2024-10-14T05:19:52-07:00 2023-12-31 262176601 EASY OFFICE DBA JITASA 1120 S RACKHAM WAY SUITE 300 MERIDIAN ID 83642 990 2023-01-01 825073158 SIDEWALK PROJECT SIDE 4156547905 768 STANDFORD AVE LOS ANGELES CA 90021 STACEY DEE TREASURER 4156547905 2024-10-14 1 1 JEREMY CORK P01544850 2082874777 2024-10-14 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X STACEY DEE 768 STANDFORD AVE LOS ANGELES CA 90021 941426 0 X https://thesidewalkproject.org/ X 2018 CA WE ARE A PROJECT-BASED ARTS & PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION THAT EXISTS TO CREATE COMMUNITY AND WELLNESS FOR THOSE WHO LIVE OUTDOORS. THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIUMS, INCLUDING ART, MUSIC, FILM & PUBLIC HEALTH, OUR GROUP AIMS TO BE SOCIALLY ACTIVE AND TO EMPOWER HOUSELESS COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. 6 4 16 41 0 0 399944 941426 0 0 0 0 0 0 399944 941426 0 37176 0 0 302450 411374 0 0 0 172960 241228 475410 689778 -75466 251648 72424 339272 0 15000 72424 324272 WE ARE A PROJECT-BASED ARTS & PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION THAT EXISTS TO CREATE COMMUNITY AND WELLNESS FOR THOSE WHO LIVE OUTDOORS. THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIUMS, INCLUDING ART, MUSIC, FILM & PUBLIC HEALTH, OUR GROUP AIMS TO BE SOCIALLY ACTIVE AND TO EMPOWER HOUSELESS COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. 0 0 171749 0 0 MAT - IN 2023 AND WITH THE FUNDING FROM SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION, WE EXPANDED OUR PROGRAMMING TO OFFER SOME OF OUR PARTICIPANTS THE ACCESS TO MAT, (MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT), THROUGH PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BAART METHADONE CLINIC. MANY OF OUR UNHOUSED, DRUG-USING PARTICIPANTS WANT TO GET OFF DEADLY OPIATES AND THROUGH OUR SIDEWALK PROJECT COMMUNITY, GENERAL OUTREACH, ART AND MUSIC CLASSES AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED PARTICIPANTS WHO WANT TO GAIN ACCESS TO TREATMENTS SUCH AS METHADONE, SUBOXONE FOR OPIATE USE AS WELL AS VIVANCE OR ADDERALL FOR STIMULANT USE. WE OFFER ADVOCACY IN MEDICAL / CLINICAL SETTINGS, RIDES TO AND FROM METHADONE CLINICS AND MEDICAL / CLINICAL SETTINGS, EDUCATION ON THE USE OF MAT, EMERGENCY HOTEL ROOM STAYS FOR INDUCTION TO SUBOXONE AND METHADONE OR EVEN TO TALK SOMEONE THROUGH MAKING THE CHANGE OF MEDICINES. WE HELP PEOPLE THROUGH ALL FACETS OF USING MAT AS A WAY TO GET OFF OF THE SUBSTANCES THAT CAUSE CRISIS AND CHAOTIC LIFE ON THE STREETS. EXPANDED FUNDING GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT FOR MANY INCLUDING LEADERSHIP, TO HIRE ON TWO MORE CASE MANAGERS, DRIVER AND COORDINATOR POSITIONS TO OUR TEAM. IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO BRING ON 5 CONTRACTORS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, EVALUATION, ADVOCACY, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND TRAUMA INFORMED CASE MANAGEMENT. 145089 12513 0 COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT: SKID ROW DROP-IN DAY CENTER - IN 2023 AND WITH CONTINUED FUNDING FROM CALCRG AND ITS COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT FUNDING WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP OUR SKID ROW DROP-IN DAY CENTER UP AND RUNNING. WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT FOR THOSE EMPLOYED BY THIS GRANTS FUNDING. OUR DROP-IN DAY CENTER IS HOME TO MANY UNHOUSED WOMEN IN BOTH THE SKID ROW AND MACARTHUR PARK AREAS OF LOS ANGELES. OUR DAY CENTER OFFERS OUR PARTICIPANTS A SAFE PLACE WHERE THEY CAN DO ART, COLOR, PLAY MUSIC, LISTEN TO MUSIC OR WATCH TV, GET A WARM MEAL OR A COLD WATER AND HAVE A PLACE OF COMMUNITY. WE OFFER ART CLASSES, YOGA AND MEDITATION CLASSES, TRAUMA INFORMED THERAPY SESSIONS, PARTIES, TRAININGS. WE ALSO OFFER DAY WORK PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW UNHOUSED WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A SMALL STIPEND FOR MAKING HARM REDUCTION KITS FOR OUR OUTREACH OR FOR CLEANING THE SPACE. THIS HAS BEEN GREAT IS SEEING WHAT PARTICIPANTS ARE READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN EMPLOYMENT. WE HAVE HIRED FROM OUR PARTICIPANT POPULATION AND MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO ELEVATE PEOPLE UP FROM THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. WE ALSO OFFER WRAP AROUND SERVICES TO ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WHICH INCLUDES; HOUSING, MEDICAL CARE, MAT, WOUND CARE, MEDICAL ADVOCACY, LEGAL ADVOCACY, HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES AND EDUCATION, INTIMATE VIOLENCE COUNSELLING AND ADVOCACY, LINKAGE TO ALL SOCIAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS, FOOD, WATER, ART, MUSIC AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE. 128892 4100 0 PEER EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EMPLOYMENT - IN 2023 AND WITH THIS FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL HARM REDUCTION COALITION INITIATIVE FUNDING WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT FOR MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES INCLUDING LEADERSHIP. