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
- 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
501(c)(3) status confirmed against IRS records. Most recent Form 990 on file: 2024. Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
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.
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Last reviewed: August 19, 2026 · Record status: Verified — identity and participation · JSON · Markdown