New World Kids · Two communities. One mission.
In Seattle, we connect youth to mentors and paid opportunities through sports, art and urban gardening. In Puerto Vallarta, we're building a food forest and community learning center that shows what's possible.
Two communities. Different needs.
The Culture Shock program starts small with interests young people already care about: sports, art, and urban gardening. We connect those interests to mentors, real community projects, and paid opportunities so youth build skills, confidence, and something they can actually show. The first 12 in Seattle will prove the model; our Indigo Azul Project in Puerto Vallarta shows the larger vision of what place-based learning can become.
Seattle · Art + Sports + Opportunity
Culture Shock is our Seattle pilot. We use sports, art and urban gardening to help underserved youth discover what they're good at, connect to paid opportunities, and work on projects that make a difference in their own community. Paint the mural. Produce the game. Grow the garden. Build something you can show.
Puerto Vallarta · Land + Food + Community
Proyecto Indigo Azul is a working food forest and learning site. We're building a demonstration center to empower youth and work on real problems around food, water, energy and shelter.
Field archive · 2021–2026
A record of the work we can document. We keep the archive focused on what actually happened.
2020-2021
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2021-2022
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2023-2024
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2024-2025
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2025-2026
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Public records
Two records matter here: our Washington nonprofit incorporation and our fiscal sponsorship agreement. We show them separately so you can see exactly what each one proves.
Washington record
Washington nonprofit corporation. Effective May 16, 2022. UBI 604 917 764.
Source: Washington Secretary of State Articles of Incorporation certificate.
Fiscal sponsorship
A fiscal sponsorship grant agreement dated April 13, 2023 identifies Humanitarian Social Innovations as Grantor and NW Kids as Grantee for the sponsored program.
The agreement also states that funding sources approached and fundraising text are subject to the Grantor's prior written approval.
Source: signed NW Kids Fiscal Sponsorship Grant Agreement.
Seattle is next
We're building the first Seattle Culture Shock cohort around art, sports, urban gardening, mentors, and one real community project. Your support helps us pay young people, bring in mentors, run the project, and connect participants to what comes next.
“If you ever think you're too small to make a difference, try going to sleep with a mosquito in the room.”
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