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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SOMEBODY CARES AMERICA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$729,572
Total expenses
$655,503
Contributions and grants received
$728,877
Grants paid
$201,671
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$695
Total assets, end of year
$253,961
Total liabilities, end of year
$31,627
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$222,334
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$502,043
Management and general expenses
$84,195
Fundraising expenses
$69,265
Program service expenses (Part III)
$502,043

Program services were 76.6% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $420

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $728,457

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $25,067

  • 11a · Other revenue: SHIPPING FEES

    total $695 · excluded $695

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $695

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $93,285 · program services $93,285

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $66,417 · program services $66,417

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $41,969 · program services $41,969

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $147,014 · program services $107,060 · management and general $20,972 · fundraising $18,982

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $10,064 · program services $6,571 · management and general $1,555 · fundraising $1,938

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $117,176 · program services $81,662 · management and general $15,789 · fundraising $19,725

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,217 · program services $11,044 · management and general $2,303 · fundraising $2,870

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,562 · management and general $16,562

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,750 · program services $7,750

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,965 · fundraising $7,965

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,222 · program services $22,731 · management and general $4,329 · fundraising $15,162

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,697 · program services $9,839 · management and general $433 · fundraising $2,425

  • 17 · Travel

    total $39,949 · program services $39,751 · fundraising $198

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,335 · management and general $1,335

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,278 · program services $5,336 · management and general $942

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,628 · program services $8,628

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $19,975 · management and general $19,975

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $29,006 · program services $17,756 · management and general $867 · fundraising $10,383

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $159,690 · end of year $221,496

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $415

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,468 · end of year $4,135

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,340

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

    $83,020

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

    $65,242

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,350 · end of year $17,778

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $10,552

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $22,068 · end of year $31,627

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $99,589 · end of year $90,039

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $48,606 · end of year $132,295

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE AT SOMEBODY CARES BELIEVE IN UNITY WITH A PURPOSE TO FACILIATE THIS, SOMEBODY CARES AMERICA/INTERNATIONAL (SCA/I) LEADS, EQUIPS, EMPOWERS AND ENCOURAGES THE CHURCH TO BECOME A UNIFIED AND TANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF CHRIST TO THE WORLD FOR LASTING IMPACT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COORDINATING AND UNITING CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES TO PROVIDE TANGIBLE HELP AND HOPE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  • SOMEBODY CARES AMERICA (SCA) PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR RELIEF OF VICTIMS OF PERSONAL CRISIS AND NATURAL DISASTERS. DURING 2023, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED: EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY AND SYRIA SOMEBODY CARES PARTNERED WITH CHURCHES IN THE REGION TO PROVIDE HEATERS, BLANKETS, FOOD AND SHELTER TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKES IN BOTH TURKEY AND SYRIA. VOLUNTEERS ALSO DEPLOYED TO TURKEY TO ASSIST WITH CLEAN- UP, MINOR BUILDING PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOLAR POWERED LIGHTS AND RADIOS, MATTRESSES, BLANKETS AND OTHER NECESSITITES. ARKANSAS AND KENTUCKY TORNADOS THE SOMEBODY CARES NETWORK MOBILIZED RESOURCES AS WELL AS VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADOS. IN ADDITION TO 8 PALLETS OF HOUSEHOLD AND RELIEF SUPPLIES, WE ALSO PROVIDED COMFORT BEARS FOR CHILDREN AS WELL AS 7,750 WORTH OF GIFT CARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THOSE IMPACTED. IN ADDITION WE PARTNERED WITH CHRIST IN ACTION TO HELP FUND CLEAN-UP EFFORTS. MAUI FIRES SOMEBODY CARES AND OUR PARTNER NETWORK MOBILIZED TO PARTNER WITH CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES ON MAUI TO HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS AFFECTED BY THE WILDFIRES. VOLUNTEER TEAMS HELPED WITH CLEAN-UP, PROVIDED CHAPLAINCY SERVICES AND DELIVERED ENCOURAGING DEVOTIONALS TO FIRST RESPONDERS. GRANTS WERE GIVEN TO PARTNER CHURCHES TO ASSIST WITH SHELTER NEEDS OF THOSE WHO LOST HOMES. AND 20,000 WORTH OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE FIRES TO HELP IN THEIR RECOVERY. VARIOUS OTHER RESPONSE EFFORTS SOMEBODY CARES CONTINUED ASSISTING FAMILIES RECOVERYING FROM HURRICANE IAN BY PURCHASING NEW APPLIANCES FOR THOSE READY TO MOVE BACK INTO REPAIRED HOMES. WE ALSO GRANTED FUNDS TO TEACHERS TO RESUPPLY CLASSROOMS THAT WERE FLOODED. SCA SENT HEATERS, BLANKETS, PILLOWS, GROCERIES AND COMFORT BEARS FOR CHURCH PARTNERS TO DISTRIBUTE TO THOSE IMPACTED BY THE FLOODING THAT DEVASTATED PARTS OF KENTUCKY. SCA SENT 2,235 TO HELP EQUIP A PUBLIC BOMB SHELTER IN ISRAEL. SOMEBODY CARES VOLUNTEERS DISTRIBUTED CLOTHES, HEATERS AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO THAT HIT PASADENA, TX. A SOMEBODY CARES TEAM PROVIDED ON-GROUND CHAPLAINCY SUPPORT AS WELL AS DELIVERED AUDIO BIBLES AND COMFORT BEARS IN UKRAINE TO HELP THOSE STILL LIVING THROUGH WAR. SOMEBODY CARES TEAMS DEPLOYED TO COOK AND DISTRIBUTE HOT MEALS IN PERRY, FL AFTER HURRICANE IDALIA. VOLUNTEERS ALSO HELPED MAN A POINT OF DISTRIBUTION FOR THE COMMUNITY; AND ARRANGED THE LOAN OF 20 GENERATORS TO THOSE WITH MEDICAL AND OTHER NEEDS. SCA VOLUNTEERS ASSISTANCE ISRAELIS WHO EVACUATED THE BORDER AREA AROUND GAZA AFTER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS, PROVIDING THEM WITH FOOD, SHELTER AND SAFETY. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH AN ISRAELI NGO TO HELP A WIDOW AND HER CHILDREN WHO ALSO EVACUATED INTO A SAFE HOME. SOMEBODY CARES ALSO OFFERS A 24/7 PRAYER AND REFERRAL LINE FOR INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS.

    Expenses $343,068 · Grants $201,671

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $65,395

  • ONGOING SUPPORT FOR SOMEBODY CARES CHAPTERS AND CENTER CONSISTED OF PHONE AND ZOOM CONFERENCES AS WELL AS SITE VISITS TO MULTIPLE US AND INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS. SOMEBODY CARES CURRENTLY HAS 2 ACTIVE INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS, 12 ACTIVE US CHAPTERS AND 1 ACTIVE US CENTERS.

    Expenses $50,076

  • THE ORGANIZATION SPREADS GOD'S WORD THROUGH SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACHES, MISSION ACTIVITIES AND GIVING TO OTHER MINISTRIES.

    Expenses $43,504

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jodie Chiricosta

    SECRETARY/DI

    Total calculated
    $91,425
    From this org
    $91,425
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related
  • J Doug Stringer

    PRESIDENT/CH

    Total calculated
    $90,263
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $40,813
    Other
    $49,450
    Hours/week
    40
  • Steve Arizpe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay Mincks

    VP/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Russell Naisbitt

    TREASURER/DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lonny Robbins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Seaman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Tan

    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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • TURNING POINT MINISTRIES INTER

    501C3 · CHURCH · TX

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202422619349301127

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