2024-04-01T15:00:17-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 830837546 LETTERS TO STRANGERS LETT 9094155271 2058 N Mills Ave 718 Claremont CA 91711 Diana Chao Executive Director 9094155271 2024-04-01 Diana Chao 999009999 1 0 11 1 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X https://www.letterstostrangers.org X X 102825 X 87398 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 897 2666 -1769 14530 100159 42430 0 0 15718 3838 23 16416 78425 21734 1918 25602 49254 X 27520 49254 0 0 0 0 27520 49254 25602 0 1918 49254 Charitable and educational - mental health Providing on-the-ground mental health support and education for youth populations through Chapters programs; Spoke to over 10000 students in-person and provided 200+ hours and 50000+ pages of free educational content; Gave grants to student-run Chapters to lead local efforts like workshops and care access 30969 X 30969 Awarding scholarships for 1) pursuing higher education in a mental health-related field; 2) treatment access; Awarded over $20000 in scholarships and disbursed over $10000 (some chose to defer) 11461 X 11461 Exchanging over 20000 letters in-person and through free online platform with trained moderators; Curated letter bundles for delivery to over 25 partner sites, including hospitals and shelters; Conducting formal study into various letter-related mental health interventions' efficacy 0 4155 46585 Diana Chao Executive Director 40 0 0 0 Pearl Lee Chief Programs Officer 20 3600 0 0 Helen Chen Chief Content Officer 15 3600 0 0 Dan Kanceljak Chief Outreach Officer 15 2268 0 0 Timothy Liyada Chief Communications Officer 10 1125 0 0 Alyssa Vassel Social Media Manager 7 1000 0 0 Clayton Becker Chief Education Officer 10 800 0 0 Jane Zheng Director 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA Diana Chao 2009 Porterfield Way Ste Q Upland CA 91786 9094155271 0 1 LI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 33080 20548 36369 116151 87398 293546 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33080 20548 36369 116151 87398 293546 114700 178846 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 293546 0 0.60926 0.6032 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 REVENUE - Other Revenues. This refers to a mix of refunds from subscription and utility services received as a discount for nonprofit status, and repayment amounts from microfinance initiatives. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 EXPENSES - List of Grants and Similar Amounts Paid. This refers to spendings on our Chapters program and our scholarships. The Chapters program supports youth-run branches on-the-ground and grants are made to support their mental health outreach initiatives, including but not limited to: costs associated with inviting a psychologist to speak at their school; costs of training them in crisis response; etc. The scholarships program awards winners with funding to pursue higher-education in a mental health-related field, a personal mental health advocacy project, and/or mental health treatment. For breakdown of these costs, see Part III. EXPENSE - Other Expenses. This refers to professional insurance, subscription services for various technology and software used to deliver our programs, fees associated with legal filings, and expenses made by beneficiaries of microfinance initiatives which were later fully reimbursed and categorized under "Other Revenues". Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 NET ASSETS - Other changes in net assets or fund balances. Total liabilities carried over from the previous year were paid off or discounted. The $8117 of due warehouse rental was waived as a gesture of kindness, and $10000 of the accounts payable was waived as third parties offered heavy discounts for their services as a gesture of goodwill. The remaining $7485 of accounts payable was paid off in full under independent contractor payments. In total, the $25602 of total liabilities carried over from the previous year-end were fully accounted for as we switched from accrual to cash accounting this year, resulting in an increase in available fund balance of the same amount since they are no longer part of funds reserved for outstanding debt. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 PART II: TOTAL LIABILITIES - There are no loans, accrued amounts, or other such liabilities. Hence, the end-of-year total liabilities amount is $0.