2013-12-19T15:13:48-08:00 2013-06-30 Barbara A Borrego PC CPA 3056 Agua Fria Street Santa Fe NM 87507 990 2012-07-01 204396207 Cooking With Kids Inc COOK 5054380098 P O Box 6113 Santa Fe NM 87502 Cheryl Alters Jamison 2013-12-17 true Barbara A Borrego CPA P00148371 5054711354 2012 2016-03-07 17:11:31Z 556627 false false X www.cookingwithkids.net X 2006 NM Cooking with Kids, Inc. is dedicated to providing food and nutritional education to Santa Fe, New Mexico elementary public school children. 6 6 14 1444 0 505758 532130 34525 23907 15 590 0 540298 556627 0 0 328171 358510 0 31093 170928 173957 499099 532467 41199 24160 284893 316475 12369 19791 272524 296684 Cooking with Kids, Inc. is dedicated to providing food and nutritional education to Santa Fe, New Mexico elementary public school children. The objective of Cooking with Kids, Inc. is to provide an experiential way for children and their families to learn healthy food habits and practical skills to improve the appeal and nutritive value of school and family meals. false false 443546 556037 2012-2013 Program SummaryCooking with Kids (CWK) motivates and empowers children and youth to make healthy food choices through hands-on learning with fresh, affordable foods from diverse cultural traditions. CWKs bilingual curriculum provides interdisciplinary education in math, science, social studies, and language arts, and links classroom learning with school meals.A Story from the FieldAt the end of a CWK cooking class where students prepared Vegetable Paella with Green Salad, a kindergarten student ate all of her salad said, "This is the first time I tried salad without ranch!" Program ActivitiesStudent Participation: 5,002 pre-K-7th grade students in 236 classrooms in 13 Santa Fe Public SchoolsAgua Fria, Amy Biehl, Aspen, Cesar Chavez, Chaparral, Gonzales, Kearny, Nava, Salazar, Sweeney, Tesuque and Turquoise Trail students participated in ten cooking and tasting classes (15 hours) Pion students participated in five one-hour fruit and vegetable tastings, taught by classroom teachers (5 hours)Parent Volunteers: 1,444 parents and grandparents (1,098 female, 346 male) volunteered 3,891 hours in cooking classes School-Day Classes: 1,950 total food and nutrition education classes 1,148 cooking classes taught by CWK food educators & classroom teachersIntroductory class with Melon TastingStovetop Pizza with Green SaladLlapingachos with Red ChileAsian Noodles with Bok ChoyIndian Lentils with Carrot Rice Pilaf and ChapatisVegetable Paella with Green Salad 686 fruit and vegetable tastings taught by classroom teachers: Apples, Citrus, and Salad Tasting. In addition, Pion students tasted 4 varieties of locally grown carrots. 87 Art and Cooking elective for Gonzales Middle School students 29 Life Skills classes at Gonzales Distributed CWK re-useable grocery bags to pre-kindergarten and kindergarten studentsSchool/Community Programming Twelve family nights at Agua Fria, Salazar, Sweeney, and Turquoise Trail CWK participated in Harvest Festivals at 3 schools CWK school lunches served several times a month in all 19 school cafeteriasSummer Programs Santa Fe Public School Summer programs at Nava and Cesar Chavez Zona Del Sol 6-week summer program, in collaboration with Earth Care and FACT Santa Fe Childrens Museum week-long summer programAwards & HonorsIACP 2013 Culinary Youth Advocate of the Year Award presented at the International Association of Culinary Professionals Annual Conference CWK Executive Director Lynn Walters, TED Talk: TEDxAcequia Madre, Empowering Children to Make Healthy Food Choices, November 3, 2012Community EngagementCWK Super Chefs: local chefs who donate their time and talent in cooking classes, inspiring students with their skills, sharing their stories, and acting as professional role models. Nine chefs volunteered with CWK.Farmers in the Schools connects New Mexico farmers with elementary school students. Farmers enrich cooking classes by sharing their expertise and passion for growing and eating a variety of fresh, healthy foods. Three farmers participated in cooking classes.Supported garden at Salazar Community SchoolCollaborationsSanta Fe Public Schools Student Nutrition Program NM Communities in Schools Earth Care Americorps Youth Food Cadre Citizen Schools Santa Fe Food Policy CouncilMediaTelevision NM Style cooking segments on KASA Channel featuring CWK staff, Super Chefs and childrenInternet 10 Cool Ways to Teach Kids about Food, TakePart Website, January 17, 2013 Print Fighting Obesity: Making