2023-10-31T00:33:05-07:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-01 813143615 BRICKS TO BREAD INTERNATIONAL BRIC 6124195421 3870 YOSEMITE AVENUE SOUTH SAINT LOUIS PARK MN 55416 Nancy Alvarado President 6124195421 2023-10-19 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Nancy F Alvarado 3870 Yosemite Ave S St Louis Park MN 55416 225982 0 X WWW.BRICKSTOBREAD.ORG X 2016 MN Bricks to Bread International is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization whose primary exempt purpose is to alleviate poverty and build global leaders. We help build brick ovens for Costa Rican families seeking a sustainable source of income. Bricks to Bread assists and mentors families in the construction and maintenance of their own oven and offers training and assistance in developing a solid business plan to sell fresh baked goods to their community. Brick ovens not only help provide a family with a sustainable income, but they also bring communities together. The ovens become a focal point in the community, become a gathering place for community events, and bring people together. Bricks to Bread accomplishes all of this through donations, partnerships, volunteer trip opportunities and baking bread together. 4 4 0 154 0 0 105834 206680 5777 18816 117 63 225 423 111953 225982 0 8581 0 0 0 0 0 0 14935 46917 138869 46917 147450 65036 78532 193049 282980 13782 25181 179267 257799 Bricks to Bread International is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization whose primary exempt purpose is to alleviate poverty and build global leaders. We help build brick ovens for Costa Rican families seeking a sustainable source of income. Bricks to Bread assists and mentors families in the construction and maintenance of their own oven and offers training and assistance in developing a solid business plan to sell fresh baked goods to their community. Brick ovens not only help provide a family with a sustainable income, but they also bring communities together. The ovens become a focal point in the community, become a gathering place for community events, and bring people together. Bricks to Bread accomplishes all of this through donations, partnerships, volunteer trip opportunities and baking bread together. 0 0 108899 0 15532 Rural Economic Development. 2,500 new lives touched by our programs. 6,350 members of our oven project communities received our ongoing support. 2 Households broke the poverty cycle barrier, achieving new financial security owning their own business during 2022. Our brick ovens are built for women seeking a sustainable source of income to support their families. They demonstrate an aptitude and desire to manage, maintain, and run a successful business. Furthermore, rural Costa Rican communities rarely have access to fresh baked goods, many in food desert areas where the sources are limited. Breads from our ovens offer a sustainable, fresh option for the community. Our oven program provides needed resources for the whole community, giving families the opportunity to live better lives and give back to their communities. Each oven project includes the construction of a new brick oven, a processing and packaging facility and seed funding for training, business development and start-up costs. During 2022, we worked within 23 different communities throughout Costa Rica and Honduras, empowering 93 women to overcome adversity and achieving financial security. During 2022, we added twelve new families to our brick oven community, empowering each family to move from living under the national extreme poverty level of $155 a month to earning over $600 a month (the national average income for rural communities). During 2022, we invested an additional $2,300 by hosting our first annual Empowering Women Entrepreneurs conference where 12 women entrepreneurs joined us for a 3 day conference of education, team building and information sharing. 14081 8581 13886 Global Leadership 40 Youth Volunteers engaged in different community driven initiatives. Three of these experiences included volunteer trip experiences, impacting the lives of 12 local volunteers, and 7 in-country volunteers. These trips promote world peace, expand worldview, foster cross-cultural understanding, and inspire servant leadership. We offer a unique service learning opportunity for volunteers interested in sharing their gifts and talents through our Volunteer Trip Experiences. Our 7-11 day excursions cultivate a life changing cultural exchange between recipients and volunteers, build meaningful relationships and provide opportunities that expand worldview, foster cross-cultural understanding, and inspire servant leadership. 