2024-11-12T12:18:05-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 861136212 GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT GLOB 3604023903 8300 STEAMBOAT ISLAND RD NW OLYMPIA WA 98502 Prairie Hyde Vice President 3604023903 2024-11-06 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Prairie Hyde 8300 Steamboat Island Rd NW Olympia WA 98502 125129 0 X empowermentalliance.org X 2007 WA GACE EMPOWERS AFRICAN COMMUNITIES TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY AND ADVANCE GENDER EQUITY THROUGH PROGRAMS IN MATERNAL HEALTH, EDUCATION, SUSTAINABLE LIVING AND FAIR TRADE DEVELOPMENT. ACTIVITIES: DIRECT SERVICES, CAPACITY BUILDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 3 3 0 10 0 0 265865 125129 0 0 0 0 0 0 265865 125129 183865 164651 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6315 95387 190180 260038 75685 -134909 247017 107869 4239 0 242778 107869 GACE was created to fulfill a mission to empower African communities through the advancement of fair trade, education, sustainable living, and gender equality. We partner with Alaffia enterprise to combat poverty and to advance gender equality through direct, long-term programs in maternal health, education and environment in West African rural communities. 0 0 35869 0 0 Bicycles for Education: GACE donated 323 bicycles to students and community health agents in Togo, West Africa. These bicycles were collected from organizations and individuals in the US, and many would otherwise have gone to US landfills. GACE has repaired & monitored over 10,000 bicycles in distribution to poor secondary school students in Togo. Our Bicycles for Education program addresses the extremely high dropout rate in rural West Africa. 80% of boys and 90% of girls in Togo do not graduate secondary school. In rural areas the distance, family chores, and lack of transportation are key barriers to education especially for girls who are burdened with daily chores like fetching wood and water, or gardening. 95% of our bicycled students are staying in school or graduating. 34719 0 0 Maternal Health: In 2023, GACE funded antenatal, delivery and post natal care for 180 extremely poor mothers in Togo, West Africa. We partner with national health clinics, local leaders, and community volunteers to provide healthcare and training. GACE provides services including managing health records, billing records, and ensuring each participant receives copies of all her health records. GACE also provides family health trainings on topics such as infant nutrition, breastfeeding, birth spacing, and impacts of female circumcision. 14988 0 0 Reforestation: GACE planted 7,260 trees of various species (Shea, Mango, Cassia, Mahogany, Moringa, Neem, and Eucalyptus) in five prefectures of Togo, West Africa. Togo is within the African Sahel, which forms a vulnerable "green wall" against encroaching deserts of North Africa and is a critical carbon sink for mitigating climate change. Unfortunately, there has been a lack of international attention on savanna tree cover losses, and without support for solutions, deforestation will continue. Since 2006, GACE has been planting trees to help slow tree loss and bring awareness to the issue in our communities. Our reforestation project is about survival. We increase chances of tree survival by choosing species that are suitable for the environment and by planting them with community groups, such as schools, organized farmer collectives, and shea nut collector groups. Groups are more likely to provide irrigation needed to get seedlings through the first dry season and protect the young trees from grazing livestock and wildfires. 50862 0 0 Health Programs: We donated 1,721 reading and sun glasses to individuals in Togo, West Africa and 7,427 used prescription glasses to the Lions Club Eyeglass Recycling program. Expenses are primarily value of donated inventory. Protection from the sun and dust is important to proper vision health care. Sunglasses keep harmful UV rays from the eyes, and help prevent cataracts later in life, which can develop from excessive sun exposure and lead to near-sightedness and other eye problems. We collect used sunglasses and reading glasses from natural health food store customers around the United States. After sorting and shipping them, we distribute them to our communities in West Africa, keeping thousands of pairs of eyeglasses from landfills each year. 4965 0 0 School Construction Program: in 2023, GACE built and installed desks for the newly constructed primary school in Tambonga, Togo. Tambonga is a farming community in northern Togo. In 2015, community volunteers built a temporary original straw roofed structure to function as a school for over 115 students. GACE chose this community to receive a school building for their middle school. There is a high demand for schools in Togo, and government funding is inadequate to provide needed infrastructure. GACE builds schools in our Togolese communities to help meet the critical need for childhood education. 23723 0 0 Administrative costs of programs, including office supplies and equipment, management of Togo programs, travel, postage, shipping, communication, and banking costs. This includes smaller programs such as clothing donations. 