2023-09-08T16:48:57-07:00 2022-12-31 882632422 Jered Souder CPA LLC 225 E 4th Ave Eugene OR 97401 990 2022-01-01 862440901 CHOOSING KINDNESS FOUNDATION CHOO 5416741050 PO BOX 5530 EUGENE OR 97405 DOUG CARNINE President 2023-09-08 true DOUG CARNINE 999009999 true Jered Souder P01616558 5417996550 X 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z PO BOX 5530 EUGENE OR 97405 2666681 false X www.whykindness.org X 2021 OR TO SPREAD KINDNESS AND TO INCREASE THE WELL-BEING AND HAPPINESS OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING KINDNESS GRANTS AND SUPPORTING THIS WORK IN SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND PUBLIC SAFETY. TO SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLITY, AND PROJECTS THAT MAKE A MORE KIND, JUST, AND COMPASSIONATE WORLD. 4 1 25 3 0 1010100 2271189 0 -1416 -18820 5695 1272 1014379 2253641 334869 951823 0 279576 573778 0 0 273910 542082 888355 2067683 126024 185958 126717 315530 693 3548 126024 311982 X TO SPREAD KINDNESS AND TO INCREASE THE WELL-BEING AND HAPPINESS OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING KINDNESS GRANTS AND SUPPORTING THIS WORK IN SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND PUBLIC SAFETY. 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Research with youth from this alternative high school found that: 1) LH students continued their high school education with fewer dropping out of school as compared to the control group. 2) LH students reported a decline in the frequency of their negative mental thoughts.Projects were located in Bradenton (Manatee County), Lakeland (Polk County), Palmetto/St. Petersburg (Pinellas County), Winter Haven, Lake Wales, Bartow and Haines City (all in Polk County), Orlando (Seminole County) and Miami (Dade County). Two after-school enrichment projects in Title 1 Middle Schools served students in Lakeland and Winter Haven.Collaborated with a community-based mentoring program that works to support first-generation college attendance for high-risk students of color. Money earned by students through participation in Lasting Happiness Groups was used to participate in a Spring Break trip to visit HBCUs and other universities in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Collaborated with 5 community-based organizations that combine mentoring programs with academic advising/tutoring and opportunities to play league sports throughout the summer. Monies earned through the study groups helped fund the students participation in travel leagues by paying tournament fees, meals, lodging, and transportation costs throughout the summer, keeping the students involved in positive activities and off the streets. Two projects with the Boys and Girls Clubs in Polk CountyAnother project served boys in a group foster care home who have been removed from the custody of their families of origin.One project served teens of single mothers who are financially distressed and residing in a special housing program operated through One More Child.Funded 2 projects with Another Chance Mentoring, Haines City, with the Miami Non-Stop Dance group in inner city Miami.90% of the students served were students of color.Created an audio-book version of Lasting Happiness: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults, downloadable from our Thinkific Platform 279208 201623 SCHOOLS: Funded Everybody Belongs kindness projects in the Ohio Schools for the Deaf and Blind, Richmond County Schools in Augusta, GA, and Arlington Independent School District, TX (10 schools). Funded 25 new schools to implement PBIS School Kindness projects during the schoolyear Funded continuation grants for 81 Schools in 14 states to implement PBIS School Kindness projects during the current school year engaging 43,000 students in learning kindness.Developed a Toolkit for PBIS schools to use when designing and implementing their school wide Choose Kindness Projects for Tier 1 interventions. 204224 1071 Public Safetyover 5000 incarcerated persons from 14 states have enrolled in a Mindful Kindness Program for adults, using the CKF book How Love Wins. The program has spread through word of mouth. Four of the inmates in California recruited over 640 other inmates to take the Mindful Kindness ProgramAlmost 200 individuals have completed the INSIGHT Program that guides inmates to prepare for their parole board hearing by developing insight into their prior behaviors that resulted in lifestyle choices which led to their incarceration. Revised the Book "How Love WinsX and published it as "the Mindful Kindness Program: How Love Wins." 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OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: COMMUNITY OUTREACH - Spreading the message of kindness in the community. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 DOUG AND LINDA CARNINE ARE MARRIED Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b No review was or will be conducted. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c THE BOARD REGULARLY REVIEWS AND VOTES ON ANY MATTER THAT MAY PRESENT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a THE BOARD EXAMINED LOCAL JOB LISTINGS Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b THE BOARD EXAMINED LOCAL JOB LISTINGS Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICTS OF INTEREEST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST