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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS.

Totals

Total revenue
$88,186
Total expenses
$93,944
Contributions and grants received
$88,186
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$0
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$0
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
$0
Total assets, end of year
$30,955
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$30,955
Program service expenses (Part III)
$92,207

Program services were 98.2% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

Members of Conversations with Friends (CWF) visit and support people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota. Through our various programs (which include weekly letters from our CWF letter writers, commissary deposits, books and 'dignity' backpacks) and our peaceful, compassionate presence, the people detained by ICE come to know that people in the community truly care about them, their health and their welfare, and know that they are not alone, not abandoned.

  • We made deposits to the commissary accounts of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), primarily in Minnesota county jails, so they could call their families and/or purchase supplemental food or hygiene items. The total number of people served in 2023 was about 638.

    Expenses $54,145

  • We provided 'dignity' backpacks for 188 of the 638 people served. They are filled with the clothing requested by people being deported by ICE, and also include hygiene and other items, thus helping them arrive in their birth countries with dignity.

    Expenses $32,791

  • We provided books (and occasionally puzzles and games) to people detained by ICE in Minnesota.

    Expenses $3,528

  • We provided 'safe release' for fifteen people released from ICE custody, providing a 'dignity' backpack, food, and/or a bus ticket so they could arrive safely to their destination in the U.S.

    Expenses $1,743

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

Listed in Part IV

  • Jane Scullin

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sonja Johnson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

  • Victoria Moore

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Steve Kraemer

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • David von Weiss

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

  • Rose Olmsted

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202431249349200308

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