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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - HE SAPA.

Totals

Total revenue
$746,314
Total expenses
$1,087,417
Contributions and grants received
$717,372
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$28,942
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,190,012
Total liabilities, end of year
$56,193
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,133,819
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$884,235
Management and general expenses
$113,951
Fundraising expenses
$89,231
Program service expenses (Part III)
$884,235

Program services were 81.3% 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

    $22,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $695,372

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,360

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $28,942 · excluded $28,942

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $112,556 · program services $45,023 · management and general $16,883 · fundraising $50,650

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $551,628 · program services $514,585 · management and general $33,032 · fundraising $4,011

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,487 · program services $4,137 · management and general $47 · fundraising $303

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $92,507 · program services $80,329 · management and general $9,323 · fundraising $2,855

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $66,557 · program services $56,773 · management and general $4,888 · fundraising $4,896

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $106,617 · program services $58,274 · management and general $32,913 · fundraising $15,430

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,182 · management and general $139 · fundraising $7,043

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,695 · program services $5,926 · management and general $4,232 · fundraising $537

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,959 · program services $2,305 · management and general $6,654

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $45,978 · program services $22,319 · management and general $23,659

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,921 · program services $4,795 · management and general $8,112 · fundraising $14

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $316 · management and general $316

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,098 · program services $593 · management and general $5,466 · fundraising $39

  • 24a · Other expenses: FRIENDS' EXPENSES

    total $31,715 · program services $31,715

  • 24b · Other expenses: FAMILY SUPPORT AND ENGA

    total $11,412 · program services $11,412

  • 24c · Other expenses: CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES

    total $10,122 · program services $10,122

  • 24d · Other expenses: HIRING AND STAFF DEVELO

    total $7,667 · program services $1,752 · management and general $5,530 · fundraising $385

  • 24e · All other expenses

    program services $34,175 · management and general -$37,243 · fundraising $3,068

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,394,855 · end of year $114,891

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $102,754 · end of year $812,299

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $462 · end of year $94,232

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $200

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,996 · end of year $5,203

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

    $1,579

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

    $474

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,421 · end of year $1,105

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $162,282

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $41,543 · end of year $56,193

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $130,766 · end of year $201,272

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,332,379 · end of year $932,547

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - HE SAPA HAS A MISSION OF IMPACTING GENERATIONAL CHANGE BY EMPOWERING YOUTH WHO ARE FACING THE GREATEST OBSTACLES THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROFESSIONAL MENTORS - 12+ YEARS, NO MATTER WHAT. 83% OF OUR YOUTH RECEIVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED, 98% WAIT TO BECOME PARENTS UNTIL AFTER THEIR TEENS, 93% REMAIN FREE FROM JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT, AND 92% GO ON TO ENROLL IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, SERVE OUR COUNTRY, OR ENTER THE WORKFORCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROFESSIONAL MENTORSHIP FOR YOUTH FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

  • YOUTH IN THE FRIENDS PROGRAM FACE CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGES, INCLUDING POSSIBLE PLACEMENT IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, HOMELESSNESS, POVERTY, AND HEALTH DISPARITIES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE. DESPITE THESE BARRIERS, YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM ENTER ADULTHOOD WITH STRONG FOUNDATIONS AND YIELD THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES: 83% GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL OR EARN A GED, 93% AVOID JUVENILLE JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT, AND 98% AVOID TEEN PARENTING.

    Expenses $884,235

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lila Mehlaff

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Doyle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Franke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jade Elise Herman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valeriah Big Eagle

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $101,869
    From this org
    $101,869
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Walt Swan Jr

    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
6 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511789349301306

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