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR SSP HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM IN SKID ROW AND MACARTHUR PARK AREAS OF LOS ANGELES, CA. THROUGH OUR SSP PROGRAM WE COLLECT USED SYRINGES AND PIPES FROM PUBLIC SPACES AND DISTRIBUTE CLEAN ONES, SLOWING THE SPREAD OF MANY COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. THIS WORK ALLOWS US TO GO REALLY DEEP WITH OUR STREET-BASED PARTICIPANTS IN ACTIVE DRUG USE. DEEP CONNECTIONS ALLOW US TO OFFER FURTHER WELLNESS OPTIONS TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE FORM OF WRAP AROUND SERVICES SUCH AS; HOUSING, WOUND CARE, MEDICAL CARE, DISTRIBUTING NARCAN TO PUSH BACK AGAINST OVERDOSE, HELPING WOMEN FLEEING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, CRISIS RESPONSE, MAT, ADVOCACY IN LEGAL SETTINGS AND COURTS, HARM REDUCTION EDUCATION, COVID RESPONSE, STI TESTING AND TREATMENT, HIV TESTING AND TREATMENT, COVID TESTING AND TREATMENT, COMMUNITY BUILDING CLASSES AND EVENTS SUCH AS ART AND MUSIC, SELF-DEFENSE AND PELVIC HEALTH. WE DO OUTREACH 2-3 TIMES A WEEK IN BOTH SKID ROW AND MAC ARTHUR PARK AND WITHIN OUR DROP-IN CENTER IN SKID ROW WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP WOMEN SAFE FROM THE STREETS, WHILE OFFERING THEM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED WARP-AROUND SERVICES. WE DISTRIBUTE HARM REDUCTION KITS AS WELL AS HYGIENE KITS AS WELL AS WOUND CARE SUPPLIES AND JUST ABOUT ANYTHING OUR UNHOUSED PARTICIPANTS NEED THAT FALL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THE GRANT AND WHAT IS ALLOWABLE IN OUR APPROVED BUDGETS. 155577 20563 0 OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDING STAFF WELLNESS PROGRAM, SELF DEFENCE, CADF, CCSWG, CFCI-AMITY, COVID MITIGATION PROGRAM. 155577 20563 0 601307 1 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X X STACEY DEE 4156547905 768 STANDFORD AVE LOS ANGELES CA 90021 NATASHA VANDERHOOF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40 X X 88333 0 0 STACEY DEE TREASURER 40 X X 63758 0 0 MEGHAN HYNES CHAIR 2 X X 0 0 0 JOSEPH ONEILL SECRETARY 2 X X 0 0 0 JESSENIA GARCIA BOARD MEMBER 2 X 0 0 0 AMY LIEBERMAN BOARD MEMBER 1 X 0 0 0 152091 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 759287 182139 0 941426 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 941426 0 0 0 X 37176 37176 152091 141637 10454 161149 150072 11077 1811 1293 518 5140 1924 3216 91183 83401 7782 1250 1250 0 126974 103663 23311 13678 4674 9004 1683 1017 666 45869 44076 1793 13993 7980 6013 5120 3762 1358 CLIENT SUPPORT EXPENSES 19426 13600 5826 0 PARTICIPANT EXPENSES 13235 7032 6203 0 689778 601307 88471 0 72424 339272 72424 339272 15000 0 15000 X 72424 324272 0 0 72424 324272 72424 339272 251648 0 0 0 200 0 X 0 0 0 X 9804 197505 286701 399944 941426 1835380 9804 197505 286701 399944 941426 1835380 51585 1783795 1835380 0.97189 0.9642 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 STIPENDS AS PART OF OUR DAY WORK PROGRAM. 800 26850 0 EMERGENCY HOUSING 136 10326 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 STIPENDS ARE A PART OF OUR DAY WORK PROGRAM. WE GIVE $40 PER PERSON PER DAY TO HELP CLEAN, DO OUTREACH OR HELP MAKE KITS. THE SIDEWALK PROJECT PROVIDES EMERGENCY HOUSING IN THE FORM OF HOTEL/MOTEL ROOMS FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE UNHOUSED PARTICIPANTS WHO NEED IMMEDIATE SHELTER FOR THINGS LIKE MAT INDUCTION, FLEEING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, HEALING FROM WOUNDS AND MEDICAL SITUATIONS AS WELL AS FOR CRISIS INTERVENTION. TIMOTHY HITCHING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S BROTHER 17259 COMPENSATION FOR HIS WORK AS COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b WE REVIEWED OUR P&L FOR 2023 WITH OUR BOARD PRIOR TO FILING OUR FORM 990. THE 990 FORM IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c BOARD MEMBERS SIGN THE POLICY ANNUALLY AND THE COO OVERSEES DECISION AND EXPENSES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 COMPENSATIONS WERE DETERMINED BY CROSS-REFERENCING AND RESEARCHING THE EQUIVALENT POSITION AT COMPARABLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN SIZE, LOCATION, AND FUNCTIONALITY. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA GUIDESTAR.ORG AND IRS.GOV. GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g OTHER SERVICES INCLUDE PAYROLL SERVICE FEES AND CONTRACT SERVICE EXPENSES.