2022-05-15T22:54:47-07:00 2021-12-31 990EZ 2021-01-01 812922258 CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE INC CHAM 5854067606 120 Academy Street Fort Mill SC 29715 Norman West Chairman 5854067606 2022-05-15 0 11 0 AAL2 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X X www.championsofchangeusa.org X X 105957 X 105957 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105957 0 0 52652 8135 929 300 50184 112200 -6243 45917 0 39674 45917 39674 0 0 0 0 45917 39674 0 0 45917 39674 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 311 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 7 cities: New York, NY, Charlotte, NC, Rochester, NY, Buffalo, NY, Nashville, TN, Columbia, SC, and Orlando, FL. Champions of Change provided each guest with warm pajamas, all meals, gifts and stockings, trees, and decorations in every room. 0 35659 Feed a Family for Thanksgiving - Champions of Change provided Thanksgiving baskets for 155 families in Rochester, NY and the greater Charlotte, NC area with over 4,600 lbs. of food. Also included $25 gift cards for each family to buy a turkey and additional fixings for their Thanksgiving dinner. 0 8525 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 1500 Hosted our annual Loads of Love event in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Charlotte, NC where the organization gifted the community with over 300 FREE loads of laundry, provided detergent, bleach, fabric softener, and dryer sheets, and provided lunch for the community to everyone from the neighborhood who wanted to join us. 0 1500 Additional community services in support of homeless and foster individuals and families, in particular in response to the COVID-19 crisis: providing one-time financial support to families to help pay rent and utilities and buy groceries, sending meals to families in need, and sending care packages to foster youth struggling in college. 0 3000 50184 Norman West Chairman 10 0 0 0 LaTashia Martin Board Member 10 0 0 0 Joyelle Breedlove Board Member 10 0 0 0 Olivia West Executive Director 40 48800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC Norman West 5644 Regal Way Fort Mill SC 29707 5854067606 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 94883 41686 67819 97491 105957 407836 0 0 0 5198 0 5198 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94883 41686 67819 102689 105957 413034 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 413034 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 94883 41686 67819 102689 105957 413034 1 0.95 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 The $50,184 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 311 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 7 cities: New York, NY, Charlotte, NC, Rochester, NY, Buffalo, NY, Nashville, TN, Columbia, SC, 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 155 families in Rochester NY and the greater Charlotte, NC area with over 4,600 lbs. of food. Also included $25 gift cards for each family to buy a turkey and additional fixings for their Thanksgiving dinner. (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) Hosted our annual Loads of Love event in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Charlotte, NC where the organization gifted the community with over 300 FREE loads of laundry, provided detergent, bleach, fabric softener, and dryer sheets, and provided lunch for the community to everyone from the neighborhood who wanted to join us. (5) Additional community services in support of homeless and foster individuals and families, in particular in response to the COVID-19 crisis: providing one-time financial support to families to help pay rent and utilities and buy groceries, sending meals to families in need, and sending care packages to foster youth struggling in college. Schedule B, Part I Champions of Change received an SC CARES grant for COVID-19 relief in the amount of $34,848.61, which was used for programming and services for the homeless and foster families we serve as well as payroll expenses.