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BEST FAMILY MINISTRIES

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $141K · expenses $141K · assets $14K

EIN
47-2235344
Address
1945 STRAWBERRY LN, HOOVER, AL 35244-8241
Website
BESTFAMILYRWANDA.ORG
NTEE code
X11
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2015
Cross-check
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Mission

To support, equip, and mobilize the ministry of Best Family Rwanda through advocacy, sharing of resources, and training.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 7 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

7 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Blake Allen PRESIDENT2017-2024 15 $0 reported 1
Lindsay Allen DIRECTOR2021-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Carla Decoskey (former) DIRECTOR2017-2023 5 $0 reported 1
Cindi Latch (former) DIRECTOR2021 0 $0 reported 1
Kim Berkebile (former) DIRECTOR2017-2020 0 $0 reported 1
David Kim (former) DIRECTOR2017-2020 0 $0 reported 1
Lindsey Allen (former) DIRECTOR2017-2020 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BLAKE ALLEN PRESIDENT15 $0-$0 $01
LINDSAY ALLEN DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BLAKE ALLEN PRESIDENT20 $0-$0 $01
LINDSAY ALLEN DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
CARLA DECOSKEY DIRECTOR5 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BLAKE ALLEN PRESIDENT5 $0-$0 $01
LINDSAY ALLEN DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
CARLA DECOSKEY DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BLAKE ALLEN PRESIDENT5 $0-$0 $01
LINDSAY ALLEN DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
CARLA DECOSKEY DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
CINDI LATCH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BLAKE ALLEN PRESIDENT5 $0-- $01
KIM BERKEBILE DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CARLA DECOSKEY DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
DAVID KIM DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
LINDSEY ALLEN DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2019 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BLAKE ALLEN PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
KIM BERKEBILE DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CARLA DECOSKEY DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
DAVID KIM DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
LINDSEY ALLEN DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2018 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BLAKE ALLEN PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
KIM BERKEBILE DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CARLA DECOSKEY DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
DAVID KIM DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
LINDSEY ALLEN DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2017 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BLAKE ALLEN PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
KIM BERKEBILE DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CARLA DECOSKEY DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
DAVID KIM DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
LINDSEY ALLEN DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$141,409$141,409 $13,770$13,770 $141,409$0 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$135,687$124,385 $13,892$13,892 $135,687$0 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$150,733$148,570 $2,590$2,590 $150,733$0 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$122,722$140,096 $427$427 $122,722$0 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$126,714$125,864 $17,799$17,799 $126,714- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$110,526$110,570 $16,949$16,949 $110,526- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$100,215$99,202 $16,993$16,993 $100,215- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$88,104$97,014 $15,981$15,981 $88,104- ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $895,501 in all, tax years 2016 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
PURE INC DAF sponsor Exact 2016-2024 9$895,480 2024$134,806
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BEST FAMILY MINISTRIES” 2020-2021, 2023 3$21 2023$11
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JOHN C KISH FOUNDATION Private foundation$160,0001 12019–2019 APOSTOLIC GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $141,409 spent · pay $0 · grants $141,409 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $141,409 100.0%
Total$141,409100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $124,385 spent · pay $0 · grants $124,385 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $124,385 100.0%
Total$124,385100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $148,570 spent · pay $0 · grants $144,970 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $144,970 97.6%
Fees to independent contractors $3,600 2.4%
Total$148,570100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $140,096 spent · pay $0 · grants $136,496 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $136,496 97.4%
Fees to independent contractors $3,600 2.6%
Total$140,096100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $125,864 spent · pay $0 · grants $121,189 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $121,189 96.3%
Fees to independent contractors $3,600 2.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,075 0.9%
Total$125,864100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $110,570 spent · pay $0 · grants $107,998 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $107,998 97.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,572 2.3%
Total$110,570100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $99,202 spent · pay $0 · grants $96,211 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $96,211 97.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,268 2.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $723 0.7%
Total$99,202100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $97,014 spent · pay $0 · grants $95,553 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $95,553 98.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,311 1.4%
Fees to independent contractors $150 0.2%
Total$97,014100%

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