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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BRILLIANCE LABS.

Totals

Total revenue
$88,925
Total expenses
$123,548
Contributions and grants received
$2,688
Grants paid
$45,413
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$86,237
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,073,718
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,761
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,071,957
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$83,067
Management and general expenses
$40,481
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$83,067

Program services were 67.2% 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

    $2,688

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $696

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $88,006 · excluded $88,006

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $125,060

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

    securities $126,829

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,769 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,769 · excluded -$1,769

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $45,413 · program services $45,413

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $49,214 · program services $34,450 · management and general $14,764

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,419 · program services $2,393 · management and general $1,026

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,606 · management and general $9,606

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $10,443 · management and general $10,443

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,439 · program services $566 · management and general $873

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $959 · program services $225 · management and general $734

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,512 · management and general $1,512

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $250 · management and general $250

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11 · management and general $11

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $90 · program services $20 · management and general $70

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $994 · management and general $994

  • 24a · Other expenses: Staff Training

    total $198 · management and general $198

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $229,022 · end of year $87,849

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $701,761 · end of year $215,061

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,709,757 · end of year $2,497,749

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $58,688 · end of year $273,059

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $1,761

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,699,228 · end of year $3,071,957

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Christ centered mission of Brilliance Labs is to support the neighborhood flourishing through strategic investments into new churches and social enterprises that represent and serve under-resourced and multi-ethnic communities.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To support the neighborhood flourishing through strategic investments that represent and serve under-resourced and multi-ethnic communities.

  • MICROGRANTS THESE MICROGRANTS CARRY THE LEGACY OF CENTRAL BIBLE CHURCH BY FUNDING CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY AMONG THOSE UNDERRESOURCED OR OTHERWISE NEGLECTED BY MAJORITY CULTURE CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES. IN A FALL 2023 AND SPRING 2024 GRANT ROUND, BRILLIANCE LABS AWARDED GRANTS TO THE FOLLOWING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND CHURCHES: *HOLLA SCHOOL OF GRESHAM *THRIVE CHURCH PLANTING NETWORK *RIVER CITY CHURCH *HOUSE OF HEALING CHURCH *ONE HOPE FELLOWSHIP *PAMOJA HOUSE *FAITHFUL FRIENDS * WE BELONG PDX *TOTAL OF $45,413 WAS PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF GRANTS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024.

    Expenses $75,834 · Grants $45,413

  • THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT MINISTRIES TO SUPPORT UNDERRESOURCED AND MULTIETHNIC COMMUNITIES BY: *PARTICIPATING IN PASTOR GATHERINGS AND VOLUNTEERING ON LEADERSHIP TEAMS FOR CITYWIDE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. *PROVIDING FREE CONSULTING FOR CHURCHES AND CHURCH LEADERSHIP TEAMS IN THE PORTLAND METRO AREA. *PROVIDING FREE INFORMAL COACHING FOR LOW INCOME AND/OR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED SMALL BUSINESS ENTRPRENEUERS. *PROVIDING FREE INFORMAL COACHING FOR LOW INCOME AND HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED NONPROFIT. ORGANIZATIONS *PREACHING AND PERFORMING CHRISTIAN MINISTRY ACTIVITIES FOR CHURCHES IN THE LOCAL AREA.

    Expenses $5,425

  • THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MULTIPY PDX (A LOCAL CHURCH NETWORK) HOSTS A WEEKLY VIDEO PODCAST THAT INTERVIEWS CHURCH AND MINISTRY LEADERS FROM THE PORTLAND METRO AREA. THIS PODCAST SERVES TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE LOCAL CHURCH LEADERS AND IT SERVES TO STRENGTH THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE NETWORK SO THAT THEY AND BRILLIANCE LABS CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE AT ENCOURAGING COLLABORATIVE CHURCH PLANTING IN OUR CITY.

    Expenses $1,808

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anthony Hawthorne

    President and Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $51,542
    From this org
    $44,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,800
    Hours/week
    25

  • Christopher Coffee

    Board Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Daniel Anderson

    Secretary (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Marcel Newsome

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tim Cowley

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Avery Stafford

    Board member (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Derek Chinn

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Eleazar Ruiz

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jelani Memory

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Karen Fancher

    Board member (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sam Khaute

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

  • Pamoja House

    $7,000

    For an interim director position who will run their women's and children's programs.

  • River City Church

    $6,500

    To fund Dia de Accion de Gracias, a community Thanksgiving meal and Thanksgiving meal boxes for shut-ins and those experiencing houselessness.

  • Thrive Church Planting

    $6,500

    Fund mental health counseling for ministry leaders and their families who are in need of it but cannot afford it.

  • HOLLA School

    $6,500

    To help update the playground on their school campus.

  • We Belong PDX

    $6,072

    Fund two months of programs for 15 kids in their community.

  • One HOPE Fellowship

    $5,500

    Fund evangelism training for their church, evangelistic efforts in their neighborhood, and an Easter outreach for their community.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349307495

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