2025-11-21T06:13:49-08:00 2024-12-31 743216978 Nawrocki Smith LLP 100 Motor Parkway Suite 580 Hauppauge NY 11788 990 2024-01-01 461931751 JESSE LEWIS CHOOSE LOVE MOVEMENT INC JESS 2035008450 PO BOX 605 NEWTOWN CT 06470 Scarlett Lewis Chief Movement Off. 2025-11-21 true true DAVID TELLIER P01359581 6317569500 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Scarlett Lewis PO BOX 605 NEWTOWN CT 06470 1347360 false X WWW.CHOOSELOVEMOVEMENT.ORG X 2013 CT to ensure that every child has access to essential life skills and character education in their classrooms to help facilitate this teaching within their families, schools, and communities. 10 10 5 52 4351 716924 1008306 279475 285247 14787 0 6641 24286 1017827 1317839 0 0 321642 292727 0 31422 649339 549813 970981 842540 46846 475299 844548 1460405 40611 73659 803937 1386746 BEFORE SCARLETT LEWIS'S 6-YEAR-OLD SON JESSE LEWIS LOST HIS LIFE AT SANDY HOOK SCHOOL ON DECEMBER 14, 2012, HE HAD WRITTEN A MESSAGE ON HER KITCHEN CHALKBOARD: NURTURING HEALING LOVE. THE WORDS "NURTURING AND HEALING" ARE PART OF THE DEFINITION OF COMPASSION ACROSS NEARLY ALL CULTURES. LOVE IS THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH HAPPY AND HEALTHY LIVES ARE BUILT. INSPIRED BY JESSE'S WORDS, THE JESSE LEWIS CHOOSE LOVE MOVEMENT WAS FORMED WITH A MISSION TO CREATE SAFER, MORE LOVING COMMUNITIES BUILT ON ENRICHING CONNECTION, LOVE, AWARENESS, AND RESILIENCE WHERE EVERY CHILD LEARNS AND BENEFITS FROM THE ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS REQUIRED TO CHOOSE LOVE, AND HELPS TO FACILITATE THIS TEACHING WITHIN THEIR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. THE CHOOSE LOVE FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM IS A PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE CHARACTER SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CSED) PROGRAM THAT EMPOWERS AND FORTIFIES EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS WITH THE POWER OF CHOICE IN ANY SITUATION, NEUROSCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED TO TEACH EMOTIONAL false false 750974 The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement continues to update the Choose Love For Schools program which has now been accessed in all 50 states, in more than 135 countries, by more than 15,000 school users. That's more than 10 million people globally that have accessed the no cost curriculum via a robust learning management system that was updated in 2023. In 2024 the Choose Love Movement added live Choice Moment Coaching, a combination of Choose Love core principles and high performance coaching over 12 weeks; meant to guide and support educators in the transformation of their classrooms and schools. Additionally, the Choose Love Movement added New Programs to drive self-sufficiency and to expand the depth and scope of programs, like Membership, School Certification, Corrections and Caregiver programs; as well as hiring a Director to expand the Ambassador program. JLCLM also designed, contextualized, and collaborated on a new Elementary, Middle & High School version of the Choose Love for Schools curriculum called 'Aloha in Action' using the Aloha spirit of Hawaii, embodied through the deeply embedded shaka gesture, as the foundation for lessons focused on respect, kindness, empathy, and community; for use in and beyond Hawai'i. 750974 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true 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 true 32 0 true 5 true true true false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false true false true true false false true true true true false true true true false CT X SCARLETT LEWIS 2035008450 PO BOX 605 NEWTOWN CT 06470 Scarlett Lewis CMO 40.00 0.00 X 153204 0 13171 Christopher Kukk Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Roy Lubit Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Maria Ortner Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chin Rodger Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Laura Rose Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sierra Towers Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Craig Della Penna Chairman 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Matthew Schwartz Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Barkan Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Traci Torres Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 153204 13171 1 false true false 0 149940 858366 1008306 Speaking fees 285247 285247 285247 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53807 29521 24286 19515 4351 420 0 1317839 304762 4351 420 0 0 0 0 166375 149768 16607 0 96597 86955 9642 5852 5268 584 244 220 24 23659 21297 2362 10000 7268 1254 1478 0 31652 23004 3969 4679 0 0 0 33207 24135 4163 4909 72069 68257 3812 27857 21736 5688 433 53520 31840 9326 12354 0 0 37848 36912 936 0 0 0 0 47761 42984 3073 1704 8022 4670 3352 Production and Program 190336 190336 CONTRACT SERVICES 31866 31866 BANK FEES 3225 3203 22 Awards and Grants 2450 1255 100 1095 0 842540 750974 60144 31422 121727 175547 180306 205886 0 41108 14285 0 0 0 31658 11507 0 72075 34916 47502 37159 362847 953737 0 0 79551 42133 0 844548 1460405 40611 73659 40611 73659 X 789689 1338390 14248 48356 803937 1386746 844548 1460405 475299 79721 27789 X false true X true false X 685759 970545 1215923 669829 1008306 4550362 0 0 685759 970545 1215923 669829 1008306 4550362 0 4550362 8408 47859 17295 14787 88349 5395 6939 20614 24286 57234 0 4695945 499457 0.96900 0.96990 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 72075 34916 37159 37159 1406232 79721 8672 88393 1317839 1317839 851212 8672 8672 842540 842540 X false false false false false false false false false Scarlett Lewis CMO 153204 6128 7043 166375 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The copy of Form 990 is provided to all board members to review. The treasurer approves of the final return to be filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All interested persons as defined in the Conflict of Interest Policy are required to disclose any conflicts that they have annually. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement, Inc uses a process involving a discussion amongst board members when considering a change in compensation of an employee or officer. Within these discussions, employee job performance is evaluated to determine if a change is warranted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement, Inc. makes the most recent copy of their Form 990 available on their own website. Other governing documents and financial statements are available upon request.