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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ADDIE AND BAYLOR KIRCHGESSNER FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$374,201
Total expenses
$335,695
Contributions and grants received
$332,778
Grants paid
$234,216
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$57,071
Other revenue
-$15,648
Total assets, end of year
$1,492,446
Total liabilities, end of year
$59,467
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,432,979
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$234,216
Management and general expenses
$94,340
Fundraising expenses
$7,139
Program service expenses (Part III)
$234,216

Program services were 69.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $285,175

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $47,603

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $28,108 · excluded $28,108

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $222,938

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $193,975

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $28,963

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $28,963 · excluded $28,963

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $132,762

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $285,175

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $149,670

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$16,908 · excluded -$16,908

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    -$1,260

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $1,260 · excluded $1,260

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $234,216 · program services $234,216

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,300 · management and general $1,300

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $10,415 · management and general $10,415

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,425 · management and general $286 · fundraising $7,139

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $81,914 · management and general $81,914

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $425 · management and general $425

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $330,243 · end of year $249,780

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $16,890 · end of year $37,968

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $10,000

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

    $8,494

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

    $425

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $8,069

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $912,812 · end of year $1,186,629

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,187 · end of year $59,467

  • 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 $1,253,258 · end of year $1,432,979

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

WE BELIEVE THAT THROUGH TRAGEDY, BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITIES UNFOLD. WE BELIEVE IN HONORING ADDIE AND BAYLOR BY BRINGING LOVE, HELP, AND LAUGHTER INTO THE COMMUNITY. IN DOING SO, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN'S IMAGINATION THROUGH ACCESS TO LITERATURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ADDIE & BAYLOR KIRCHGESSNER FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN'S IMAGINATION THROUGH ACCESS TO LITERATURE.

  • THE FOUNDATION ACHIEVED A MILESTONE PLACING > 150,000 BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF CHILDREN SINCE INCEPTION WITH CONTINUED BOOK FAIRS AND OTHER BOOK GIVEAWAYS, AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH NORTON'S REACH OUT AND READ PROGRAM AND DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY. EQUIPMENTPURCHASES AND INCREMENTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS HAVEALLOWED US TO RAMP UP OUR EFFORTS TO PLACEBOOKS IN THE HANDS OF CHILDREN, WITH A FOCUS ON AREAS WITH FINANCIAL AND ACADEMIC NEEDS. WE CONTINUED TO ADMINISTER AND GROW THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF BAY COUNTY. WE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE FIRST TEE PROGRAMS IN KENTUCKY AND INDIANA AS WELL AS THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, BECOMING A ROOM SPONSOR FOR RMCK.

    Expenses $234,216 · Grants $234,216

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Matthew Kirchgessner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Lauren Kirchgessner

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Kent Blake

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Barbara Theobald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adrianne Strong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2025
Filed
4 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611289349303146

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