2023-05-16T02:36:49Z 2022-12-31 990EZ 2022-01-01 465194085 BY GRACE FOUNDATION INC BYGR 8593513333 601 Corbitt Dr Wilmore KY 40390 Kelsey Carlstedt Freeman Executive Director 8593513333 2023-05-16 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X www.thebygracefoundation.com X X 84822 X 84822 84822 7763 929 117 55354 64163 20659 28591 49250 28591 49250 28591 49250 28591 49250 Educational Huntington, South AfricaWe employ women as educators (2 women), administrators (3 part-time women), and assistants (2 women), we educate aspiring entrepreneurs and employees, and we better communities through our donations of crafted products and sponsored events. (While learning their trade, the learners practice sewing on projects that are donated locally. In Huntington, the women made uniforms for themselves and for local schools.) In April 2022, seven women graduated from our sewing apprenticeship program. They were each given a sewing machine and a microloan to help launch their own business. Two of the graduates were hired as assistants to help teach the next class of learners. In May, another eight women began their seamstress journey. They will graduate in 2023. 28175 Mabarhule, South Africa In 2022, Construction on the By Grace Textile and Community Center was completed and sewing classes are now regularly taught in the building. Here, we not only employ teachers from the local communities (4 women), we engage with the nearby high schools, ensuring that teenagers have a safe place to go when school gets out, all while learning a skill that will serve them throughout their lives! This year, 30 teens were taught in the program, and in 2023 we have plans for 150 teens to participate in the offerings. While studying, the learners produce reusable sanitary napkins that are donated to local women through a partnership with CefPads. 32517 Tamale, GhanaAll five of our apprentices who took the national credentialing exams via the Ghana National Tailors and Dressmakers Association (GNTDA) passed and are now working as seamstresses and dressmakers in three different communities in Northern Ghana. Each woman who completed the program was gifted with her very own sewing machine, and we are working to ensure they have all the resources necessary to run successful businesses. 1006 61698 Kelsey Carlstedt Freeman Executive Director 20.00 0 0 0 Debra Snider Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 Pontso Natoi Cultural Advisor 3.00 0 0 0 Creseldah Ndlovu Cultural Advisor 1.00 0 0 0 Cecilia Sibuyi Master Seamstress 40.00 2520 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false KY Kelsey Carlstedt Freeman 2915 Alma Ave Manhattan Beach CA 90266 8593513333 false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 0 0 0 38987 12333 31597 66287 84822 234026 38987 12333 31597 66287 84822 234026 108512 125514 234026 0.53630 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, Line 16 Our Huntington location is the embodiment of our mission to educate women so they are able to earn a living wage. In addition to the salaries paid to the Master Seamstress, we spent $21228.13 running this program. This includes a monthly stipend (~$63/mth each) for the learners (7 women Jan-April 2022 and 8 women May-Dec 2022), daily meals, transportation to and from the training program, training materials, a "gift" of a sewing machine to each girl upon her graduation, and a microloan for each graduate based on her request in her business plan ($1,907.22 given in total). Our Mabarhule location and project received a large percentage of our budget as specific donations were given to build a Community and Textile Center where our sewing training program for young women and teens will be housed. We spent $32516.76 on materials and labor for the build. We also outfitted the building with all the necessary supplies and materials to launch our educational and training program, including fabrics, patterns, sewing machines, interlockers, cutting tables, curriculum, practice materials, and more. Both Huntington and Mabarhule are located near Skukuza, South Africa where we did some community development work with our learners that cost $1,420.19. We hired the seamstresses to sew school uniforms and reusable sanitary pads, and purchased food products and school supplies for some of the single mother's children. Our partnerships and investments into the local community helps us maintain good standing and a stellar reputation. Our Tamale location requested an additional spend of $189 on training materials (fabrics, thread, and flour sacks for practice).