2024-09-09T16:01:09-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 921462605 Mountaintop International MOUN 2024177171 PO Box 73341 Washington DC 20056 Reed Shafer-Ray CEO 4058194178 2024-08-21 1 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X X Mountaintop Reed Shafer-Ray 1701 16th St NW Apt 636 Washington DC 20009 138462 0 X www.mountaintop.international X 2022 DC Mountaintop International is a nonprofit that is working to build the internal capacity, or "human infrastructure," of low income communities worldwide to solve their own problems. Mountaintop does this through leadership initiatives that help the world's most promising individuals deepen and scale systems change, talent management programs to strengthen high-impact organizations, and idea and policy promotion to contribute to a movement pushing for a global revolution in human infrastructure. Mountaintop's flagship program is a paid, one-year, full-time fellowship for the most promising local leaders to stay in or return to their home communities and contribute to systems change in lower-income places around the world. Mountaintop's Fellows receive a full-time stipend, two week leadership institute hosted at Harvard University's Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, 1:1 mentorship, grants, and a lifelong community of inspiring peers to accelerate their leadership journeys. 5 4 1 40 0 0 50001 131315 0 4721 0 1413 0 1013 50001 138462 0 9938 0 0 0 44545 0 0 322 422 22940 422 77423 49579 61039 49579 119761 0 9143 49579 110618 Mountaintop works toward a future where every community has the collective moral leadership to solve its own problems in order to build a just, loving, and peaceful world for all. In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who dedicated his life to building a courageous community that would change the consciousness of a nation, Mountaintop cultivates transformational locally-rooted leadership, supports youth empowerment, and sustainably strengthens local institutions in communities worldwide where success too often means leaving and not coming back. Mountaintop's first program is a paid, one-year, full-time fellowship in partnership with Harvard faculty for exceptional leaders under the age of 30 to stay in or return to their home communities and strengthen collective leadership in rural and underserved communities in the Global South. 0 0 31532 0 131315 1. Selected 13 brilliant, inspiring Fellows from 10 countries across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. With the full time stipend provided by Mountaintop, these Fellows will spend the next year amplifying their work on everything from building peace-building programs in Sudan, to running an online school for girls in Afghanistan, to advocating for sustainable agroforestry in Indonesia. Each Fellow is serving in their home country on projects that will benefit thousands of local community members. Each Fellow receives a full-time stipend and participates in a two week Leadership Institute hosted at Harvard University's Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics. The fellowship also includes 1:1 mentorship, grants, and a lifelong community of inspiring peers to accelerate their local leadership journeys and prepare them for large-scale systems impact to transform their communities and countries. --- 2. Built a strong candidate pool. 6,517 candidates started applications from 155 countries. Candidates included former Members of Parliament, former mayors, and Nobel Peace Prize Nominees. 60% of candidates come from families making less than $2.15/day (the World Bank's extreme poverty line) and 67% from families where neither parent graduated from university. --- 3. Partnered with NGOs from Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, and Kenya to host Fellows working full-time with their organizations. While other Fellows work on independent projects, these hosts pay to cover the cost of their Fellows' living stipends, and Mountaintop covers the cost of Fellow recruitment and selection, training, and ongoing professional development. Mountaintop also partnered with a social venture in India to pilot the Executive Fellowship, an opportunity for two of their staff to receive professional development skills through our in-person Leadership Institute and ongoing virtual trainings. Our hosts are all globally renowned locally-led organizations, and have been recognized with international awards like the Earthshot Prize and the Mulago Foundation Rainer Arnhold Fellowship. --- 4. Partnered with world class global institutions. Mountaintop appreciates its international partners who are supporting with training curriculum, outreach, program design, and operations. This includes the Harvard University Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics (which will host our Leadership Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts), the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity, the People First Community, Catalyst 2030, Cairn Leadership, Orrick Law, and Blackline Solutions. 9938 9938 0 Mountaintop's impact fund provided grants and zero interest loans to local social entrepreneurs building leadership programs in line with Mountaintop's mission of strengthening the human infrastructure of low income communities. 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RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Zero Interest Loan for Martin Luther King Jr Institute 6162 C Zero Interest Loan for Social Dialogue and Leadership Academy 609 C 6771 Sub-Saharan Africa New university 8938 Western Union FMV 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The CEO worked closely with the Board Treasurer to prepare the Form 990. Then, the Form 990 draft was sent to the full Board of Directors for review before final submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c At the first Board meeting of each year, Mountaintop requires Board Members to submit a signed and dated document disclosing all conflicts of interest. Any documented conflicts of interest require a follow-up conversation with the management team. If the management team identifies a significant conflict that would compromise the ability of a Board Member to be a responsible fiduciary of the organization, the Board Member is asked to resign from the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 At the direction of the Board Treasurer, Mountaintop's Board of Directors reviewed market comp data to determine a fair salary for the Mountaintop CEO, an officer and key employee, on September 7, 2023. The Board unanimously approved the salary. All compensation for officers and key employees require approval from the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The public may view the most recent Form 990 and IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter on our website. Mountaintop provides other governing documents and financial statements upon request.