2025-02-13T12:35:58-05:00 2024-09-30 Richmond Business Advisors 1 Hawthorne Lane Westport CT 06880 990 2023-10-01 841971832 Young Leadership Addiction Awareness Inc YOUN 33 Soundview Drive Westport CT 06880 James Hood CEO and Secreta 2038561788 2025-02-13 true true David Kass P02362505 2033688034 2025-02-13 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Generation SOS James Hood 33 Soundview Drive Westport CT 06880 509648 false X www.generationsos.org X 2019 CT The mission of Generation S.O.S. is helping teens and young adults make life-saving decisions about substance misuse and other mental health issues. 15 14 0 20 185797 0 465358 276259 0 137 185660 465358 462056 5000 0 0 0 12500 328085 399680 328085 404680 137273 57376 290263 347639 0 290263 347639 The mission of Generation S.O.S. is helping teens and young adults make life-saving decisions about substance misuse and other mental health issues. false false 198123 Generation S.O.S. in Person The primary delivery channel for Generation S.O.S.s life-saving message is middle schools, high schools, and colleges nationwide. Students and administrators invariably tell us these highly engaging sessions are the best, most informative, and most important assemblies ever held at their schools. Students often come forth after these meetings to say they are struggling and need help, which we facilitate. We also help establish, and provide content for, youth-led Generation S.O.S. school clubs where students come together to continue their authentic conversations about coping with mental health challenges and substance use. Beyond schools, we also take our message to community centers (with an emphasis on under-resourced groups), youth groups within places of worship and, starting this past year, to Indigenous American communities. Last year, we reached more than 50,000 teens and young adults through these powerful meetings. 97239 Greatly Expanded Social Media Presence While the impact and sense of community created by our in-person meetings is unrivaled, social media is the fastest and easiest way to reach the greatest number of teens and young adults all across the country. Again last year, we dramatically increased our presence on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn. We typically post on these platforms several times per week. In addition, the 80+ members of our Youth Advisory Board regularly create and share posts on their own channels. In the past year, we created a Young Professionals Board, to help Generation S.O.S. spread its life-saving message to young adults who recently entered the workplace, as well as a College Advisory Board, to extend our social media presence on college campuses. We regularly reach 40,000+ teens and young adults monthly on social media, and expect to continue growing that number by 20% or more yearly. 61353 The shared passion of everyone involved with Generation S.O.S. is to empower a movement of teens and young adults to help each other cope with the extraordinary challenges of mental health issues, including substance misuse and, too often, addiction, overdose, and death. While we know this subject is on the minds of literally all teens and young adults (and their parents), there is much they dont know because of the stigma, shame, and misinformation surrounding it. Worse, these critical issues are rarely discussed openly. Our ever-expanding resources include a robust website with an array of educational information a tool kit of coping skills, a curated video library of teens and young adults sharing their stories about mental health and substance challenges, a highly informative podcast series, timely articles from vetted sources, and more. 356715 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 8 0 true 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 15 14 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X X James W Hood 2038561788 33 Soundview Drive Westport CT 06880 James Hood CEO and Secretary 60.00 0.00 X X X X 120000 0 0 Jennifer Bandier Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Heller Wold Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Allison Fillmore Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Brennan Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jeff Leimsider Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bill Bonbrest Treasurer 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Steve Altman Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Liora Yalof Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lorinda Ash Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Darlene Perez Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Wendy Cleary Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas Capola Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nancy Ganz Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Robin Aviv Board Chair 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 120000 0 0 1 false false false 276259 276259 137 137 233252 47592 185660 185660 462056 0 185797 0 5000 5000 379683 337183 30000 12500 1612 1612 2500 2500 747 747 2705 1352 1353 2369 2369 7759 7759 2204 2204 Bank Charges 101 101 404680 356715 35465 12500 289941 347179 322 460 290263 347639 0 0 X 290263 347639 290263 347639 290263 347639 57376 0 X true X false true false X 395202 198552 123923 303355 261259 1282291 107946 204506 41627 206212 233252 793543 503148 403058 165550 509567 494511 2075834 210000 140000 79000 232383 661383 210000 140000 79000 232383 661383 1414451 137 137 137 137 503148 403058 165550 509567 494648 2075971 0.68130 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X Hamptons 233252 233252 8178 1163 28953 9298 233252 233252 8178 1163 28953 9298 47592 185660 Local chapters branches affiliates Part VI line 10a Our chapters in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Palm Beach, and Connecticut were formed, and are closely overseen, by board members who are regularly in touch with each other about all activities of the organization. As such, these are not autonomous chapters. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 This document was prepared collaboratively between the CEO and outside CPA and thenreviewed with the Founder/Board Chair and Treasurer. Going forward we intend to form a Finance Committee of the board to assist with such matters. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c We have an all-volunteer, unpaid board. The only significant potential for conflict ofinterest is if a director were an investor in, or otherwise affiliated with, an addiction treatment center and used his/her role within Generation S.O.S. to benefit that for-profit business. None of our directors invests in, or is affiliated with, any such businesses. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a The CEO is an independent contactor working exclusively for the organization and performs several functions within that role. His compensation was set by the Founder/Board Chair, who provided the seed funding of the organization. The CEOs compensation is disclosed in all budget documents presented to the board, and is unchanged since the inception of the organization. Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b The CEO is the only full-time, independent contactor working exclusively for theorganization. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 Governing documents are available upon request.