OPERATION SHOESTRING INC: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: OPERATION SHOESTRING INC (EIN 64-0471554)
Tax period: 2023-08-01 to 2024-07-31
Filed: 2025-01-29
IRS object ID: 202540299349300409
Schema version: 2023v6.0
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 D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-01-29T09:24:08-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-07-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	640897081	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MATTHEWS CUTRER & LINDSAY PA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1020 HIGHLAND COLONY PKWY 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	RIDGELAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	39157	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-08-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	640471554	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	OPERATION SHOESTRING INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	OPER	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6013536336	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 11223	AddressLine1Txt
City	JACKSON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	392831223	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DEIDRA BELL	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6013536336	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-01-24	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

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

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	CHARLES R LINDSAY CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00294610	PTIN
Phone	6018988875	PhoneNum
Preparation	2025-01-24	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ROBERT LANGFORD	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 11223	AddressLine1Txt
City	JACKSON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	392831223	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,753,950	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.OPERATIONSHOESTRING.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1968	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MS	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	OPERATION SHOESTRING EXISTS TO INVEST IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	16	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	16	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	49	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	265	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,257,134	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,634,207	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$30,000	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$25,645	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$27,059	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$73,947	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$262	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,314,193	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,734,061	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$301,205	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,194,141	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,345,135	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$224,623	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$949,278	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$957,087	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,143,419	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,603,427	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$829,226	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,130,634	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$5,816,914	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$7,278,908	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$69,116	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$382,912	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$5,747,798	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$6,895,996	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO INVEST IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND FAITHFULLY EXTEND THE HAND OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY TO EMPOWER THE NEEDY, UPLIFT OUR TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE LARGER COMMUNITY, AND BRIGHTEN THE FUTURE FOR US ALL.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,098,591	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$301,205	GrantAmt
Revenue	$25,907	RevenueAmt
Desc	PROJECT RISE AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAM:OPERATION SHOESTRING'S PROJECT RISE AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAM PROVIDED ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL, ARTISTIC, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR 169 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 5TH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR, AND FOR 168 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 7TH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE SUMMER TERM. THE VAST MAJORITY OF PROJECT RISE'S STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED AT WALTON AND GALLOWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WITH THE OTHERS LARGELY ENROLLED IN OTHER JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS' LANIER HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERN SCHOOLS. INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS SHOW THAT OUR WORK HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OUR PROGRAM.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$173,103	ExpenseAmt
Desc	PARENT AND FAMILY INITIATIVES:SHOESTRING'S PARENT AND FAMILY INITIATIVES INCLUDED WORKSHOPS DESIGNED TO HELP THE 133 HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR 2023-2024 PROGRAMMING DEVELOP TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT CAN BEST HELP THEIR FAMILIES REALIZE THEIR OWN SELF-DETERMINED POTENTIAL AND ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. OUR WORKSHOPS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON STRESS MANAGEMENT, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND ADVOCACY. THESE TOPICS ARE DETERMINED BY SELF-DESCRIBED NEEDS OF PARTICIPATING PARENTS. WE ALSO PROVIDED LIMITED RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF FAMILIES IN CRISIS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$143,438	ExpenseAmt
Desc	MISSISSIPPI STATEWIDE AFTERSCHOOL NETWORK:OPERATION SHOESTRING (OS) SERVED AS THE FISCAL AGENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ORGANIZATION FOR THE MS STATEWIDE AFTERSCHOOL NETWORK (MSAN), AN INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON CREATING MORE HIGH-QUALITY AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS IN MISSISSIPPI. MSAN'S INITIAL WORK INCLUDED CREATING QUALITY STANDARDS AND PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING FOR SCHOOL- AND COMMUNITY-BASED AFTERSCHOOL PROVIDERS. IN 2023, OS DETERMINED THAT MSAN NEEDED TO BECOME ITS OWN ORGANIZATION FOR BOTH OS AND MSAN TO FULFILL THEIR RESPECTIVE MISSIONS MOST EFFECTIVELY AND TO AVOID ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH FUNDERS OF OS'S WORK THAT HAD RECEIVED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM MSAN ABOUT THEIR PUBLIC GRANT PROGRAMS. IN THE SPRING OF 2024, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI BECAME MSAN'S FISCAL AGENT.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$487,961	ExpenseAmt
Desc	COMMUNITY OUTREACH:OPERATION SHOESTRING DEPENDS ON PARTNERSHIPS WITH PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY TO OFFER RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE, INCLUDING THOSE FOCUSED ON MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, NUTRITION, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND MORE. OUR WORK THIS PAST YEAR INVOLVED 265 VOLUNTEERS AND 32 ORGANIZATIONS.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$487,961	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,903,093	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	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	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	37	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	49	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
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
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	16	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	16	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	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	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ORGANIZATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6013536336	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 11223	AddressLine1Txt
City	JACKSON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	392831223	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
ALICIA NETTERVILLE
PRESIDENT AS OF 1/1/2024	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ALISHA REDD
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DEIDRA BELL
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DEMONDES HAYNES
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DOUG BOONE
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
FRANK LENIOR
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEFF STANCILL
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KATIE BROWNING
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KATINA PACE
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL WALKER
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NANCY SMITH
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAHEADRA ROBINSON
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PHIL EIDE
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RICKEY JONES
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SHERRY RAINEY
PRESIDENT THRU 12/23 AND CURRENT BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
VON GORDON
VICE-PRESIDENT	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT LANGFORD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$150,889	$0	$12,318

