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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OSTARA INITIATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,158,602
Total expenses
$1,649,476
Contributions and grants received
$1,149,993
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,824
Investment income
$3,785
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$679,608
Total liabilities, end of year
$32,495
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$647,113
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,284,866
Management and general expenses
$205,892
Fundraising expenses
$158,718
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,284,866

Program services were 77.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $776,631

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $373,362

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $4,824 · related or exempt $4,824

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,785 · excluded $3,785

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $97,896 · program services $78,316 · management and general $11,748 · fundraising $7,832

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $851,802 · program services $681,442 · management and general $102,216 · fundraising $68,144

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $55,289 · program services $44,232 · management and general $6,634 · fundraising $4,423

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $102,306 · program services $81,845 · management and general $12,277 · fundraising $8,184

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,986 · management and general $23,986

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $3,991 · management and general $3,991

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $43,772 · fundraising $43,772

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $82,336 · program services $76,840 · management and general $5,496

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,101 · program services $881 · management and general $132 · fundraising $88

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,917 · program services $12,735 · management and general $1,909 · fundraising $1,273

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,595 · program services $2,876 · management and general $431 · fundraising $288

  • 17 · Travel

    total $145,488 · program services $116,391 · management and general $17,459 · fundraising $11,638

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,927 · program services $7,942 · management and general $1,191 · fundraising $794

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,333 · program services $8,266 · management and general $1,240 · fundraising $827

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $70,633 · program services $56,506 · management and general $8,476 · fundraising $5,651

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $68,992 · program services $55,194 · management and general $8,279 · fundraising $5,519

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $58,545 · program services $58,545

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $2,405 · program services $1,925 · management and general $288 · fundraising $192

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,162 · program services $930 · management and general $139 · fundraising $93

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $783,516 · end of year $413,952

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $122,850 · end of year $125,405

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $265,533 · end of year $125,566

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $14,685

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $33,912 · end of year $32,495

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $569,687 · end of year $271,665

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $568,300 · end of year $375,448

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE EXIST TO COLLECTIVELY TRANSFORM SYSTEMS BY REIMAGINING JUSTICE, ADVANCING HEALTH, AND RECLAIMING DIGNITY IN OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR ALL PREGNANT AND PARENTING PEOPLE.

  • MINNESOTA PRISON DOULA PROJECTIN 2024, THE MINNESOTA PRISON DOULA PROJECT (MNPDP) SERVED OVER 600 JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS AND LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY CHAPTER TO EXTEND CARE BEYOND INCARCERATION. TRAINED DOULAS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE PROVIDED PRENATAL, BIRTH, AND POSTPARTUM SUPPORT, WHILE THE ORGANIZATION EXPANDED ITS 12-WEEK PARENTING GROUPS, TRAUMA-INFORMED PEER SUPPORT, AND VIRTUAL FAMILY REUNIFICATION SERVICES. MNPDP ADDRESSED HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT INCREASE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS' RISKS FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS, MATERNAL STRESS, AND POOR REINTEGRATION OUTCOMES, WHILE RECOGNIZING PARENTAL INCARCERATION AS A CRITICAL ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE (ACE) THAT DISRUPTS CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTES TO INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA. TO COUNTER THESE IMPACTS, MNPDP DELIVERED A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARECONNECTING FAMILIES TO HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SUPPORT, HEALTHCARE, LEGAL AID, TRANSPORTATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND PARENTING RESOURCESENSURING HEALTHIER BIRTHS, STRONGER FAMILIES, AND SAFER REENTRY. ALABAMA PRISON BIRTH PROJECTIN 2024, THE ALABAMA PRISON BIRTH PROJECT (APBP) PROVIDED TRAUMA-INFORMED PERINATAL AND PARENTING SUPPORT TO 29 JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE. SERVICES INCLUDED 1:1 DOULA CARE (62 VISITS), BIRTH AND POSTPARTUM SUPPORT FOR 7 PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS, AND 9 STRUCTURED PARENT-CHILD VISITATION SESSIONS TO FOSTER MATERNAL BONDING. GROUP PROGRAMMING WAS OFFERED 46 TIMES FOR 866 CLIENT EDUCATION HOURS, WHILE 1:1 PEER MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SESSIONS OCCURRED 69 TIMES. THREE PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN LACTATION SUPPORT SERVICES AND EXPRESSED 3,131 OUNCES OF BREAST MILK. APBP ADDRESSED NUTRITION INSECURITY BY PROVIDING 433 HEALTHY MEALS TO PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM PARTICIPANTS. FIFTEEN VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND SKILLS TO MEAL PREPARATION AND BLANKET AND HAT CRAFTING. A TEAM OF 4 STAFF AND CONTRACTORS MANAGED ALL ASPECTS OF PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORT

    Expenses $1,284,866 · Revenue $4,824

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Colleen Bell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gwen Bradford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Franklin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Christofferson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Rice

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Genevieve Bojado

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Gerrity

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $97,896
    From this org
    $90,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,896
    Hours/week
    50

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
BRITTANY SEAVER, $9,249.00

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349315554

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