Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$417,540

Total expenses

$359,786

Contributions and grants received

$417,535

Grants paid

$10,280

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$5

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$70,675

Total liabilities, end of year

$42,250

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$28,425

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$320,539

Management and general expenses

$38,809

Fundraising expenses

$438

Program service expenses (Part III)

$320,539

Program services were 89.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• MOTHERFUL COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY, RESOURCES, EDUCATION, ARTS, AND WELLNESS MOTHERFUL IS A BLACK, INDIGENOUS, MOTHERS OF COLOR-LED, MULTIRACIAL GRASSROOTS COLLECTIVE OF SINGLE MOTHERS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO WHOSE MISSION IS TO SUPPORT, EMPOWER, AND NURTURE SINGLE MOTHER FAMILIES THROUGH COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, RESOURCES, ARTS, AND WELLNESS. FOUNDED IN 2018 BY SINGLE MOTHERS FOR SINGLE MOTHERS, MOTHERFUL ENVISIONS A WORLD IN WHICH ALL MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE VALUED AND CARED FORA WORLD IN WHICH THEY WOULD NEVER AGAIN FEEL ISOLATED, STIGMATIZED, OR MARGINALIZED, EITHER PERSONALLY OR SYSTEMICALLY. UNITED WAY PROGRAM INVESTMENT FUNDS WOULD ALLOW MOTHERFUL, WHICH NOW HAS OVER 600 SINGLE MOTHER FAMILIES, TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND ITS VITAL PROGRAMMING IN 2024. MOTHERFULS COMMUNITY GARDEN, RESOURCE GARAGE AND FOOD PANTRY, MICRO-LENDING PROGRAM, AND EMERGENCY FUND GRANTS ENSURE THAT BASIC NEEDS ARE MET AND THAT MEMBERS CAN STABILIZE THEIR FINANCES. COMMUNITY AND COLLECTIVE CARE INITIATIVES SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF SINGLE MOTHERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. MONTHLY COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, EXPERIENTIAL ARTS EVENTS, AND COMMUNITY DINNERS FORGE A SENSE OF CONNECTEDNESS THAT PROFOUNDLY IMPACTS MEMBERS WELL-BEING. IN A MAJOR STEP TOWARD ADVANCING HOUSING STABILITY, MOTHERFUL RECENTLY LAUNCHED A CO-HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SLATED FOR COMPLETION IN 2026. IN ADDITION TO COLLECTIVELY AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF MEMBERS, MOTHERFUL ALSO WORKS TO PROMOTE RACIAL, GENDER, ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND MATERNAL JUSTICE. MOTHERFULS MULTIFACETED APPROACH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE FINANCIAL STABILITY, FOOD SECURITY, HOUSING STABILITY, COMMUNITY COHESION, AND WELLNESS AMONG MEMBERS. MICRO-LENDING INITIATIVES AND EMERGENCY FUND GRANTS ARE INVALUABLE FOR COMBATING FINANCIAL INSTABILITY. STABLE HOUSING PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN ALLOWING THEM TO THRIVE OUTSIDE OF THE HOME. MOTHERFULS CO- HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UPON ITS LAUNCH IN 2026, WILL CONSTITUTE AN INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO HOUSING INSECURITY. MOTHERFULS FOOD PANTRY AND COMMUNITY GARDEN PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO NUTRITIONAL FOOD, A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF A CHILDS PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT. MOTHERFUL ALSO OFFERS COOKING CLASSES THAT EMPOWER WOMEN TO PREPARE HEALTHY AND BUDGET- FRIENDLY MEALS. THE COLLECTIVES HOLISTIC SUPPORT AROUND FOOD CAN HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

  Expenses $137,461

• THE MOTHERS FUND GRANTS AND MATERIAL RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR SINGLE MOTHERS MOTHERFUL SEES ITSELF AS PART OF A DYNAMIC ECOSYSTEM BUILT ON EXISTING COMMUNITY ASSETS. WITH AN EYE TOWARD MAXIMUM COLLECTIVE IMPACT, MOTHERFUL PARTNERS WITH LOCAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, FAITH-BASED GROUPS, AND DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS TO SURROUND MEMBERS WITH A NETWORK OF CARE THAT CAN ADDRESS ALL OF THEIR NEEDS AS THEY ARISE. MOTHERFULS RESOURCE GARAGE AND FOOD PANTRY ARE OPEN TO MEMBERS 3 DAYS A WEEK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR AND ON SUNDAYS FOR NON-MEMBERS. MOTHERFUL HOSTS VENDORS FROM VARIOUS RESOURCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES PARTNERS SUCH AS MID-OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE BENEFITS WORKERS, URGE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRESENTATIVES, MOBILEJUSTICE PRO BONO LEGAL ADVISORS. AS A REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE ORGANIZATION MOTHERFUL PRIORITIZES THE CARE OF BIPOC SINGLE MOTHERS THROUGH COLLECTIVE SERVICES ENCOMPASSING COMMUNITY, RESOURCES, EDUCATION, ARTS, AND WELLNESS. THE COLLECTIVE HAS PARTNERED WITH THE OHIO WOMENS ALLIANCE, UNITE FOR REPRODUCTIVE AND GENDER EQUITY, THE ABORTION FUND OF OHIO, AND RESTORING OUR OWN THROUGH TRANSFORMATION. THIS FULL SPECTRUM OF CARE COMMUNICATES TO SINGLE MOTHERS THAT THEY ARE VALUED AND SUPPORTED, AND CHILDREN CAN THRIVE WHEN MOTHERS ARE CARED FOR IN SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE WAY.

  Expenses $19,332 · Grants $10,280

• THE MOTHERFUL FOOD PROGRAM - FOOD PANTRY, COMMUNITY GARDEN, COMPOSTING PROGRAM MOTHERFULS FOOD PROGRAM SERVES OUR ENTIRE COLLECTIVE OF 600 PLUS SINGLE MOTHER FAMILIES AS WELL AS NON-MEMBERS EVERY SUNDAY. MOTHERFULS FOOD PANTRY AND COMMUNITY GARDEN PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO NUTRITIONAL FOOD, A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF A CHILDS PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT. MOTHERFUL ALSO OFFERS COOKING CLASSES THAT EMPOWER WOMEN TO PREPARE HEALTHY AND BUDGET-FRIENDLY MEALS.

  Expenses $163,746

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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