5578 0 6963 Community Engagement: Our community events are centered around the warmth of a community bread oven. During 2022, we offered 23 baking events, reaching over 780 local families who participated in our mission through our baking events. We offer volunteer experiences and sell baked goods throughout the region. Our oven events demonstrate just how our oven recipients in rural Costa Rica change lives with a brick and a loaf. 0 0 0 128558 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 CS 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MN X X Nancy F Alvarado 6124195421 3870 Yosemite Ave S St Louis Park MN 55416 X Nancy F Alvarado President of the Board 25 0 X 0 0 0 Ana Grace Alvarado Vice President of the Board 5 0 X 0 0 0 Sara Kietzmann Treasurer of the Board 1 0 X 0 0 0 Josephine Kietzmann Secretary of the Board 1 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47499 0 0 159181 435 206680 Bakery Sales 900099 6585 6585 0 0 Trip Fees 900099 12231 12231 0 0 0 0 0 0 18816 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47499 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Credit Card Rewards 900099 423 423 0 0 0 0 0 0 423 225982 19302 0 0 X 0 0 8581 8581 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46758 36758 0 10000 5824 4858 0 966 4561 1823 65 2673 3957 1263 1436 1258 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39190 39190 0 0 0 0 0 0 216 107 71 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3884 3884 0 0 505 505 0 0 Construction Supplies 27984 27984 0 0 Baking Supplies 3506 3506 0 0 Bank Fees 1957 0 1957 0 Fees and Registrations 527 99 428 0 0 0 0 0 147450 128558 3957 14935 125918 150749 50856 90836 0 0 3482 20400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1463 13550 19423 11978 11330 7445 193049 282980 8827 18931 4955 6250 13782 25181 X 12502 61582 166765 196217 179267 257799 193049 282980 78532 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 20646 64961 47483 107785 158772 399647 21820 18089 8108 5777 19223 73017 42466 83050 55591 113562 177995 472664 3759 298 576 4633 0 3759 0 298 576 4633 468031 169 503 427 117 63 1279 169 503 427 117 63 1279 9889 11978 8979 225 424 31495 52524 95531 64997 113904 178482 505438 0.92599 0.89910 0.00253 0.00348 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 Credit Card Rewards RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19423 0 11978 7445 0 0 0 0 7445 Schedule D, Part IV, Line 1d Vehicle Ambassador Event 25667 25667 0 0 0 0 0 0 1106 Oktoberfiesta Event 21832 21832 0 0 0 0 0 0 1831 0 47499 47499 0 0 0 0 0 0 2937 2937 -2937 Schedule G, Part II, Line 9 Office supplies, printing and travel expenses. 1 Youth scholarship 3 8581 Actual Cost All youth scholarship grants are used to cover trip fees and are not directly distributed to the grantees but are used to cover their volunteer trip experience fees. Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Youth scholarship grants are awarded to youth volunteers who volunteer during one of our volunteer trip experiences. The awards are granted to individuals who demonstrate the desire to serve and the need for financial assistance. All youth scholarship grants are used to cover trip fees and are not directly distributed to the grantees but are used to cover their volunteer trip experience fees. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Ana Grace Alvarado is daughter of Nancy F Alvarado. Josie Kietzmann is daughter of Sara Kietzmann Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Draft of Form 990 is sent to governing body for review and approval. Once draft document is approved, the form 990 is filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All members of the governing body fill out a conflict of interest statement at the beginning of each fiscal year. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 All compensation related expenses are discussed and aproved by the governing body prior to offering such compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Bricks to Bread offers its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public if requested. During the fiscal year, no individual outside of our governing body requested any documentation. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g $10,000 consutling service for marketing and communcations consultant. $31,252 consulting service for in country coordinators and $1,517 in country coordinator benefits. $2,740 construction contractor fees, $1,250 videographer fees. As the president of this volunteer run non profit organization it was my full intention to file an extension in March, which would allow us time to complete our 990 report on time. Unfortunately, late February I contracted a dangerous and very painful infection (corneal ulcer) in my right eye, resulting in temporary vision loss. After an emergency return home, multiple attempts to kill the infection and a slow recovery period, I was finally able to regain my vision, with limited permanent damage. WIth all that was going on and after the healing process, I honestly thought I had filed the extension and I was planning on submitting by November, after our busy summer and fall fundraising periods. As a volunteer run organization, we work very hard to raise the valuable funds needed to support our mission. I do realize this was a significant error on my behalf and I am very concerned for the hardship I might cause the organization if we are charged a penalty fee and finance charges resulting in the late filing. Please consider this a reasonable and acceptable cause for our late filing.