Totals
- Total revenue
- $309,786
- Total expenses
- $404,408
- Contributions and grants received
- $297,039
- Grants paid
- $339,421
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $5,853
- Other revenue
- $6,894
- Total assets, end of year
- $116,034
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $116,034
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $396,199
- Management and general expenses
- $8,209
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $396,199
Program services were 98.0% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$50,030
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$247,009
-
3 · Investment income
total $5,853 · excluded $5,853
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$8,640
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$50,030
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$1,792
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $6,848 · excluded $6,848
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11a · Other revenue: REFUND OF SUPPLIES PUR
total $46 · related or exempt $46
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11e · Other revenue, total
$46
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $207,832 · program services $207,832
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $35,000 · program services $35,000
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $96,589 · program services $96,589
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,050 · management and general $2,050
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24a · Other expenses: SCHOOL PROJECTS
total $49,878 · program services $49,878
-
24b · Other expenses: RELIEF PROJECTS
total $6,900 · program services $6,900
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24c · Other expenses: ACCOUNT FEES
total $6,159 · management and general $6,159
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $210,656
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $116,034
-
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $210,656 · end of year $116,034
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THOSE IN NEED. TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS, ORGANIZE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS AND BUILD SCHOOLS AND HOUSING FOR VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD
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HAITI RELIEF FUND TO PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO THE HAITIAN PEOPLE WITH THE GOAL OF REBUILDING LIVES. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS TWO HAITIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS BY IMPROVING AND UPGRADING SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS, INCLUDING TEACHER SALARIES, MAINTENANCE, SUPPLIES AND MEALS FOR THE STUDENTS. WHEN ONE OF THE SCHOOLS WAS NOTIFIED THAT ITS BUILDING WOULD NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP CONSTRUCT A NEW BUILDING. THE NEW BUILDING OFFERS SPACE FOR EVEN MORE CHILDREN THAN THE SCHOOL WAS PREVIOUSLY ABLE TO SERVE.
Expenses $49,878
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THE VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS A COMPETITION HELD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. IT IS OPEN TO ALL NEW VOICE STUDENTS WHO PLAN TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. THE COMPETITION AWARDS TUITION AND OTHER GRANTS TO GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. THE WINNERS ARE DETERMINED BY A PANEL OF OUTSIDE PROFESSIONALS IN THE MUSIC FIELD AND ARE NOT DETERMINED BY THE FOUNDATION.
Expenses $52,748 · Grants $52,748
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THE FOUNDATION WORKS TO SERVE RURAL AND FARMING COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS, SUCH AS THIS YEAR'S HISTORIC FLOODS IN SPAIN. THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO ASSISTING FAMILIES DISPLACED BY NATURAL DISASTERS IN TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY AND NORTH CAROLINA BY INSTALLING COMMUNITY GARDENS TO HELP COMBAT FOOD INSECURITY. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO A LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS COMMITTED TO ENDING INTIMATE PARTNER ABUSE IN FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY. SUPPORT WAS ALSO EXTENDED TO FOOD SHELVES, CANCER-RELATED CAUSES, AND MENTAL HEALTH CHARITIES.
Expenses $293,573 · Grants $286,673
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Mark Pearse LyonsMARK PEARSE LYONS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Deirdre Mary LyonsDEIRDRE MARY LYONS
VP/SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Larry HehmanLARRY HEHMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
John NicholsonJOHN NICHOLSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Dan NollDAN NOLL
DIRECTOR
- 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
-
$100,000
SUPPORT DOMESTIC ABUSE SURVIVORS
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
$52,748
VOCAL STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
-
$22,574
COPS N KIDS CHRISTMAS
-
$10,000
PROGRAM SUPPORT
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 22 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202641139349301359
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