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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FREE BURYATIA FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$34,549
Total expenses
$66,583
Contributions and grants received
$34,549
Grants paid
$500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,545
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,545
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$59,441
Management and general expenses
$7,142
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$59,441

Program services were 89.3% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $25,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,296

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,253

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $500 · program services $500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $45,415 · program services $45,415

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,900 · program services $7,900

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,626 · program services $5,626

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $178 · management and general $178

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,938 · management and general $2,938

  • 24a · Other expenses: SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,740 · management and general $1,740

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK, WIRE FEES

    total $1,630 · management and general $1,630

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $406 · management and general $406

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE & SHIPPING

    total $102 · management and general $102

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $148 · management and general $148

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $33,579 · end of year $985

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

    $3,498

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

    $2,938

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $560

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $33,579 · end of year $1,545

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EMPOWER THE PEOPLE OF BURYATIA TO RECLAIM THEIR POLITICAL VOICE AND THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AS THEY ADVANCE THE VISION OF A DEMOCRATIC, PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS MOTHERLAND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS GREATER AUTONOMY FOR BURYATIA, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF THE BURYATS. ORGANIZED TO ENCOURAGE AWARENESS OF THE REGION AND ETHNIC MINORITY.

  • THE FREE BUYATIA FOUNDATION (FBF) HELPED RUSSIAN CITIZENS AVOID THE WAR IN UKRAINE. THOUSANDS OF SERVICEMEN AND CONSCRIPTED RUSSIANS WHO DID NOT WANT TO TAKE PART IN THE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE UTILIZED OUR LAWYERS. LEGAL ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED, WHICH INCLUDED LAWYERS FROM RUSSIA LENDING AID TO THOSE SEPARATING FROM THE ARMY. THE FBF GAVE ADVICE, HELPED TO FIND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITSTS, PROVIDED EVACUATIONS, AND GUIDED PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WISH TO GO TO WAR. THE FREE BURYATIA FOUNDATION MANAGED TO DEMONSTRATE TO CONSCRIPTED INDIVIDUALS THAT CONTRACTS WITH THE RUSSIAN ARMY CAN AND SHOULD BE TERMINATED.

    Expenses $11,788

  • THE FREE BURYATIA FOUNDATION (FBF) CONDUCTED SIGNIFCANT ACTIVITIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA. A YOUTUBE CHANNEL WAS ESTABLISHED AND VIDEOS POSTED DEMONSTRATING THE BURYATS AGAINST THE WAR CAMPAIGN. IN ADDITION TO CREATION OF THE FBF'S WEBSITE, AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR POSTING OF DEATH STATISTICS, TEXT INTERVIEWS AND ADVICE OF HOW TO TERMINATE A CONTRACT WITH THE ARMY. OVER TIME OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS ON EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM WERE CREATED. INVESTIGATIONS WERE CONDUCTED AND PUBLISHED ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS REGARDING CRUELTIES PERPETRATED ON THE BURYATS IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE. OUR RESEARCH WAS LATER CONFIRMED BY THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE OF UKRAINE. FOUNDATION EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATED IN INTERVIEWS FOR VARIOUS NEWS PLATFORMS INCLUDING FREEDOM - UKRAINIAN TV CHANNEL, BELSAT - BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION TV CHANNEL, "POPULAR POLITICS", NAVALNY LIVE, KHODORKOVSKY LIVE, TV RAIN - RUSSIAN OPPOSITION MEDIA.

    Expenses $8,252

  • THE FREE BURYATIA FOUNDATION (FBF) HELPED PEOPLE TO EVACUATE ABROAD. IN A SHORT TIME, TEN BUSES WITH PEOPLE FROM BURYATIA WERE EVACUATED TO MONGOLIA. ONCE THERE REFUGEES WERE PROVIDED LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CROSSING THE BORDER WITH MONGOLIA, KAZAKHSTAN AND VARIOUS OTHER NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HELP EMPLOYEES OF OUR FOUNDATION WENT ONSITE TO MONGOLIA, KAZAKHSTAN, AND KOREA.

    Expenses $39,401 · Grants $500

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Aleksandra Garmazhapova

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $13,000
    From this org
    $13,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Vladimir Budaev

    VICE PRESIDENT, CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $9,200
    From this org
    $9,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Anna Zueva

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $7,200
    From this org
    $7,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Daria Ivanyk

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $3,300
    From this org
    $3,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Anna Garmaeva

    SMM SPECIALIST

    Total calculated
    $2,860
    From this org
    $2,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    14

  • Bimbaso Tsyngeeva

    COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $3,000
    From this org
    $3,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Alexey Barannikov

    IT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $3,600
    From this org
    $3,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Svetlana Zentsova

    ILLUSTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $700
    From this org
    $700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Anatolii Safonov

    ILLUSTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $2,090
    From this org
    $2,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vitalii Banzaraktsaev

    AUTHOR

    Total calculated
    $465
    From this org
    $465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

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
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349313413

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