CHOOSE 180

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

O50

Classification

1000

Street

1416 SW 151ST ST

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Mission and programs · 2025

• IN 2025, THE SCHOOL-BASED DIVERSION PROGRAM SERVED 129 STUDENTS ACROSS HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SUMMER SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMMING. THROUGH RESTORATIVE, RELATIONSHIP-CENTERED SUPPORT, THE PROGRAM HELPED YOUNG PEOPLE BUILD SKILLS, STRENGTHEN SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT, AND WORK TOWARD THEIR PERSONAL GOALS.PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT FOCUSED ON EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING STABILITY, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, AND MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, 68 STUDENTS ACHIEVED GOALS IN ONE OR MORE OF THESE AREAS, WHILE 24 BASIC NEEDS REQUESTS WERE FULFILLED TO HELP REDUCE BARRIERS TO SUCCESS. STUDENTS REPORTED INCREASED SUPPORT, STRONGER CONNECTIONS TO SCHOOL, AND IMPROVED CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE POSITIVE DECISIONS AND ACHIEVE THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS.THE PROGRAM CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND EXPANDED ITS PRESENCE IN TACOMA, INCREASING ACCESS TO DIVERSION AND PREVENTION SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. STAFF PARTICIPATED IN CHOOSE 180 DAYS AT SCHOOLS ACROSS HIGHLINE AND SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT STUDENTS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WITH AVAILABLE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES. PROGRAM STAFF ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO BROADER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT STUDENT WELL-BEING AND SAFETY, INCLUDING PARTICIPATION IN A PANEL DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON SECURITY IN SCHOOLS.BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, SCHOOL-BASED DIVERSION CONTINUED TO INTERRUPT PATHWAYS INTO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THRIVE IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $414,459 · Grants $2,974

• IN 2025, THE COUNSELING PROGRAM PROVIDED TRAUMA-INFORMED MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH INDIVIDUAL THERAPY, SUPPORT GROUPS, AND CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES. THE PROGRAM DELIVERED 417 FREE ONE-ON-ONE THERAPY SESSIONS TO 54 PARTICIPANTS AND FACILITATED 35 GROUP SESSIONS IN BOTH COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL SETTINGS, INCLUDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH HIGHLINE AND SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.COUNSELING STAFF CONTINUED TO PROVIDE WEEKLY ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS AND COLLABORATED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS MARY'S PLACE, YOUTHCARE, AND YWCA JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN WRAPAROUND SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPANTS. THE TEAM ALSO EXPANDED AND COMPLETED A MENTAL HEALTH AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS CURRICULUM THAT WILL SUPPORT FUTURE PROGRAMMING EFFORTS. STAFF FURTHER STRENGTHENED THEIR PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SKILLS THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY ANTI-DRUG COALITIONS OF AMERICA (CADCA) CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON SUBSTANCE MISUSE PREVENTION AND BUILDING HEALTHY, SAFE COMMUNITIES.PARTICIPANTS DEMONSTRATED MEANINGFUL GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. TWENTY-SEVEN PARTICIPANTS REPORTED INCREASED RESILIENCE AND WELL-BEING, AND 19 ACHIEVED GOALS RELATED TO EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, AND MENTAL HEALTH. IN ADDITION, 20 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED BASIC NEEDS SUPPORT, INCLUDING GROCERIES, CLOTHING, HYGIENE SUPPLIES, AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE, HELPING REDUCE BARRIERS TO STABILITY AND WELLNESS.THROUGH COUNSELING, SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS, AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES, THE PROGRAM CONTINUED TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALING, GROWTH, AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE NAVIGATING COMPLEX LIFE CHALLENGES.

