2025-05-13T02:00:07Z 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 471602190 CONSCIOUS CONNECTIONS FOUNDATION CONS 5094993320 PO BOX 342 SPOKANE WA 99210 Denise Attwood Board Chair 5094993320 2025-05-13 true 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.consciousconnectionsfoundation.org X X 87295 83562 0 0 3733 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87295 64482 0 0 0 0 0 2111 66593 20702 127873 0 148575 127873 148575 0 0 0 0 127873 148575 0 0 127873 148575 X CCFs primary purpose is to raise funds to provide educational stipends and scholarships health care education sills development and facilities improvement to marginalized individuals and their families in Nepal Women and Girls Menstrual Hygiene Education Awareness and supplies 26749 X Skills Development and Leadership Training 17701 X Educational Stipends Keeping marginalized children in school 12752 X Emergency Flood Relief 7280 X 0 Denise Attwood Board ChairPresident 5.00 0 0 0 Cameron Conner Treasurer 3.00 0 0 0 Austin Zimmerman Secretary 3.00 0 0 0 Kesang Yudron Vice Chair 5.00 0 0 0 James Conner Board member 1.00 0 0 0 Martha Newell Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 Kimberly Maynard Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 Colleen Cahill Baord Member 2.00 0 0 0 Lisa Bower Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false WA Denise Attwood 13212 S AUSTIN RD SPOKANE WA 99224 5094993320 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE true X 60555 63346 42866 66681 83562 317010 60555 63346 42866 66681 83562 317010 317010 195 125 137 452 3733 4642 321652 0.99 1 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Schedule O: Part 1, Line 10 a. Girls and Womens Menstrual Hygiene Education- $64482 b. Skills Development/Leadership Training-$17701 c. Keeping Marginalized Children in School- $12752 d. Disaster Relief-$7280. See details below. Part 1, line 16 Other expenses-$2111 a. Administrative-$145 b. Promotion- $679 c. Bank Fees-$1287. Part ll Line 22A: Breakdown of funds-$148575 a.Restricted funds-$36113 i. Funds donated only for operation of the Baseri Clinic- $8266 ii. Baseri Disaster Relief-$11975, iii. General Disaster Relief-$15771, iv. Girls Higher education fund-$101. b. Non Restricted General Funds-$112463. CCFs three largest programs are: Line 28: Program #1: Women and Girls Menstrual Hygiene Education (MHE) and supplies: $26749 CCF works to educate Nepali women about menstruation to help remove barriers for womens participation in school and work. Our trainings provide reusable menstrual hygiene kits, menstrual hygiene educational materials and educate women about the process of menstruation and how to care for their bodies. We also instruct women on how to sew their own cloth pads. Grant #1: Reusable cloth menstrual kit production-$7643 Grantee Kesang Yudron, CCF Program manager in Nepal Address Bhagwang Bahal, Thamel-29, PO Box 10452 Kathmandu, Nepal, phone 9851020531. CCF funds MH trainings and we provide enough reusable menstrual kits for distribution to women who attend the trainings. In 2024 we paid to have 870 kits made. The kit includes: 3 liners, 5 napkins, 1 soap, 2 underwear and a cloth carrying bag plus instructions for care and use. The sewing of these kits employs 1 women in Kathmandu. Grant #2: Multi Day Menstrual Hygiene Trainings across Nepal-$19106. Grantee: Kesang Yudron, Program manager in Nepal for distribution and oversight of grants. Address and phone (see above). Kesang Yudron vets communities interested in MH trainings, helps manage those trainings, receives the funds, disburses them and reports back to the CCF board. In 2024 she organized 50+ past MH trainees from throughout Nepal and conducted a comprehensive 3 day Train the Trainers program. This in depth training increased their understanding of the menstrual process and taught them the skills to return to their communities to teach. CCF funded multiple spin off trainings from this TOT program. These included: ACP-Kathmandu, (40 women) Nepalgunj (70 women), Gorkha (55 women), Tosknyi Gechak Tibetan Nunnery (350 women and 420 kits), Nepal Disabled Womens association (27 women), Mithini Nepal (30 women). In addition 60 kits were distributed to flood victims in the Kathmandu Valley. 755 women impacted. Program #2: Skills Development/Leadership Training-$17701. Line 29 Grant #1: Nilam Poudel Skills Development Training for underserved communities. Grantee: Kesang Yudron, CCF Program Manager in Nepal. Address and phone (see above). CCF has found that when marginalized communities have marketable skills, the more they are accepted by society. Nilam Poudal, a social worker in Nepal and skilled make-up artist requested funds from CCF to provide marginalized individuals with professional training in makeup application, a skill that Nepali society finds respectable and which can provide a good income. CCF funded 2 ten day programs impacting 77 individuals. Each trainee received a professional makeup kit and certificate of completion. The goal is to develop a model of job training and community building that can help marginalized communities find meaningful work. Line 29: Program #2 Leadership Development-$5000. Grantee: Kesang Yudron. Address and phone (see above). Kesang has volunteered for CCF for many years and has been instrumental to our work there. She has gained skills in talking with, recruiting, analyzing and interviewing prospective partners. Without Kesangs tireless work CCF would not have the robust programing and impact that it does today. In 2024 the CCF board decided to compensate her for some of this work. Line 29: Program #3: Funds to help create a Nepali non-profit-$5,000. Grantee: Kesang Yudron for costs involved in setting up an independent Nepali based NGO. Address and phone (see above). Since CCF is growing and expanding its reach into multiple districts of Nepal we have found it necessary to develop local leaders and help fund an independent Nepali registered non-profit to work under the laws of the Nepali Government. These funds were granted to hire accountants, auditors, lawyers and topay for other fees associated with set up. This new non-profit in Nepal will be a separate entity and able to draw donations from others and will allow CCF to expand our work further and create a stable environment for future work in Nepal. Line 30: Program 1: Education and Administrative Support: Keeping marginalized children in School: $12752. Grantee Association for Craft Producers (ACP), a registered NGO in Nepal $10,000. Address: GPO Box 3701 Ravi Bhawan Mode, Kathmandu, Nepal Phone:97714275108. Executive Director: Revita Shrestra. CCF funds an educational stipend through ACP that allows a women to keep her daughter in school without drawing resources from the family. a.ACP Child Education Program (K-10)-117 children are able to stay in school for one year- $6000. An eligible family receives a stipend and provides monthly evidence of a childs attendance and progress in school. b. College Scholarship- 3 need and merit based girls are awarded scholarships to attend class 11 and 12- $2000. c. Child Education Mentor-$2000. CCF grants funds to ACP to hire a mentor as a resource to families and students and to help CCF understand program performance. Line 30 Grant #2: Hiring of Igroom Lama, independent contractor to help oversee CCF programs in Nepal. Grantee: Igroom Lama. Citizenship #591008-27. Phone 9845237348. $2752 for 1 year contract. The MHE programs in Nepal have become so popular CCF needed to hire an assistant to help Kesang with implementation and evaluation of trainings. Line 31: Program 1: Emergency Disaster Relief-$7280 Grantee: ACP (see info above). On July 23, 24, 2024 the Manamati River next to ACPs main facility flooded causing significant damage to their equipment, their raw materials and the facility itself. 80 womens jobs were threatened along with those of 800 producers throughout Nepal who depend on the central facility for finishing. This was at the busiest time of year and threatened their fall orders. CCF raised funds to help them fix their equipment and build a retaining wall to prevent future flooding.