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- EIN 36-3274998
- 5010 W Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60651 USA
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Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Graduate & Professional Schools, Literacy, Vocational & Technical Schools
Mission: Douglass-Tubman Youth Ministries was organized in the late 1960's as a recreational program serving the youth of Robert Taylor Homes. The organization was founded by a group of volunteers from the Reformed Church in America who perceived the need for community-based services which would reduce ignorance, poverty and crime while promoting th concepts of self-help, community responsibility and strong personal values. In 1983, the Church turned the recreation center and its programs over to a community-based group that was organized by Reverend Gilbert O. Leigh, which became the Douglass-Tubman Youth Ministries of today. At the same time, the Church discontinued its financial support. Douglass-Tubman acquired its own 501(c)(3) designation and began seeking funds from public and private sources. Gradually, the organization hired staff and expanded to include a structured after-school program and employment training. In 1960, Douglass-Tubman was offered the opportunity to lease a former pre-school and HeadStart facility in the Austin community. The organization converted this facility into a daycare center and undertook further programmatic expansion.
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