2024-11-15T15:11:48-06:00 2023-12-31 042211907 MILLER WACHMAN LLP 100 CAMBRIDGE STREET 13TH FLOOR BOSTON MA 021142548 990EZ 2023-01-01 814004922 SPARKSHARE INC SPAR 6179706865 50 MILK STREET 15TH FLOOR BOSTON MA 02109 NEIL SILVERSTON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3392229349 2024-11-07 1 0 STEPHEN GUNZBURGER CPA P00306107 6173386800 2024-11-07 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X NA X X 184460 X 184460 184460 135700 23055 9600 30367 198722 -14262 65900 0 51638 X 139666 60608 13834 23186 153500 83794 87600 32156 65900 51638 X TO PROVIDE A NETWORK TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROBLEM SOLVERS. SPARKSHARE EQUIPS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE SKILLS, TOOLS, MINDSET AND CONNECTIONS NEEDED TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM MODEL THAT INCORPORATES DESIGN THINKING AND A FOCUS ON EMPATHY, SPARKSHARE CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEAMS OF HIGH-SCHOOL AGE YOUTH ACROSS DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AND CULTIVATE THE PROBLEM-SOLVING, CONFIDENCE, AND CIVIC AGENCY NECESSARY TO BECOME EFFECTIVE CHANGE MAKERS. OUR YOUTH TEAMS GAIN THE EXPERIENCE OF DRIVING CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH UNDERSTANDING THEIR COMMUNITIES - ON ISSUES THAT THEY CHOOSE TO SOLVE. OUR NETWORK IN NOW 35 TEAMS AND GROWING. OUR TEAMS COME FROM COMMUNITIES AS DIVERSE AS DORCHESTER, EAST BOSTON, NEEDHAM, LEXINGTON, AND AS FAR AWAY AS PAKISTAN; WORKING ON A RANGE OF INITIATIVES INCLUDING INCREASING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, EXPANDING MENSTRUAL EDUCATION, REDUCING SUBSTANCE MISUSE, AND INCREASING DIVERSITY IN HONORS LEVEL CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOLS. 0 198722 198722 MAICHARIA WEIR LYTLE CHAIRPERSON & DIRECTOR 0.00 0 0 0 EVAN HARREL TREASURER & DIRECTOR 0.00 0 0 0 NEIL SILVERSTON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & DIREC 40.00 41538 0 0 MARSHA ALPERIN DIRECTOR 0.00 0 0 0 BEN LUND DIRECTOR 0.00 0 0 0 ALAN KHAZEI DIRECTOR 0.00 0 0 0 SHAWN NEWTON DIRECTOR 0.00 0 0 0 CHERYL KISER DIRECTOR 0.00 0 0 0 DISHON LANG DIRECTOR 0.00 0 0 0 NOAH MCDOWALL DIRECTOR 0.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA NEIL SILVERSTON 50 MILK STREET 15TH FLOOR BOSTON MA 02109 6179706865 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 135920 102293 127716 164194 184460 714583 135920 102293 127716 164194 184460 714583 0 0 0 714583 135920 102293 127716 164194 184460 714583 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: NORMAL OPERATING EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 30,367. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 - OTHER ASSETS DESCRIPTION: DEFERRED SOFTWARE FOR END OF YEAR. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 13,834. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 23,186. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES DESCRIPTION: NORMAL PAYABLES AND END OF YEAR SPONSOR LIABILITIES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 87,600. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 32,156. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.