Meeple-a-Thon
EIN: 92-2457803
Mission
Meeple-a-thon is a charitable organization that raises funds through gaming conventions and game related activities to direct resources and tools for living to eligible charitable programs in the Greater Kansas City area and surrounding communities, supporting and aiding persons and animals that are disenfranchised, underprivileged, or experiencing homelessness.
Ruling year
2023
Executive Event Director
Ms. Lindsey Nicole Carter
Main address
227 SE Bordner Dr
Lees Summit, MO 64063 USA
EIN
92-2457803
Social work education
Humane education
Human services
Homeless services
Population served
Homeless people
Out-of-home youth
NTEE code
Homeless Services/Centers (P85)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Kansas City is experiencing youth housing insecurity at a new level due to economic conditions. The number of houseless youth between the ages of 14 and 24 has risen at a dramatic rate. Many find themselves houseless due to aging out of foster care or escaping abuse combined with an increased cost of living without increased wages, and find that they are unable to support themselves due to a cycle of poverty. Our goal is to provide rent and utility-free housing for houseless youth in addition to assisting them with education and career pathing as well as mental health to give them a fresh start at life.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Youth Housing Center
The Youth Housing Program is a program that offers long-term supportive services for individuals and families who are houseless or insecurely housed to achieve sustainable independence.
Unlike many organizations whose focus is one-time or emergency care, their primary objective is to move clients from houselessness to self-sufficiency by addressing the total life situation of houseless families they serve.
The Youth Housing Program provides a unique partnership with its clients. Young adults, teens and children that qualify for assistance receive rent and utility-free housing, groceries, and hygiene necessities. These program participants can then seek full-time employment, and attend weekly volunteer-taught classes in life skills, employment, community living, and budgeting, geared toward helping those in need learn to become self-sufficient.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of conference attendees
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Homeless people
Related Program
Youth Housing Center
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The number of individuals participating in our annual fundraiser event.
Number of participants attending course/session/workshop
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Out-of-home youth, Homeless people
Related Program
Youth Housing Center
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of participants in our annual fundraiser workshop on assisting with houseless community members.
Number of program participants who receive a secondary school diploma or GED
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Out-of-home youth, Homeless people
Related Program
Youth Housing Center
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The number of youth housing program participants that received their GED or high school diploma while in our program.
Number of program participants who obtain a job within 3 months of program completion
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Homeless people, Out-of-home youth
Related Program
Youth Housing Center
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of houseless youth that obtain a job within 3 months of program graduation.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Meeple-a-thon aims to eliminate youth housing insecurity and homelessness in Kansas City by providing safe housing for kids, teens and young adults that are looking for fresh beginnings. We provide a rent and utility free apartment, access to a food and clothing bank, life skills classes, career education, mental health counseling and more to give Kansas City's youth a fresh beginning.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our organization aims to raise funds to expand our housing program to meet the increased need while continuing to improve our existing program by completing expected apartment updates and the purchase of new furnishings for our residents.
This year our plan is to complete outreach projects with the houseless community, with the end goal being to educate the population on resources available to them through our programming.
We also aim to complete outreach projects to the Kansas City gaming community with the end goal of community education and recruiting more community volunteers to aid in our mission of eliminating youth houselessness in Kansas City as well as growing our educational community to assist with the youth education program.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
Financials
Financial data
Meeple-a-Thon
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: 2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Revenue | |
|---|---|
| Contributions, Grants, Gifts | $26,780 |
| Program Services | $0 |
| Membership Dues | $0 |
| Special Events | $0 |
| Other Revenue | $0 |
| Total Revenue | $26,780 |
| Expenses | |
|---|---|
| Program Services | $21,099 |
| Administration | $0 |
| Fundraising | $0 |
| Payments to Affiliates | $0 |
| Other Expenses | $0 |
| Total Expenses | $26,780 |
Meeple-a-Thon
Balance sheetFiscal Year: 2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Assets | |
|---|---|
| Total Assets | $0 |
| Liabilities | |
|---|---|
| Total Liabilities | $0 |
| Fund balance (EOY) | |
|---|---|
| Net Assets | $0 |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Event Director
Ms. Lindsey Nicole Carter
Lindsey joined the Meeple-a-thon team in 2021 as a social media coordinator and quickly fell in love with the cause, and grew into a team leader role. In the past, her work experience revolved around event management and planning, and Meeple-a-thon was the perfect opportunity to combine her experience with her passion for helping others. Lindsey’s favorite board game is Betrayal at House on the Hill, but her passion lies more in war games such as Warhammer 40k, Hordes, Freeblades and Battletech. As her day job, Lindsey works as a front-end email developer for Cox Automotive.
There are no officers, directors or key employees recorded for this organization
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Meeple-a-Thon
Board of directorsas of 05/01/2023
Board of directors data
Lindsey Carter
Michelle Farnsworth
Meeple-a-thon
Mackenzie Larson
Meeple-a-thon
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
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