2024-11-08T12:56:15-06:00 2023-12-31 233029410 LAWRENCE CABLE AND COMPANY LLP 106 SOUTH MAIN STREET WILKESBARRE PA 18701 990 2023-01-01 871666599 TOGETHERNESS US TOGE 5704063125 435 PARK AVENUE LEBANON TN 370873630 RAYMOND KHOUDARY TREASURER 5709701400 2024-11-08 1 0 ROBERT G LAWRENCE P00865583 5708250001 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z RAYMOND KHOUDARY 190 SOUTH RIVER STREET WILKESBARRE PA 18705 262443 0 X HTTPS://TOGETHERNESSUS.ORG/ X 2021 TN OUR AIM IS TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF THE SYRIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND TO BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN THE BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL OF YOUNG SYRIANS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUMANITARIAN NEEDS AND QUALITY EDUCATION IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD THROUGH DIRECT PUBLIC DONATIONS, AND SPONSORING CHARITABLE EVENTS IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURE, EDUCATION, AND OTHER SPECIALTY PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE THE SYRIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE AND HELP THE SYRIAN AMERICAN REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND OTHER KINDS OF PERSONAL ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR SOCIAL GOOD IN THE US AND ABROAD. 7 7 0 20 0 0 30915 262443 0 0 0 0 0 0 30915 262443 30000 205212 0 0 0 0 0 0 236 5237 19781 35237 224993 -4322 37450 16906 54356 0 0 16906 54356 X OUR AIM IS TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF THE SYRIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND TO BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN THE BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL OF YOUNG SYRIANS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUMANITARIAN NEEDS AND QUALITY EDUCATION IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD THROUGH DIRECT PUBLIC DONATIONS, AND SPONSORING CHARITABLE EVENTS IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURE, EDUCATION, AND OTHER SPECIALTY PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE THE SYRIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE AND HELP THE SYRIAN AMERICAN REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND OTHER KINDS OF PERSONAL ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR SOCIAL GOOD IN THE US AND ABROAD. 0 0 205212 205212 TOGETHERNESS US PROVIDES FINCIAL SUPPORT TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID SUCH AS FOOD, MEDICAL, AND OTHER SUPPLIES TO SYRIAN PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING SHORTGAGES AFTER DECADES OF WAR; SUPPORTING THE AL-TAKANI NURSING SCHOOL TO TRAIN NURSES AT A LEVEL EQUIVALENT TO A LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN) AND ROTATING INTERNSHIPS AT ALEPPO UNIVERSITY AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN SYRIA; AND TO PROVIDE PROSTHETIC AID TO THOSE IN SYRIA WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIMBS DUE TO WAR AND OTHER REASONS AND TO PROVIDE MEDICAL AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN RELIEF IN THE MIDDLE EAST FROM NATURAL AND OTHER DISASTERS. 205212 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X RAYMOND KHOUDARY 5704063125 190 SOUTH RIVER STREET PLAINS PA 18705 X JALAR BACHOUR PRESIDENT 5.00 X X 0 0 0 RAYMOND KHOUDARY TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 TONY KHAWAM SECRETARY 5.00 X X 0 0 0 YAZAN KHATIB DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALMA KHOURY KORKOR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 AHMAD ADI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 262443 262443 262443 0 0 0 17000 17000 188212 188212 15190 15190 1135 1135 236 236 2194 2194 1026 1026 224993 205212 19545 236 X 16906 54356 16906 54356 0 0 X 16906 54356 16906 54356 16906 54356 37450 0 X X 0 0 0 X 30434 30915 262443 323792 30434 30915 262443 323792 0 3034 7500 118359 128893 3034 7500 118359 128893 194899 30434 30915 262443 323792 0.60190 0.82830 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TO PROVIDE PROSTHETICS TO THOSE WHO CAN NOT AFFORD IT. 13100 ELECTRIC FUND OR WIRE TRANSFER 0 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TO PROVIDE OPHTHALIMIC ULTRASOUND MACHINE FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN DAMASCUS 0 93100 OPTHALMIC ULTRASOUND MACHINE FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN DAMASCUS COST MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TO PROVIDE RELIEF AID TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKES IN ALEPPO AND COASTAL AREAS OF SYRIA 40000 ELECTRIC FUND OR WIRE TRANSFER 0 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TO PROVIDE RELIEF AID TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKES IN ALEPPO AND COASTAL AREAS OF SYRIA 11012 ELECTRIC FUND OR WIRE TRANSFER 0 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TO PURCHASE A HEMODIALYSIS MACHINE 16000 ELECTRIC FUND OR WIRE TRANSFER 0 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TO PROVIDE RELIEF AID SUCH AS FOOD, SHELTER,AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKES IN ALEPPO AND COASTAL AREAS OF SYRIA 15000 ELECTRIC FUND OR WIRE TRANSFER 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 MARIST BROTHERS 4200 WEST 115TH STREET CHICAGO IL 606554306 136078015 501(C)(3) 11000 0 TO PROVIDE RELIEF AID SUCH AS FOOD, SHELTER,AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKES IN ALEPPO AND COASTAL AREAS OF SYRIA FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 ARE REVIEWED WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS AT A BOARD MEETING. 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