BELONG CENTER INC: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization: BELONG CENTER INC (EIN 92-1995041)
Tax period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed: 2026-05-20
IRS object ID: 202631409349301123
Schema version: 2025v4.0
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2026-05-20T15:55:19-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JACOB LICHTER	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	317 S LITTLE TOR RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW CITY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10956	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2025-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	921995041	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BELONG CENTER	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BELO	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9176877352	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	67 WEST ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11222	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RADHA AGRAWAL	PersonNm
Person Title	CHAIR LEADER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9176877352	PhoneNum
Signature	2026-05-20	SignatureDt

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JACOB LICHTER	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00547333	PTIN
Phone	8452909701	PhoneNum
Preparation	2026-05-20	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

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

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	RADHA AGRAWAL	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	67 WEST ST SUITE 313	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11222	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,079,361	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Activity Or Mission	OUR MISSION IS TO END THE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC AND BUILD A CULTURE OF BELONGING. BELONG CENTER IS DEDICATED TO ERADICATING LONELINESS AND FOSTERING LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL FEELS VALUED AND CONNECTED IN THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	13	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,079,361	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,079,361	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$27,419	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
CY Other Expenses	$543,690	CYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$543,690	CYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$535,671	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$530,789	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,079,012	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$6,250	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$18,802	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$524,539	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,060,210	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	OUR MISSION IS TO END THE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC AND BUILD A CULTURE OF BELONGING. BELONG CENTER IS DEDICATED TO ERADICATING LONELINESS AND FOSTERING LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL FEELS VALUED AND CONNECTED IN THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$29,464	ExpenseAmt
Desc	OUR MISSION IS TO END THE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC AND BUILD A CULTURE OF BELONGING. BELONG CENTER IS DEDICATED TO ERADICATING LONELINESS AND FOSTERING LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL FEELS VALUED AND CONNECTED IN THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$29,464	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Governing Body Voting Members	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TIMOTHY PATCH	PersonNm
Phone	8885282677	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	67 WEST ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11222	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt
MIKE AGRAWAL
BOARD MEMBER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RADHA AGRAWAL
CHAIR LEADER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	20.00
ELI CLARK DAVIS
BOARD MEMBER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	5.00
PING FU
BOARD MEMBER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DR MARK HYMAN
BOARD MEMBER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DR DACHER KELTNER
BOARD MEMBER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
AINE KIMSEY
BOARD MEMBER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RANDELL MAYS
BOARD MEMBER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TIMOTHY PATCH
TREASURER AN	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	2.00
DR JAMES PAWELSKI
BOARD MEMBER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KARINE PLANDTADIT
BOARD MEMBER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LYNNE TWIST
BOARD MEMBER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVIS YARUS
BOARD MEMBER	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$1,079,361	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,079,361	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,079,361	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
PAYROLL	$184,589	$184,589
LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL	$108,770	$108,770
CONTRACTORS	$86,921	$86,921
ACCOUNTING	$35,754	$35,754

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$127,656	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,464	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$70,773	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$27,419	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$543,690	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,464	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$486,807	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$27,419	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$385,651	BOYAmt
EOY	$723,223	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,388	BOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$140,750	BOYAmt
EOY	$322,789	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$33,000	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$530,789	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,079,012	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,250	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,072	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$17,730	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,250	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,802	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	$524,539	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,060,210	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$524,539	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,060,210	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$530,789	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,079,012	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$535,671	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd

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	$1,079,361	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,079,361	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$1,079,361	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,079,361	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$1,079,361	PublicSupportTotal170Amt
Total Support	$1,079,361	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	1.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
ACCRUED EXPENSES	$15,000
CC	$2,730

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$17,730	TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	OUR MISSION IS TO END THE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC AND BUILD A CULTURE OF BELONGING. BELONG CENTER IS DEDICATED TO ERADICATING LONELINESS AND FOSTERING LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL FEELS VALUED AND CONNECTED IN THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24E	PROGRAM MANAGERS 25,956 0 0 RENT EXPENSE 0 21,504 0 OFFICE EXPENSE 0 15,012 0 CONSULTING 0 13,659 0 ADVERTISMENT & MARKETING 0 0 12,728 TRAVEL EXPENSE 0 0 11,814 SERVICE FEES 0 8,181 0 SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 5,117 0 CREATIVE DIRECTOR 3,052 0 0 MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT 0 2,045 0 SHIPPING & DELIVERY 0 2,042 0 FUNDRAISING 0 0 1,877 INSURANCE 0 1,439 0 DESIGNER 0 0 1,000 NATIONAL SOCIAL CONNECTIO 0 800 0 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 0 524 0 PRINTING 456 0 0 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 0 450 0 TOTAL 29,464 70,773 27,419