BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING FOUNDATION
EIN 20-5821634 · Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingT
What they do
Education, YouthTalk: A Bridges of Understanding and Global Nomads Group Initiative: BOU Concluded Its Decade-long Partnership On This Free-of-charge, Common Core State Standard Aligned English Language Arts Curriculum That Pairs Middle and High School Classrooms In The United States and Arab World. Anchored By A Series of Videoconferences Between Students, This Program Allowed for A Dynamic, Cross-cultural Exchange Between The Thought Leaders of Tomorrow On Topics That Include Rights Advocacy; History, Culture, and Belief Systems; Environment and Natural Resources; Government and Foreign Policy; and Global Health. BOU Funded Global Nomads Group for The Joint Development and Execution of YouthTalk.
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Board and leadership roster (3)
KARIM KAWARPRESIDENT
KATHRYN HUBBARDTREASURER
LUMA KAWARVICE PRESIDENT
About this charity
- Location
- PO Box 2232 Radio City Station, New York, NY 10101
- County
- New York
- In care of
- Faisal Al-Juburi
- Primary officer
- Faisal Al-Juburi, Executive Dir.
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2017
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2017
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- MORSE AND COMPANY CPAS
- IRS tax category
- Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingT
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2022