Meals Count, Santa Fe New Mexican series, July 15-17, 2012 Multiple Weapons Work in Obesity Fight, Santa Fe New Mexican editorial, July 18, 2012 CWK recipes, localflavor magazine, November 2012 Chefs letter to the editor in support of CWK, localflavor magazine, February 2013Research and Evaluation USDA Research Results from Colorado State University: Cooking with Kids: Integrating Classroom, Cafeteria, and Family Experiences to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Preference and Intake investigated students attitudes and behaviors towards eating fruits and vegetables, and examined family food preparation and eating practices. Results included: Fruit and vegetable preferences improved significantly more among students receiving CWK lessons compared to students in schools without CWK. Attitudes towards cooking improved the most in boys with little prior cooking experience after they received CWK cooking lessons. Cooking self-efficacy increased the most in students (again, mainly boys) who initially reported little cooking experience prior to the CWK lessons. 443546 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 5 0 true 14 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 6 6 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false NM X Eun Hong CPA 5059922906 440 Luisa Place Santa Fe NM 87505 Jennifer Fresquez 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Diana Gonzales Pacheco 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cheryl Alters Jamison 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tony Gerlicz 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jodi L Vevoda 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Nelson Blakely 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Lynn M Walters 40.00 0.00 X 65814 0 0 65814 0 false false false 0 433222 98908 10503 532130 Instruction/Workshops 611710 12488 12488 Curriculum Sales 451211 11419 11419 23907 590 590 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 556627 23907 590 0 0 0 0 78856 23657 39428 15771 0 230462 222208 3456 4798 3792 3602 114 76 21012 19961 630 421 24388 19753 3170 1465 0 0 29006 23495 3771 1740 0 0 0 12730 12730 4725 313 50 4362 4898 3639 1259 4807 4101 483 223 0 18614 15146 2373 1095 7754 7754 0 0 0 0 6474 5244 842 388 3499 2834 455 210 Telephone & Communications 4749 3847 617 285 Program Supplies 7049 7049 Food Costs 31352 31352 Printing and Publications 33370 33370 4930 3491 1180 259 532467 443546 57828 31093 226882 193446 0 36883 104151 0 0 0 0 0 4681 7417 21636 11442 12645 10194 0 0 0 3802 1267 0 284893 316475 12369 19791 12369 19791 X 272024 286645 500 10039 272524 296684 284893 316475 24160 X true X true X false false X 402364 485955 500844 505758 532130 2427051 0 0 402364 485955 500844 505758 532130 2427051 0 2427051 157 250 583 15 590 1595 0 0 2428646 160320 0.99930 0.99940 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 17477 9457 8020 4159 1985 2174 10194 X 565946 9319 9319 556627 556627 541786 9319 9319 532467 532467 Part X Part X : FIN48 Footnote In accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-6 "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes and Disclosure Amendments for Nonpublic Entities" there were no uncertain tax positions taken by Cooking With Kids, Inc., as of June 30, 2013 and 2012. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available All governing documents are available for review upon request at the organization's office. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management Executive director compensation is reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors as part of the annual budgeting process.Data acquired for salaries of comparable positions in the Santa Fe area for other similar nonprofit organizations was used to compare compensation.Contemporaneous documentation and records of the Board of Directors' deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement of the Executive Director are kept in minutes of board meetings where budgeting issues are discussed and approved. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Cooking With Kids, Inc., board of directors reviews and monitors all policy requirements, including the conflict of interest policy, with the annual election of officers and is documented in the board minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Officers and directors review a draft of the Form 990 prior to submission and filing. Any questions and concerns are discussed during the board of directors meeting.