2025-03-03T13:27:58-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 992791855 BAREFOOT BABY FOUNDATION BARE 8285599131 44 Depot Street Marion NC 28752 Matthew Hughes Treasurer 8285599131 2025-03-03 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X www.barefootbabyfoundation.org X X 22231 X 22231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22231 0 0 0 1350 0 592 12046 13988 8243 0 0 8243 X 0 22231 0 0 0 0 0 22231 0 13988 0 8243 See Attached Schedule O See Attached Schedule O 0 0 0 Matthew Hughes Treasurer 2 0 0 0 Alyssa Hughes Secretary 2 0 0 0 Jennifer Ames Vice Chair 2 0 0 0 Jordan Laney Head Chair 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC Matthew hughes 44 Depot Street Marion NC 28752 8285599131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 0 0 0 0 22231 22231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22231 22231 22231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22231 0 1 0 X See attached Schedule O Schedule A, Part I, Line 1 See Attached Schedule O Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 See Attached Schedule O Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 See Attached Schedule O Schedule B, Part I Purpose of Events/Projects: To bring families and children together outside to enjoy nature and create lasting memories. Event: Family Day at the Greenway Event Description: Location Marion, NC Greenway. While families walked the greenway Barefoot Baby Foundation setup a station where the family could stop, get refreshments and participate in time old classic events such as, tug of war, sack races, egg race, water balloon toss. They also were able to create nature inspired crafts and paintings. Event Cost: 618.49 Event: Fiscal Sponsorship - "Mountain Made" Purpose: Providing a tax exemption for donations going to the Black Market Tailgate which was helping the local farming community bounce back from Hurricane Helene. Disbursements = $5000 Expenses = $10.44 Event: This Little Light Purpose: To provide Western NC families with off grid activities to help bring normal back to daily life due to the destruction of Hurricane Helene. Board games, books, crafts, card games where dispersed in boxes for families to pick up at the local Library, YMCA, churches and distribution centers. 2024 Expenses = $4,744.12 Event: Halloween Dance & Pizza Party. Event Description: Open of ALL McDowell citizens. The foundation had a FREE night full of pizza, soda, juice, games, and dancing. Local businesses came together and help host a variety of games from ring toss, balloon darts to win candy. A DJ was playing music on the dance floor for those willing to dance. Over 700 participants came through the event. Event Expenses = $1,673.12 Event: New Years Eve Gala Event Description: Marion NC has an annual ball drop for the town. Barefoot Baby Foundation was "hired" by the rotary club and city to put on an "early ball drop" event for families with younger kids that wont want to stay up until midnight. A DJ was hired to play music for families to dance to, the local YMCA and Foundation passed out snacks, drinks and New Year's props. Food Trucks were available and the city closed off Main St for the event. At 8pm the count down began ending with snow machines blowing snow throughout the air on onto the awe struck children. Marion Rotarty Club financied the entire event All events were recorded by a professional videographer and can be viewed at www.BarefootBabyFoundation.org