Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,367,730
- Total expenses
- $907,694
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,248,291
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $86,021
- Investment income
- $33,418
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,913,291
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $130,481
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,782,810
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $644,701
- Management and general expenses
- $144,286
- Fundraising expenses
- $118,707
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $644,701
Program services were 71.0% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$86,875
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,161,416
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$192,921
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2a · Program service revenue: Program Income
total $86,021 · related or exempt $86,021
-
3 · Investment income
total $32,999 · related or exempt $32,999
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $5,635
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $5,216
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $419
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $419 · excluded $419
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$78,890
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$86,875
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$78,890
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $152,500 · program services $91,500 · management and general $30,500 · fundraising $30,500
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $250,111 · program services $198,753 · management and general $29,292 · fundraising $22,066
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $13,282 · program services $7,839 · management and general $4,214 · fundraising $1,229
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $35,808 · program services $25,566 · management and general $6,161 · fundraising $4,081
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $43,750 · program services $3,300 · management and general $40,450
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $1,756 · management and general $1,756
-
11g · Fees: other
total $40,166 · program services $9,058 · management and general $5,998 · fundraising $25,110
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $16,657 · program services $16,630 · fundraising $27
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $70,013 · program services $56,015 · management and general $6,999 · fundraising $6,999
-
17 · Travel
total $3,813 · program services $3,112 · management and general $363 · fundraising $338
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $11,379 · program services $9,105 · management and general $1,137 · fundraising $1,137
-
23 · Insurance
total $11,242 · program services $5,064 · management and general $5,540 · fundraising $638
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24a · Other expenses: DONATIONS IN KIND
total $181,083 · program services $179,713 · fundraising $1,370
-
24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $34,933 · program services $24,443 · management and general $3,280 · fundraising $7,210
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24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $13,485 · program services $767 · management and general $5,295 · fundraising $7,423
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24d · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS FACILITY RENTAL
total $8,728 · fundraising $8,728
-
24e · All other expenses
total $18,988 · program services $13,836 · management and general $3,301 · fundraising $1,851
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $308,661 · end of year $181,144
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $681,628 · end of year $713,270
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $74,739 · end of year $123,376
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $65,450 · end of year $26,903
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $5,150 · end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$72,978
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$56,766
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $27,591 · end of year $16,212
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $115,481 · end of year $125,830
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $622,882
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $164,822 · end of year $103,674
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $10,359 · end of year $28,918
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $154,408 · end of year $101,563
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,250,255 · end of year $1,727,260
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $28,500 · end of year $55,550
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
BEAUTY BUS FOUNDATION DELIVERS LOVING KINDNESS, SUPPORT AND COMPASSION TO SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS THROUGH BEAUTY AND GROOMING SERVICES.
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BEAUTY BUS UPLIFTS PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS THROUGH THE RESTORATIVE POWER OF BEAUTY AND HUMAN CONNECTION DELIVERING COMFORT, CONFIDENCE, AND CARE DURING SOME OF LIFES MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2009, BEAUTY BUS HAS PROVIDED FREE HAIR, MAKEUP, NAIL, FACIAL, AND SELF-CARE SERVICES TO MORE THAN 35,000 PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS, NAVIGATING CANCER, CHRONIC ILLNESS, DISABILITY, CAREGIVING, AND PROFOUND LIFE DISRUPTION. THROUGH COMPASSIONATE HUMAN TOUCH AND MEANINGFUL CONNECTION, BEAUTY BUS HELPS RESTORE DIGNITY, IDENTITY, AND A SENSE OF SELF THAT ILLNESS AND HARDSHIP OFTEN DIMINISH. THE IMPACT OF THIS WORK WAS POWERFULLY DESCRIBED BY A DIRECTOR OF PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY AND CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES WHO OBSERVED BEAUTY BUS SERVICES WITHIN A HOSPITAL INFUSION CENTER: BEAUTY BUS SERVICES ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SMALL THINGS YOU CAN DO - TO OPEN A DOOR FOR A CANCER PATIENT TO HELP THEM REGAIN A LITTLE MORE CONTROL AND START TO FEEL LIKE THEMSELVES AGAIN.
