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← SHELTER BOX USA

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SHELTER BOX USA.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,089,862
Total expenses
$13,352,203
Contributions and grants received
$13,936,869
Grants paid
$9,800,988
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$202,342
Other revenue
-$49,349
Total assets, end of year
$6,239,074
Total liabilities, end of year
$162,325
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,076,749
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,749,215
Management and general expenses
$1,389,428
Fundraising expenses
$1,213,560
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,749,215

Program services were 80.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $699,942

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $13,236,927

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,171

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $26,226 · excluded $26,226

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $176,116

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $176,116

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $176,116 · excluded $176,116

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $699,942

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $49,349

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$49,349 · excluded -$49,349

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $9,800,988 · program services $9,800,988

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $735,296 · program services $247,105 · management and general $276,992 · fundraising $211,199

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,296,413 · program services $442,682 · management and general $484,394 · fundraising $369,337

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $161,940 · program services $54,422 · management and general $61,004 · fundraising $46,514

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $143,195 · program services $48,122 · management and general $53,943 · fundraising $41,130

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,400 · management and general $1,400

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,550 · management and general $30,550

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $435,025 · program services $28,944 · management and general $236,138 · fundraising $169,943

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $169,139 · program services $22,753 · management and general $3,656 · fundraising $142,730

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $97,480 · program services $1,642 · management and general $17,975 · fundraising $77,863

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $105,497 · program services $240 · management and general $24,207 · fundraising $81,050

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $64,394 · management and general $64,044 · fundraising $350

  • 17 · Travel

    total $119,694 · program services $59,033 · management and general $2,905 · fundraising $57,756

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $130,398 · program services $41,409 · management and general $85,518 · fundraising $3,471

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,526 · management and general $18,526

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,283 · management and general $17,283

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $19,414 · program services $1,568 · management and general $6,299 · fundraising $11,547

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,571 · program services $307 · management and general $4,594 · fundraising $670

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $254,583

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,307,870 · end of year $5,583,915

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $200,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $82,970 · end of year $159,221

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

    $68,947

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

    $27,592

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $31,095 · end of year $41,355

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $82,845 · end of year $162,325

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,189,090 · end of year $5,776,749

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $300,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF SHELTERBOX USA IS TO DELIVER HUMANITARIAN RELIEF IN THE FORM OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS THAT BRING SHELTER, WARMTH & DIGNITY TO PEOPLE MADE HOMELESS BY NATURAL OR OTHER DISASTERS WORLDWIDE.

  • THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES BY DISASTERS, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND CONFLICT HAS SOARED TO MORE THAN 110 MILLION. SHELTERBOX ROSE TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE, SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDING THE SCOPE AND REACH OF OUR PROGRAMS. IN 2023, SHELTERBOX RESPONDED IN 14 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE ACROSS 22 PROJECTS AND SERVED OVER 325,000 PEOPLE. THAT'S MORE THAN 65,000 FAMILIES. WE PROVIDED CUSTOMIZED AID PACKAGES, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SHELTER, SOLAR LIGHTS, BLANKETS, CLOTHING, WATER FILTERS, HYGIENE KITS, AND OTHER LIFE-SAVING AID TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS DISPLACED BY DISASTER OR CONFLICT, HELPING THEM START TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES. PLEASE VISIT WWW.SHELTERBOXUSA.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WORK.

    Expenses $10,749,215 · Grants $9,800,988

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Katherine Fick

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steve Horan

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Gerber

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Noaman Sharief

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jan Reed

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven Tonkinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Glanville

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mahesh Turaga

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Samer Jabber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Sinclair Taylor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Holly Rickett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Emanus Simeon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jana Elkadri

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sharon Oluga

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kerri Murray

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $352,873
    From this org
    $331,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,798
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $331,075
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,128
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,670
    Filer's total
    $352,873
  • Richard Duncan

    SR DIRECTOR OF FUNDRAISING

    Total calculated
    $168,820
    From this org
    $151,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,512
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,308
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,009
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,503
    Filer's total
    $168,820
  • Elizabeth Henry

    CHIEF FINANCIAL & ADMIN. O

    Total calculated
    $213,603
    From this org
    $193,829
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,774
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,829
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,134
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,640
    Filer's total
    $213,603

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
22 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422049349301257

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