2024-11-14T12:52:35-07:00 2023-12-31 311717077 Support Kansas City 6750 Antioch Road Suite 305 Merriam KS 66204 990 2023-01-01 272647539 BOYS GROW CORP BOYS 7737935056 9301 E 147th Street Kansas City MO 64149 John Gordon Jr Executive Director 7737935056 2024-11-14 1 1 Karen Cubbage P01286851 9138314752 2024-11-14 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z John Gordon 9301 E 147th Street Kansas City MO 64149 674986 0 X www.boysgrow.com X 2010 MO The mission of BoysGrow is to take an inner-city boy and open his eyes to the possibilities and realities of entrepreneurship. BoysGrow uses Farming and Agriculture as the vehicle to instill pride, identity, discipline, and an understanding of the Business World. 8 7 72 500 0 0 625971 625313 0 24300 267 98 -8139 -5362 618099 644349 0 0 0 0 269443 337822 0 39444 74735 250270 237674 519713 614940 98386 29409 1997997 2012417 17645 15965 1980352 1996452 Boys Grow is a Kansas City based non-profit that uses farming and agriculture to teach entrepreneurism to urban youth. 0 0 476866 0 24300 BoysGrow is a not-for-profit agency providing mentoring, entrepreneurship skills, and positive male role-models for inner-city boys ages 14-16. BoysGrow literally broke ground in the Spring of 2010 and is a year round farming and business program supporting the youth by providing valuable personal and business tools while cultivating and selling our products. The program is volunteer supported and staff guided, but youth driven. The Program strives, with staff guidance and direction, for the boys to take pride in their crops and products to ensure the success of the program. This will, in return, create self-pride, identity, and belonging, not only for the youth to the concept of the BoysGrow name but to himself and his fellow workers and the positive and successful environment they have created. The young men who work for BoysGrow do everything associated with running a farm and small business, from planting seeds and growing produce, to meeting with local restaurants to sell their products. Each BoysGrow class is required to create a product that will be sold in local grocery stores. The products will include farm grown ingredients and the youth create, market, distribute and sell their chosen product. The young men are compensated for their work on the farm. With their first job comes the expectation to come to work on time, in uniform and be held accountable for their work ethic. During 2023, Boys Grow continued to successfully provide an abundance of opportunities and experiences for 95 youth through our immediate program and an additional 45 youth with our school partnerships. We also, engaged 250 youth though tours and classes. The youth received classroom instruction and hands on activities around all aspects of running an organic farming operation, from composting techniques to soil maintenance. The youth also received hands on lessons in product development, direct public sales, culinary skills, and personal mentorship from staff and volunteers. 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RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 167163 167163 0 1218861 137439 1081422 0 0 0 0 0 84346 11914 72432 0 200666 134142 66524 1387541 X 1 Write on Fundraising 1475 Walnut Street Kansas City MO 64106 Grant writing and cultivating new funding opportunities. 0 206500 39444 167056 206500 39444 167056 MO Date Night 18495 17768 727 0 0 0 477 250 461 Farm Fest 34657 30861 3796 0 0 0 3545 250 5701 2 12985 5024 7961 0 0 1191 7761 200 7752 66137 53653 12484 0 0 1191 11783 700 13914 27588 -15104 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft of the 990 is emailed and review and approved by the Board President. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 A review of the salary of the executive director completed based on comparison of salaries from the local non-profit salary and benefits report. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.