# Friends of the Children Coachella Valley

Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. • Friends of the Children-Coachella Valley is part of a national network of chapters across the United States.

## Organization facts

- **Organization:** Friends of the Children Coachella Valley
- **Legal name:** FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - COACHELLA VALLEY
- **Organization type:** 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- **EIN:** 99-3003825
- **IRS 501(c)(3) ruling:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** Indio, California
- **Primary cause:** Children & Families
- **IRS classification:** NTEE P20 — Children & Families
- **Cause confirmed by:** CV Giving Day review against the organization's own description (differs from its profile category, 'Humanitarian Aid')
- **CV Giving Day status:** 2026 participant
- **Official website:** https://friendscoachellavalley.org
- **Giving page:** https://www.mightycause.com/organization/friendscv

## About Friends of the Children Coachella Valley

Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. • 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.

• 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.

• 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.

## Record

- **Verified:** 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.
- **Participation years on record:** 2025, 2026
- **Years covered by our records:** 2025, 2026 (absence of a year does not mean the organization did not participate)
- **Last reviewed:** August 19, 2026
- **Canonical page:** https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/friends-of-the-children-coachella-valley/
- **Provided by:** Desert Community Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 95-4725924)