2024-10-31T03:55:35-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 271589053 CHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION CHOC 9722247200 1604 Falcon Drive DeSoto TX 75115 Felicia Frazier Executive Director 9722247200 2024-11-14 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Felicia Frazier 1604 Falcon Drive DeSoto TX 75115 2346768 0 X https://www.mintcares.org/ X 2009 TX We partner with individuals and families aspiring to overcome education, housing, and racial barriers by providing resources and training necessary to break the cycle of generational poverty and close the wealth gap. 9 6 16 736 0 0 2886442 2346768 0 0 0 0 0 0 2886442 2346768 1866334 455497 0 0 573992 534326 0 0 47516 463698 373187 2904024 1363010 -17582 983758 853819 917212 564466 53333 289353 863879 The Chocolate MINT Foundation provides direct services to families and individual defined as low income, living in zip codes of concentrated poverty through our food pantry, senior meal program, children and youth mentoring, financial literacy programs, rental and utility assistance and through supportive services program, making a tangible impact on our community's food insecurity, education and financial disparities. We partner with individuals and families aspiring to overcome education, housing, and racial barriers by providing resources and training necessary to break the cycle of generational poverty and close the wealth gap. 0 0 569374 0 352422 The MINT Food and Nutrition Program seeks to alleviate hunger and poverty, improve the quality of life for individuals and families and removes barrier to healthy food options, and eliminates food insecurities in our local community. Seeks to reduce food insecurity, increase nutritional intake, and promote socialization and healthy living to mobile seniors and promote independent living to homebound, disabled and veterans who cannot easily access food. With the help of volunteers in 2023 TCMF distributed 2,195,876 pounds of food, 731,958 meals to 7,788 food insecure families. We also served 21,301 ready made meals to 223 Seniors over 60 years old and we distributed 1,250 Turkey Baskets at our Annual Turkey Basket Giveaway. 19544 0 2065 The MINT Youth Education and Mentoring Programs Strive to increase academic success for children and youth ages 5-14 by expanding students' learning in ways that complement methods used during the school day to prevent remediation and identify environmental factors that may lead our youth to participate in high-risk behaviors. Promotes literacy and math as essential components of a child's education by providing one-on-one tutoring, support, and enrichment activities. Provides youth ages 12-18 with the ability to understand and apply financial skills, including finance management, credit building, budgeting, and investing in order to achieve financial literacy. Connects mentors with youth with the efforts to improve their academic achievement, self-esteem, social competence, and avoidance of problem/high-risk behavior by providing a relationship with a caring adult who works to help youth reach their potential. Empower youth to make healthy lifestyle choices and reverse the trend of childhood obesity and its associated health issues by educating children on the value of nutrition, how to prepare healthy meals and exercise. Provides youth with the opportunity to learn life skills, enhance their financial knowledge, and support their pursuit of a college degree or long-term employment through curriculum-based training. TCMF distributed 5,097 toys to 791 kids through our Annual Toy Giveaway for kids. We also distributed school supplies to 750 school aged children through Annual Back to School Event. We reached 1,631 underserved kids through our community outreach events along with providing 10 kids ages 11-14 with Financial Literacy Workshops, Nutrition and healthy lifestyle workshop and College and Career readiness workshop. TCMF also provided Tutoring and Mentoring Services to 50 kids. 659480 0 1291893 The MINT Financial Assistance and GROW Programs Seeks to resolve the immediate crisis and promote economic and housing stability. Assist families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness quickly regain stability in permanent affordable housing after experiencing a housing crisis and homelessness. Provides families with economic emergencies or financial hardships with rental, utility, or mortgage assistance. Program helps families increase savings, improve credit scores, acquire new lines of credit, increased savings, and decrease debt to income ratio. TCMF provided $467,438 housing and utility assistance to 646 households pending eviction, at risk of imminent homelessness, or pending utility disconnection. 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We submit grant reports with supporting documentation for services rendered. We maintain records of all clients to prevent duplication on service. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b After review by the Board of Directors, Form 990 is reviewed, approved, and signed by the Executive Director before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Chocolate MINT Foundation regularly and consistently monitor and enforce compliance with the policy with each board member during the first board meeting in each year. The Chocolate MINT Foundation ask each Board Member to review and complete the Conflict of Interest Statement annually. The Chocolate MINT Foundation also advises that if during the year there is a conflict that the Board Member disclose the conflict immediately to the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The compensation for top management official, and key employees is reviewed by the Executive Director and upper management based upon the Community Council Survey report and the report from the Center of Nonprofit Management (CNM). The compensation is also reviewed by the Human Resource Committee and approved by the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing Documents, Conflict of Interest Policy, and financial statements are made available to the general public upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Adjustment The Chocolate MINT Foundation filed an extension in May 2024 requesting additional time to assemble the necessary information to file a complete and accurate Form 990.