BUILDING EVERYONES SUCCESS TOGETHER IN WEST AFRICA: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: BUILDING EVERYONES SUCCESS TOGETHER IN WEST AFRICA (EIN 45-5149588)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-03-24
IRS object ID: 202430859349301318
Schema version: 2023v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-03-24T00:27:02-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	455149588	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BUILDING EVERYONES SUCCESS TOGETHER IN WEST AFRICA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BUIL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9726794838	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	43 Spring Creek Circle	AddressLine1Txt
City	Grand Prairie	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	75054	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Andrew Perkins	PersonNm
Person Title	Board Chair	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9726794838	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-03-25	SignatureDt

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Andrew	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Perkins	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (1)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	1	TrustedCustomerCd
OOB Security Verification	11	OOBSecurityVerificationCd
Last Submission Rqr OOB	1	LastSubmissionRqrOOBCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL2	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Profile Password Change	Yes (X)	ProfilePasswordChangeInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Andrew J Perkins	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	43 Spring Creek Circel	AddressLine1Txt
City	Grand Prairie	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	75054	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$358,735	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.bestwa.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2012	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The organization provides service to those in need in the region of West Africa.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	4	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	15	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$346,992	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$358,721	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$7	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$14	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$346,999	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$358,735	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$21,129	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$206,497	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$106,424	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$104,782	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$15,921	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$254,399	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$60,438	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$381,952	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$371,717	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$34,953	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$12,982	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$56,905	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$44,061	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$2,684	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,822	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$54,221	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$41,239	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	The organization exists to provide aid to the vulnerable in the region of Liberia, West Africa.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	Yes (1)	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$172,989	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$153,974	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	The Feeding Program has three locations in Buchanan, Liberia. It provides daily hot food, medical care, child evangelism activities, deworming, and annual gifts of clothing and shoes to at-risk children. 1,027 children benefitted.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$44,207	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$25,209	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	The organization provided pre-k scholarships to 60 children, elementary scholarships to 120 children, secondary scholarships to 22 children, and University scholarships to 8 students. Participants are required to submit regular grade sheets, and follow program guidelines to qualify for Scholarships.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$38,163	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$18,555	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	The organization facilitated the distribution of medicine to a government referral hospital that serves 1/3 of the country, as well as 12 local clinics. 45,000 people benefitted. The organization facilitated distribution of emergency fortified rice meals to 26 ministry partners all over Liberia. 2,500 people benefitted.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$8,133	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$7,107	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	The organization distributed donated clean birth kits to 800 pregnant women, and paid for emergency treatment for 40 mothers in danger during birth. 840 people benefitted.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$8,133	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$7,107	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$263,492	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	2	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	4	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Candice E Summers	PersonNm
Phone	8172660990	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	43 Spring Creek Circle	AddressLine1Txt
City	Grand Prairie	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	75054	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
Andrew J Perkins
Founder and Board Chair	40	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$48,794	$0	$0
Candice Summers
Executive Director	40	0		Yes (X)		$48,600	$0	$0
Dan Baucum
Treasurer	5	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Darlene Hardy
Secretary	5	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Gracie Brownell-Vinton
Director	5	0	Yes (X)			$0	$0	$0
Rudolph Vinton
Director	5	0	Yes (X)			$0	$0	$0
Dr Lisa M Rainey
Director	5	0	Yes (X)			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$97,394	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (1)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$0	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$0	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$67,456	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$0	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$291,265	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$0	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$358,721	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$14	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$14	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$67,456	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$358,735	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$14	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$206,497	TotalAmt
Program Services	$206,497	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$97,394	TotalAmt
Program Services	$48,697	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$48,697	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,388	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,388	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,725	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,725	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$300	TotalAmt
Management And General	$300	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,805	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,805	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,728	TotalAmt
Management And General	$14,728	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,374	TotalAmt
Program Services	$374	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,914	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,924	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$2,990	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,211	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,211	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,000	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	State Compliance	Desc
Total	$450	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$450	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,931	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$10,931	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$371,717	TotalAmt
Program Services	$263,492	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$92,304	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,921	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,158	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,240	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$54,747	BOYAmt
EOY	$41,821	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$56,905	BOYAmt
EOY	$44,061	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,684	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,822	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,684	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,822	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,851	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,489	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$41,370	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,750	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$54,221	BOYAmt
EOY	$41,239	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$56,905	BOYAmt
EOY	$44,061	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$12,982	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$0	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense	$0	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$0	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$23,439,735	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,194,734	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,476,418	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$346,992	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$358,721	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$34,816,600	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$23,439,735	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,194,734	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,476,418	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$346,992	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$358,721	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$34,816,600	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$34,816,600	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$14	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$25	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$34,816,625	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	1.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	1	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grantmaking	Feeding Program	$153,991
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grantmaking	Educational Scholarships	$25,209
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grantmaking	Medical and Food Aid Distribution	$19,165
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grantmaking	Pregnancy Support	$8,131

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Spent	$206,496	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt
Sub-Saharan Africa	Provide daily food, emergency medical care, spiritual instruction, group educational activities, annual clothing and shoes to children in poverty in Liberia.	$153,991	wire	$0
Sub-Saharan Africa	Provide scholarships to elementary, high school, and university scholars by finding appropriate schools, meeting with administration to act on behalf of students, and monitoring the success of each student by collecting information and report cards.	$25,209	wire	$0
Sub-Saharan Africa	Distribute medicine and emergency food aid to those in need.	$19,165	wire	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	3	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule F, Part I, Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Receipts, written reports, inventories, photos of work completed, and site visits are all used to substantiate the work completed in West Africa. These are collected monthly, and if they are not received the grants do not continue.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	BESTWA Benefit Dinner	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$67,456	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$67,456	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$0	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Cash Prizes Event1	$0	CashPrizesEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$0	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$0	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$6,150	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$0	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$0	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$0	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Entertainment Other Events	$0	EntertainmentOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$67,456	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$67,456	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$0	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Cash Prizes Total Events	$0	CashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$0	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$0	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$6,150	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$0	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$0	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$6,150	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$6,150	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Payments For Use Of Residence	Yes (X)	PaymentsForUseOfResidenceInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Andrew J Perkins
Founder and Board Chair	$48,794	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$48,794	$0	$0	$0
Candice Summers
Executive Director	$48,600	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$48,600	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a	Andrew J Perkins is compensated $1,500 each year for use of space in his personal residence to store property of the organization. Candice Summers is compensated $1,500 each year for use of space in her personal residence to store records and property of the organization. The organization does not have an office.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 3	Organization has a dedicated compensation committee review other organizations 990s and put the compensation for a vote to the board of directors.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 3	Child Evangelism was moved from an outside contractor coming twice a year to an in-house team that conducts mentoring and discipleship activities with the children each day. New grade requirements added to University Scholarship program. More difficult requirements for entry into University Scholarship program. Trauma Healing Workshop training given to team that monitors the feeding program children daily.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	Program Service Expenses: 8,131, Grants and allocations: 0, Revenue: 0 The organization distributed donated clean birth kits to 800 pregnant women, and paid for emergency treatment for 40 mothers in danger during birth. 840 people benefitted.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2	Board members Rudolph and Gracie Vinton are married. Board Chair Andrew J Perkins is the father of Executive Director Candice E Summers
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	The organization reviews the 990 and votes to accept it prior to submission to the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	The organization enforces compliance by sending the conflict of interest policy via email to the board members annually, and discussing at board meetings.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15	The organization uses a compensation committee, reviews form 990 of other organizations, and an approval by the board to establish the compensation of current employees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to donors upon request.