Expenses $644,701
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CORE PROGRAMSPOP-UP SALONS: BEAUTY BUS TRANSFORMS HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INTO UPLIFTING SALON EXPERIENCES BY BRINGING PROFESSIONAL HAIRSTYLISTS, MAKEUP ARTISTS, ESTHETICIANS, AND NAIL TECHNICIANS DIRECTLY TO PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS. THESE EVENTS CREATE MOMENTS OF JOY, NORMALCY, AND COMMUNITY IN ENVIRONMENTS OFTEN DEFINED BY STRESS AND UNCERTAINTY. UP TO 100 CLIENTS MAY BE SERVED DURING A SINGLE 3-HOUR EVENT, WITH EACH GUEST RECEIVING A BAG OF BEAUTY CONTAINING $50$100 WORTH OF DONATED PRODUCTS FROM LEADING BEAUTY INDUSTRY PARTNERS, EXTENDING CARE AND ENCOURAGEMENT BEYOND THE DAY ITSELF. BEAUTY SERIES: THE BEAUTY SERIES INTEGRATES BEAUTY BUS SERVICES DIRECTLY INTO HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL SERVICE SETTINGS THROUGH RECURRING WEEKLY PROGRAMMING. BY EMBEDDING LICENSED BEAUTY PROFESSIONALS WITHIN HOSPITALS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, BEAUTY BUS ENSURES CONTINUITY OF CARE AND TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS. SERVICES SUCH AS FACIALS, HAIRCUTS, WIG FITTINGS, SCALP AND SKIN CARE, AND HAND TREATMENTS ARE PROVIDED BEDSIDE, IN INFUSION BAYS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED COMMUNAL SALON SPACES. HOME VISITS: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALS NETWORK, BEAUTY BUS DELIVERS PROFESSIONAL SALON SERVICES DIRECTLY INTO THE HOMES OF ALS PATIENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. THESE VISITS PROVIDE COMFORT, DIGNITY, AND RESPITE TO INDIVIDUALS WHOSE MOBILITY OR HEALTH CHALLENGES MAKE TRADITIONAL SALON ACCESS IMPOSSIBLE.WHERE WE WORK BEAUTY BUS SERVES PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS ACROSS MORE THAN 26 HEALTHCARE AND COMMUNITY PARTNER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY, INCLUDING CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES, RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES, CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY, UCLA MATTEL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, USC NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER, CEDARS-SINAI, PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER, RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, AND MANY ADDITIONAL HOSPITALS, CANCER CENTERS, AND SUPPORTIVE CARE ORGANIZATIONS. 2025 HIGHLIGHTS IN 2025, THE UNPRECEDENTED LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES DIRECTLY IMPACTED MEMBERS OF BEAUTY BUS LEADERSHIP AND MANY LONGTIME SUPPORTERS FROM PACIFIC PALISADES. DESPITE THESE EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES, BEAUTY BUS REMAINED STEADFAST IN ITS MISSION AND COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING COMPASSIONATE CARE EVERY DAY. THE YEAR WAS MARKED BY RESILIENCE, DISCIPLINED STEWARDSHIP, MEASURABLE GROWTH, AND AN UNMISTAKABLE SPIRIT OF JOY AND PURPOSE. BEAUTY BUS SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY. DURING THE YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERED 46 POP-UP SALONS, UP FROM 26 THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND EXPANDED FROM 3 TO 8 WEEKLY BEAUTY SERIES PROGRAMS STAFFED BY ON-SITE BEAUTY PROFESSIONALS. AS A RESULT, BEAUTY BUS SERVED NEARLY 6,000 PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS IN 2025 APPROXIMATELY DOUBLE THE NUMBER SERVED IN THE PRIOR YEAR. IN ADDITION, BEAUTY BUS LAUNCHED THE ONCOLOGY SPA TREATMENT PROGRAM AS A FULLY INTEGRATED WEEKLY SERVICE WITHIN THE INFUSION CENTER AT PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER, PROVIDING MINI FACIALS AND HAND MASSAGE TREATMENTS TO PATIENTS WHILE THEY RECEIVED MEDICAL CARE. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO DEVELOPED CUSTOMIZED BEAUTY SERIES PROGRAMS TAILORED TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING BEDSIDE HAIRCUT SERVICES AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES AND SPECIALIZED HAIR AND SKIN CARE SUPPORT WITHIN CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS. BEAUTY BUS ALSO SUCCESSFULLY REINTRODUCED ITS HOME VISITS PROGRAM THROUGH A NEW TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTED BOOKING PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS ALS PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO DIRECTLY SCHEDULE AND MANAGE IN-HOME SALON APPOINTMENTS. LAUNCHED IN JULY 2025, THE PILOT PROGRAM DEMONSTRATED STRONG DEMAND AND OPERATIONAL SUCCESS, POSITIONING BEAUTY BUS TO EXPAND HOME VISITS SERVICES TO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN 2026.
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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RUTH LAURENT-KOCHER
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $155,250
- From this org
- $152,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,750
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $152,500
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $2,750
- Filer's total
- $155,250
-
WENDY MARANTZ LEVINE
Founder
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 12
-
IDA BARBA
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DEBORA CONRAD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LILIANA CERILO
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
BRIANNA COLE
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
WILLIAM BRAHOS
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MICHELLE BIDER STONE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DAN ROSENSON
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
ANDREA STRAUS
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JEREMY CRAMER
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 14 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202611659349300306
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