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 "display_name": "Friends of the Children Coachella Valley",
 "legal_name": "FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - COACHELLA VALLEY",
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 "organization_type": "501(c)(3) nonprofit",
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 "headquarters_city": "Indio",
 "headquarters_state": "CA",
 "primary_cause": "Children & Families",
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 "official_website_source": "derived from the organization's contact email domain in DCF's own records, then HTTP-verified. Never constructed.",
 "official_website_verified": "2026-08-13",
 "short_description": "Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. \u2022 Friends of the Children-Coachella Valley is part of a national network of chapters across the United States.",
 "about": "Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. \u2022 Friends of the Children-Coachella Valley is part of a national network of chapters across the United States. Friends of the Children connects children to a paid, professional mentor called a Friend. We hire and train Friends whose full-time jobs are to support our youth to succeed from age 4 through high school graduation - 12+ years, no matter what.\n\n\u2022 We select children who could most benefit from a relationship with a long-term professional mentor. Our program exclusively focuses on children who are also facing systemic obstacles and who have lived through trauma. Our youth have experienced multiple adverse childhood experiences by the time they reach kindergarten. We partner with community organizations, schools and foster care systems to help us identify children ages 4 to 6 who could most benefit from a relationship with a Friend.\n\n\u2022 Our work is relationship-based, individualized and intentional. Each child gets a dedicated, one-on-one Friend who spends time working with the youth in school, at home, and in the community. As part of a 2-Generation Model, our Friends also support the child's family and caregivers, creating a ripple effect and inspiring generational change.",
 "description_source": "description as provided by the organization for CV Giving Day (via its Mightycause profile)",
 "description_retrieved": "2026-08-13",
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  "description": "Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. \u2022 Friends of the Children-Coachella Valley is part of a national network of chapters across the United States.",
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 "verified_statement": "Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record."
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