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BE KIND NOW INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2023

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Organization
BE KIND NOW INC (EIN 85-2715658)
Tax period
2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed
2024-05-15
IRS object ID
202421369349201702
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 ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2024-05-15T02:46:23-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2023-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990EZReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2023-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN852715658EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name Line1BE KIND NOW INCBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Business Name ControlBEKIBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone6173041019PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line119 Opal DriveAddressLine1Txt
CityRobbinsvilleCityNm
State AbbreviationNJStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP08691ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

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PersonAkshita NaikPersonNm
Person TitleTreasurerPersonTitleTxt
Phone6173041019PhoneNum
Signature2024-05-14SignatureDt

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IRS Responsible Prty Info CurrYes (1)IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2023TaxYr
Build TS2023-04-26 12:10:37ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Addresshttp://bekindjoyofgiving.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts$36,199GrossReceiptsAmt
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Membership Dues$0MembershipDuesAmt
Investment Income$0InvestmentIncomeAmt
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Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint$0OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage$0PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total$14,064OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses$29,424TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year$6,775ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt PurposeThe mission is to promote kindness through the joy of giving. Be Kind Now Inc. intends to bring like-minded people together for charitable initiatives to create lasting change in their lives and communities, by fighting deprivation of basic needs like food, shelter, clothing, education etc.PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (4 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxtGrants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocationsAmtProgram Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
NJ Hunger Project - For a second year in a row, Be Kind partnered with another nonprofit One Project to help fight food insecurity in our local communities. Over 1000 volunteers came together on July 15, 2023, and packed 101,418 meals to be distributed through Mercer Street Friends to other food pantries in the area.$12,360$14,560
Thanksgiving Drive -Be Kind collected donations from Oct 25th to Nov 10th, 2023, and on Nov 11, 2023, with the help of kid and adult volunteers packed 250 Thanksgiving baskets and then donated extra supplies to the Robbinsville Food Pantry at the Vincent J. Calcagno Robbinsville Senior Center. Thanks to the volunteers for their donations of canned & nonperishables, funds & time to help make Thanksgiving baskets full of supplies enough for a family with everything except the turkey in each bag. Volunteers from NJ Rise Food Pantry picked up 250 Thanksgiving meal bags packed by our Be Kind volunteers and distributed Thanksgiving meals (including the ones from BeKind) with a turkey to 1313 families in need.$0$4,260
Meal Packing Event - On Feb 25, 2023, Be Kind along with 120 volunteers, packaged 10,000 meals and collaborated with local food banks to distribute them to the food insecure. Thanks to our donors for their generous contributions and to The Outreach Program for supporting us with the supplies and giving us this opportunity to support the food insecure in our local area.$0$3,800
Other Project accomplishments include: (1) Our Annual Winter Coat drive where we collect gently used Winter gear and collaborate with Sandros Coat rack to donate them in Trenton, (2) Israel and Gaza Hunger Relief where we donated to World Central kitchen, to help fight food insecurity resulting from the conflict, (3) Blanket Day event where families come together to make no sew blankets which go to kids, (4) Backpack/School Supplies and Laptop Drive where we donated school supplies and funds for the same as well as collected 6 gently used Laptops which we reformatted and donated to teens in Anchor house who needed them, (5)Grant to Community Lunch Program & helping local families in need.$3,000$6,804
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses$29,424TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (5 entries)

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Umang Naik
President4$0$0$0
Cynthia L Schwab-Rosen
Vice President20$0$0$0
Akshita Naik
Treasurer8$0$0$0
Johan Glozman
Vice President1$0$0$0
Tina Karkera
Secretary20.00$0$0$0
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Phone6173041019PhoneNum
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Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
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Community TrustYes (X)CommunityTrustInd

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Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

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Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

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Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10(1) One Project - to share 50% of Costs and Donations received for NJ Hunger project = $12,360;(2) World Central Kitchen to help fight food insecurity during Israel-Gaza conflicts = $2,500; (3) Gregory School - for School Supplies = $500. Total $15,360.
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16Description;Amount^Supplies and Materials;13030|Insurance;967|Bank Fees and Service Charges;36|Corporate Expenses;31^Total;14064^

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