2024-05-09T20:27:06-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 923678192 BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION BORR 9703978812 PO Box 2183 Borrego Springs CA 920662183 Geoffrey Barton Treasurer/Director 9703978812 2024-05-08 Geoffrey Barton 999009999 1 0 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X https://BorregoMinistersAssociation.org X X 144383 X 144383 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144383 142780 0 0 500 0 371 2164 145815 -1432 31606 0 30174 31606 30174 0 0 0 0 31606 30174 0 0 31606 30174 Non-profit public benefits corporation 501(c)(3) for Public and Charitable purposes. The specific purpose of this corporation is to Provide direct assistance to Borrego Springs community members in need with food, rent, transportation, education, etc. This corporation is organized and operated exclusively for the purposes set forth within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). Help alleviate hunger among people in the Borrego Springs area by providing prepaid food gift certificates to the local grocery stores to people suffering from food insecurity and providing grants to the local food banks. All people given direct assistance and all food bank grants are assessed and vetted for appropriate need. 162 families were assisted with $79250 throughout the year. The Borrego Resource center received a $2000.00 grant for the food bank they operate. This program is growing and we hope to receive adequate revenue to continue. All work is volunteer. There are no service expenses. 81250 0 Assist families unable to pay housing expenses, usually rent, as an unexpected event. We cannot assist with rent on a continuing or long term basis, however, this is evaluated on a case by case basis. We were able to assist 42 families throughout the year cover part of their rent expenses to avoid eviction. This problem worsens in the summer since many seasonal workers lose employment. $35,421 in grants to families have been issued during the year. This program is growing and we hope to receive adequate revenue to continue. All work is volunteer. There are no service expenses. 35421 0 Assist families unable to pay utilities expenses, electricity, water, heating, as an unexpected event. We cannot assist with utilities on a continuing or long term basis, however, this is evaluated on a case by case basis. We were able to assist 28 families throughout the year cover part of their rent expenses to avoid eviction. This problem worsens in the summer since many seasonal workers lose employment. $11,232 in grants to families have been issued during the year. This program is growing and we hope to receive adequate revenue to continue. All work is volunteer. There are no service expenses. 11232 0 0 Michael Plekon CEO, Director 5 0 0 0 Geoffrey Barton CFO, Director 10 0 0 0 Joyce Merrick Secretary, Director 5 0 0 0 Mateo Mamea Director 2 0 0 0 Dale Jones Director 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA Geoffrey Barton 37764 M0ntezuma Valley Rd Ranchita CA 92066 9703978812 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 0 15344 126767 162523 121913 144383 570930 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15344 126767 162523 121913 144383 570930 128515 442415 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 570930 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 One individual received $5331 total in grant consisting of $3931 for fire disaster cleanup and $1400 in housing assistance. All other grantees received less than $5000 aggregate for the year. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Bank Service Charges;320|Government Fees;1669|Office Supplies;175^Total;2164^