2025-03-29T11:09:54-05:00 2024-08-31 462911679 AVAIL ACCOUNTING & TAX GROUP INC 303 INTERNATIONAL CIR T-128 COCKEYSVILLE MD 21030 990 2023-09-01 271060325 WISDOM PROJECTS INC WISD 4436072477 2210 N CHARLES ST 2 BALTIMORE MD 21218 UPASIKA MISS TREE TURTLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD CHAIR 4436072477 2025-03-29 1 0 ERIN SINGLE CPA P00818662 4439821257 2025-03-29 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z UPASIKA MISS TREE TURTLE 2210 N CHARLES ST NO 2 BALTIMORE MD 21218 723049 0 X WWW.WISDOMPROJECTS.ORG X 2010 MD SEE SCHEDULE O 8 6 7 0 0 0 725591 711849 6217 11200 0 0 0 0 731808 723049 0 0 0 0 280513 239616 0 0 14807 226387 190634 506900 430250 224908 292799 404696 728077 0 20000 404696 708077 X SEE SCHEDULE O 0 0 385917 11200 BY 2023, WISDOM PROJECTS' VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING ELIMINATED HOMICIDES AND SUICIDES AMONG THE ENROLLED POPULATION AND REDUCED COMMUNITY MEMBERS' EVICTIONS IN THE HOUSING PROJECTS TO JUST ONE, AND THIS IMPACT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED UNTIL THIS DAY. BY 2023, AFTER A HIGH OF 46 PERCENT, WISDOM PROJECTS' VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING REDUCED THE PERCENTAGE OF MONTHLY INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE-PARTNER VIOLENCE TO 13 PERCENT AND HOLDING. WHEN WE BEGAN OUR WORK, 42 PERCENT OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AGED YOUTH IN OUR PROGRAMMING HAD CONTACT WITH THE CRIMINAL OR JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS THROUGH ARREST OR CONVICTION. BY THE BEGINNING OF 2023, ONLY 4 PERCENT OF ENROLLED YOUTH WERE ARRESTED AND, SINCE 2020, NO YOUTH ENROLLEE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME. 385917 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MD X X UPASIKA MISS TREE TURTLE 4436151618 2210 N CHARLES ST NO 2 BALTIMORE MD 21218 UPASIKA MISS TREE TURTLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD CHAIR 40.00 X X 83231 0 0 DR THEODORE RICHARDS CO-CEO & BOARD PRES THROUGH 5/24 40.00 X X 62100 0 0 TODD HOSKINS TREASURER 3.00 X 0 0 0 MOLLIE DOWLING BOARD MEMBER 3.00 X 0 0 0 ARIANNE RICHARDS TREASURER 3.00 X 0 0 0 SHARON WILLIAMS MEMBER 3.00 X 0 0 0 LAURA OREM MEMBER 3.00 X 0 0 0 FINN SCHUBERT BOARD MEMBER 3.00 X 0 0 0 145331 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 711849 711849 PROGRAM SERVICE FEES 611710 11200 11200 11200 723049 11200 0 0 145331 126438 13080 5813 58676 51048 5281 2347 20432 17776 1839 817 15177 13204 1366 607 8706 6094 2612 5189 5189 4567 3470 1097 4729 4256 473 23542 20482 3060 1665 1665 4589 3992 597 SUPPLIES 123439 123439 MEALS 5851 5851 PROGRAM EVENTS 5769 5769 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 893 893 1695 1540 121 34 430250 385917 29526 14807 54696 24970 350000 696190 6917 5365 5365 0 0 404696 728077 20000 0 20000 X 0 0 0 0 404696 708077 404696 708077 404696 728077 292799 10582 0 X 0 0 0 X 469508 400340 359734 725591 711849 2667022 469508 400340 359734 725591 711849 2667022 2667022 2667022 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 5365 5365 0 0 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 WISDOM PROJECTS (OFFICIALLY, WISDOM PROJECTS, INC. DOING-BUSINESS-AS THE BALTIMORE WISDOM PROJECT) IS A 15-YEAR-OLD SECULAR 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PEACE, SAFETY, AND EQUALITY FOR LOW-INCOME YOUTH AND FAMILIES. OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATING, ORGANIZING, AND HEALING PREVENTS VIOLENCE, ELEVATED BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS, AND ENDS INEQUALITY. ANNUALLY, SINCE 2029, OUR PROGRAMS (HELD SIX-DAY-A-WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) HAVE ELIMINATED HOMICIDES AND SUICIDES AMONG APPROXIMATELY 125 ENROLLEES IN EAST BALTIMORE, AND DRASTICALLY REDUCED RATES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, EVICTION, SCHOOL SUSPENSION, AND GUN POSSESSION, WHILE UPLIFTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS' ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN MAKING MISTAKES, AND THEIR COPING SKILLS WITH PTSD, POVERTY, ANXIETY, STRESS, AND DEPRESSION. WISDOM PROJECTS HAS SIX PROGRAMS: 1. YOUTH PEACEMAKERS PROGRAM; 2. PARENT PEACEMAKERS PROGRAM; 3. STEM & HEALING ARTS PEACEMAKING PROGRAM; 4. SUMMER PEACEMAKING CAMP; 5. PLANET PROTECTORS LABORATORIES; 6. CONFLICT RESOLUTION EDUCATION AND SERVICES. WHAT MAKES OUR WORK STAND OUT IS THAT IT IS CO-LED BY TRAINED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEMSELVES. IN OUR "COMMUNITY-PARTICIPATORY APPROACH", ENROLLEES RECEIVE ONGOING TRAINING IN DE-ESCALATION, TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING WHILE WORKING AS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THAT WE CALL PEACEMAKERS. THEY ALSO RECEIVE LIMITED WRAP-AROUND SUPPORT (IN PARTICULAR, PHONE ASSISTANCE, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, GROCERIES ASSISTANCE). FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B OFFICERS DISTRIBUTE A COPY OF THE 990 ELECTRONICALLY FOR APPROVAL BY BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C (A) EMPLOYEES, BOARD MEMBERS, AND VOLUNTEERS MUST DISCLOSE THE CONFLICT/POTENTIAL CONFLICT IMMEDIATELY UPON ANNOUNCEMENTS OR UPDATES ABOUT ACTIVITIES, OPERATIONS, PROGRAMMING, AND/OR PARTNERSHIPSAT STAFF MEETINGS OR QUARTERLY BOARD MEETINGS; (B) EMPLOYEES, BOARD MEMBERS, AND VOLUNTEERS MUST DISCLOSE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE;; (C) EMPLOYEES, BOARD MEMBERS, AND VOLUNTEERS MUST NOT PURSUE INVOLVEMENT OR DECISION-MAKING OF ANY KIND OF BEHLF OF OR WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION IF THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INEREST OR POTENTIAL OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. INTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS ARE PROHIBITIED FROM VOTING ON ANY MATTER IN WHICH THERE IS A CONFLICT; AND (D) EMPLOYEES, BOARD MEMBERS, AND VOLUNTEERS MUST NOT CONTINUE ANY INVOLVEMENT WITH ENTITIES OR PEOPLE (EITHER FOR RENUMERATION OR NOT) THAT INVOLVES CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHILE PART OF OUR NONPROFIT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 TOP MANAGEMENT'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY AND IF A CHANGE IS TO BE MADE IN THE AMOUNT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS/CEOS COMPENSATION BY THE BOARD OF THE ORGANIZATION BASED ON AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW, COMPARABILITY DATA, AND CONTEMPERANEOUS, SUBSTANTIATION OF THE DELIBERATION AND DECISION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES THESE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST TO THE ORGANIZATION'S DIRECTORS.