Peace First Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013

Signed

Jan 31, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.3

Gross Receipts

$1,806,091

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Peace first prize (fy2013 expenditures including in-kind facilities and services (2,929,661) in january 2013, we launched the inaugural peace first prize; an award program that rewards and celebrates peacemaking activities of youth ages 8 -22 and inspire other young people to pursue peace and justice in their own communities. The prize has introduced youth peacemaking as a powerful concept to millions of americans, engaging them as nominees, nominators, and educators. By the application deadline of april 12, 2013, we received 660 applications from 48 states and washington d.c. Applicants were vetted based on a rubric that incorporated our three c's to define youth peacemaking: courage (taking personal risks to help others); compassion (crossing divides to understand other people's perspectives and needs); and collaborative change (mobilizing others to create lasting, positive change). Peace first staff and a select group of education, civic, and business leaders screen applications, called our prize screening committee conducted the initial vetting and selecting. A distinguished fellowship interview committee comprised of high-profile leaders interviewed proposed winners to endorse the slate for peace first national board approval. Through this process, we were able to narrow our 660 applications to 187 semi-finalists, 50 finalists, and 10 winners who each receive a 50,000 two-year fellowship that includes professional development and mentorship.

Activity 3

Direct program services (fy2013 total expenditures including in-kind facilities and services 1,525,487) peace first teaches children how to act peacefully by partnering with elementary and middle schools to provide a social-emotional learning and civic engagement curriculum and coaching principals and teachers to utilize it. Peace first's weekly curriculum begins by teaching cooperation, communication, conflict resolution, and empathy through hands-on activities. Every spring, students put their peacemaking skills into action in community service learning projects that implement positive change in their schools and communities. We partner with schools in boston, los angeles, and new york, and have served more than 40,000 students. This fiscal year marked the end of a successful 3-year partnership with our partner schools. We achieved the goals of these partnerships by building capacity to integrate peacemaking into the culture of their schools. Teachers became more engaged over the course of the partnership and have developed the skills to implement the curriculum on their own moving forward and the understanding of the impact on their students that will motivate them to keep using the program. Peace first boston (fy2013 expenditures including in-kind facilities and services 511,724) for over 20 years, peace first has achieved successful results in boston. During this fiscal year, we partnered with two schools, serving nearly 600 students. We had 7 americorps members serving as lead teachers in boston. We also began expanding our program work in boston through the use of our peace first digital activity center, an online platform that offers our curriculum and tools in a cost-free, easy-to-use format. We worked with a boys and girls club and the philips brooks house summer program to train and support their educators and counselors to deliver our program to their 800 students. Peace first new york (fy2013 expenditures including in-kind facilities and services 536,851) during this fiscal year, we partnered with 3 schools, serving over 1,000 students. We had 5 americorps members serving as the lead teachers in new york. We held the sixth annual festival of peace sponsored by coach for all our students at the end of the school year to celebrate their peacemaking work. Peace first los angeles (fy2013 expenditures including in-kind facilities and services 476,912) during this fiscal year, we partnered with 3 schools, serving over 2,350 students. We had 7 americorps members serving as the lead teachers in los angeles. We also developed a partnership with heart of los angeles (hola) to deliver peace first lessons as part of their afterschool curriculum on leadership. Hola instructors (all certified teachers) have been using our digital activity center for lesson plans and have received initial training and support from peace first los angeles.

Filer

EIN

04-3323467