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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BESTSELF FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,329,975
Total expenses
$1,406,352
Contributions and grants received
$1,244,394
Grants paid
$1,095,913
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$85,581
Total assets, end of year
$1,765,615
Total liabilities, end of year
$716,421
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,049,194
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,095,913
Management and general expenses
$310,439
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,095,913

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)

    $450,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $794,394

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $146,078

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $60,497

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $85,581 · excluded $85,581

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,095,913 · program services $1,095,913

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $24,550 · management and general $24,550

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,468 · management and general $11,468

  • 24a · Other expenses: ALLOCATED SALARIES AND

    total $168,839 · management and general $168,839

  • 24b · Other expenses: ALLOCATED EMPLOYEE BENE

    total $35,063 · management and general $35,063

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONSULTANTS

    total $34,325 · management and general $34,325

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGAM SUPPLIES

    total $13,740 · management and general $13,740

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,454 · management and general $22,454

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $318,160 · end of year $169,284

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,154,780 · end of year $1,238,917

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $999 · end of year $1,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $356,414

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $348,368 · end of year $716,421

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$37,887 · end of year $0

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,163,458 · end of year $1,049,194

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BESTSELF FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF ITS PARENT ORGANIZATION, BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC., BY SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS AND ENGAGING IN OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES ALL IN SUPPORT OF BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE, EVIDENCED-BASED, ACCESSIBLE AND FAMILY-FOCUSED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO PROMOTE HEALTH, HOPE, RECOVERY AND AN ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE.

  • TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC. BY SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS AND ENGAGING IN OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $1,095,913 · Grants $1,095,913

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Christine Barnaby

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bonnie Cywinski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Gaulin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annette Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neal McMullen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Popadick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beverly Robinson-Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Schrum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorothy Shuldman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Helen Tederous

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mathew Whitehead

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Bieler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Distasio

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $339,698
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $314,227
    Other
    $25,471
    Hours/week
    1 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $307,636 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,784 related
    Other
    $0 + $807 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,767 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,704 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $339,698 related
  • Elizabeth Woike

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $475,932
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $447,402
    Other
    $28,530
    Hours/week
    1 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $439,991 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $6,655 related
    Other
    $0 + $756 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,660 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,870 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $475,932 related

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

  • THE GRANT/ASSISTANCE IWAS MADE TO BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC. THAT PROVIDED INNOVATIVE, EVIDENCED BASED, ACCESSIBLE, AND FAMILY FOCUSED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO PROMOTE, HEALTH, HOPE, RECOVERY, AND ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349312358

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