Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$457,340

Total expenses

$170,618

Contributions and grants received

$457,340

Grants paid

$164,696

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$286,722

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$286,722

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$170,618

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$170,618

Program services were 100.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• RECOVERY NETWORK- EMERGENCY SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT: AT THE INCEPTION OF MOUNTAIN STRONG, THE PRIMARY GOALS WERE TO QUICKLY PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTE NEEDED SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT TO THE RESIDENTS AND VOLUNTEER IN YANCEY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE HELENE. EMERGENCY SUPPLIES INCLUDED FOOD, WATER, AND GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, CANNED GOODS, BABY FORMULA, DIAPERS, PAPER TOWELS, TRASH BAGS, AND CLEANING SUPPLIES. INITIAL PURCHASES AND DISTRIBUTIONS WERE DELIVERED TO LOCAL DONATION CENTERS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND DIRECTLY TO THOSE IN NEED INCLUDING CLOTHING, BOOTS, AND GLOVES. MEDICAL SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, AND MEDICATION, WERE PURCHASED FOR THE FIELD HOSPITAL THAT WAS SET UP BY VOLUNTEER NURSES AND PHYSICIANS AT THE BURNSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ADDITIONALLY, EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING GENERATORS, HEATERS, CHAINSAWS, JACKERYS, GAS PROPANE, FUEL, AND STARLINK WIFI SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION WERE PURCHASED AND DISTRIBUTED TO RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HELENE AND TO VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING WITH RECOVERY EFFORTS.

  Expenses $170,618 · Grants $164,696

• RECOVERY NETWORK- FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE MOUNTAIN STRONG'S RECOVERY NETWORK PROGRAM WAS INITIALLY ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COVER NECESSARY LIVING EXPENESES, INCLUDING RENT AND UTILITIES. THE PROGRAM ACCEPTED APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE AND NOMINATIONS FROM YANCEY COUNTY AND MITCHELL COUNTY'S DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH AN INTEREST IN SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING THE TOE RIVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER. IN TOTAL, THE RECOVERY NETWORK- FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GIFTED 45,500.00 TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HELENE WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL GIFTS MADE IN 2024.

• MOUNTAIN STRONG HOLIDAY PROGRAM THE MOUNTAIN STRONG HOLIDAY PROGRAM WAS INITIATED TO PROVIDE MEALS AND GIFTS TO THOSE FAMILIES IN NEED, WHO OTHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE A PLACE TO CONGREGATE WITH FAMILY, AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THIER CHILDREN. FOR BOTH THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS, MOUNTAIN STRONG SPONSORED FREE MEALS INCLUDING THE FOOD, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO SERVE THE MEALS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE TENT RENTALS, KIDS CRAFT TABLES, AND GIFTS, INLUDING TOYS AND GIFT CARDS. GIFTS WERE PURCHASED FOR SEVERAL FAMILIES WITH 3-5 CHILDREN IN EACH FAMILY. ADDITIONALLY, MOUNTAIN STRONG PURCHASED GIFT CARDS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES WHICH WERE DONATED TO A TOY DRIVE AND TOY DISTRIBUTION EVENT AT A LOCAL RESTURANT WHERE MOUNTAIN STRONG TEAM MEMBERS VOLUNTEERED.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2024

Filed

11 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202523179349306127

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