, WE ALSO DELIVER BAGS TO OTHER HEALTH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND NON-PROFITS TO SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. IN 2024, BEAUTY BUS DELIVERED 3,881 BAGS OF BEAUTY TO PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • RUTH LAURENT-KOCHER

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $134,968
    From this org
    $132,676
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,292
    Hours/week
    40
  • WENDY MARANTZ LEVINE

    Founder

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12
  • IDA BARBA

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JESSICA JOFFE-STEIN

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • LILIANA CERILO

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • BRIANNA COLE

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DAN ROSENSON

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • ANDREA STRAUS

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JEREMY CRAMER

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
6 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511579349300346

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