2025-10-31T12:22:13-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 813143615 BRICKS TO BREAD INTERNATIONAL BRIC 6124195421 3870 YOSEMITE AVENUE SOUTH SAINT LOUIS PARK MN 55416 Nancy Alvarado President 6124195421 2025-08-25 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Nancy F Alvarado 3870 Yosemite Ave S St Louis Park MN 55416 371402 0 X WWW.BRICKSTOBREAD.ORG X 2016 MN We ignite hope and opportunity by empowering impoverished Latin American women to launch brick-oven bakery businesses that sustain families and communities. We inspire young global leaders through cultural exchange. We HOST joyful community baking events that raise awareness, spark connections, and celebrate the power of bread to change lives-one loaf, one story at a time. 4 4 0 539 0 0 194106 343558 41733 20719 4662 6425 1005 700 241506 371402 2000 26145 0 0 0 0 0 0 25425 191347 197415 193347 223560 48159 147842 317163 489220 11205 35410 305958 453810 Bricks to Bread International is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization whose primary exempt purpose is to alleviate poverty and build global leaders. We help build brick ovens for Costa Rican families seeking a sustainable source of income. Bricks to Bread assists and mentors families in the construction and maintenance of their own oven and offers training and assistance in developing a solid business plan to sell fresh baked goods to their community. Brick ovens not only help provide a family with a sustainable income, but they also bring communities together. The ovens become a focal point in the community, become a gathering place for community events, and bring people together. Bricks to Bread accomplishes all of this through donations, partnerships, volunteer trip opportunities and baking bread together. 0 0 182954 17655 9052 Rural Economic Development. 2,500 new lives touched by our programs. 2,672 members of our oven project communities received our ongoing support. Five households broke the poverty cycle barrier, achieving new financial security owning their own business during 2024. Our brick ovens are built for women seeking a sustainable source of income to support their families. They demonstrate an aptitude and desire to manage, maintain, and run a successful business. Furthermore, rural communities in Latin America rarely have access to fresh baked goods, many in food desert areas where the sources are limited. Breads from our ovens offer a sustainable, fresh option for the community. Our oven program provides needed resources for the whole community, giving families the opportunity to live better lives and give back to their communities. Each oven project includes the construction of a new brick oven, a processing and packaging facility and seed funding for training, business development and start-up costs. During 2024, we worked within 93 different communities throughout Costa Rica and Honduras, empowering 97 women to overcome adversity and achieve financial security. During 2024, we added 23 new families to our brick oven community, transforming each family from a life under the national extreme poverty level of $155 a month to earning over $600 a month (the national average income for rural communities). During 2024, we invested an additional $4,600 by hosting our third annual Empowering Women Entrepreneurs conference where 31 women entrepreneurs joined us for a 3-day conference of education, team building and information sharing. 8490 8490 0 Global Leadership: In 2024, a total of 104 Youth Volunteers engaged in different community-driven initiatives. Our program promotes world peace, expands worldview, fosters cross-cultural understanding, and inspires servant leadership. In addition to one-time volunteer opportunities for youth, we offer a unique service learning opportunity for students interested in sharing their gifts and talents through both our Volunteer Trip Experiences and our Internship Program. A total of 26 youth and young adults (six local youth volunteers, and 20 youth in-country volunteers) participated in our volunteer trip experience. Our 7- to 11-day excursions cultivate a life-changing cultural exchange between recipients and volunteers, build meaningful relationships and provide opportunities that expand worldview, foster cross-cultural understanding, and inspire servant leadership. Two interns had intensive on-the-job training experiences working alongside leadership, staff, volunteers and donors. 1786 11638 Community Engagement: Our community events are centered around the warmth of a community bread oven. During 2024, we offered 28 baking events in two communities, reaching over 1,012 local families who participated in our mission through our baking events. We offer volunteer participation experiences and sell baked goods throughout the region. Our oven events demonstrate just how our oven recipients in rural regions of Latin America change lives with a brick and a loaf. 0 0 0 193230 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 CS 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MN X X Nancy F Alvarado 6124195421 3870 Yosemite Ave S St Louis Park MN 55416 X Nancy F Alvarado President of the Board 30 0 X X 0 0 0 Sara Kietzmann Treasurer of the Board 0 0 X X 0 0 0 Josephine Kietzmann