2023-05-04T19:16:52-04:00 2022-12-31 990EZ 2022-01-01 814431217 CARDBOARD PROJECT % Armando Cantu CARD 2145006504 4008 CALVARY DRIVE PLANO TX 750230000 Armando Cantu Executive Director 2023-05-04 false 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X cardboardproject.org X 199773 X 176401 23347 25 0 0 0 199773 60787 132545 482 35233 229046 -29273 137604 0 108331 X 140668 108662 140668 108662 3064 331 137604 108331 X The primary purpose of CARDBoard Project is to bridge the digital gap and educate our under-resourced communities about the importance of having access to the internet and assistance navigating. We connected the digitally disconnected to opportunities services and access to self-sufficiency. The Virtual Resource Center services homeless and returning citizens who live in shelters or on the street. CARDBoard Project staff members and volunteers connect via a video platform and share screen with our constituents. The clients are then taken through CARDBoard Project's 10 Steps to Self-Sufficiency to identify their barriers. Once those barriers are identified CARDBoard Project connects them to the resources they need to overcome these barriers. This can include creating digital footprints connecting them to food pantries shower facilities transportation ID restoration professional clothing banking services as well as to job opportunities. CARDBoard Project's clients are homeless formerly incarcerated residents who live in digital deserts individuals earning less than 200% of federal poverty-level income unemployed underemployed and seekers of self-sufficiency. In 2022 over 283 were taken through the Virtual Resource Center Program. 0 86494 Digital Skills Training: CARDBoard Project trains individuals through an 8-week digital training class for Microsoft Products or a 5-week digital training class for Google Suite Products. They are given the training they need to become digitally skilled. This leads to employment and or higher wages. In 2022 195 guests participated in the Digital Skills Training 0 55028 Digital Device: CARDBoard Project meets with participants in the Specialty Court of Dallas as well as with other nonprofits. These participants are loaned a laptop a hotspot and a backpack with digital devices so that they can use it to start and complete their online courses or their court-mandated online program. CARDBoard Project also provides laptops and hotspots to some of the participants who go through the Digital Training Classes. In 2022 101 guests were provided with laptops and hotspot devices. 0 13066 The Mobile Empowerment Zone is a program to bring digital access through a 2 or 4 hour location with up to 30 laptops connecting during that time period. This helps those in digital desserts or who lack digital access to access online resources. The CARDBoard Connect enables those without digital devices or phone to have access to a voicemail service. The Education program teaches people regarding the challenges and barriers that the digital disconnected faces and how to empower them and bring them to self-sufficiency. 0 10905 165493 Armado Cantu Executive Director 40 16200 0 0 Thomas Cantu Treasurer Officer 2 0 0 0 Micaela Cantu Secretary 2 0 0 0 Colleen Dupont Board of Director Member 2 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false TX Stephan van Coppenole 4008 Calvary Drive Plano TX 75023 2145006504 false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 17409 47741 109679 191031 176401 542261 17409 47741 109679 191031 176401 542261 114941 427320 0 0 0 9 0 9 542270 0 0.788 0.00 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Fees for service, $99.90| Office Expenses, $14342.33| IT Expenses, $13340.35| Travel Expenses, $481.89| Insurance, $2162.98| Miscellaneous, $1590.00| Auto Fees, $3175.26| Training and Education, $22.85| Advertisement and Marketing, $17.00| Part II, line 26 | Liabilities Name:, BOY Amount:, EOY Amount:| Accounts Payable, $3064, $331|