We welcome your contribution and seek to be transparent regarding how we use your donation to help kids. Care Basket has no paid employees: we do this as a family to help children. We are a non-profit registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia and we will be seeking 501(c)(3) status in the future.
We incur some costs associated with maintaining a business license, website, delivering our care baskets among a few others. The majority of the funds that we raise go directly to buying materials for the care baskets. Below is our 2021 estimated budget. If you have questions, please contact us at carebasketteam@gmail.com.
| Care Basket 2021 Budget | |||
| Planned Expenses | |||
| Contents for set of 12 care baskets (monthly expense) | |||
| slinkies | $10.31 | ||
| fuzzy socks | $25.43 | ||
| activity books | $10.59 | ||
| blankets | $79.49 | ||
| light up glasses | $10.90 | ||
| stuffy animals | $19.07 | ||
| colored pencils | $20.98 | ||
| subtotal | $176.77 | ||
| Care basket contents annual expense (12 months x 12 sets) | $2,121.19 | ||
| Annual web hosting | $80.76 | ||
| Gas | $60.00 | ||
| Phone | $60.00 | ||
| Internet | $60.00 | ||
| Art supplies | $40.00 | ||
| Stationery/thank you notes | $40.00 | ||
| Donation boxes | $48.00 | ||
| Stickers | $27.54 | ||
| Articles of incorporation | $75.00 | ||
| VA charitable exemption | $10.00 | ||
| Certificate of occupancy | $102.95 | ||
| License | $45.00 | ||
| GoFundMe (2.9% + $0.30 per donation) | $147.00 | ||
| Printer ink | $20.00 | ||
| Total Planned Expenses | $2,937.44 | ||
| Planned Contributions (income) | |||
| Token contributions through tip boxes in shops | $1,560.00 | ||
| Donations from public individuals | $1,440.00 | ||
| Total Planned Contributions (income) | $3,000.00 | ||
| Net income/net assets | $62.56 |