2024-08-14T14:38:22-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 561973794 CO PARTNERS OF CAMPESINAS COPA 7034474281 901 Second Street Alexandria VA 22314 Jim Heinzen Treasurer 7034770374 2024-08-14 1 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X X Copartners.org X X 38715 X 36085 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2630 0 2630 0 0 0 0 38715 16800 0 0 0 0 286 1945 19031 19684 79660 -2 99342 X 79660 94046 0 0 0 6038 79660 100084 0 742 79660 99342 Co-partners works with organizations of rural women in El Salvador and Guatemala to help them make better lives for themselves and their families guided by our motto to "Learn, Earn and Lead". Co-partners provides resources for skills training, equipment for training and production, educational scholarships, infrastructure and organizational strengthening. The local partner organizations manage small grants provided by Co-partners, plus resources that they generate from training classes and production activities. They maintain organizational records and coordinate with other organizations and local government and represent the needs of lower income and rural families in the broader community. Co-partners also provides annual volunteer training teams to work with organizational leaders, youth and children. LEARN: In a typical year Co-partners supports vocational training in two centers in El Salvador and underwrites scholarships in Guatemala. Vocational classes in centers located in Ilobasco and Apastepueque, El Salvador, provide classes in dressmaking, tailoring, cosmetology, basic computer skills, electrical wiring, cooking, baking and English. In Guatemala, we provide $2,000 for scholarships of school supplies for 150 to 200 elementary school children each year. In Guatemala participants in a chicken project participated in training arranged with the Ministry of Agriculture for raising chickens and management of the flock. Minimal grant funds continue to be provided to cover utility, internet, security and similar costs of the training centers 3500 460 EARN: The two vocational training centers in El Salvador offer classes to enable participants to earn a living wage in the country of their birth rather than feeling the pull of immigration. During 2023, 170 women and youth completed a semester of training in one of ten offerings having income earning potential. A survey conducted shortly before the pandemic indicated that fifty percent of training center class participants reported increased earnings from the training they received. Anecdotal feedback indicates that the performance during 2023 is similar. An updated survey will be repeated during 2024. Members of the Ilobasco program completed a school uniform contract. The training centers cover nearly all of their costs from the provision of training and production contracts for school uniforms. In Guatemala, agricultural projects are emphasized. In 2023, the NOVA Catholic Community provided a grant of $3,300 that funded a turkey project as a source of income for members of our Guatemala partner organization. Three members in each of eight communities participated receiving five turkey chicks each. It is customary in Guatemala to serve turkey during the Christmas season and restaurants also serve a special dish called "pan con pavo". In 2023, we provided a special grant of $9,000 to our Apastepueque partner for the expansion of their training center. 12300 500 LEAD: In line with Copartners focus on women's empowerment, we provide material support for women's organizations. Once a woman has completed her education and learned a skill that enables her to contribute to the economic support of the family, we encourage her to step up to leadership in her organization and in her community. Leadership of partner organizations also requires skills as representatives of their organization with local government officials, funding organizations, banks and others. In support of this goal, Copartners offers leadership workshops for both women and youth as a focus of its annual visits. Field trips to organizations having similar activities are carried out with the local boards of directors to network with other organizations and learn from their experiences. 1000 1271 2231 Archer Heinzen Chairperson 20 0 0 0 Kristin Langlykke Vice Chariperson 5 0 0 0 Jeannette Rodriguez Secretary 5 0 0 0 Jim Heinzen Treasurer 20 0 0 0 Carol Reeder Director 4 0 0 0 Teddie Ahrens Director 6 0 0 0 Jeremy Smith Director 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VA Jim Heinzen 901 Second Street Alexandria VA 22314 7035486713 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 56892 34898 30313 27029 36085 185217 3405 3047 4501 2525 2630 16108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60297 37945 34814 29554 38715 201325 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201325 38 61 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 38 61 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60335 38006 34814 29554 38715 201424 0.99951 0.99498 0.00049 0.00502 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Grants to local partner organizations: Asociacion Red de Mujeres; School Supplies $2000,Turkey Project $3300; La Nueva Esperanza, $1000 and $1500 Training Instructors; Asociacion Apastepueque, $9000 Training Center expansion. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Office Supplies: $277; Tel, Internet, Web Media: $398; Financial Fees: Band Transfers: $250;Tech Soup training: $99; Accounting Software: $114;Consultant Travel: 741.68; Misc $65. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Rounding error: -2.00 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Undeposited funds: $6038.17. Deposited in January 2024 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Accounts payable 12/31/23.