EIN 95-4367454

Overcoming Obstacles

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
3
Year formed
1992
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Overcoming Obstacles is the nonprofit publisher of free, award-winning K-12 life skills curricula. Since 1992, over 450,000 educators from around the world have taught the curricula to more than 100 million students.
Also known as...
Community for Education Foundation
Total revenues
$813,676
2022
Total expenses
$746,441
2022
Total assets
$9,303,498
2022
Num. employees
3
2019

Program areas at Overcoming Obstacles

Curriculum development & distribution - the program provides educators with lessons designed to teach students communication, decision making, goal setting, character development, respect and responsibility, conflict resolution, problem solving and study skills. Other skills addressed are time management, stress and anger management, service learning and leadership. for the high school level the program offers additional lessons, college preparation, career preparation, and financial management.
Professional development - provides comprehensive orientation for those seeking to use the curriculum to its fullest extent. The orientation includes an introduction to the methodology and structure of the program, hands-on experience with the curriculum materials, lesson modeling and analysis and assistance with planning for implementation.
Publishes and provides the Overcoming Obstacles life skills Education curriculum to all k-12 educators for free.

Personnel at Overcoming Obstacles

NameTitleCompensation
Jill SiegalChalsty Founder and Chairman, Overcoming Obstacles
Allen LauferTreasurer$0
Vincenzo CaponeBoard Member$126,000
Cjill S. ChalstyChairperson
Michael DGeleand X
...and 4 more key personnel

Financials for Overcoming Obstacles

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$60,000
Investment income and dividends$318,076
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$435,600
Gross sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$813,676

Form 990s for Overcoming Obstacles

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-05-12990PFView PDF
2020-062021-05-17990PFView PDF
2019-062021-01-27990View PDF
2018-062019-08-06990View PDF
2017-062018-08-13990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s

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Data update history
June 24, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
May 26, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 20, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
May 12, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 3 new vendors, including , , and
October 2, 2022
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2020
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsPrivate foundationsPrivate non-operating foundationsCharities
Issues
Education
Characteristics
Provides grantsManagement and technical assistanceProvides scholarshipsTax deductible donations
General information
Address
1330 Ave of the Americas 38 FL
New York, NY 10019
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County
New York County, NY
Website URL
overcomingobstacles.org/ 
Phone
(212) 649-0600
IRS details
EIN
95-4367454
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990-PF
Year formed
1992
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
T20: Private Foundations
NAICS code, primary
813211: Grantmaking Foundations
Parent/child status
Independent
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