2025-05-13T10:37:26-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 812922258 CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE INC CHAM 5855634797 120 Academy Street Fort Mill SC 29715 Norman West Chairman 5852093060 2025-05-12 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.championsofchangeusa.org X X 181261 X 181261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 181261 0 0 13061 152 389 2811 144962 161375 19886 23173 0 43059 23173 43059 0 0 0 0 23173 43059 0 0 23173 43059 Champions of Change's primary exempt purpose is to provide support for homeless and foster families. This includes providing wraparound and supplemental services for these families to supply additional food, clothing, housing, and other resources that they may be lacking. Additionally, Champions of Change provides exceptional, once-in-a-lifetime experiences for these families that they would not participate in otherwise. Hotels for the Holidays - Last December, we blessed over 250 of our homeless friends with an all-expenses-paid 3-day, 2-night staycation in a hotel so that their children did not have to wake up in shelters on Christmas. This was done in 5 cities: New York, NY, Nashville, TN, Charlotte, NC, Rochester, NY, and Orlando, FL. Champions of Change provided each guest with warm pajamas, all meals, gifts and stockings, trees, and decorations in every room. 0 83286 Feed a Family for Thanksgiving - Champions of Change provided Thanksgiving baskets for more than 160 families in Rochester NY and the greater Charlotte, NC area with over 5,000 lbs. of food. Also included were $25 gift cards for each family to buy a turkey and additional fixings for their Thanksgiving dinners. 0 13025 Princess Parties and Birthday Paint Parties for foster children - Hosted princess parties for foster girls and birthday paint parties for foster children throughout the year. Each party included painting canvases and paint materials, food, gifts, and prizes for the foster children and their accompanying foster parents. Each of the children received "Birthdays in a Bag" complete with cake, frosting, balloons, other decorations, and gifts so that they could celebrate on their actual birthday as well. 0 8354 Champions of Change hosted low-income families for nights out on the town. A group of 20 individuals were treated to live theater in Uptown Charlotte at the Belk Theater to watch The Lion King. 0 2000 Additional community services in support of homeless and foster individuals and families are provided ad hoc throughout the year as funding permits: providing one-time financial support to families to help pay rent and utilities and buy groceries, sending meals to families in need, sending care packages to foster youth struggling in college, and providing furniture to homeless families who have been newly placed in their apartments are some examples of the work that Champions of Change does to help fill financial gaps for low-income families. 0 38297 144962 Norman West Chairman 5 0 LaTashia Martin Board Member 2 0 Joyelle Breedlove Board Member 2 0 Olivia West Executive Director 40 48000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC Norman West 120 Academy Street Fort Mill SC 29715 5852093060 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 97491 160957 113911 147578 181261 701198 5198 0 0 0 0 5198 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102689 160957 113911 147578 181261 706396 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 706396 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 102689 160957 113911 147578 181261 706396 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 The $144,962 in expenses outlined as Other Expenses/Total Program Service Expenses were to conduct programming for underserved foster and homeless youth and their families including the following programs and services: (1) Hotels for the Holidays - Last December, we blessed over 250 of our homeless friends with an all-expenses-paid 3-day, 2-night staycation in a hotel so that their children did not have to wake up in shelters on Christmas. This was done in 5 cities: New York, NY, Nashville, TN, Charlotte, NC, Rochester, NY, and Orlando, FL. Champions of Change provided each guest with warm pajamas, all meals, gifts and stockings, trees, and decorations in every room. (2) Feed a Family for Thanksgiving - Champions of Change provided Thanksgiving baskets for more than 160 families in Rochester NY and the greater Charlotte, NC area with over 5,000 lbs. of food. Also included were $25 gift cards for each family to buy a turkey and additional fixings for their Thanksgiving dinners. (3) Princess Parties and Birthday Paint Parties for foster children - Hosted princess parties for foster girls and birthday paint parties for foster children throughout the year. Each party included painting canvases and paint materials, food, gifts, and prizes for the foster children and their accompanying foster parents. Each of the children received "Birthdays in a Bag" complete with cake, frosting, balloons, other decorations, and gifts so that they could celebrate on their actual birthday as well. (4) Champions of Change hosted low-income families for nights out on the town. A group of 20 individuals were treated to live theater in Uptown Charlotte at the Belk Theater to watch The Lion King. (5) Additional community services in support of homeless and foster individuals and families are provided ad hoc throughout the year as funding permits: providing one-time financial support to families to help pay rent and utilities and buy groceries, sending meals to families in need, sending care packages to foster youth struggling in college, and providing furniture to homeless families who have been newly placed in their apartments are some examples of the work that Champions of Change does to help fill financial gaps for low-income families.