Totals
- Total revenue
- $418,874
- Total expenses
- $491,070
- Contributions and grants received
- $415,416
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $3,458
- Total assets, end of year
- $446,137
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $59,285
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $386,852
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $434,510
- Management and general expenses
- $56,560
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $434,510
Program services were 88.5% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$415,416
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$127,404
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11a · Other revenue: INTEREST
total $3,458 · related or exempt $3,458 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$3,458
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $80,000 · program services $60,000 · management and general $20,000 · fundraising $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $48,000 · program services $36,000 · management and general $12,000 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $10,169 · program services $7,628 · management and general $2,541 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,300 · program services $1,650 · management and general $1,650 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,814 · program services $1,814 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $10,613 · program services $7,960 · management and general $2,653 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $11,291 · program services $8,468 · management and general $2,823 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $17,460 · program services $17,460 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $2,989 · program services $2,242 · management and general $747 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $21,012 · program services $10,506 · management and general $10,506 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $13,782 · program services $10,337 · management and general $3,445 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES
total $391 · program services $196 · management and general $195 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: BOOKS DISTRIBUTED
total $270,249 · program services $270,249 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $174,584 · end of year $59,629
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $152,820
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $179,752 · end of year $91,016
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $8,068 · end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$249,192
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$106,520
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $163,684 · end of year $142,672
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $5,378 · end of year $8,852
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $61,662 · end of year $50,433
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $459,048 · end of year $386,852
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Bess the Book Bus is a mobile literacy outreach dedicated to narrowing the academic achievement gap. We instill a love of reading in asset limited communities by supplying high quality books to children, caregivers, and educators and making the joy of book ownership a reality.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Bess the Book Bus is a mobile literacy outreach dedicated to narrowing the academic acheivement gap. We instill a love of reading in asset limited communities by supplying high quality books to children, caregivers, and educators and making the joy of book ownership a reality.
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In 2023, Bess the Book Bus delivered a total of 59,246 books to 37,565 children in 19 states and 60 cities.
Expenses $434,510 · Revenue $418,874
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Leah WootenLEAH WOOTEN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jenny ScruggsJENNY SCRUGGS
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Amy SmithAMY SMITH
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Grace Ann AlfieroGRACE ANN ALFIERO
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Heather BlackHEATHER BLACK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kris BrazealKRIS BRAZEAL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marcia IsraeloffMARCIA ISRAELOFF
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jill JerniganJILL JERNIGAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Natalie SalasNATALIE SALAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sherry WhitleySHERRY WHITLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jennifer FrancesJENNIFER FRANCES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- 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
- 28 June 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202441809349300529
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