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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF SOZO KIDS.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 15 November 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$293,556
Total expenses
$334,585
Contributions and grants received
$210,241
Grants paid
$319,696
Program service revenue
$83,315
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$138,135
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$138,135
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$319,696
Management and general expenses
$12,981
Fundraising expenses
$1,908
Program service expenses (Part III)
$319,696

Program services were 95.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $210,241

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MULTIPLE FUNDRAISING EVENTS

    total $83,315 · related or exempt $83,315

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $319,696 · program services $319,696

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,291 · management and general $1,291

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $261 · management and general $261

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,042 · management and general $2,042

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,679 · management and general $2,771 · fundraising $1,908

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,174 · management and general $1,174

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,814 · management and general $3,814

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,628 · management and general $1,628

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $179,164 · end of year $138,135

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $179,164 · end of year $138,135

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CONNECT THE TIME TALENTS AND TREASURES OF VOLUNTEERS TO MEET THE NEEDS- BASIC, EDUCATIONAL & EMERGENCY OF THE CHILDREN LIVING IN ABJECT POVERTY IN THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST.

  • PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND PERSONAL CLOTHING AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND TO MITIGATE ABJECT POVERTY TO THE CHILDREN LIVING IN THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST. ALL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WERE DELIVERED BY THE HELP AGENCY OF THE FOREST, INC. A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $319,696 · Grants $319,696 · Revenue $293,556

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Edward Latimer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Kathy Goodman

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Cynthia Halinski

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Randy Cochran

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Sharon Stiles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Judy Lindquist

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Sue Bourn

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Nelson Bauersfeld

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Patrica Allard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Julia Mack

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Bob Dunstan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202431169349301103

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