2013-11-15T07:48:18-08:00 2012-12-31 Blazek & Vetterling 2900 Weslayan Suite 200 Houston TX 770275132 990 2012-01-01 061620722 Charter Oak Challenge Foundation Inc CHAR 2032262307 575 Riverside Avenue Suite 202A Westport CT 06880 Andrew Boas 2013-11-15 true Jody Blazek P00072674 7134395739 X 2012 2016-03-07 17:11:31Z Andrew Boas 11 Bridge Square Westport CT 06880 332188 false false X www.charteroakfoundation.org X 2001 CT Charter Oak Challenge Foundation funds programs that reduce poverty in greater Bridgeport. We seek lasting results by helping children and families and teaching them to help others along the way. 4 4 0 5 0 453730 308231 0 1638 1214 0 455368 309445 361070 364725 0 0 0 15850 9214 17673 370284 382398 85084 -72953 714122 641169 0 714122 641169 The Foundation is dedicated to building better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the Greater Bridgeport, CT area false false 298000 298000 The foundation makes grants to agencies in Bridgeport, CT to promote scholastic development of Bridgeport children by improving elementary and secondary education through its support of charter and public schools. 66725 66725 The nearly 120 students in Charter Oaks scholarship program are among Bridgeports finest. They have excelled academically and contributed significantly to their communities despite tremendous financial and personal hardships. Each of the 15 students accepted annually into the program receives a $10,000 scholarship over four years and a trained mentor. The use of mentors, combined with the escalating payout structure of the scholarship funds, helps ensure that Charter Oak Scholars will remain in school through graduation. The results have been staggering. Charter Oaks retention rate is 95 percent nearly four times the 25 percent graduation rate among all Bridgeport students who go to college. 364725 true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 4 4 true false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false true false false false X Robert Speer 2032262305 575 Riverside Avenue Suite 202A Westport CT 06880 X Pearl Kane 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dick Kalt 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Carol Boas 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Andrew Boas 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 308231 28290 308231 0 701 701 0 0 0 23256 22743 513 513 513 0 0 0 0 309445 1214 298000 298000 66725 66725 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1500 1500 0 0 150 150 0 0 173 173 0 0 0 0 0 15850 15850 0 0 0 0 0 382398 364725 1823 15850 619933 513573 44476 72336 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49713 55260 0 0 0 0 714122 641169 0 0 X 714122 641169 714122 641169 714122 641169 -72953 X false false false X 320824 374432 490296 453730 308231 1947513 0 0 320824 374432 490296 453730 308231 1947513 572367 1375146 5925 552 630 889 701 8697 0 0 1956210 0.70300 0.70670 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 14000 14000 382248 396248 79250 19813 false 79250 79250 118875 14000 14000 19813 19813 29720 14000 14000 true Yale University 157 Church Street New Haven CT 06519 060646973 501(c)(3) 10000 0 General Purpose Teach For America- CT 142 Temple Street Suite 300 New Haven CT 06511 133541913 501(c)(3) 25000 0 General Purpose/Training Program Residents for a Better Bridge 120 Midland Street Bridgeport CT 06605 460623218 See Part IV 14000 0 Support Question 1 Educators for Excellence 339 W 39th Street New York NY 10018 273382030 501(c)(3) 25000 0 General Purpose Bridgeport Pub Edu Fd 446 University Ave Bridgeport CT 06604 061379383 501(c)(3) 170000 0 Transition Fund/Scholarships Achievement First Inc 403 James Street New Haven CT 06513 651203744 501(c)(3) 50000 0 Ach Fir Bridgeport Academy 5 1 Scholarships 24 66725 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used The Foundation awards a select number of grants to organizations and is able to work with them to ensure the appropriate use of the funds.As described in Part III, the Foundation maintains a close relationship with the students in its scholarship program in order to ensure their academic success and appropriate use of the funds. Additional Supplemental Information Part II, Line 1(4)During 2012, the Foundation made a grant to Residents for a Better Bridgeport for the purpose of promoting a ballot initiative in the City of Bridgeport that focused on education governance reforms. Although Residents for a Better Bridgeport is classified as a Section 527 organization, the grant funds were used for lobbying activity relating to education, not to support a particular candidate for office. X 1 28290 FMV date rec 1 false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process A draft of the Form 990 is distributed to the Board prior to filing and the Board members are asked to provide their comments, if any, promptly. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et Andrew Boas and Carol Boas are husband and wife.