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$150,889	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$12,318	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$207,599	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$3,426,608	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$18,694	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$3,634,207	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	RENTAL INCOME	Desc
Business	531390	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$25,645	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$25,645	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$25,645	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$71,027	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$71,027	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$22,809	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$19,882	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$7	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,927	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$7	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,920	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,920	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$262	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$262	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$262	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,734,061	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$25,907	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$73,947	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$301,205	TotalAmt
Program Services	$301,205	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$158,813	TotalAmt
Program Services	$110,660	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$32,291	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,862	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,002,305	TotalAmt
Program Services	$698,401	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$203,795	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$100,109	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,612	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,682	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,830	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,100	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$69,284	TotalAmt
Program Services	$44,708	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,865	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,711	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$90,121	TotalAmt
Program Services	$65,946	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,260	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,915	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$109,507	TotalAmt
Program Services	$39,450	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$70,057	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,215	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,215	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$242,901	TotalAmt
Program Services	$202,726	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,865	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$29,310	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$50	TotalAmt
Program Services	$50	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$79,150	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,751	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$31,702	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$22,697	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$113,970	TotalAmt
Program Services	$82,053	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$31,259	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$658	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,055	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,314	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,136	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$605	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$164,717	TotalAmt
Program Services	$140,009	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$24,708	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$47,170	TotalAmt
Program Services	$37,525	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,645	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
C & Y PROGRAMS	$86,764	$73,449	$314	$13,001
PROGRAM SUPPLIES	$82,520	$54,551	$15,888	$12,081
EVENTS	$9,704	$1,613	$517	$7,574
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION	$3,364		$3,364

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,603,427	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,903,093	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$475,711	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$224,623	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,058,208	BOYAmt
EOY	$872,858	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$504,938	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,958,259	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$344,237	BOYAmt
EOY	$338,878	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$37,723	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,299	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$4,751,680	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$993,816	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,558,434	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,757,864	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$305,523	BOYAmt
EOY	$331,899	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,851	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,851	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,816,914	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,278,908	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$69,116	BOYAmt
EOY	$382,912	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$69,116	BOYAmt
EOY	$382,912	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	$4,853,058	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,304,218	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$894,740	BOYAmt
EOY	$591,778	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,747,798	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,895,996	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,816,914	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,278,908	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,130,634	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$17,564	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
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	$2,070,792	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,551,677	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,283,164	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,257,134	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,634,207	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$10,796,974	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,070,792	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,551,677	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,283,164	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,257,134	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,634,207	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$10,796,974	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,178,528	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$8,618,446	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$14,702	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$41,419	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,245	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$24,828	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$71,027	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$157,221	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$262	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$262	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$10,954,457	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$146,739	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.78680	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.76500	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	OTHER - 2023 AMOUNT: $ 262.	ExplanationTxt

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$150,798	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$150,798	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,343,456	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$783,111	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$3,560,345	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$9,900	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,430	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$8,470	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$188,154	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$176,084	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$12,070	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$59,372	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$33,191	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$26,181	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$3,757,864	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,867,975	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$17,564	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$119,565	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$137,129	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$3,730,846	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$3,215	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$3,215	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$3,734,061	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,719,777	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$119,565	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$119,565	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,600,212	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$3,215	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$3,215	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,603,427	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	0	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	119 S PRESIDENT STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	JACKSON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	39201	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRC Section	501C3	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$301,205	CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance	$0	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Purpose Of Grant	TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF OPERATION SHOESTRING.	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ROBERT LANGFORD	PersonNm
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$150,889	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$6,241	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$6,077	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$163,207	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	A DRAFT OF FORM 990 IS SENT TO THE FINANCIAL/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS. FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARISE FROM THE COMMITTEE OR BOARD MEMBERS ARE ANSWERED AND/OR CLEARED PRIOR THE FILING OF THE RETURN WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES ANNUALLY. IT IS REVISED AND ANY NECESSARY DISCLOSURES ARE MADE ANNUALLY. ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT ARISES IS RESOLVED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND/OR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WILL BE RECORDED IN THE OFFICIAL BOARD MINUTES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS SET BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED ON THE COMPENSATION OF OTHERS IN SIMILAR POSITIONS AT SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	OPERATION SHOESTRING MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
PART XII LINE 2C - PROCESS OF COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT OF THE FIN STMT AUDIT	THE AUDITOR MEETS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAKING A FULL PRESENTATION AT THE COMPLETION OF THE AUDIT FOR THE YEAR ANSWERING ANY OF THE BOARD'S QUESTIONS. THE AUDITOR WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DURING THE YEAR SHOULD ANY CONCERNS ARISE.