2024-02-20T14:54:06-05:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 921093642 DIVINE DIGNITY INC DIVI 6145419003 2384 ADVANCED BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE COLUMBUS OH 43201 NANCY GILLETTE PRESIDENT 6145828715 2024-02-20 NANCY GILLETTE 999009999 false ROBERT G GILLETTE P00234963 2024-02-20 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X WWW.DIVINEDIGNITY.ORG X X 134911 X 134911 134911 11348 33062 631 85152 130193 4718 63626 68344 X 40168 49818 23458 18526 63626 68344 63626 68344 X OFFERING DIGNITY AND HOPE THROUGH HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND SHARING GOD'S LOVE. DIVINE DIGNITY IS A NONPROFIT TOUCHING LIVES BY OFFERING DIGNITY AND HOPE THROUGH DISTRIBUTING FREE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND SHARING GOD'S LOVE. HYGIENE IS OFTEN A LARGELY UNMET NEED IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES. MANY ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE FOOD, SHELTER, AND CLOTHING TO THOSE IN NEED, BUT HYGIENE IS NOT ONE OF THE RECOGNIZED NEEDS. WE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 2,100 BAGS OF HYGIENE PRODUCTS WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF 40 EACH TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE COLUMBUS AREA. EACH MONTH, WE PARTNER WITH FIVE HYGIENE CENTERS AND THIRTEEN HYGIENE CLOSETS LOCATED IN SECURE CITY COMMUNITY CENTERS, FREE MEDICAL CLINICS, RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND CHURCHES TO DISTRIBUTE ESSENTIAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING FLIERS ABOUT DIVINE DIGNITY AND OUR MESSAGE OF SHARING GOD'S LOVE. THIS EFFORT IS SUPPORTED BY APPROXIMATELY 5,300 HOURS DONATED BY OUR 75 VOLUNTEERS, STAFF AND DIRECTORS. OUR PRODUCTS COME THROUGH IN-KIND AND MONETARY DONATIONS MADE BY OUR SUPPORTERS. WE HAVE A HYGIENE COLLECTION PROGRAM THAT PLACES SIGNS AND BINS IN LOCAL AREA CHURCHES, BUSINESSES, AND SALONS TO COLLECT DONATIONS. WE ALSO CREATED OUR DIGNITEENS PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL TEENS FROM CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP LOW- INCOME TEENS WITH PERSONAL CARE HYGIENE ITEMS. OUR LATEST INITIATIVE IS DIGNITY4KIDS, PARTNERING WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE HYGIENE ITEMS TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN LOW- INCOME COMMUNITIES. WE DONATE SHAMPOO, BODY WASH AND SOAP, TOOTHBRUSHES AND TOOTHPASTE, AND DEODORANT. 113294 113294 NANCY GILLETTE PRESIDENT 2.00 0 LINDSAY WYLIE SECRETARY 1.00 0 ELAINE PIERCE DIRECTOR 2.00 0 MATTHEW NORDMAN TREASURER 1.00 0 LOREN GEISTFELD DIRECTOR 1.00 0 MARTY IGEL DIRECTOR 1.00 0 ALECIA OVERMYER DIRECTOR 1.00 0 MIKE SHORT DIRECTOR 1.00 0 TERRY STARR EXECUTIVE DI 30.00 0 false false false false false false false false false TERRY STARR 2384 ADVANCED BUDDINESS CENTER DRIV COLUMBUS OH 43201 6145419003 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 103495 134911 238406 103495 134911 238406 32935 205471 238406 0.86190 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES OFFICE 4,760 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 19,799 INSURANCE 1,339 COST OF GOODS DISTRIBUTED 57,448 STAFF DEVELOPMENT 1,806 TOTAL 85,152 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 INVENTORIES FOR SALE OR USE 23,458 18,526 TOTAL 23,458 18,526 FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 DIVINE DIGNITY IS A NONPROFIT TOUCHING LIVES BY OFFERING DIGNITY AND HOPE THROUGH DISTRIBUTING FREE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND SHARING GOD'S LOVE. HYGIENE IS OFTEN A LARGELY UNMET NEED IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES. MANY ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE FOOD, SHELTER, AND CLOTHING TO THOSE IN NEED, BUT HYGIENE IS NOT ONE OF THE RECOGNIZED NEEDS. WE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 2,100 BAGS OF HYGIENE PRODUCTS WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF 40 EACH TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE COLUMBUS AREA. EACH MONTH, WE PARTNER WITH FIVE HYGIENE CENTERS AND THIRTEEN HYGIENE CLOSETS LOCATED IN SECURE CITY COMMUNITY CENTERS, FREE MEDICAL CLINICS, RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND CHURCHES TO DISTRIBUTE ESSENTIAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING FLIERS ABOUT DIVINE DIGNITY AND OUR MESSAGE OF SHARING GOD'S LOVE. THIS EFFORT IS SUPPORTED BY APPROXIMATELY 5,300 HOURS DONATED BY OUR 75 VOLUNTEERS, STAFF AND DIRECTORS. OUR PRODUCTS COME THROUGH IN-KIND AND MONETARY DONATIONS MADE BY OUR SUPPORTERS. WE HAVE A HYGIENE COLLECTION PROGRAM THAT PLACES SIGNS AND BINS IN LOCAL AREA CHURCHES, BUSINESSES, AND SALONS TO COLLECT DONATIONS. WE ALSO CREATED OUR DIGNITEENS PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL TEENS FROM CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP LOW- INCOME TEENS WITH PERSONAL CARE HYGIENE ITEMS. OUR LATEST INITIATIVE IS DIGNITY4KIDS, PARTNERING WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE HYGIENE ITEMS TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN LOW- INCOME COMMUNITIES. WE DONATE SHAMPOO, BODY WASH AND SOAP, TOOTHBRUSHES AND TOOTHPASTE, AND DEODORANT.