Bigger Conversation INC

Tax-deductible

Columbia, MD501(c)(3)Health CareEIN 27-4410893

On file with the IRSfacebook.com/search/top?q=bigger%20conversations10065 Windstream Dr Apt 2, 21044-2539 · Columbia, MDTax-exempt since May 2011Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Bigger Conversation, Inc. is dedicated to advancing healing and hopeful dialogue and service in society. The purpose of this dialogue is to build community, with an emphasis on conscious living and conscious dying. Bigger Conversation, Inc accomplishes this purpose by: 1. Sponsoring gatherings, classes, workshops and lectures, primarily in and around Columbia, Maryland; 2. Inviting and inspiring participation of all generations in the conversation, to promote collaboration and the creation of healing and hopeful dialogue, and to keep the old and wise conversations alive and expanding; 3. Initiating and supporting the education of participating individuals and community organizations with experiential, written, verbal, visual and on-line resources; 4. Encouraging the growth of life-affirming community programs. Our work currently is focused on the areas of: care for the caregivers, conscious aging, death and dying, and healing practices.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 4 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2023 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2023
latest Form 990-EZ
Fine: the latest return is for FY2023, 3 tax years back; within 3 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $1K a year · 220% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
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Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
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Revenue
$0
Net assets
$4K
By yearFY2020–FY2023
Revenue
$0
FY2023
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$205
FY2021$754
FY2022$0
FY2023$0
Expenses
—
FY2023
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3K
FY2021$395
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
Net assets
$4K
FY20230%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4K
FY2021$4K
FY2022$4K
FY2023$4K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023. IRS ruling in May 2011.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Board Member
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Executive Director
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Board Vice-President
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Board Secretary
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Programs and updates

Fosters healing dialogue and community through intergenerational gatherings, classes, and workshops.

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Caregiver Wellness Circles (cwc) Classes for Family Caregivers

Caregiver Wellness Circles were created by Bigger Conversation in 2012 to fill a gap we identified in support for family caregivers. The number of caregivers in Howard County and across the nation continues to grow (currently estimated at 56,000 in Howard County alone), along with the challenges they face as they adjust their lives to…

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Comfort Touch Classes

During 2018, Bigger Conversation conducted one 11-hour Comfort Touch classes, training hospice volunteers and staff. Comfort Touch, created by Bigger Conversation, is a simple, hands-on technique designed especially for hospice patients, elders and others who would benefit from gentle and compassionate touch.

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We have created a roster of classes we offer to the public on topics of caring for caregivers, death and dying and conscious living. Some of these classes are approved for continuing education credits for certain health care professions. These classes were suspended for the pandemic and we hope to resume these offerings in 2023.

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By the numbers

The FY2023 990-EZ, line by line.

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Money in
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Owns and owes
$4K
net assets
Liabilities$0
People
4
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Paid0
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Revenue in detail
Total revenue$0
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$0
Net assets$4K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers4
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Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2023 Latest Viewing $0$4K 990 PDF
FY2022 $0$4K 990 PDF
FY2021 $754$395$359$4K 990 PDF
FY2020 $205$3K−$2K$4K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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