2024-10-23T01:17:35-07:00 2022-12-31 990EZ 2022-01-01 843205707 COMMISSARY IS VERY NECESSARY INC COMM 2144283462 1431 Honor Drive DeSoto TX 75115 Marcus Russell President 2144979180 2024-10-22 1 2022 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X www.civn.org X X 8998 X 8998 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8998 0 0 0 180050 5348 27 17694 203119 -194121 14838 314578 135295 X 14838 330187 0 0 0 0 14838 330187 0 194892 14838 135295 Commissary Is Very Necessary, Inc., is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization providing direct community services and support to community initiatives seeking to improve the quality of life of minority communities. We collaborate with government agencies, grassroots initiatives, schools, families, and individuals in low-income communities. We have developed after-school and summer programs that provide tutoring and mentoring to our young minds. We support Environmental Justice through free community health fairs that educate the community on the relationship between health and the environment and how it is related to underlined health issues in minority communities. And we teach nonprofits about grant acquisition and grant management. In 2022, we successfully leveraged the development and launching of the "Garden Problems Card Game" as a fundraising initiative. This edutainment game is designed to educate individuals of all ages, including children, students, and adults, on the appropriate fruits and vegetables to plant during each season. The game was distributed as an educational tool through the Nature Smart Learning Academy, in partnership with another school, to support 100 underserved children in Dallas, Texas. This initiative not only raised necessary funds for our organization but also provided valuable education and resources to the community. 0 2500 CIVN leveraged its considerable network of community charities and stakeholders to conduct 4 health fairs in low-income and underserved apartment neighborhoods and served 175 elderly folks in Dallas and Fort Worth. CIVN managed the logistics to provide in excess of 10,000 lbs of food every weekend in underserved areas. We provided food and other venues for community interaction and information as well as actual health services through the help of our medical-providing partners to the elderly, and their families. We continue to collect research data to help us evaluate our effect on the community and to determine how to make a greater impact in the future. We served approximately 760 individuals. We were facilitators of community events which included the distribution of donated food and other things for children and families donated by community groups working in support of our initiative to help our target clients. Our cost for the services was $800.00. 0 800 During 2022, CIVN was engaged in outreach and community support, working to develop additional funding streams through community education programs. The expenses for the year reflect a shift in activity and resulted in the development of frontline service providers' data collection and evaluation for upcoming community technical assistance programs. 0 39643 42943 Marcus Russell President 40 0 0 0 Dawan Shockley Treasurer 10 0 0 0 Yafeuh Balogun Sansid-Deen clerk 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marcus Russell 1431 Honor Drive DeSoto TX 75115 2144283462 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 0 12900 21520 6951 8998 50369 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12900 21520 6951 8998 50369 0 50369 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50369 0 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Expenses totaling $17,694 Code Explanation Amount 16 Program Expense - Supplies $6,329.30 16 Program Expense - Supplies $3,714.00 16 Program Expense - Filing Fees $312.00 16 Program Expense - Supplies $225.48 16 Program Expense - Supplies $175.32 16 Program Expense - Meals $70.69 16 Program Expense - Software $79.00 16 Program Expense - Filing Fees $67.60 16 Communications $383.00 16 Communications $224.81 16 Communications $269.68 16 Travel $1,107.54 16 Travel $846.35 16 Travel $402.53 16 Travel $881.40 These expenses sum to $17,694. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 The Nature Smart Learning Academy assets reported in 2021, ($10,922), were donated to the API school running the program and are no longer on our asset roster at the end of 2022. EIDL Loan Disbursement to CIVN; +$325,500.00. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 SBA loan - (EIDL) - for $325,500.00. This loan was disbursed to CIVN in 2022 and no payments came due until 2023. The loan was given to help offset the ravages of COVID by providing funds for the employment of our community individuals and volunteers. Total Assets (End of Year): $4,687 Total Liabilities (End of Year): $194,892 Net Assets (End of Year): $4,687 - $194,892 = -$190,205 CIVN has undergone a process of attrition since 2022 due to a shift in management. Our organization had established a commitment with an accountant who, unfortunately, passed away during the end of the pandemic and in the way that things resulted it became difficult to manage the data. We were receiving less than $10,000 during 2022, and we are reestablishing our internal controls to move our organization and our services forward.