  Expenses $302,545 · Grants $8,325

• IN 2025, CHOOSE FREEDOM CONTINUED TO SUPPORT YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION AND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE THROUGH MENTORSHIP, RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING, RESTORATIVE PROGRAMMING, AND INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT. THE PROGRAM SERVED 55 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES AND ONGOING ENGAGEMENT IN DETENTION SETTINGS, INCLUDING MONTHLY WORKSHOPS AT ECHO GLEN CHILDREN'S CENTER AND IN THE COMMUNITY.PARTICIPANTS WORKED TOWARD GOALS RELATED TO EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING STABILITY, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, AND MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, 21 PARTICIPANTS ACHIEVED 39 GOALS ACROSS THESE AREAS, DEMONSTRATING PROGRESS TOWARD GREATER STABILITY AND WELL-BEING. TO HELP ADDRESS IMMEDIATE BARRIERS, THE PROGRAM ALSO FULFILLED 20 BASIC NEEDS REQUESTS FOR 12 INDIVIDUALS, PROVIDING ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.THROUGH CREDIBLE MENTORSHIP, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL PRACTICES, AND MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS, THE PROGRAM CONTINUED TO INTERRUPT CYCLES OF VIOLENCE AND SUPPORT YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY GANG, GROUP, AND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE. BY FOSTERING ACCOUNTABILITY, RESILIENCE, AND CONNECTION, CHOOSE FREEDOM HELPED PARTICIPANTS BUILD PATHWAYS TOWARD HEALING, STABILITY, AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS.

  Expenses $302,450 · Grants $2,110

• OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE: ADVOCACY, RESTORATIVE COMMUNITY PATHWAYS, YOUNG ADULT DIVERSION, AFTERCARE, AND TEACHING AND ADVANCEMENT. IN 2025, THE TEACHING AND ADVANCEMENT TEAM EXPANDED CHOOSE 180'S IMPACT BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND KNOWLEDGE-SHARING EFFORTS FOCUSED ON YOUTH JUSTICE, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION. THE TEAM COLLABORATED WITH FOUR ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTICIPATED IN SEVEN EXTERNAL EVENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.TEACHING AND ADVANCEMENT PROVIDED RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS WITH HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S FIREARM INJURY PREVENTION RESEARCH PROGRAM, AND BYRD BARR PLACE. AS PART OF THIS WORK, APPROXIMATELY $6,000 WAS DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, HELPING ENSURE THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE INFORMED PROJECT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.THE TEAM ALSO SHARED CHOOSE 180'S APPROACH AND EXPERTISE AT REGIONAL AND NATIONAL EVENTS, INCLUDING PRESENTATIONS AT THE INSTITUTE ON VIOLENCE, ABUSE AND TRAUMA CONFERENCE IN HAWAII AND THE COALITION FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE'S YOUTH JUSTICE IN ACTION CONFERENCE IN MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION, STAFF CO-FACILITATED A WORKSHOP FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THE IMPACT SAFE SCHOOLS STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, SUPPORTING YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT.THROUGH RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION, TEACHING AND ADVANCEMENT CONTINUED TO ELEVATE COMMUNITY-INFORMED SOLUTIONS AND CONTRIBUTE TO BROADER EFFORTS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE, REDUCE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT, AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

  Expenses $1,010,028 · Grants $7,917

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $3,555,306

  Expenses

  $3,599,627

  Contributions

  $3,356,524

  Grants paid

  $21,326

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,837,425

  Expenses

  $3,790,930

  Contributions

  $3,832,577

  Grants paid

  $118,363

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,772,749

  Expenses

  $3,176,148

  Contributions

  $2,785,369

  Grants paid

  $147,685

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,351,599

  Expenses

  $2,533,540

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,488,789

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,328,673

  Expenses

  $1,614,840

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,573,097

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION

  $200,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT YOUR FUND FOR INCLUSIVE RECOVERY COMMUNITY POWER AND BASE BUILDING WORK

• THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION

  $200,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT YOUR FUND FOR INCLUSIVE RECOVERY COMMUNITY POWER AND BASE BUILDING WORK.

• LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION

  $125,000

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH LEGACY FOUNDATION

  $93,073

  2025 · General Support

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $85,080

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH LEGACY FOUNDATION

  $85,000

  2024 · General Support

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $81,920

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $45,609

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $43,650

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON

  $40,000

  2022 · CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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