79550 0 0 165126 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X Prairie R Hyde 3604023903 8300 Steamboat Island Rd NW OLYMPIA WA 98502 X Olowondjo Tchala President 5 40 X 0 0 0 Prairie R Hyde Vice President 10 0 X 0 0 0 Maria Mason Secretary 5 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125129 0 125129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125129 0 0 0 37135 37135 0 0 127516 127516 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87500 87500 5000 5000 461 461 1078 1078 Bank Fees 708 0 708 0 Inventory Loss 475 475 0 0 Postage 165 0 165 0 260038 165126 94912 0 76296 4175 0 0 0 0 57846 46844 0 0 0 0 0 0 112875 56850 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 247017 107869 4239 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4239 0 X 0 0 0 0 242778 107869 242778 107869 247017 107869 -134909 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 264447 165554 206325 265865 125129 1027320 6179 0 0 0 0 6179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 270626 165554 206325 265865 125129 1033499 117097 109560 138023 91580 83997 540257 0 0 0 141000 21124 162124 117097 109560 138023 232580 105121 702381 331118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 270626 165554 206325 265865 125129 1033499 0.32039 0.35380 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Sub-Saharan Africa 1 15 Program Services Maternal health, education, and environmental services to low income individuals. 127516 1 15 127516 Payment of health services provided for prenatal care and delivery. Sub-Saharan Africa 180 0 n/a 34719 Prenatal exams, medical supplies, blood and sample analysis, training materials, salaries of trainers. Salary records, receipts and payment records to clinics and service providers. Used bicycles to underprivileged students and health workers in rural villages of Togo, West Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa 323 0 n/a 35394 Value of bicycles ($25 each) plus repair and maintenance, salary of bike mechanic and office staff to verify recipients, transport, freight, and customs costs of delivering bicycles from US to Togo. Fair value determination, transit and freight documents, salary records, receipts. Donation of fruit and wood producing trees to students and farmers in rural Togo. Intended to improve resiliency to climate change and desertification. Sub-Saharan Africa 7260 0 n/a 14988 Value of trees as determined by cost of salaries of nursery workers, delivery costs, nursery costs. Salary records, freight records, supply purchase receipts Donation of reading glasses and sunglasses to disadvantaged individuals in Togo. Sub-Saharan Africa 1721 0 n/a 13727 Fair market value of glasses ($5) plus salaries of staff to validate and monitor donations, freight and other donation costs. Fair market valuation, salary records, freight and supply receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 General Ledger is submitted monthly, and is reconciled against bank statements. Monthly activity reports are submitted at end of each month with final, more in-depth report at the end of the financial year. Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 Accounting method is cash accounting, all financial activity was program service expenditures, not investment. Schedule F, Part II, Line 2 Accounting method is cash accounting. Schedule F, Part III Number of program recipients in Sub Saharan Africa in 2023: 15,608 1 Lions Club Eyeglass Recycling Program 9013 Mullen Rd SE Olympia WA 98513 0 37135 Fair market value Fair market value of used prescription eyeglasses We had collected eyeglasses for distribution in Togo, but do not have have infrastructure and expertise to clean, sort, and distribute them appropriately. By board decision we agreed to donate 7427 pairs to the Lions Club Eyeglass Recycling Program, who are equipped to process them. 1 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 One time donation of used eyeglasses, board of directors voted to donate to another organization better suited to clean, sort, and distribute collected used eyeglasses. Inventory records. Schedule I, Part II, Line 1 No funds are distributed, only donations in kind of used eyeglasses. Value is estimated market value of used eyeglasses we received as donations. Since we cannot use prescription glasses, we donated them to Lions Club Eyeglass Recycling program. We use published explanation of use of eyeglasses as verification of use. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 O. Tchala (President) and P. Hyde (Vice President) were once married. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 3 General management was performed by outside contractor for calendar year 2023. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9 Maria Mason 10764 NE Broomgerrie Road Bainbridge Island, WA 98110; Olowondjo Tchala 7029 Steamboat Island Rd NW Olympia WA 98502 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 draft and all supplemental forms are emailed to Members of the Board with 7 days to confirm receipt, raise objection or questions, and approve submittal before form is submitted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, financial records, and tax filings are available to the public at written request. Board of Directors was restructured, which caused delays in financial reporting.