2024-02-17T22:00:06Z 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 832952050 BALLET AND BOOKS BALL 0000000000 3700 FALLENTREE LN BLUE ASH OH 45236 Afsaneh Faki Chief Financial Officer 0000000000 2024-02-17 Afsaneh Faki true 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X https://www.balletandbooks.org/ X X Non-Profit 60437 X 24117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35748 597 35151 572 0 572 0 59840 0 1940 14390 11299 0 716 4094 32439 27401 28925 0 56326 28925 56326 0 0 0 0 28925 56326 0 0 28925 56326 Ballet and Books is a national non-profit organization striving to reduce the literacy gap through the hybrid storytelling of dance and reading In our extracurricular programming led by high school and college students we provide 3-9-year-olds with an opportunity to improve their literacy skills through a combination of dance instruction and dialogic reading Our mentees are mainly children from low-income families and communities of color The Ballet and Books mission is to give these children the skill sets to build literacy confidence and leadership through mentorship and dance We understand that it is essential for all children to have mentors they can relate to and recruit mentors who can both relate to their mentees backgrounds but also teach our children how to build community with people who are different from them This is the power of bridging literacy and dance through mentorship We are a 501c3 and therefore have tax exemption status 0 0 Barbara McAlister Program Director 20.00 16780 0 500 false false false false false 0 false false false false OH Afsaneh Faki 5705 Belle Ridge Trail Birmingham AL 35210 2055869035 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 0 5600 34223 59865 99688 192 276 572 1040 5792 34499 60437 100728 100728 0 0 5792 34499 60437 100728 0 0 0 0 Crowdfunding 7056 0 7056 0 0 0 0 0 0 Crowdfunding 28692 0 28692 597 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35748 0 35748 597 0 0 0 0 0 597 35151 Schedule O: Chapter Funds: activity and programming expenses for each chapter. These include dancewear and books for all children, uniforms for all volunteer mentors, speakers, floor dots, space rental for performances, etc.