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← THE BELLINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE BELLINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$439,101
Total expenses
$544,227
Contributions and grants received
$436,631
Grants paid
$219,551
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,470
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$856,541
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$856,541
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$401,100
Management and general expenses
$53,780
Fundraising expenses
$89,347
Program service expenses (Part III)
$401,100

Program services were 73.7% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $15,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $773

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $420,858

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,342 · excluded $2,342

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,103

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $6,975

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $128

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $128 · excluded $128

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $144,990 · program services $144,990

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $74,561 · program services $74,561

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $93,933 · program services $28,180 · management and general $28,180 · fundraising $37,573

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $36,302 · program services $23,914 · management and general $5,127 · fundraising $7,261

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,640 · program services $4,468 · management and general $2,554 · fundraising $3,618

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,284 · program services $20,206 · management and general $5,598 · fundraising $18,480

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,688 · management and general $4,539 · fundraising $4,149

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,481 · management and general $1,726 · fundraising $755

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,316 · program services $1,316

  • 24a · Other expenses: PASS-THROUGH

    total $103,465 · program services $103,465

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $17,511 · fundraising $17,511

  • 24c · Other expenses: FEES AND REGISTRATIONS

    total $5,306 · management and general $5,306

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $750 · management and general $750

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $421,812 · end of year $359,049

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $111,829 · end of year $64,680

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $152,463 · end of year $175,705

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $224,664 · end of year $257,107

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $686,104 · end of year $599,434

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $224,664 · end of year $257,107

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE BELLINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION RAISES FUNDS AND STEWARDS COMMUNITY RESOURCES SO THAT EVERY CHILD FEELS HEALTHY, ENGAGED, SUPPORTED AND CHALLENGED.

  • STUDENT & FAMILY SUPPORT: DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS SO THAT STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO LEARN. SUPPORT INCLUDES FOOD, CLOTHING, BEDS, AND PERSONAL CARE ITEMS.

    Expenses $93,493 · Grants $74,561

  • FISCAL SPONSORSHIP: EXTENDING NON-PROFIT SPONSORSHIP FOR SOME OF OUR HIGHEST NEED SCHOOLS WHERE THERE IS NO TRADITIONAL PARENT FUNDRAISING GROUP SO THAT FAMILIES CAN RAISE FUNDS AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THOSE SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $75,192 · Grants $59,966

  • PARENT GROUP EQUITY: SUPPORTING OUR FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS PARENT GROUPS BY ACTING AS FISCAL SPONSOR FOR AN EQUITY-BASED, JOINT FUNDRAISER THAT RECOGNIZES DIFFERENCES IN SOCIOECONOMICS ACROSS SCHOOL POPULATIONS. FUNDS ARE DISBURSED SO THAT MORE RESOURCES GO TO SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS. ALSO FACILITATE AN ELEMENTARY FUNDRAISING SHARING PROGRAM THAT SHIFTS RESOURCES TO SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS.

    Expenses $54,544 · Grants $43,499

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $177,871 · Grants $41,525

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Sieczka

    PRESIDENT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adam Lorio

    PRESIDENT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kate Di Nitto

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Courtney Muraski

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leslie Hazlewood-Spurr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Corey Chaplin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Freeland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Schepper

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Comeau

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Auden Schilder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Flo Simon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Giesen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leeza Lorrence

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Simpson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Samuel Gearhart

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $87,433
    From this org
    $87,433
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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

  • BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 501

    $99,920

    SALARY, CURRICULUM, CLASSROOM SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT, EVENTS SUPPORT

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.

  • BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 501

    115 · PUBLIC SCHOOLS · WA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
21 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521189349300007

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