2024-04-23T17:04:44-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 931095484 SKIPPING STONES SKIP 5413424956 166 W 12th Avenue EUGENE OR 97401 Arun Toke Executive Editor 5413424956 2024-04-16 Arun Toke 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 X 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X www.skippingstones.org X X 146019 X 19831 124441 0 1747 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146019 0 0 78995 0 13310 5389 581 98275 47744 62494 0 110238 X 60385 108628 0 0 7109 7500 67494 116128 5000 5890 62494 110238 X Promoting multicultural, global, ecological and nature awareness and understanding in today's youth. We publish and distribute a multicultural and nature education magazine for students and educators. Frequency: semiannual. We also maintain an extensive website with articles, poems, photos, artwork, and stories by students and educators. The digital content is from our print issues and recent online submissions. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, we are doing two print issues and the online content, FREE for all. CODE: 511120. Published our ad-free, multicultural and nature awareness magazine for students and educators, that promotes creative writing, visual arts and critical thinking in youth. Print run: 900. Issues: 2. Subscribers: schools, libraries and families. Free online content. Also available on several full-text websites. 0 75000 CODE: 511120. We held two annual honor awards programs to recognize multicultural awareness and nature education in juvenile literature, and teaching resources. Youth Honor Awards serve kids and educators, and the book awards promote multicultural & nature awareness in children's books. 300 entrants. Readers: many thousands 0 17275 Educational reading material for low-income families, schools, and libraries. We sent free and discounted subscriptions, free issues and books to about 125 schools/libraries, and about 100 students, near and far. The expenses were covered by donations and grants received from supporters and foundations. This is an estimate of the expenses incurred. 0 6000 98275 X ARUN N TOKE EXECUTIVE EDITOR 35.00 53751 13425 0 ESTHER CELIS PRESIDENT 2 0 0 0 STEPHEN MALLERY TREASURER 2 0 0 0 PAULETTE ANSARI DIRECTOR 2 0 0 0 JOACHIM SHULZ DIRECTOR 1 0 0 0 RONALD MARSON DIRECTOR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OR Arun Narayan Toke 166 W 12th Avenue EUGENE OR 97401 5413424956 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 108798 176399 56471 20665 19831 382164 86559 75887 36628 48774 124441 372289 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 195357 252286 93099 69439 144272 754453 100 30 1250 1035 1000 3415 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 30 1250 1035 1000 3415 751038 2310 1477 1668 393 1747 7595 0 0 0 0 0 0 2310 1477 1668 393 1747 7595 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 197667 253763 94767 69832 146019 762048 0.98555 0.98897 0.00997 0.00808 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 We did not receive any revenue in this category. Hence we entered a ZERO value. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 THIS IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT WE SPENT FOR OUR MEMBERSHIPS IN ORGANIZATIONS, ADVERTISEMENT FEES AND/OR REFUNDS MADE TO SUBSCRIBERS AND SUBSCRIPTION AGENCIES, STATE FORM FILING FEES PAID TO THE STATE OF OREGON AND FEES CHARGED BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE OUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PAYPAL FOR USING THEIR SERVICES. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 THIS AMOUNT REPRESENTS THE APPROXIMATE VALUE OF OUR OFFICE EQUIPMENT SUCH AS COMPUTERS, COPYING MACHINE, AND OFFICE FURNITURE, AND INVENTORY OF BACK ISSUES AND BOOKS Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 THESE LIABILITIES REPRESENT PARTIALLY FULFILLED PORTIONS OF THE SUBSCRIPTIONS. THIS AMOUNT IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKELY NEED TO FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS TO THE SUBSCRIBERS. IT IS AN ESTIMATED VALUE. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line (28-31) These are estimates of expenses that can be attributed to the various program services listed here. Since we have only one paid staff, and he performs many tasks during the day, we have not kept a record of his time used in various tasks performed for the three program services listed. We have kept an account of expenses incurred by standard categories like office, printing, postage, salaries, taxes, etc. We believe the estimates shown here are reasonably accurate. Form 990-EZ, Part IV As per our bylaws, the executive editor is also a board member. He worked on the average 35 hours a week to manage the day to day operations and projects of the organization, including editing, publishing and distributing the magazine, uploading digital content on the website, management of the organization and its activities, and record-keeping, guiding the interns and volunteers, managing the book awards program, youth awards program, email correspondence, filing various forms with state and federal departments, etc. He received an annual salary and retirement benefits as shown in the list of Officers and directors. The 2023 SEP IRA contribution of $13,425.00 was made in April 2024, before this 990-EZ Form for 2023 was filed. Schedule B, Part II In 2023, we did not receive any non-cash contributions to report on Schedule B, hence Part II is left blanck.