Secretary of the Board 0 0 X X 0 0 0 Joyce Lizzi Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Lesley Blanco Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43318 0 0 300240 11003 343558 Bakery Sales 900099 11637 11637 0 0 Trip Fees 900099 9082 9082 0 0 0 0 0 0 20719 6425 6425 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43318 Credit Card Rewards 900099 700 700 0 0 0 0 0 0 700 371402 27844 0 0 X 0 0 26145 26145 0 0 0 0 79710 59100 1440 19170 4225 3559 666 714 32 48 634 3434 275 502 2657 1200 1200 0 0 46398 46398 0 0 218 196 0 22 13294 13294 0 0 2890 2890 Construction Supplies 26907 26907 0 0 Program Supplies 8228 8228 0 Vehicle Expense 2502 2502 0 0 General Supplies 1965 0 0 1965 5730 2504 2915 311 223560 193230 4905 25425 158047 160981 155544 286927 0 0 0 2274 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68194 29156 3572 39038 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 317163 489220 11205 24760 0 0 0 10650 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11205 35410 X 278633 326543 27325 127267 305958 453810 317163 489220 147842 0 0 0 10 0 X 0 0 0 X 47483 107785 158772 194107 343558 851705 8108 5777 19223 35447 20719 89274 55591 113562 177995 229554 364277 940979 298 576 104 283 1261 0 298 576 104 283 1261 939718 427 117 63 4662 6424 11693 427 117 63 4662 6424 11693 8979 225 424 1005 701 11334 64997 113904 178482 235221 371402 964006 0.97481 0.95187 0.01213 0.00839 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 Credit Card Rewards RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68194 0 29156 39038 0 0 0 0 39038 Schedule D, Part I, Line 1 Schedule D, Part VI, Line 1d - Vehicles, trailer, cement mixer Central America and the Caribbean 0 4 Program Services We help build brick oven businesses for women seeking a sustainable source of income to support their families. We offer volunteer trip experience for individuals seeking to volunteer by helping build the oven project. These trips promote world peace, expand worldview, foster cross-cultural understanding, and inspire servant leadership. 133539 0 4 133539 Emergency Relief Assistance Central America and the Caribbean 2 17655 Wire Transfer 0 Bricks to Bread offers emergency relief assistance to our bread oven recipients during times of extreme need, natural disasters and/or life threatening health issues. Funds are raised in support of the emergency and distributed upon receipt of a request for reimbursement, including copies of receipts and description of the expenses. FMV 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 (e) Full description of activities: We help build brick oven businesses for women seeking a sustainable source of income to support their families. We offer volunteer trip experience for individuals seeking to volunteer by helping build the oven project. These trips promote world peace, expand worldview, foster cross-cultural understanding, and inspire servant leadership. (f) Accrual Accounting method used for valuation of total Expenditures. Oktoberfiesta 43318 43318 0 0 0 0 0 0 2193 0 0 43318 43318 0 0 0 0 0 0 2193 2193 -2193 1 Youth Scholarship 4 0 8490 FMV Bricks to Bread offers to pay costs associated with the individuals travel expenses when they travel with us as a volunteer of our trip experiences, part of our Building Global Leaders program. The costs that are covered include but are not limited to travel costs, meals and lodging. Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Bricks to Bread offers financial assistance to youth and young adults who wish to participate in our Volunteer Trip Experiences, a part of our Building Global Leaders program. Funds are raised and used to cover travel expenses associated with each individual's trip experience, discounting their trip fees and reducing their cost associated with volunteering during their global trip experiences. Ana Grace Alvarado Daughter of Founder and Prior Board Member 5833 Costa Rica Country Director Contract Employee 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Sara Kietzman is the mother of Josie Kietzman. Nancy Alvarado is mother of Ana Grace Alvarado Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Draft of Form 990 is sent to the governing body for review and approval. Once draft document is approved, the form 990 is filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All members of the governing body fill out a conflict of interest statement at the beginning of each fiscal year. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 All compensation related expenses are discussed and approved by the governing body prior to offering such compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Bricks to Bread offers its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public if requested. During the fiscal year, no individual outside of our governing body requested any documentation. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Other professional fees include Contract Employees including a Costa Rica Country Director, two Costa Rica In-Country Coordinators, one Contractor, a part-time Development and Communications Manager, and an hourly outreach coordination. Form 8868 requesting an extension to file as was submitted and accepted by the IRS on 5/12/2025