Totals
- Total revenue
- $196,706
- Total expenses
- $240,590
- Contributions and grants received
- $184,969
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- $1,526
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $10,211
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $128,922
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,999
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $123,923
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $158,774
Program services were 66.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2022
Primary exempt purpose
BELLIS WAS FOUNDED IN 1983, INITIALLY AS THE ADOPTION COMMITTEE INC., BY A GROUP OF WOMEN IN THE MINNEAPOLIS AREA TO OFFER EDUCATIONAL AND HOUSING SUPPORT TO MOTHERS FACING CHALLENGES RELATED TO STIGMA, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, AND HEALTH AFTER PLACING A CHILD FOR ADOPTION. SINCE THEN, BELLIS HAS EXPANDED ITS EXPERTISE AND TRANSFORMED ITS SERVICES TO MEET TWO OVERLOOKED NEEDS WITHIN THE ADOPTION COMMUNITY: PEER-BASED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT DIVERSE ADOPTION EXPERIENCES. BELLIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY FEW ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES TO OFFER SAFE AND SHAME-FREE ENVIRONMENTS FOR MOTHERS NAVIGATING THE COMPLEX EMOTIONS OF ADOPTION. BELLIS IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN THE NATION THAT SERVES MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOST CUSTODY.
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PEER-BASED NETWORKS: OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS PEER-BASED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN ADOPTION EXPERIENCE. LICENSED PROFESSIONALS ENSURE THAT SHARING LIFE STORIES HAPPENS IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT OFFERS VALIDATION AND ACCEPTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: RETREATS FOR BIRTH MOTHERS; WEEKLY SUPPORT GROUPS FOR MOTHERS WHOSE PARENTAL RIGHTS ARE TERMINATED (TPR); EVENING OF ADOPTION CONNECTION MONTHLY CONVERSATION FOR ADULTS WITH ANY TYPE OF ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE EXPERIENCE.
Expenses $134,307
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CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS: PARTICIPANTS IN PEER-SUPPORT GROUPS, ALONG WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH A VARIETY OF ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE CONNECTIONS VISIT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO SHARE THEIR ADOPTION STORIES WITH THE GOAL OF DESTIGMATIZING AND DEMYSTIFYING ADOPTION. THE PRESENTERS ARE TRAINED AND SUPPORTED BY BELLIS IN DEVELOPING THE SKILLS TO TELL THEIR STORIES TO STUDENTS EFFECTIVELY.
Expenses $24,467
As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Jennifer EldredgeJENNIFER ELDREDGE
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $67,500
- Compensation
- $67,500
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 45
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Tracy MurphyTRACY MURPHY
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 8
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Kristine MoserKRISTINE MOSER
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 8
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Monique LindquistMONIQUE LINDQUIST
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 8
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Kate BottigerKATE BOTTIGER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 8
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2022
- Filed
- 31 January 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202410329349200726
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