2026-08-17T12:42:22-07:00 2025-09-30 204810239 MICHAEL SHIMIZU CPA 433 GLADSTONE CT ROSEVILLE CA 95747 990 2024-10-01 451261970 Fotokids Inc FOTO 5597378508 PO Box 320 Three Rivers CA 93271 Daniel Huecker President 5597378508 2026-08-02 true true Michael Shimizu CPA P00618900 9169103439 2026-08-17 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Daniel Huecker PO Box 320 Three Rivers CA 93271 358197 false X www.fotokids.org X 2012 CA Fotokids has utilized photography, graphic design, and media technology as tools for self-expression, creativity, leadership, and vocational training experience with hundres of youths from poor rural and urban areas. 8 8 0 8 0 0 316145 354333 0 3864 0 316145 358197 287191 405595 0 17800 0 0 0 1681 304991 407276 11154 -49079 117549 95227 0 117549 95227 Fotokids provides young people from low-income communities in Guatemala with education in photography, design, and digital media, together with scholarships and the support services needed to stay in school and enter the workforce. false false 97267 18800 0 Fotokids funds and oversees media arts education and vocational training for young people from low-income communities in Guatemala City, carried out by Guatemalan registered nonprofit Fundacin de Nios Artistas de Guatemala. The program combines photography, graphic design, and digital media with practical career preparation. All five staff are Fotokids graduates who have worked professionally in media; each serves in both an instructional and an administrative role and mentors students facing poverty and community violence. During FY2025, 37 students participated in 86 classes and workshops. Students built professional portfolios through five assignments for outside clients in editorial and event photography, commercial catalog work, and web and digital design, and nine teenage students completed internships or supervised work placements. A new partnership with Ingeniera y Representaciones, S.A. (INRESA) provided nine professional workshops for 14 advanced students and three staff members at INRESAs studio in Zone 4, with studio access and advanced equipment donated in kind. To remove barriers to attendance, students received lunch and round-trip transportation twice weekly, and 10 students received psychosocial support. 173495 28200 0 Fotokids funds and oversees a second media arts and community support in Santiago Atitln, Guatemala, The program uses photography and digital design to build creative expression, technical skill, and professional experience. During FY2025, 50 students participated. They completed six workshops led by three Guatemalan and five international photography and design professionals, and delivered three projects for local clients. Student work was exhibited internationally during the year. Two students were selected for the Head On Photo Festival in Sydney, Australia, where one was named a finalist; the work was also shown digitally and in additional Australian cities. Fifty prints were featured in the Bronx Documentary Centers Latin American Foto Festival in New York City. Twenty-three prints were included in What Makes Me Click!, a childrens photography exhibition co-curated by the Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation and the Childrens Photography Archive (UK) and shown at the Government Museum in Chennai, India. To sustain participation amid economic hardship, the families of participating students received food baskets each month throughout the year, approximately 600 distributions during FY2025. 134833 50000 0 Fotokids funds full scholarships for formal education, from primary school through university, for students enrolled. A full scholarship covers required tuition and related school costs, removing the financial barrier that most often ends a students education. During FY2025, Fotokids added 37 students who had participated in the program for more than one year, bringing total recipients to 87. That figure represents the full unduplicated enrollment: every student Fotokids served during the year also received a scholarship. Of the 87 recipients, 42 attended primary school, 40 attended secondary school, and 5 attended university. All 82 primary and secondary recipients advanced to the next grade level. No recipients reached secondary graduation during FY2025 given current cohort composition; the five university recipients were already enrolled. The FY2025 expansion was supported in part by a $50,000 grant from The Palmer Foundation. 405595 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 8 8 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true false false false false CA X Daniel Huecker 5597378508 PO Box 320 Three Rivers CA 93271 X Daniel Huecker President/Chairman 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Austin Lau Vice President 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Georgiana Young Treasurer 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Matt Strain Former Treasurer 4.00 X X 0 0 0 Anne Hiller Secretary 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Kami Lee Director 3.00 X 0 0 0 Pat Gouvdis Director 3.00 X 0 0 0 Royce Nicolaisen Director 3.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 354333 354333 3864 0 3864 Other 999999 0 0 0 0 0 358197 0 0 3864 405595 405595 165 0 165 0 1470 0 1470 0 Bank fees 46 0 46 0 407276 405595 1681 0 117549 45227 50000 117549 95227 0 0 X 117549 95227 117549 95227 117549 95227 -49079 26757 X false false false X 0 239898 278875 316145 404149 143458 1382525 0 0 239898 278875 316145 404149 143458 1382525 0 1382525 0 0 0 1382525 1.00000 1.00000 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED true Central America 1 12 Program services Educational services 405595 1 12 1 12 405595 405595 Central America Educational support 405595 Monthly checks 0 None Cash 1 false false false false false false Pt I Line 2 Fotokids provided a grant contract and closely monitors all spending by Fundacion de Ninos Artistas de Guatemala through review of monthly accounting, year-end reporting, and the fact that the Fotokids founder resides in Guatemala and works closely on a weekly basis with our programs there. Annual financial report is obtained from a certified Guatemalan accountant. The program in Guatemala has served over 2,000 children and in 2025 educated and provided services to more than 200 students from poor neighborhoods as well as providing scholarships to many of the students. Pt VI, Line 11b The Board of Directors reviews the Form 990 and approves for issuance. Pt VI, Line 12c Fotokids requires all officers, directors, and key employees to complete and sign an annual conflict of interest disclosure form. The Board reviews these disclosures each year and addresses any reported conflicts in accordance with the policy. Any potential conflicts identified during the year are reviewed at the next board meeting, and actions taken are documented in the minutes. Pt VI, Line 18 Fotokids makes its governing document, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.