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WEST BAY COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC

EIN 47-1584850 ESTERO, FL

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Revenue 2024
$442,053
Expenses 2024
$401,168

Program services were 98.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P12
Classification
1000
Street
4606 W BAY BLVD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE GIVE AND MAKE GRANTS TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF 501(C) 3 ORGANIZATIONS IN LEE AND COLLIER COUNTIES IN THE FOLLOWING OF NEED AREAS: (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HUMAN SERVICES FOR AT-RISK WOMEN, CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY, ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE PEOPLE WHO NEED FOOD, SHELTER AND/OR MEDICAL SERVICES, AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, PRIMARILY FOR UNDER-SERVED YOUNG PEOPLE AND STUDENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN LEE & COLLIER COUNTIES THROUGH GRANTS FOR SHELTERS, EDUCATION, AND CHARITIES.

  • WE GIVE AND MAKE GRANTS TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF 501(C) 3 ORGANIZATIONS IN LEE AND COLLIER COUNTIES AS NOTED IN OUR MISSION STATEMENTBELOW ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE RECEIVING GRANTS THIS PAST YEAR: (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK $25,000MAKING A LASTING DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, ONE WEEKEND AT A TIME. ONE IN FIVE KIDS RELIES ON THEIR SCHOOL'S FREE AND REDUCED-PRICE MEAL PROGRAMTO PROVIDE THE NOURISHMENT THEY NEED TO LEARN AND GROW. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHENTHEY LEAVE SCHOOL ON FRIDAY? EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAMGIVES CHILDREN BACKPACKS FILLED WITH KID-FRIENDLY,READY-TO-EAT ITEMS.CAFE OF LIFE $25,000FOR MANY, FOOD ISN'T A DECISION ABOUT WHAT RESTAURANT TO VISIT. IT CAN BE A CHOICE BETWEEN A DINNER OR MEDICINE, CLOTHING, OR SHELTER. CAFE OF LIFE FOCUSES ON ALLEVIATING NUTRITIONAL INSECURITY FOR WORKING-POOR FAMILIES AND LOW INCOME SENIORS IN A RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT THAT PRESERVES THEIR DIGNITY AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE THEIR BEST.LACES OF LOVE $25,000SERVES OVER 20,000 KIDS IN NEED EACH YEAR, SOMETIMES PROVIDING THE FIRST PAIR OF SHOES A CHILD HAS WORN THAT'S NOT HELD TOGETHER WITH DUCT TAPE OR WITH THE TOES CUT OUT, SO THEY FIT. SNEAKERS ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT, SO THE KIDS CAN TAKE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT SCHOOL AND RUN AND PLAY AT RECESS.OUR MOTHERS HOME $25,000IMAGINE BEING A YOUNG PERSON GROWING UP IN FOSTER CARE OR HAVING BEEN A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. NOT SURPRISINGLY, THESE EARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES CAN AFFECT KIDS LATER IN LIFE AND THEIR ABILITY TO TRUST OTHERS AND FORM STRONG RELATIONSHIPS. OUR MOTHER'S HOME IS ON A MISSION TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF THESE COURAGEOUS YOUNG WOMEN BY PROVIDING A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN RECEIVE THE SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND NEGLECT FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR BABIES.PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS $25,000GIRLS ARE AT HIGHER RISK THAN BOYS FOR SEXUAL ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHICH MAY EXPLAIN THE STRONG LINK BETWEEN ABUSE AND GIRLS' DELINQUENCY, SUCH AS CHRONIC TRUANCY AND SUBSTANCE ISSUES. PACE COLLIER CURRENTLY PROVIDES SERVICES TO MORE THAN 140 GIRLS ANNUALLY IN THE IMMOKALEE COMMUNITY WHO ATTEND PACE FIVE DAYS A WEEK AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. COUNSELING AND THERAPY PLAY A BIG PART IN THEIR GROWTH AND POSITIVE CHANGE.VALERIES HOUSE $20,000THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE USUALLY CAUSES SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY FOR MONTHS AFTERWARD. BUT NO CHILD SHOULD GRIEVE ALONE. BY HELPING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WORK THROUGH THE LOSS TOGETHER, THEY CAN GO ON TO LIVE FULFILLING LIVES. VALERIE'S HOUSE IS A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE CHILDREN CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND LEARNTHE TOOLS TO HEAL AFTER HAVING EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF SOMEONE THEY LOVE. SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDE GROUP SESSIONS WHERE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CONNECT WITH OTHERS WITH SIMILAR LOSS, PLUS COUNSELING SERVICES WITH LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHEN ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE NEEDED.

    Expenses $396,457 · Grants $391,745

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Beth Bruetsche

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lynn Liddle

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Terri Alvator

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Larry Mariasas

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Debra Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Allison Cooksley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessica Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jack Klues

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Lytle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steve Pierson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joy Whann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lyn Zurbrigg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $442,053
    Expenses
    $401,168
    Contributions
    $438,762
    Grants paid
    $391,745
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $297,643
    Expenses
    $308,397
    Contributions
    $234,287
    Grants paid
    $305,064
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $291,777
    Expenses
    $263,518
    Contributions
    $244,142
    Grants paid
    $259,351

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $207,831
    Expenses
    $234,851
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,199

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $216,542
    Expenses
    $204,542
    Assets (EOY)
    $57,219

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.