Parkland Cares Inc.

“The board of directors review the form 990 and forward their questions/comments to the president. The president discusses said questions/comments with the executive director before signing the return.”

“The organization makes form 990 available to the public upon request.”

“The organization makes information available to the public upon request.”

“The organization was created in response to the mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland,florida to address the immediate and long term mental health needs of the surviving students, teachers and their families as well as the entire parkland community. The organization has established fundraising and outreach efforts to the community to better achieve its mission and goals of providing assistance, relief and help to the parkland community. The organization has solicited from individuals and corporation donations to help increase its funding to provide this valuable & necessary service to the parkland community. The organization provides funding pursuant to a detailed application process. Funds are distributed only to tax exempt social service organizations to provide counseling and mental health services to the members of the south florida community in need of such services. These social service organizations are all mental health facilities that have been in the south florida community for many years and employ licensed mental health care professionals to treat members of the community in need of their services.”

“The organization was established in 2018 with the aims of fundraising and outreach efforts to address the mental health needs of the surviving students, teachers and their families as well as the entire parkland community. The organization solicits donations from individuals and corporations to provide funding for this valuable service. Funds are distributed only to tax exempt social service organizations who provide counseling and mental health services to individuals in the south florida community. During this initial year, the organization received a significant portion of in kind non-cash contributions that were not required to be reported on the 990 return. The in kind non-cash contributions totaled $275,236 which greatly assisted with furthering the aims of the organizaiton. These in kind non-cash donations included salaries, office expenses, marketing and advertising, and information technology support.”