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THE POSNER CENTER BRINGS TOGETHER OVER 200 GLOBAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, WORKING IN OVER 100 COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED STATES AND ENCOMPASSING ALL SECTORS AND APPROACHES TO GLOBAL AND LOCAL/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK. THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A 25,000-SQUARE-FOOT COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE IN THE FIVE POINTS/CURTIS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD OF DENVER AND OFFERS EXPANSIVE PROGRAMMING, ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS COMMUNITY. 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UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ENDOWMENT, THE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE HELD IN PERPETUITY, BUT THE ORGANIZATION MAY TAKE AN ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF UP TO 20% OF THE FUND BALANCE, PROVIDED THE FUND BALANCE DOES NOT FALL BELOW THE PRINCIPAL OF THE ENDOWNMENT. DISTRIBUTIONS MAY BE USED FOR UNRESTRICTED PURPOSES. ELIZABETH ELLIS IDE BOARD MEMBER 144544 TENANT RENT false MIKAYLA BOBROWCAI GLOBAL BOARD MEMBER 35126 TENANT RENT false SHERRY MANNINGGLOBAL SEED SAVERS BOARD CHAIR 3120 TENANT RENT false JEFF WERKHEISERMACS ADVENTURES BOARD MEMBER 92909 TENANT RENT false SCHEDULE L, PART V CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENT BUILDING TENANTS, AND THOSE TENANTS PAY RENT BACK TO THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART III THE ORGANIZATION'S THREE CORE STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE ITS VISION AND MISSION ARE TO: 1. CONVENE THE GLOBAL AND LOCAL DEVELOMENT COMMUNITY, WORKING AT HOME AND ABROAD, CREATING AN INCLUSIVE, DIVERSE, AND INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIVE CULTURE. 2. CONNECT ITS COMMUNITY TO SHARE EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE, INCREASE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY, AND PROMOTE EFFORTS AND SUCCESSES. 3. CATALYZE ITS COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, PROGRAMMING, AND ADVANCING BEST PRACTICES IN COLLABORATION. DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS FACE SIMILAR CHALLENGES IN THEIR WORK TO CREATE CHANGE WORLDWIDE. THEY ALSO FACE SIMILAR CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO OFFICE SPACE. SMALL BUDGETS, COMPETITION FOR LIMITED RESOURCES, A LACK OF CONNECTION, AND FEELING ISOLATED FROM INTERNATIONAL TEAMS ARE AMONG SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS, ESPECIALLY IN COLORADO. POSNER CENTER WAS CREATED WITH THE BELIEF THAT SHARING AND COLLABORATION CAN ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES AND TRANSFORM THE WAY DEVELOPMENT WORK IS DONE. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE. SINCE 2013 THE POSNER CENTER BUILDING HAS SERVED AS A PHYSICAL COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE FOR 50-70 ORGANIZATIONS. TENANTS SHARE SPACE, EACH OCCUPYING THEIR OWN FOOTPRINT IN THE BUILDING AND SHARING MEETING ROOMS OF ALL SIZES AND ACCESS TO OTHER OFFICE NECESSITIES. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL TO ESTABLISHING A RESILIENT AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY OF GLOBAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS. THE RESULT IS A ROBUST NETWORK THAT SUPPORTS EACH OTHER'S WORK AND FOSTERS MEANINGFUL AND EFFECTIVE COLLABORATIONS. VIRTUAL COMMUNITY. WHILE THE COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE PROVIDES A PHYSICAL HOME FOR THE COLORADO GLOBAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THE POSNER CENTER IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THE BUILDING. THIS HAD PROVEN ESPECIALLY TRUE IN 2020 WHEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FORCED ALL OF US INTO REMOTE WORKING SITUATIONS AND VIRTUAL RELATIONSHIPS. THE ORGANIZATION SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT TOGETHER ITS GREATER VIRTUAL COMMUNITY OF GLOBAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS IN COLORADO, INCLUDING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, LARGE AND SMALL, PRIVATE ENTERPRISES, UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS, CONSULTANTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND OTHERS CONCERNED ABOUT GLOBAL AND LOCAL ISSUES. EVEN IN THE PANDEMIC, BOTH THE BUILDING TENANTS OF POSNER CENTER'S LARGER VIRTUAL COMMUNITY HAD ACCESS TO THE BUILDING AND THE PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK. DECOLONIZING DEVELOPMENT. IN 2020 THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN A NEW AND AMBITIOUS COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION (JEDI) ISSUES, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWED ITS POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND