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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by REBECCA BENDER INITIATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$683,218
Total expenses
$585,365
Contributions and grants received
$643,054
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$38,108
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$2,056
Total assets, end of year
$346,420
Total liabilities, end of year
$28,500
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$317,920
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$484,022
Management and general expenses
$101,343
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$484,022

Program services were 82.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $643,054

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SPEAKING/TRAINING

    total $38,108 · related or exempt $38,108

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $147 · related or exempt $147

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,909

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,909 · related or exempt $1,909

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $97,355 · program services $77,884 · management and general $19,471

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $280,936 · program services $280,499 · management and general $437

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,404 · program services $17,435 · management and general $969

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,853 · program services $34,914 · management and general $1,939

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,431 · management and general $20,431

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,902 · management and general $17,902

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $42,967 · program services $42,967

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $90 · program services $90

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16 · management and general $16

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,797 · management and general $18,797

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,365 · program services $8,365

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $50 · program services $50

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,577 · management and general $6,577

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $17,175 · program services $12,050 · management and general $5,125

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $5,933 · management and general $5,933

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRANT WRITING

    total $3,319 · program services $3,319

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE & SHIPPING

    total $3,199 · program services $1,150 · management and general $2,049

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,996 · program services $5,299 · management and general $1,697

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $266,046 · end of year $335,303

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year -$4,035 · end of year $6,528

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

    $5,910

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

    $5,910

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,589 · end of year $4,589

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $43,365 · end of year $28,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $223,235 · end of year $317,920

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

REBECCA BENDER INITIATIVE IS COMMITTED TO CHANGING THE WAY AMERICA SEES AND RESPONDS TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND EMPOWERS SURVIVORS THAT LIVE THERE. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS WITH TWO MAIN PROGRAMS, ELEVATE ACADEMY AND EQUIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

REBECCA BENDER INITIATIVE LEADS LEADERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO CHANGE CULTURE AND IMPACT LIVES.

  • REBECCA BENDER INITIATIVE IS COMMITTED TO CHANGING THE WAY AMERICA SEES AND RESPONDS TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND EMPOWERS SURVIVORS THAT LIVE THERE. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS WITH TWO MAIN PROGRAMS. ELEVATE ACADEMY IS THE LARGEST ONLINE SCHOOL FOR SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKING AND HAS TO DATE SERVED OVER 1,600 TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS. EQUIP TRAINS FIRST RESPONDERS AND COMMUNITY PROFESSIONALS ON HOW TO IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO VICTIMS OF EXPLOITATION, HAVING TRAINED OVER 118,000 INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $484,022 · Revenue $643,053

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Johanna Wilson

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Vince Beresford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jane Anderson

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Rebecca Bender

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $194,710
    From this org
    $97,355
    From related orgs
    $97,355
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,355 + $97,355 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $97,355 + $97,355 related

  • Stephany Powell

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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

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
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202501599349300105

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