2022-01-20T16:56:55-08:00 2020-06-30 371420474 Fontanello Duffield & Otake LLP 44 Montgomery Street Suite 1305 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2019-07-01 271772372 Beyond Differences BEYO 4152569095 PO Box 9070 San Rafael CA 94912 Laura Talmus Executive Director 2022-01-20 false Michael Fontanello P01471027 4159830200 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X X Gale Mondry PO Box 9070 San Rafael CA 94912 1564364 false X www.beyonddifferences.org X 2010 CA Our mission is to "Inspire students at all middle schools nationwide to end social isolation and create a culture of belonging for everyone." 17 15 14 0 1228767 1525754 0 343 889 29710 -1839 1258820 1524804 0 0 455512 690361 20247 48687 233980 763977 735516 1239736 1474564 19084 50240 823878 1016089 31636 173583 792242 842506 Our mission is to "Inspire students at all middle schools nationwide to end social isolation and create a culture of belonging for everyone." false false 964248 Beyond Differences is the nations leading expert on social isolation among middle school youth and our mission is the driving force behind our student-led social justice movement. Since its founding in 2010, more than 6,155 schools across the country have used Beyond Differences programs, impacting more than 3.77 million students in all 50 states. Through a set of three Positive Prevention Initiatives (No One Eats Alone, Know Your Classmates, and Be Kind Online), our evidence-based approach gives middle school students across the country the skills, awareness, and inspiration to work together to break down barriers that lead to social isolation. The fact that our initiatives are neither expensive nor complicated makes them highly scalable, effective, and replicable. Beyond Differences is unique as we are student-led, focused on ending social isolation, and we are inspired by the life and memory of Lili Rachel Smith (1994-2009). The Beyond Differences model is predicated on the notion that students influencing other students is not only an effective means of changing school culture, but also a natural and profoundly life-changing opportunity for youth to take control of this issue that causes so many children to feel so helpless. Beyond Differences has three high school teen boards in the San Francisco Bay Area and one in Portland, OR. 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Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The Board discusses and votes on issues where there is a conflict. The Board member in which there is a conflict is excused from voting. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Documents available upon request Amended Explanation During the year, Beyond Differences had a document retention policy and whistleblower policy in place. The Organization previously filed the return with the Questions 13 and 14 in Part VI, Section B marked 'no'. The amendment updates these two questions to properly reflect that these policies were in place during the year.