PROGRAMMING THROUGH THIS NEW JEDI LENS AND SET A PATH FOR IMPROVING ITS PERFORMANCE IN THESE AREAS. IN 2021 THE POSNER CENTER IS CONTINUED THIS LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO JEDI ISSUES WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON ADVANCING DECOLONIZING DEVELOPMENT WORK. THIS AREA OF WORK WITH POSNER CENTER'S COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS WILL GIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THE TOOLS TO IDENTIFY, ACKNOWLEDGE, AND REPAIR ONGOING HARM CAUSED BY COLONIALISM IN GLOBAL IMPACT WORK AND SHIFT THINKING FROM PEOPLE AS OBJECTS OF DEVELOPMENT TO SUBJECTS AND LEADERS OF CHANGE. OUR GOAL IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE CONCRETE, ANTI-RACIST ACTIONS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT WORK, DIVERSIFY THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FIELD, AND HAVE A MORE EQUITABLE IMPACT THAT BEGINS TO REPAIR PAST INJUSTICES. POSNER CENTER SYMPOSIUM 2021. THE INAUGURAL POSNER CENTER SYMPOSIUM WAS HELD IN EARLY 2019, CONVENING GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT LEADERS, PRACTITIONERS, RESEARCHERS, ACADEMICS, AND SUPPORTERS TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCES, AND LESSONS LEARNED TO IMPROVE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT WORK AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE EVIDENCE BASE OF BEST PRACTICES IN COLLABORATIVE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT. THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM REFLECTED THE ENTHUSIASM AND INNOVATION OF THE POSNER CENTER COMMUNITY AND THE RIGOR OF ITS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE. FOR THE SECOND POSNER CENTER SYMPOSIUM IN FEBRUARY 2020, AN EVEN LARGER COMMUNITY OF LEADERS, PRACTITIONERS, AND ACADEMICS WAS CONVENED. WITH ATTENDEES FROM THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, MIXED WITH THE POSNER CENTER AND COLORADO COMMUNITIES, THERE WERE TWO DAYS OF COLLECTIVE ENERGY, AND INSIGHTFUL DIALOGUES FOCUSED ON COLLABORATIVE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT. IN 2021, WE TOOK A BIG STEP TOWARDS BECOMING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. THE POSNER CENTER SYMPOSIUM 2021 FEATURED VIRTUAL SESSIONS FROM 3-19 NOVEMBER 2021 ON DECOLONIZING AND SHIFTING POWER IN OUR SOCIAL IMPACT WORK. WE HAD OVER 370 PARTICIPANTS; 40% JOINED US FROM COLORADO AND THE REST FROM 22 OTHER U.S. STATES AND 25 OTHER COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, AND EUROPE. WE ALSO HAD SPEAKERS FROM 15 COUNTRIES AND TEN DIFFERENT STATES TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND IDEAS AND LEAD A RICH COLLAGE OF DISCUSSIONS. WE ALSO LAUNCHED INNOVATIVE PROFIT-SHARING WITH SPEAKERS AND A PAY-WHAT-CAN REGISTRATION FEE SYSTEM. THE SYMPOSIUM IS CORE TO THE POSNER CENTER'S IMPACT. SUPPORTING THE SYMPOSIUM SUPPORTS LEADERS ACROSS THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR TO DO GOOD BETTER AS WE STRIVE FOR A MORE EQUITABLE AND LIBERATED GLOBAL SOCIETY. ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE POSNER CENTER LEADS HIGH- QUALITY PROGRAMS THAT STRENGTHEN ITS COMMUNITY TO AMPLIFY THEIR GLOBAL IMPACT. THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMMING AND GRANT-MAKING EMPHASIZE THE CREATION OF COMMUNITY, STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS, LEARNING AND SHARING ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, AND ADOPTION OF EVIDENCE-BASED BEST PRACTICES. THE IMPERATIVE TO MEET THE UNITED NATION'S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS MEANS THAT THE GLOBAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE LEADING HIGH- IMPACT, TRANSFORMATIVE WORK WORLDWIDE. POSNER CENTER'S INVESTMENT IN ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF ITS EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN THE POSNER CENTER COMMUNITY'S DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE. THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH EXPERTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS TO CO- CREATE MORE PROFOUND OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED AND SELECTED BASED ON THEIR ABILITY TO CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS AND WITH THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY WORK. PRAXIS. BEGUN IN EARLY 2018, PRAXIS IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE POSNER CENTER AND REGIS UNIVERSITY'S DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE THAT DELIVERS A SERIES OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION SHORT COURSES SO SOCIAL IMPACT PROFESSIONALS CAN STRENGTHEN THEIR EVIDENCE-BASED DEVELOPMENT IMPACT. THE ORGANIZATION HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND THESE FIELD-EXPERT-TAUGHT COURSE OFFERINGS TO INCLUDE QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION, QUALITATIVE DATA ASSESSMENT, DATA VISUALIZATION, AND PROGRAM DESIGN. IT IS NOW OFFERING A NEW PRAXIS CERTIFICATE. LEADING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE. THE POSNER CENTER HAS CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH ALEXANDER & ASSOCIATES LLC TO DELIVER A TRAINING SERIES BASED ON THE ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP MODEL. THIS FRAMEWORK HELPS INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS ADAPT AND THRIVE IN CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS. THIS SERIES FOCUSES ON GAINING A DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF SELF AND OTHERS' STYLES AND PERSONALITIES TO HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP BEHAVIORS AND LEARNING FROM FAILURE THROUGH INDIVIDUAL CASE STUDIES AND GROUP CONSULTATIONS, ALL TO AFFECT SUSTAINABLE CHANGE WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS. MENTORING AND COACHING. THE POSNER CENTER MENTORING PROGRAM CULTIVATES THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE POSNER CENTER COMMUNITY BY FACILITATING A MENTORING PROCESS AMONG GLOBAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS AND THOSE WORKING IN RELATED SECTORS. THE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS ARE INTENDED TO ENHANCE THE MENTEE'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MENTORS TO ENRICH THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO GLOBAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND FURTHER DEVELOP AS LEADERS. POSNER CENTER ALSO PROVIDES COACHING OPPORTUNITIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COACHING FEDERATION - COLORADO. COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE. TO COLLABORATIVELY STRENGTHEN ITS COMMUNITY MEMBERS' GLOBAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES, THE POSNER CENTER FACILITATES OUTCOME-ORIENTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE. THESE COMMUNITIES ARE ESTABLISHED AND LED BY POSNER TENANTS AND MEMBERS BASED ON THEIR CURRENT NEEDS AND INTERESTS. COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE INCLUDE ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP, MONITORING & EVALUATION, COMMUNICATIONS, FUNDRAISING, AND GENDER ADVOCACY. THE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FUND (ICF). ICF IS A GRANT PROGRAM THAT IS TRANSFORMING HOW GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT WORK IS DONE. THE POSNER CENTER FUNDS INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, LEVERAGING THE POWER OF COLLABORATION FOR GREATEST IMPACT. FUNDED PROJECTS STRENGTHEN EVIDENCE- BASED BEST PRACTICES IN GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF COLLABORATIVE PROCESSES, STRENGTHEN PROGRAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND CREATE CHANGE IN COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE. THE LEARNING AND VALUE FROM PROJECTS CAN BE APPLIED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS SECTORS. POSNER CENTER HAS FUNDED 36 PROJECTS, GRANTING ALMOST 500,000 TO 75 TENANT, MEMBER, AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS FOR WORK IN 23 COUNTRIES. WE WILL PAUSE THE ICF IN 2023 TO EXAMINE HOW THE GRA FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE POSNER CENTER'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE POSNER CENTER'S 990. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE POSNER CENTER DRAFTED AND APPROVED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IN JANUARY 2014. UNDER THE POLICY, CONFLICTS ARE TO BE DISCLOSED IMMEDIATELY UPON DISCOVERY, AND AN ANNUAL VERIFICATION IS UNDERTAKEN EACH YEAR TO CONFIRM THAT NO DIRECTOR OR OFFICER IS AWARE OF ANY CONFLICTS. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WILL BE REVIEWED AND REAFFIRMED BY THE BOARD AT THE END OF EACH YEAR. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OTHER POSNER CENTER STAFF WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TOOK INTO ACCOUNT REVIEW BY INDEPENDENT PARTIES AND COMPARISON DATA OF SALARIES FOR LIKE POSITIONS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OTHER POSNER CENTER STAFF WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TOOK INTO ACCOUNT REVIEW BY INDEPENDENT PARTIES AND COMPARISON DATA OF SALARIES FOR LIKE POSITIONS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE POSNER CENTER POSTS ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FORM 1023 AND ITS 990S ON ITS WEBSITE. 990S AND OTHER FILINGS WITH THE IRS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON INDEPENDENT WEBSITES SUCH AS WWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL FEES 0 80,442 0 DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT 0 0 300 TECH SUPPORT 11,013 0 0 TOTAL 11,013 80,442 300 THE GREENHOUSE PROJECT LLC MANAGEMENT CO POSNER CEN