2025-01-18T14:20:58Z 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 352636229 SPARK GROWTH SPAR 7602171065 58213 Caliente Street Yucca Valley CA 92284 Melanie Stine-Shannon Executive Director, CFO 7602171065 2025-01-18 2024 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X https://www.sparkgrowthprogram.com/ X X 18317 X 17734 0 0 0 0 0 0 583 0 0 583 0 0 0 0 18317 0 0 0 550 0 755 24561 25866 -7549 13286 0 5737 13286 7090 0 0 0 0 13286 7090 0 0 13286 7090 The specific purpose of this corporation is to provide young children and their families with opportunities to participate in a voluntary enrichment program where reading and art related activities are intended to enhance ongoing efforts by area childcare and education programs in the development of art and reading. Our program has serviced three public elementary school sites in the Morongo Unified school district, one local daycare and a homeschool group made up of various private school organizations. We have logged 1607 volunteer service hours during 2024. We saw 1641 children come through the program to receive enrichment in 2024. Our enrichment includes but is not limited to: learning parts of the book, engaging in various art, stem and steam activities that go along with the books theme for the visit as well as receiving a take home family project to further the learning at home, all free of charge to the participants. 0 16757 Art supply and book giveaway on June 7th, 2024. 834 books given away to 333 children in the community. As well as 333 art kits made up of 850 pieces of construction paper, 410 marker packs, 480 colored pencils, 440 paint sets, 410 crayon packs, 2,000 book markers, and 1,700 stickers. 8709 Spark Growth partnered with the Arts Connection of California, NEA Big Read Morongo Basin to select and create a 'little read' program for a month long program. Providing in class and family take home activities to 329 students and gave away 100 books all free of charge. 400 25866 Melanie Stine-Shannon Executive Director, CFO 50.00 0 0 0 Linda Mahany Director 10.00 0 0 0 Cyarah Stine Secretary, Volunteer coordinator 4.00 0 0 Walter Brescia Board Member 3.00 0 0 0 Kevin Shannon Program Assistant 6.00 0 0 0 Lupe Behncke Board member 3.00 0 0 0 Alicia Murphy Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 X false true false false false 0 false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false CA Melanie Stine-Shannon 58213 Caliente St Yucca Valley CA 92284 7602171065 false false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 0 0 0 4727 12718 12781 41505 18317 90048 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4727 12718 12781 41505 18317 90048 90048 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90048 0 1.00000 1.00000 X Part II, Line 10 Do not have any gain or loss from sale of capital assets Part III, Line 17A or 17b, Part III Line 12, Part IV and Part V Do not apply RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, Line 16 Other expenses being defined as program expenses and operating expenses. Program expenses: Art supplies needed to furnish enrichment activities to students and their families who participate in the program. Items include but are not limited to in class and take home art kits; storage clipboards and boxes for each participant filled with crayon pack, marker pack, colored pencil pack, pencil and glue stick. In service supplies: acrylic paint, oil pastels, chalk, copy paper, construction paper of varying sizes and colors, card stock, tape, liquid glue, ink, toner, take home bags, poster board, water color paints, spin art and paint, water color paper, model magic clay, popsicle sticks, books, yarn, string, rubber bands, staples, paperclips, colored masking tape, hand wipes, sharpies, paint brushes, paint easels, paint daubers, stickers, scratch board, foam board, ink pads, bubbles, worksheets. All supplies are given to participants; students and families in the program free of charge. Operating expense: ink cartridges, copy paper, office supplies, uniforms, office equipment and printer parts. Part V, Line 34 Our bylaws have been updated