2024-04-16T08:40:29-04:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 271413388 So Others May Learn % PETER TESTER SOOT 6122964206 5137 QUEEN AVE S Minneapolis MN 554102256 Kristina Chien Executive Director 2024-04-16 false Kristina Chien XXX-XX-XXXX 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X not for profit organization 116319 X 116319 0 7255 -7255 0 0 0 109064 85462 2674 778 810 89724 19340 5700 0 25040 5700 25040 5700 25040 5700 25040 X So Others May Learn is a 501 C3 non profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive academic scholarships to motivated students in Uganda Zambia and Zimbabwe who lack the financial resources to attend school otherwise. So Others May Learn is committed to providing educational scholarships to motivated and deserving students in rural and impoverished communities in Zimbabwe Zambia and Uganda who would otherwise be unable to continue their learning. Promising students are nominated by their teachers or selected by our country coordinators. Report cards are reviewed every term to assess each student's progress and continued commitment to their education. The results so far? All of our scholarship recipients average in the top 15% of their class within two years of beginning secondary school. They are also role models for their younger siblings and other children in their communities who now also hope to earn a scholarship and continue their educations. In 2023 So Others May Learn provided comprehensive scholarships for 4 Zimbabwe scholars. Our scholarships are comprehensive so our students can focus on what's important- their education. Scholarships pay for tuition room and board medical bills transportation uniforms and school supplies and are guaranteed to each scholarship recipient for the remainder of their primary and secondary education and through their tertiary education if they maintain a strong academic standing. 12016 0 In 2023 So Others May Learn provided comprehensive scholarships for 10 Zambia scholars. Our scholarships are comprehensive so our students can focus on what's important- their education. Scholarships pay for tuition room and board medical bills transportation uniforms and school supplies and are guaranteed to each scholarship recipient for the remainder of their primary and secondary education and through their tertiary education if they maintain a strong academic standing. 13580 0 In 2023 So Others May Learn provided comprehensive scholarships for 21 Ugandan scholars. Our scholarships are comprehensive so our students can focus on what's important- their education. Scholarships pay for tuition room and board medical bills transportation uniforms and school supplies and are guaranteed to each scholarship recipient for the remainder of their primary and secondary education and through their tertiary education if they maintain a strong academic standing. 47181 0 In 2023 So Others May Learn scholar Brandon Ariho was selected for the University of Vermont. He is the first scholarship student we have had in the United States and he received a partial scholarship from the University of Vermont but So Others May Learn covered the remainder of his scholarship 12685 0 Peter Tester Board Chair 2 0 0 0 Kristina Chien Executive Director 20 0 0 0 Hutton Phillips Board Member and future chair 10 0 0 0 Caroline Ferguson Board Secretary 2 0 0 0 Mary Goetz Board member 2 0 0 0 Elise Szwajkowski Board Member 2 0 0 0 Ellie Newman board member 2 0 0 0 Lwanga Muzaifa Uganda country coordinator 40 0 0 0 Cynthia Nidewini Zimbabwe and Zambia coordinator 20 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false MN Kristina Chien 13728 80th Street Little Falls MN 56345 6122964206 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 0 0 0 38819 38819 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38819 38819 12442 26377 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38819 0 0.6795 1.00 X Part II - Line 1, Unusual Grant Lists | Name of the Contributor:, Date of Grant:, Year:, Amount:, Description:| Donor, 08 09 2023, "2023", $28500, donations from Reg and Janice Willick on 12 22 11 24 11 15 10 12 8 9 7 12 4 11 and 2 13 totaling 28500| Donor, 08 14 2023, "2023", $24000, donation from Ted Chien via his family fund 15000 on 8 14 23 and 9000 in 1 17 23| Donor, 12 18 2023, "2023", $25000, Donation made by Barbara and John Cooney for So Others May Learn through their family fund.| RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, line 10 | Activity:, Grantee Name:, Grantee Address:, Amount:, Relationship:| scholarship funds for Zimbabwe scholars, grantee, "scholarship funds to So Others May Learn Zimbabwe scholars", $12016.00, No Relationship| scholarships to Zambia scholars, grantee, "scholarship funds to Zambia scholars", $13580.00, No Relationship| Scholarships to Uganda scholars, grantee, "primary secondary and university scholarships", $47181.00, No Relationship| scholarship, grantee, "scholarship for Brandon Ariho Ugandan scholar for University of Vermont", $12685.00, No Relationship| Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| wire transfer fees, $810.00|