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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLUECHECK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,102,333
Total expenses
$3,384,302
Contributions and grants received
$4,102,333
Grants paid
$3,095,228
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$718,031
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$718,031
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,204,097
Management and general expenses
$108,428
Fundraising expenses
$71,777
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,204,097

Program services were 94.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,102,333

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $970,500 · program services $970,500

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,124,728 · program services $2,124,728

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $96,106 · program services $67,274 · management and general $14,416 · fundraising $14,416

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $28,091 · program services $19,663 · management and general $4,214 · fundraising $4,214

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,676 · program services $7,474 · management and general $1,601 · fundraising $1,601

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,305 · program services $7,213 · management and general $1,546 · fundraising $1,546

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,000 · management and general $23,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $50,000 · fundraising $50,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,744 · program services $5,036 · management and general $10,708

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,095 · program services $1,759 · management and general $31,336

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,879 · program services $450 · management and general $5,429

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,178 · management and general $16,178

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $699,075

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $18,956

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $718,031

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BLUECHECK WAS LAUNCHED IN MARCH 2022- WE'RE A COLLECTIVE OF HUMANITARIAN CRISIS RESPONSE EXPERTS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND FILMMAKERS WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF CONFLICT-AFFECTED POPULATIONS AND DOCUMENTING SOLIDARITY MOVEMENTS (SEE SCEHDULE O) COUNTERING OPPRESSION. BLUECHECK UKRAINE IDENTIFIES, VETS, AND FAST-TRACKS URGENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO UKRAINIAN NGOS AND AID INITIATIVES PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING AND OTHER CRITICAL HUMANITARIAN WORK ON THE FRONT LINES OF RUSSIA'S WAR ON UKRAINE. THEY HAVE THE PROXIMITY, LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND ACCESS TO ASSIST THOSE IN DESPERATE NEED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • CO-FOUNDED BY ACTOR AND DIRECTOR LIEV SCHREIBER, FORMER EXECUTIVE LEADERS OF DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, FILMMAKERS, AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS IN MARCH 2022, BLUECHECK UKRAINE (WWW.BLUECHECK.IN) WAS INITIALLY ESTABLISHED TO FIND AND FUND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE UKRAINIAN HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS RESPONDING TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEVASTATING RUSSIAN INVASION. WHAT BLUECHECK EXPERIENCED AND UNCOVERED WAS A GAP IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE: LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WERE PROVIDING THE BULK OF THE HUMANITARIAN AID AND TAKING IMMENSE RISKS TO REACH THE FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES UNDER SIEGE BUT WERE RECEIVING A FRACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN FUNDING AND WERE LARGELY CUT OUT OF GOVERNMENTAL AND MULTILATERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES DUE TO HIGH LEVELS OF BUREAUCRACY. DESPITE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SOURCES IN 2022 AND 2023, THE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, HUMANITARIAN OUTCOMES, FOUND IN JUNE 2022 THAT THE LOCAL UKRAINIAN ORGANIZATIONS DELIVERING VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE HUMANITARIAN AID IN UKRAINE AT THAT TIME HAD RECEIVED ONLY 0.24% OF THE DIRECT DONATIONS TO UKRAINE - LESS THAN $6.5 MILLION. LOCAL UKRAINIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS - NOT INTERNATIONAL AID ORGANIZATIONS - DELIVER A MAJORITY OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN THE COUNTRY, AND MEMBERS OF THOSE GROUPS CONTINUE TO SUFFER THE GREATEST RISKS AND CASUALTIES - AND YET, EVEN A YEAR LATER IN 2023 HUMANITARIAN OUTCOMES UPDATED RESEARCH SHOWS THESE GROUPS ARE NOT RECEIVING THE APPROPRIATE SHARE OF RESOURCES AND FUNDING.HOWEVER, WHEN PROVIDED WITH FLEXIBLE FUNDING, THESE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS HAD THE CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, NETWORKS, AND FLEXIBILITY TO MEET AND ADDRESS URGENT AND LIFE-THREATENING NEEDS. THESE ARE THE FRONT-LINE GROUPS THAT ARE UNIQUELY ABLE TO ACHIEVE SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT THEY ARE INSUFFICIENTLY RESOURCED THROUGH OUR CURRENT HUMANITARIAN SYSTEM.IN JANUARY 2023, BLUECHECK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED AS A 501C3 TAX-EXEMPT, NON-PROFIT, NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. BLUECHECK NOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EXPAND THE MODEL OF BLUECHECK UKRAINE TO A GLOBAL SOLUTION FOR IDENTIFYING, VETTING, AND FAST-TRACKING FINANCIAL SUPPORT (WITH STREAMLINED AND LIGHT LIFT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS) TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS RESPONDING TO HUMANITARIAN AND NATURAL DISASTERS AROUND THE WORLD.

    Expenses $3,204,097 · Grants $3,095,228

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Murphy Poindexter

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $96,106
    From this org
    $94,789
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,317
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jason Cone

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Liev Schreiber

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Solinsky

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Goldfarb

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harris Fishman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natalie Jaresko

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margrit Polak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sofia Shield

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • TAPS INTERNATIONAL UKRAINE

    $325,000

    FUNDING OF 1,000+ TRAUMA LOCALLY MANUFACTURED MEDICAL KITS FOR A FRONTLINE RESPONDER MEDICAL TRAINING HOSTED AND FUNDED BY TAPS

  • PROJECT VICTORY UKRAINE

    $270,500

    FUNDING FOR LOGISTICS OF HOSPITAL RESUPPLY DELIVERIES (1M+ IN SUPPLIES)

  • CASH FOR REFUGEES INC

    $242,000

    CASH ASSISTANCE IN KHERSON REGION

  • LIFEBOX

    $75,000

    SURGICAL EQUIPMENT SUPPORT

  • TIP OF THE SPEAR

    $58,000

    OPERATIONAL FUNDING FOR DEMINING MISSION IN MAY/JUNE 2023, PURCHASE OF 80 CEIA LANDMINE DETECTORS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432299349301418

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