KIDS CHANCE INC
EIN 76-0744054 · Youth Development Programs (O50)
What they do
FOUNDED IN 2003, KIDS CHANCE of TENNESEE is DEVOTED to PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS to CHILDREN of TN WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED or SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC INJURIES IN WORK-RELATED ACCIDENTS. WE BELIEVE THAT BY INVESTING IN OUR CHILDRENS FUTURE, WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TOOLS and OPPORTUNITY to MAKE A DIFFERENCE.IN 2023, THERE WERE 164 FATALITIES SUFFERED IN THE WORKPLACE IN TN (SOURCE: US BUREAU of LABOR STATISTICS). MANY MORE WORKERS SUSTAINED SERIOUS or CATASTROPHIC INJURIES THAT IMPACTED THEIR ABILITY to PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT to THEIR FAMILY. AS OUR STATE CONTINUES to GROW ECONOMICALLY, EMPLOYERS REQUIRE SKILLED and TRAINED WORKERS to MEET THEIR BUSINESS and MANUFACTURING NEEDS. KIDS CHANCE HELPS WITH THIS GROWTH BY PROVIDING AN EDUCATION to THE CHILDREN of TENNESSEE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BY A WORKPLACE INJURY.TO DATE, WE HAVE PROVIDED 39 STUDENTS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS ENABLING THEM to ATTEND VOCATIONAL and TECHNICAL TRAINING, COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES.IN 2024, WE PROVID
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Board and leadership roster (12)
CHAD RAYBURNTRUSTEE
DANIELLE LAWSONTREASURER
DAVID TUTORTRUSTEE
DEB PEWITTTRUSTEE
ERYN CRAWFORDTRUSTEE
JENNIFER SHELTONPRESIDENT
KATHY KIRBYFOUNDING MEMBER
LOU MORANTRUSTEE
MISTY WILLIAMSIMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
STEPHANIE RITZTRUSTEE
SUZY DOUGLASVICE PRESIDENT
TERRI TUBBSSECRETARY
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2003
- Location
- PO BOX 681383, FRANKLIN, TN 37068-1383
- County
- Williamson
- In care of
- % KATHY L SMITHSON
- Primary officer
- DANIELLE LAWSON, TREASURER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- KRAFTCPAS PLLC
- NTEE classification
- Youth Development Programs (O50)
- IRS tax category
- Youth Development Programs