2024-06-07T12:28:51Z 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 874064552 BREATHE INK BREA 9804286007 4237 Raleigh St CHARLOTTE NC 28213 Terry Creech Executive Director 9804286007 2024-06-07 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X https://www.breatheink.org X X 96974 X 60221 36753 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96974 0 0 18650 15244 3420 254 18179 55747 41227 0 0 41227 0 41227 0 0 0 0 0 41227 0 0 41227 BreatheINK's purpose is to show pre-teens and teenagers how to use poetry as a means of increasing literacy skills, improving scholastic performances and test scores, and addressing issues of social and emotional behavior through therapeutic use of growing writing skills and sharing their poems and stories in a public performance format. BreatheINK facilitated a series of poetry workshops in local middle and high schools to prepare students for a performance poetry competition hosted by BreatheINK at a local festival. BreatheINK facilitated workshops in 18 local schools, impacting over 1,600 students. 10000 22000 BreatheINK organized and hosted a youth poetry festival for teens and pre-teens from North and South Carolina in Charlotte, NC. Through collaboration with city poet laureates from both states, BreatheINK was able to reach thousands of students across the Carolinas. 20000 41000 BreatheINK organized and facilitated a submission format contest to award the first Charlotte Youth Poet Laureate. All Mecklenburg County, NC public, private, and charter high school students were contacted through email, social media advertising, and mailings. 6000 14000 77000 Terry Creech Executive Director 40.00 18650 0 0 Dawn Arvelo Board Secretary 5.00 0 0 0 Centarrio Grier Board Treasurer 5.00 0 0 0 Jessicah Kean Board Chairperson 5.00 0 0 0 Junious Ward Board member 5.00 0 0 0 Randa Ross Board member 5.00 0 0 0 Mason Parker Board member 5.00 0 0 0 Edmund Washington Board member 5.00 0 0 0 Chiquita Griswell Board member 5.00 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false NC BreatheINK 4237 Raleigh St Charlotte NC 28213 9804286007 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 17765 60221 77986 0 0 0 17765 60221 77986 77986 77986 36753 X 1.00000 1.00000 Part I, Line 16 Other expenses include equipment and supply purchases, subscriptions to professional services (Canva, Vimeo, GoDaddy for website, ZOOM, etc.), parking and meals during business meetings, social media marketing, and registration and travel expenses for trainings and conferences. Our organization has been experiencing transitioning leadership and board positions throughout the first half of 2024. Multiple transitions and organizational growth have caused the organization to fall behind on certain requirements and activities, which we are currently attempting to rectify.