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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: April 2025 Expires: April 2027

C.H.O.I.C.E. Inc.

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
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(502) 456-5137
3715 Bardstown Rd Ste 303
Louisville, KY, 40218-2268
https://choicelouisville.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

C.H.O.I.C.E. Inc. meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
C.H.O.I.C.E. empowers youth and adolescents impacted by adverse childhood experiences to achieve their full potential by providing trauma-informed support, fostering resilience, and promoting healthy, positive drug-free, and violence-free lifestyles.

Year, State Incorporated:
1988, KY

Also Known As:
Children Have Options In Choosing Experiences, Inc.

C.H.O.I.C.E.’s Dare to Dream Sports Leadership & Mentoring Program provides cross-age mentoring, group counseling, individual counseling, positive youth development training, and case management to ages 9-19 facing the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). The nonprofit’s Giving Leaders Options In Reaching Aspirations (GLORIA) program provides workshops to help the community by bringing awareness and knowledge to young people and adults working with young people on how trauma impacts communal outcomes. In addition, they help young people and adults garner healthy ways to address trauma and how it affects themselves and the communities we make home. C.H.O.I.C.E.’s Community Youth Services program provides group counseling for up to 15 adolescents from 13 to 18 years of age who are at risk of engaging in risky behaviors, especially substance misuse or abuse, to gain resilience skills and coping mechanisms. Sixteen weekly sessions focus on participants learning seven concepts to aid in achieving program goals. Students are referred to this program by community partners.

For the year ended July 31, 2024, C.H.O.I.C.E. Inc.'s program expenses were:

Program services $69,894
Total Program Expenses $69,894

Chief Executive
Liz Sias-Shannon, Executive Director

Chair of the Board
Mr. Michael Richardson

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Vice President , Chain Bridge Bank

Board Size
9

Paid Staff Size
2

Method(s) Used:
Invitations to fund raising events, Grant proposals, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 0.00%

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on C.H.O.I.C.E. Inc.'s unaudited financial statements for the year ended July 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Contributions, gifts, grants $103,555
Total Income $103,555

Programs: 80% Fundraising: 0% Administrative: 20%

Total Income $103,555
Total expenses: $87,185
  Program expenses $69,894
  Fundraising expenses $0
  Administrative expenses $17,291
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $16,370
Beginning Net Assets $28,045
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $44,415
Total Liabilities $10,015
Total Assets $54,430
The above financial info is from both C.H.O.I.C.E.'s 2024 990-EZ and its internally produced 2024 Statement of Functional Expenses.

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