CHILDSPLAY INTERNATIONAL INC
EIN 85-0677829 · Children & Youth Services (P30)
What they do
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE - THE ORGANIZATIONS PURPOSE is to ORGANIZE GAMES and PROJECTS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD for VULNERABLE CHILDREN to ACQUIRE THE COGNITIVE, CREATIVE, and SOCIAL BENEFITS of PLAY. THE ORGANIZATION DEVELOPS TEMPLATES for OTHERS to ORGANIZE ACTIVITIES WITH COMPARABLE OBJECTIVES, ADAPTED to THEIR OWN SETTINGS. IN ADDITION, ORGANIZES PROJECTS for CULTURAL CONSERVATION THAT FOSTER THE APPRECIATION for and KNOWLEDGE of INDIGENOUS PRACTICES, PARTICULARLY AS THESE RELATE to PLAY and CREATIVITY. THE PURPOSE is to DISSEMINATE THESE TRADITIONS to OTHER CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR PEERS ELSEWHERE. IN COOPERATION WITH GROUPS THAT HAVE SIMILAR OBJECTIVES, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTS STORY TELLING EVENTS to HELP CHILDREN EXPRESS THEMSELVES and FEEL FREE to SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES.
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They name their leaders4 people are listed in the latest report.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (4)
CAROLINE MILLERBOARD MEMBER
JOHN WATSONBOARD MEMBER
SANDRA SHERMANSECRETARY
STEVEN R WATSONPRESIDENT & CEO
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2020
- Location
- 603 WEST 111TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10025
- County
- New York
- In care of
- STEVEN R WATSON
- Primary officer
- STEVEN R WATSON, President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- JLEVINE TAXES INC
- NTEE classification
- Children & Youth Services (P30)
- IRS tax category
- Children & Youth Services