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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BACKYARD BASECAMP INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 14 February 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) 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.

Total revenue
$25,077 changed to $680,539
Total expenses
$1,040,638 changed to $253,654
Contributions and grants received
-$65,952 changed to $674,324
Grants paid
$258 changed to $0
Program service revenue
$92,731 changed to $7,006
Investment income
$5 changed to $2
Other revenue
-$1,707 changed to -$793
Total assets, end of year
$1,605,049 changed to $1,627,667
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,293 changed to $1,339
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,595,756 changed to $1,626,328
Program services expenses
$195,470 changed to $80,568
Management and general expenses
$845,168 changed to $173,086
Program service expenses (Part III)
$195,470 changed to $80,568

Totals

Total revenue
$680,539
Total expenses
$253,654
Contributions and grants received
$674,324
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$7,006
Investment income
$2
Other revenue
-$793
Total assets, end of year
$1,627,667
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,339
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,626,328
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$80,568
Management and general expenses
$173,086
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$80,568

Program services were 31.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $674,324

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICE

    total $7,006 · related or exempt $7,006

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2 · related or exempt $2

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $793

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$793 · related or exempt -$793

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $121,212 · program services $36,363 · management and general $84,849

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,044 · management and general $8,044

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,574 · management and general $10,574

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $45,028 · management and general $45,028

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,900 · management and general $1,900

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,588 · management and general $1,588

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,932 · program services $1,370 · management and general $7,562

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,284 · management and general $4,284

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,907 · program services $4,086 · management and general $3,821

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,439 · program services $1,336 · management and general $103

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $663 · management and general $663

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,753 · management and general $3,753

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $917 · management and general $917

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION SUPPLIES

    total $14,321 · program services $14,321

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT SUPPLIES

    total $17,730 · program services $17,730

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING & EDUCATION

    total $5,362 · program services $5,362

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $410,596 · end of year $442,032

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,744

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $20,531

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $890 · end of year $863

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

    $1,207,352

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

    $24,324

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $789,651 · end of year $1,183,028

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,343

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $1,339

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,202,325 · end of year $1,501,866

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $124,462

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of Backyard Basecamp is to engage communities of color in Baltimore on nature connection, urban agriculture, self reliance, and sustainability.

  • BACKYARD BASECAMP (BYBC) WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH THE EXPANSION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAM OFFERINGS. EFFORTS TO EXPAND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BROUGHT 8 NEW DIRECTORS TO THE BOARD.

    Expenses $80,568

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Peter Bleich

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hyun Dunn

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Iya Jackson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Noah Lee

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hassan Bayyan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natalia Bacchus

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Quinton Batts

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valerie Pasion

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon Dorsey

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristen Walker

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeremiah Headen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael J Jackson

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kieron George

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
21 November 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202533259349301408

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