{"content":[{"text":"Announcement….","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.140516,"width":0.16484599999999996,"height":0.01578099999999999}},{"text":"A Message from TYP’s Board of Directors","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.172078,"width":0.4843949999999999,"height":0.020084999999999992}},{"text":"Like many non-profits, TYP was severely impacted by the COVID19 pandemic. The communities \n we serve, many of them congregate living facilities, went into lockdown and 3,300 annual classes \n vanished literally overnight. In response, our team made significant donations totaling over \n $30,000 directly to front-line organizations that were still able to serve our justice, recovery, and \n youth communities. Concurrently, we created online materials for our students and institutional \n partners, but response was limited as our partners rightfully focused on key initiatives to protect \n our students’ health and safety in the face of a deadly pandemic.","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.207944,"width":0.7659929999999999,"height":0.11046599999999998}},{"text":"Just over one year later, virtually all of our partner communities continue to be closed to outside \n visitors as well as in-person programming such as that provided by TYP. Additionally, there is \n tremendous uncertainty regarding future access. As a result, our board of directors has spent the \n past few months considering the best way to further our mission and support our partners, \n students, and instructors. Should we continue to wait out the pandemic, or could our assets be \n better used to support other organizations that serve in ways consistent with our mission?","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.334191,"width":0.7672559999999999,"height":0.09468599999999999}},{"text":"After substantial deliberation, our board has decided that the path forward is to cease operations as \n an in-service yoga provider by the middle of 2022, and release 100% of our financial reserves \n to a mix of national and local organizations that can use the resources to amplify \n their community impact. We are excited about this decision and believe it is the best way to \n honor our communities and further the vision of TYP in a meaningful way.","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.444658,"width":0.786164,"height":0.078905}},{"text":"What does this mean?","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.539344,"width":0.20313099999999998,"height":0.015781000000000045}},{"text":"We are still going to support existing programs in the short term....","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.570906,"width":0.6293439999999999,"height":0.015781000000000045}},{"text":"To start, we will continue to work diligently to staff and support the small number of existing \n programs underway, but we will not be taking on new programs. We will also work to refer \n interested TYP instructors to any organizations that reach out to us seeking programming.","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.602468,"width":0.733202,"height":0.047343000000000024}},{"text":"By mid-2022, we will complete an orderly distribution of our financial reserves….","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.665592,"width":0.7512399999999999,"height":0.015781000000000045}},{"text":"At the same time, we will work to undertake an orderly distribution of our reserves to organizations \n that we believe will build upon our mission, by making trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness, and \n training more accessible to communities impacted by trauma, recovery, and incarceration. We \n anticipate identifying organizations by the end of 2021 and finalizing an orderly dissolution of our \n reserves to be completed before the end of 2022.","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.697154,"width":0.785356,"height":0.078905}},{"text":"What kinds of organizations will receive our financial assets?","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.807621,"width":0.564265,"height":0.015781000000000045}},{"text":"We are currently reviewing potential recipients and anticipate making decisions on a rolling basis \n throughout the next twelve months. All awards will be directed to organizations demonstrating: \n ● Exceptional commitment to and expertise with trauma-sensitive yoga training and practices \n ● An emphasis on programming that brings yoga to persons within the criminal justice \n system, dealing with substance abuse recovery, youth and veterans. \n ● Community investment in Philadelphia and the surrounding region and interest in building \n upon TYP programming with partner institutions that reopen.","bbox":{"left":0.105882,"top":0.839183,"width":0.785999,"height":0.11134100000000002}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.407475,"top":0.029167,"width":0.185049,"height":0.082386}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.407475,"top":0.029167,"width":0.185049,"height":0.082386}]}