2025-03-06T15:36:04-06:00 2024-04-30 223476348 DAVID BRUNO & ASSOCIATES LLP 277 FAIRFIELD RD SUITE 207 FAIRFIELD NJ 070041937 990 2023-05-01 272704326 ESCALA INITIATIVE INC ESCA 9178921442 CO BRUNOCALOTTA 277 FAIRFIELD RD FAIRFIELD NJ 07004 LAWRENCE S COBEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 9178921442 2025-02-26 1 1 DAVID BRUNO P02039349 9738081100 2025-02-26 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z LAWRENCE S COBEN 277 FAIRFIELD ROAD SUITE 207 FAIRFIELD NJ 07004 502077 0 X WWW.THEESCALA.ORG X 2010 DE ORGANIZATION FORMED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES. (COLLECTIVELY, "CHARITABLE PURPOSES") AS SPECIFIED IN IRS CODE SEC. 501(C)(3). THE ORGANIZATION SHALL ENGAGE IN CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDING EDUCATION WHICH FOCUSES ON EMPOWERING DISADVANTAGED ENTREPRENEURS AND ARTISANS - THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE WOMEN - WHO LIVE IN POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES BASIC EDUCATION AND GIVES PEOPLE THE TOOLS TO BUILD THE FUTURE THEY WANT FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH ESCALA'S RENOWNED BUSINESS SCHOOL AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM, WOMEN AND OTHER FROM LOW RESOURCE COMMUNITIES ARE LEARNING HOW TO BECOME PROFITABLE AND SELF-SUFFICIENT ENTREPRENEURS, HELPING THEM EARN A DIGNIFIED LIVING INCOME AND BETTER SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. 13 11 2 0 1278 0 446843 500799 0 0 9 6 0 1272 446852 502077 516496 314254 0 0 99045 56698 0 0 0 9706 9422 625247 380374 -178395 121703 103657 225360 0 0 103657 225360 X ORGANIZATION FORMED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES. (COLLECTIVELY, "CHARITABLE PURPOSES") AS SPECIFIED IN IRS CODE SEC. 501(C)(3). THE ORGANIZATION SHALL ENGAGE IN CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDING EDUCATION WHICH FOCUSES ON EMPOWERING DISADVANTAGED ENTREPRENEURS AND ARTISANS - THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE WOMEN - WHO LIVE IN POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES BASIC EDUCATION AND GIVES PEOPLE THE TOOLS TO BUILD THE FUTURE THEY WANT FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH ESCALA'S RENOWNED BUSINESS SCHOOL AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM, WOMEN AND OTHER FROM LOW RESOURCE COMMUNITIES ARE LEARNING HOW TO BECOME PROFITABLE AND SELF-SUFFICIENT ENTREPRENEURS, HELPING THEM EARN A DIGNIFIED LIVING INCOME AND BETTER SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. 0 0 WITH OVER 25 TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS, ESCALA HAS ALWAYS BEEN DEDICATED TO ALLEVIATING POVERTY AND HELPING PEOPLE REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH FEMALE-FOCUSED ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION. OUR PROGRAMS AND CURRICULUM PROVIDE WOMEN AND OTHERS FROM LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCE TO BECOME PROFITABLE AND SELF-SUFFICIENT ENTREPRENEURS, HELPING THEM EARN A LIVING INCOME. OUR WORK ENSURES PEOPLE HAVE THE ECONOMIC MEANS TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES AND MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 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GIVES GRANTS FOCUSED ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING. 222696 BANK WIRE TRANSFERS 0 BOOK VALUE NORTH AMERICA - CANADA AND MEXICO, BUT NOT THE UNITED STATES ESCALA INITIATIVE INC. GIVES GRANTS FOCUSED ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING. 91558 BANK WIRE TRANSFERS 0 BOOK VALUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWED WITH BOARD MEMBERS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS