2024-12-04T00:26:32-05:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 820525955 BECAUSE KIDS GRIEVE INC % Mike Seward BECA 2083522994 PO BOX 5533 TWIN FALLS ID 833035533 Michael Seward President 2024-12-04 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X becausekidsgrieve.org X X 44907 X 44907 0 0 0 44907 2400 5347 25254 246 34160 67407 -22500 96802 74302 X 36569 14709 115378 112139 0 0 151947 126848 55145 52546 96802 74302 X To assist in creating a safe culture in southern Idaho where children and teenagers ages 6 through 17 who have experienced the death of someone they care about can share their feelings of grief and loss including grief experienced in preparation for these losses with their peers and supportive adult volunteer advocates as they progress toward eventual healing on their journey through grief. "Camp Erin" Because Kids Grieves annual summer camp experience is for children and teens between the ages of 6 and 17 to go to a camp and conference center in the Idaho mountains for a weekend at no cost to them. The camp is designed for mourning children and teens to realize they are not alone in their grieving the loss of someone significant in their life. Through activities of fun and games as well as activities to create a safe environment for expressing in a variety of ways i.e. art crafts dialogue music challenge course etc. their grief. Transportation is provided from across approximately 72,000 square miles of southern Idaho. Around 65% of the participants are identified as coming from low income households which may indicate a challenge for accessing support resources. As with all Because Kids Grieve programming any and every child or teen who is grieving the loss in death of someone they deeply love is invited and welcomed to participate without discrimination. 7500 22789 Because Kids Grieve works with schools providing grief support through a program named "Grief Debrief School Initiative". Group facilitators trained and background checked collaborate with school counselors in providing a 4 to 5 week session once a week meeting usually during the school hours to offer support to grieving children and teens. In Idaho it is estimated that 1 in 15 students will experience the loss in death of a parent or sibling by the age of 18 Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model.Roughly that means there could be 2 students in any classroom at any given time grieving this type of loss. This does not include all the other significant people in a childs or teens life whom they might have loss in death. These groups create a safe environment for students to journey together in their grief through various activities designed for expression grief. Having such groups allows school counselors educators etc. to help provide support needed. 4699 4699 Because Kids Grieves annual Fall Bereavement Conference provides updated training in child and teen bereavement support to school counselors educators social workers private practice counselors therapists healthcare clinicians chaplains etc. A nationally recognized expert in the field of childs grief provides this training which is certified for 6 CEUs for those needing these for their credentialing. The conference provided in 2 different areas of southern Idaho also allows for the participants to collaborate and network for strengthening onemore aspect of the safety net for mourning children and teens. 2000 4495 In order to be offering regular opportunities of grief support throughout each year for children and teens Because Kids Grieve also provides monthly "Kids2Kids" group meetings with separate sessions for parents caregivers Day Camps in the Spiring and Fall and special Holiday Events to help grieving children and teens and their families at a most difficult time of the year when one has lost someone in death that they deeply love. Because Kids Grieve hopes that all the programming described he re an above will make available i.e. mourning children and teens can participate in as many activities as needed over the years of ages 6 to 17 support in healing in grief. 4020 4020 36003 Mike Seward President Executive Director 10 2400 0 0 Revis Turner Grant Writer 2 0 0 0 Autumn Mann Board Secretary 2 0 0 0 Sarah Kirby Treasurer 1 0 0 0 April Lopas Southwestern Idaho Regional Director 2 300 0 0 Tiffany Eckles South Central Regional Director 4 1200 0 0 Lacy Parker Southeastern Regional Director 3 600 0 0 Jim O'Donnell Community Outreach Promotion 0.2 0 0 0 James Wentworth Board Member 0.1 0 0 0 Mike Parkes Business Representative 0.1 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false ID Michael Seward PO BOX 5533 TWIN FALLS ID 833035533 2083522994 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE X 115853 40094 57055 59428 44907 317337 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115853 40094 57055 59428 44907 317337 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 317337 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115853 40094 57055 59428 44907 317337 1 1 0 0.00 X Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Includes expenses for programming $23,837 and other operating expenses e.g. meetings insurances marketing office supplies etc. not already included in lines 10-15 $10,323., $34160| Part II, line 24 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| Intangible Assets, $, $| Part II, line 26 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| Secured mortgage and note payable taxes due and credit card balances., $55145, $52546| BECAUSE KIDS GRIEVE INC. went through a transition to a new volunteer treasurer and the switch from Quickbooks Desktop to Quickbooks Online in 2023. In these transitions the accounting for BECAUSE KIDS GRIEVE INC. became disarranged but not fully discovered until early 2024. This necessitated filing the extension for form 990EZ. Because we are almost totally volunteer driven time has been a negative factor resulting in a bit more time than we anticipated. We are finally to a point that we are fairly confident in the accuracy for filing this report understanding should any errors be discovered we will amend the return. We believe this will not be needed in filing our 2024 990EZ in a timely manner. We appreciate your consideration in these matters.