2026-08-12T20:09:10-07:00 2026-03-31 990EZ 2025-04-01 205483622 GROUP B STREP INTERNATIONAL GROU 9096207214 11 El Dorado Court Pomona CA 91766 Marti Perhach CEO 9096207214 2026-08-12 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.groupbstrepinternational.org X X 76898 X 76752 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 76898 0 0 0 66046 0 824 9526 76396 502 1282 0 1784 X 4221 9733 0 0 23000 26300 27221 36033 25939 34249 1282 1784 International awareness and prevention of group B strep disease in babies Social Media for GBSI profile - X: 1234 followers; Facebook Page: 2K+ followers; Facebook Groups Page (public): 2.1K+ members; Facebook Discussion Group (private): 2.8K+ members; Instagram: approx. 1074 followers; LinkedIn: approx. 340 followers; Threads: 192 followers; YouTube approx. 74 followers; Bluesky: 54 followers; Social Media for GBS Research Connect profile: X:63 followers; Bluesky: 36 followers 0 30009 GBS Info to All - Website info and downloadable website materials were available during 49K+ website views, responded to info requests, e-newsletters sent to approx. 1000 individuals each month; sponsored July 8-14 as GBS Awareness Week, February as International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month, and October as Prenatal-onset GBS Disease Recognition Month with toolkits available for each of these health observances. 0 20780 GBS Research Connect - Coordinated free membership platform for researchers, healthcare professionals, and professional health advocates/academics involved in furthering GBS research and disease prevention with 180 new members joining by fiscal-year end. Total membership at fiscal-year end was 598. Held five member-exclusive webinars; facilitated networking and added pertinent content. 0 10535 Exhibits and Presentations - Attended and exhibited at the Summit for Perinatal Excellence in Minneapolis, MN in June of 2025, approx. 200 attendees; GBSI's CEO was on the Scientific Organizing Committee for the International Symposium on Streptococcus Agalactiae (ISSAD) in Nairobi, Kenya held in February 2025, co-organized GBS parents sharing their stories via video and storyboards, co-organized, presented at, and participated in the Parent Advocacy Workshop as well as gave a portion of the opening message, approx 300 in attendance; GBSI's CEO attended and was a parent advocacy presenter at the GBS Symposium, 50+ attendees, and was one of 11 collaborators at the GBS Prevention Workshop, both events held in Perth, Australia in March 2025. 0 5346 WAVES Study - The WAVES (Ways to Avoid Various Elements of Susceptibility) Study is an ongoing comprehensive survey of mothers developed and launched to help determine gaps in GBS care and communication. Estimating 200,000+ as the reach once the results are analyzed. Results will be posted on our website, promoted on our social media, and shared in presentations and at future exhibits. 0 457 67127 Marti Perhach CEO/Cofounder, Director 40 21050 0 0 Donna Russell MHA CFO, Director 1.0 0 0 0 James A McGregor MDCM Director 0.2 0 0 0 Tara Randis MD MS Director 0.4 0 0 0 Tatiana Pinto PhD Director 0.30 0 0 0 Hellen Barsosio PhD Director 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA Marti Perhach 11 El Dorado Court Pomona CA 917664780 9096207214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 97510 74044 101574 96126 76752 446006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97510 74044 101574 96126 76752 446006 344756 101250 1 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 216 174 147 145 813 446825 0 0.22660 0.23645 X Group B Strep International (GBSI) is structured to be a publicly supported organization and actively maintains a continuous and bona fide program for the solicitation of funds from the general public, community, governmental units, and other public charities. GBSI requests support through its website donation page and linked buttons on the website, through its monthly newsletters, GBS awareness fundraising campaigns, and social media posts. Parents and families of group B strep affected babies also hold fundraising events such as motorcycle rides and Facebook birthday fundraisers to benefit GBSI as well as make donations in memory or honor of their baby. During this fiscal year, GBSI received an extremely large donation from a family's foundation in memory of their baby who was harmed by group B strep. GBSI is governed by a board of directors committed to promoting awareness and prevention of group B strep disease in babies, not only to pregnant individuals, parents of babies, and perinatal healthcare providers, but to the general public through health observance months and social media campaigns in order to enlist the "it takes a village" approach and spread awareness by word-of-mouth. Besides the three health observances that GBSI sponsors (February as International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month, July 8-14 as Group B Strep Awareness Week, and October as Prenatal-onset GBS Disease Recognition Month), GBSI has also hosted free online learning event on group B strep disease. Content from past events remains available to GBSI's website visitors. Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Column a: $37 for orders for non-inventory promotional items and $94 in cashback rewards for credit card purchases; Column b: $133 from orders for non-inventory promotional times, $1 test of website donation system and $82 for cashback rewards for credit card purchases; Column c:$20 income from non-inventory promotional items; $4 guaranteed percent service charge rebate from campaign platform; $150 cashback rewards for credit card purchases. Column d: $37 from non-inventory promotional awareness items such as shoelaces, temporary tattoos and window decals; $1 from account verifications and marketing ploy; $110 from credit card cashback rewards; less $1 to compensate for rounding of the Other Income items when totaled together. Column e: $0.35 from APY Rewards (rewards for donations that remain in our donation platform's Wallet); $127.63 from cashback rewards for credit card purchases; and $17.50 from orders for non-inventory promotional items RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Other Income: $0.35 from APY Rewards (rewards for donations while in our donation platform's Wallet); 0.27 interest (interest from our bank savings account); $127.63 from cashback rewards (rewards from credit card purchases); and $17.50 from orders for non-inventory promotional items Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^1099 filings;98|Bank and finance and processing fees;688|Communications;847|Exhibits and presentations;1527|Fundraising;228|Business license;4|Nonprofit annual filing in CA;50|Office supplies;12|Computer software and accessory platforms;1092|Social media;294|Website and domain names;4686^Total;9526^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^Accounts receivable;26300^Total;26300^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Description;EOY Amount^Accounts payable;31546|Credit card balance;2125|Reimbursable expenses;578^Total;34249^