KIDS FOR CARE MINISTRIES INC
EIN 84-4271203 · Human Service Organizations (P20)
What they do
KIDS for CARE MINISTRIES is DEDICATED to UPLIFTING and EMPOWERING UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES BY PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL CHILDCARE SERVICES. OUR MISSION is to BRIDGE THE GAP IN ACCESS to EDUCATION for UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD, REGARDLESS of SOCIO- ECONOMIC BACKGROUND, CAN RECEIVE NURTURING CARE and A FOUNDATION for LIFELONG LEARNING. THROUGH OUR COMMITMENT to EXCELLENCE, COMPASSION, and COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, KIDS for CARE MINISTRIES STRIVES to CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE for CHILDREN and FAMILIES IN NEED, FOSTERING A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERY CHILD CAN THRIVE and REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
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JOANNIE BUNYONPRESIDENT/SE
KIMBERLY BURNETTTREASURER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2020
- Location
- 7400 COLUMBIA AVE, HAMMOND, IN 46324-2822
- County
- Lake
- In care of
- JOANNIE BUNYON
- Primary officer
- JOANNIE BUNYON, PRESIDENT/SECRETARY
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2022
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2022
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- LAZARIAN FINANCIAL CORP CPAS
- NTEE classification
- Human Service Organizations (P20)
- IRS tax category
- Human Service Organizations
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2026