The mission of Mighty Moms is to nurture hungry children to success.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$47K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $39K a year · 16% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$47K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $55K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$399K
+199% vs prior year
Spent
$244K
To programs
95%
Net assets
$243K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$399K
FY2023▲ +199%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$135K
FY2021$191K
FY2022$133K
FY2023$399K
FY2024$349K
Expenses
$244K
FY2023▲ +13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$151K
FY2021$136K
FY2022$217K
FY2023$244K
FY2024$261K
Net assets
$243K
FY2023▲ +175%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$79K
FY2021$133K
FY2022$88K
FY2023$243K
FY2024$330K

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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2011.

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Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $231K Management & general 5% · $13K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $47K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$23,438Pt VII · Sec A
$23,438Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dawn Birdsong’s $31K as Executive Dir. is at the 19th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dawn Birdsong$31,300$23,438$21,600$18,900$17,115
Beth McCormick$28,092$23,438$21,600——
Beth Clark———$18,900$17,008

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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2 programs · $231K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

The Full Tummy Program was established to fight childhood hunger one full tummy at a time. At the end of each week, Mighty Moms distributes bags of food to schools for children who only receive a nourishing meal from the school cafeteria.

$180Kprogram expense
02

The Feeding Young Minds Program provides monthly family meal kits that feed the minds, bodies, and family culture of food insecure children in Livingston Parish. Family meal kits include the ingredients for four family meals, including the recipe, links to How-To videos, and even some ideas to enrich family meal times.

$51Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$55K
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$399K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$386K
Other incomeLn 4–11$12K
Investment incomeLn 3$571
Money outPt IX
$244K
Ln 25
Programscol B$231K
Managementcol C$13K
Owns and owesPt X
$243K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$93K
Total assetsLn 16$246K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$386K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$48K
Investment incomeLn 3$571
Other incomeLn 4–11$12K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$10K
Total revenueLn 12$399K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$54K
SavingsLn 2$39K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$93K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$131K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$246K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
Net assetsLn 32$243K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 6155
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$41K$93K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$48K$131K
Total assetsLn 16$94K$246K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K$3K
Net assetsLn 32$88K$243K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2K$2K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$47K$38K$8K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$4K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$14K$12K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$2K$2K$400
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$4K$3K$856
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$161K$160K$540
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$244K$231K$13K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $349K$261K$88K$330K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $399K$244K$155K$243K 990 PDF
FY2022 $133K$217K−$84K$88K 990 PDF
FY2021 $191K$136K$54K$133K 990 PDF
FY2020 $135K$151K−$17K$79K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $398,700 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $93,797$386,277
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $13,323−$9,429
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $26,048$21,852
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $133,168$398,700
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,123$2,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $46,504$52,115
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $169,346$190,030
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $216,973$244,145
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$83,805$154,555
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $398,700 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$386,277
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$47,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$386,277
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $571$571
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$10,000−$10,000
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$21,852
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission −$10,000 · Excluded from tax $571$398,700
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $244,145 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,000$2,000
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $38,438 · Management $8,438$46,876
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,191 · Management $1,048$5,239
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $8,785$8,785
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,915 · Management $2,103$14,018
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,600 · Management $400$2,000
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,423 · Management $856$4,279
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $160,408 · Management $540$160,948
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $230,760 · Management $13,385 · Fundraising $0$244,145
Part X · Balance sheet $245,949 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $41,008$53,571
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $91$38,945
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $5,000$22,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $47,606$131,433
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $93,705$245,949
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $5,483$2,003
X-25 Other liabilities$1,169
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,483$3,172
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $88,222$242,777
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $93,705$245,949
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $242,777 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$398,700
XI-2 Total expenses$244,145
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$154,555
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$88,222
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$242,777

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