2024-05-17T06:54:43-07:00 2023-12-31 232730769 MICHAEL J ODOHERTY PC CPA 373 BALTIMORE PIKE SPRINGFIELD PA 19064 990 2023-01-01 471643022 THE CHAIN COLLABORATIVE INC CHAI 6103486768 133 FEDERAL WALK KENNETT SQUARE PA 19348 NORA BURKEY Executive Dir. 2024-05-15 true NORA BURKEY 999009999 true Michael J O'Doherty CPA P00160409 6106044700 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z 133 FEDERAL WALK KENNETT SQUARE PA 19348 475641 false X www.thechaincollaborative.org X 2014 NY THE MISSION OF THE CHAIN COLLABORATIVE IS TO CO-CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND STRENGHTEN CAPACITIES FOR COMMUNITY-LED CHANGE IN THE COFFEE SECTOR 8 9 0 0 306245 344246 105370 131395 0 0 411615 475641 0 0 100265 79365 0 38363 256877 344870 357142 424235 54473 51406 105303 156709 0 105303 156709 THE MISSION OF THE CHAIN COLLABORATIVE IS TO CO-CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND STRENGHTEN CAPACITIES FOR COMMUNITY-LED CHANGE IN THE COFFEE SECTOR false false 364791 We support local leaders in coffee-growing regions to create and execute their own community-led development projects. We also provide training and program support services to mission-driven organizations and individuals throughout the coffee value chain. 364791 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 8 9 false false false false false false false false false false false true true true true false false false false false NY X THE CHAIN COLLABORATIVE INC 6103486768 133 FEDERAL WALK KENNETT SQUARE PA 19348 NORA BURKEY Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 36400 0 0 SMAYAH UWAJENEZA BOARD MEMBER 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 VERA ESPINDOLA RAFAEL BOARD MEMBER 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 REBECCA ROEBBER President 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 HILLARY RODRIGUEZ Vice President 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHANIE LANDERS SILVA Treasurer 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LUCIA CHAVEZ Secretary 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 OCHEN SIMON EIDODO BOARD MEMBER 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 36400 0 false false false 0 344246 344246 PROGRAM SERVICES 131395 131395 131395 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 475641 131395 0 0 0 0 36400 21840 7280 7280 0 34200 20520 6840 6840 0 2629 2629 6136 3605 1329 1202 0 0 885 885 0 0 0 0 0 891 891 0 0 0 6285 6285 0 0 0 0 0 514 514 PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 261328 261328 CONTRACTORS 54742 50819 3923 FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 8404 8404 EDUCATION FEES 3486 3486 8335 564 3342 4429 424235 364791 21081 38363 105303 156709 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105303 156709 0 0 X 105303 156709 105303 156709 105303 156709 51406 X false false false X 69824 103260 117028 306245 344246 940603 78502 52274 96915 105370 131395 464456 0 0 0 148326 155534 213943 411615 475641 1405059 0 0 1405059 0 0 0 0 148326 155534 213943 411615 475641 1405059 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 X CENTRAL AMERICA 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICE SEE ATTACHED 8500 SOUTH AMERICA 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICE SEE ATTACHED 41614 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICE SEE ATTACHED 211214 261328 261328 false false false false false false Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE GOVERNING BODY REVIEWS THE 990 PRIOR TO FILING Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All Board members must sign annual conflict of interest statements indicating they are aware of the organization's conflict of interest policy and will follow it. The policy indicates that Board members must disclose any potential conflicts of interest. If conflicts are disclosed or otherwise identified, the policy denotes how the Board is to evaluate that conflict and take appropriate measures. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public. Statement Note 1 The Chain Collaborative Supplemental information Schedule F 12-31-2023Region: Central AmericaNicaragua - In 2023, TCC supported Biblioteca Girasol, a community library in a coffee-growing region of Nicaragua, to offer scholarships to their youth volunteers so that they could attend high school. University scholarships were also provided to the librarys coordinators. TCC further supported the library to lead programming on leadership development for teens and after school classes for young children.Amount: $8,500.00Total Central America Amount $8,500Region: South AmericaPeru - In 2023, TCC directed relief funding to the Norandino Cooperative in northern Peru after intense flooding and landslides injured and killed members of nearby farming communities. The natural disasters also caused damage to homes, infrastructure, and crops. Funds supported the rebuilding efforts of Norandino members.Amount: $8,500.00Ecuador - In 2023, TCC supported three organizations in Ecuador. TCC first provided $1,000.00 in relief funding to Botanica, a coffee training school that experienced an unexpected break-in and subsequent robbery. TCC also provided $4,914.11 to Asoamazonas, an association of youth coffee farmers in the Ecuadorian Amazon, to support their new community library. This library offers reading and arts programming to children. Finally, TCC supported Alicia Roque Farms, an Ecuadorian social enterprise working to improve livelihoods of coffee farmers in Manab, Ecuador, with $14,200.00. This funding was used to equip Alicia Roque Farms processing center with new machinery, allowing the enterprise to improve the quality of their product and access better prices for member farmers.Amount: $20,114.11Colombia - In 2023, TCC supported AsoSeykn, an association of Arhuaco coffee farmers in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, to build a set of coffee drying beds as well as a storage space. These infrastructure developments allowed the association of farmers to improve the quality of their green coffee and access better prices. Additionally, TCC supported training provision for AsoSeykn farmers, focused on coffee quality and coffee processing.Amount: $13,000.00Total South America Amount $41,614.11Region: Sub-Saharan AfricaUganda - In 2023, TCC provided support to four different organizations in southwestern Uganda. First, TCC supported Girl Power Foundation Uganda with $32,550. The funds were used to 1) provide vocational skills training to women; 2) raise mental health awareness in the community through workshops, sports, and drama events; 3) provide mentorship to girls in primary school; and 4) improve access to menstrual hygiene supplies. Second, TCC provided $131,500 to Now Africa Initiative, a social enterprise of small-scale coffee farmers. The funds were used to 1) purchase a truck to transport coffee to market; 2) make infrastructure improvements to the farmers coffee mill; and 3) conduct income diversification training, focused on soybean production and soy by-product development. Third, TCC supported the Karama Education Center, a primary school for NAI farmers, to offer $2,164.00 in scholarships to the best-performing graduates so they could attend secondary school. Fourth and finally, TCC provided $15,000 to Kyaffe Farmers Coffee, a social enterprise dedicated to increasing economic opportunity for women coffee farmers and educational access for children. TCCs support enabled Kyaffe Farmers Coffee to launch a barista training program in order for young women who have dropped out of school to develop an employable skill and access new job opportunities.Amount: $181,214.00Rwanda: In 2023, TCC supported Abateraninkunga ba Sholi (Sholi), a coffee cooperative in Rwanda, with $15,000 to launch a project for young, single mothers in their community. The project provided land and a comprehensive training program surrounding coffee and sustainability to a group of 80 single mothers; it also trained women in artisan crafting and goat farming. Through access to land and training, the single mothers who participated in the program sought to diversify their incomes through agriculture and beyond.Amount: $15,000.00Democratic Republic of Congo: In 2023, TCC supported the FEMAC Cooperative in the Democratic Republic of Congo to build a coffee washing station and provide training to member farmers on best practices. Both initiatives sought to ensure higher coffee quality and greater opportunities for international specialty coffee market access. With more control of their value chain through processing, FEMAC hopes to retain more of their crops value and return greater income to their member farmers. Amount: $15,000.00Total Sub-Saharan Africa Amount $211,214Total: $261,328.11