2024-03-01T16:07:22-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 452128932 MEMORY TREES CORPORATION MEMO 5612908833 6742 Forest Hill Blvd Ste 257 West Palm Beach FL 33413 Rudi Bester Treasurer 5612908833 2024-02-23 Rudi Bester 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Debbie L Bester 6742 Forest Hill Blvd Ste 257 West Palm Beach FL 33413 203261 0 X www.memorytrees.co X 2011 FL Memory Trees is a No Poverty community development and impact investment corporation focused on a mission of Giving Back Life In Abundance. 10 8 0 12 0 0 72273 152539 128839 0 2257 0 24537 35317 227906 187856 32938 86432 0 0 59125 26075 0 0 0 33325 7735 125388 120242 102518 67614 255549 321180 7073 290 248476 320890 X Giving Back Life in Abundance 0 1 42217 55000 55000 Junior Creators is an ongoing year-round creative life skills and problem-solving program that offers hands-on learning in after-school settings with a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math-based STEAM curriculum. 39329 5000 50819 No Poverty is an entrepreneurial job-creation program for artisans and artists that offers people a path out of poverty. 30961 15395 17219 Arts Alive Arte Vivo supports and promotes local artisans and artists by creating markets for the products and artworks. 0 0 0 112507 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 FL X X Rudi Bester 5612908833 6742 Forest Hill Blvd Ste 257 West Palm Beach FL 33413 Debbie Bester Executive Director 40 0 X 11000 0 0 Dr Venky Gopalaswamy Board Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Greg Free Board Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Monclaude Nestor Board Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 David Frost Board Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Julio Gonzalez Board Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Dr Susana Perez Diaz Board Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Fran Marcolongo Board Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Shahin Nazarian-Nik Board Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Rudi Bester Director, Treasurer 40 0 X 0 0 0 11000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15395 137144 0 152539 0 0 0 0 0 0 50722 15405 35317 35317 0 0 0 187856 35317 0 0 81432 81432 0 0 5000 5000 0 0 9350 9350 0 16000 16000 725 725 301 301 0 7434 7434 0 120242 112507 7735 0 98132 70088 0 0 0 0 312 12112 0 0 0 0 0 0 32652 94533 0 0 95180 132447 0 0 0 29273 12000 255549 321180 5436 290 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1637 7073 290 X 0 0 0 0 248476 320890 248476 320890 255549 321180 67614 4800 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 65417 77798 49255 72273 152540 417283 0 0 103759 173505 50722 327986 0 65417 77798 153014 245778 203262 745269 745269 4590 0 1054 2257 7901 4590 0 1054 2257 0 7901 70007 77798 154068 248035 203262 753170 0.98951 0.98731 0.01049 0.01269 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 X X X X 0 Schedule D, Part III, Line 1 Memory Trees is a custodian for a collection of museum-style framed, oil on canvas portraits of the first 39 Presidents of the United States by American portrait artist, Lawrence Williams, and an oil painting entitled Commemoration of the Signing of the 1776 Constitution of the United States by artist Debbie Bester, autographed by President Donald J Trump. These artworks are publicly displayed and available for the public to view, for free and without any entry fee to enter the permanent exhibit. Schedule D, Part III, Line 4 As part of its No Poverty purpose, the organization offers an ongoing Arts Alive Arte Vivo program in support of local and emerging artisans and artists. Our permanent exhibition attracts tourists and visitors to the organization's charitable gift shop where visitors can purchase products that were created or manufactured by the local and emerging artists that the exempt organization supports. 0 0 1 Schedule M, Part I, Line 32b No Poverty program fundraising expenses Schedule M, Part I, Line 33 Donor pledges are recorded as sales during the tax period received. During FY2023 there were no donor pledges received that were solicited by 3rd parties. Form 990, Part III, Line 3 During 2023 the Corporation ended delivery of its geographically local after-school education programs, Junior Creators and STEAM Academy. Starting 2024, Memory Trees will focus on allocating capital to global programs that directly impact greater numbers of agencies and beneficiaries, and allow and facilitate the direct allocation of capital by donors to global charitable organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 The Corporation's managers include Executive Director Debbie L Bester and Treasurer Rudolph C Bester, who are married. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Email Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Verbally or via email Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Via IRS, Florida State and Guidestar websites