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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BIRD OF LIGHT FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$112,629
Total expenses
$24,224
Contributions and grants received
$38,583
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$74,046
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$88,405
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$88,405
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$19,848
Management and general expenses
$4,376
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$19,848

Program services were 81.9% 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

    $38,583

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ART UNITES

    total $62,974 · related or exempt $62,974

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FASHION 4 UKRAINE

    total $8,963 · related or exempt $8,963

  • 2c · Program service revenue: JULY 8 HOSPITAL

    total $2,109 · related or exempt $2,109

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,153 · program services $2,587 · management and general $566

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,189 · program services $1,189

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,308 · management and general $1,308

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,146 · program services $39 · management and general $2,107

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $159 · management and general $159

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT

    total $6,793 · program services $6,557 · management and general $236

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $6,663 · program services $6,663

  • 24c · Other expenses: RENTAL

    total $2,813 · program services $2,813

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $85,905

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $2,500

  • 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 $0 · end of year $88,405

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BIRD OF LIGHT FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO BRIDGE WESTERN RESOURCES TOGETHER WITH UKRAINIAN INGENUITY TO CREATE SCALABLE AND EFFICIENT HUMANITARIAN SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT UKRAINE'S DEVELOPMENT AS A NATION.

  • ON MAY 11, 2024 AN EVENT (ART UNITES) WAS HELD TO JOIN PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO MAKE A BETTER PLACE IN THE WORLD, ALONG WITH ARTOLUTION, FOR A DAY OF CREATIVITY AND COMPASSION. TOGETHER, A MURAL WAS CREATED TO EMBODY HOPES AND DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE OF UKRAINE. THE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICA IN NYC.

    Expenses $15,103 · Revenue $62,974

  • ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 THE MRIYA GALLERY HELD A HIGH-FASHION HAVEN FOR THE FASHION 4 UKRAINE RUNWAY EVENT. IT SHOWCASED TOP UKRAINIAN AND AMERICAN DESIGNERS, MODELS, FASHION ARTS FOSTERING CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND SUPPORTING THOSE AFFECTED BY THE WAR IN UKRAINE. EACH DESIGNER SHOWCASED THEIR UNIQUE CREATIONS REFLECTING THEIR RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE WHILE HIGHLIGHTING THE FUSION OF UKRAINIAN AND AMERICAN FASHION AESTHETICS.

    Expenses $4,636 · Revenue $8,963

  • AN EVENT TO RAISE MONEY TO AID THE VICTIMS OF THE JULY 8TH HOSPITAL STRIKE IN KYIV. AN EFFORT TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PAIN BY PROVIDING DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE SURVING FAMILIES OF THE ATTACK ON THE ADONIS MEDICAL FACILITY.

    Expenses $109 · Revenue $2,109

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Zhanna Galeyeva

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Isaac Yeung

    OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Santosh Govindaraju

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tatyana Lazebnik

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542049349301029

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