2024-11-15T15:14:10-06:00 2024-06-30 134260189 BOISSELLE MORTON & WOLKOWICZ LLP 48 BAY ROAD PO BOX 374 HADLEY MA 01035 990 2023-07-01 043235656 INSTITUTE FOR PEACEABLE COMMUNITIES INC INST 4136875444 120 PULPIT HILL RD UNIT 8 AMHERST MA 01002 JERRY KOCH-GONZALEZ TREASURER & CLERK 4136875444 2024-11-13 1 0 JOSEPH P WOLKOWICZ CPA P00734754 4135870099 2024-11-12 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z SOCIOCRACY FOR ALL RHONDA BAIRD 120 PULPIT HILL RD UNIT 8 AMHERST MA 01002 526260 0 X SOCIOCRACYFORALL.ORG X 1994 MA SHARING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF EFFECTIVE EGALITARIAN SELF-GOVERNANCE AND DECISION-MAKING 8 2 10 0 0 0 148345 167352 331626 354927 18 1695 865 2286 480854 526260 25000 25000 0 0 185187 133349 0 0 30557 294822 273827 505009 432176 -24155 94084 166722 253146 14363 6703 152359 246443 X SHARING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF EFFECTIVE EGALITARIAN SELF-GOVERNANCE AND DECISION-MAKING 0 0 270231 315769 SOCIOCRACY FOR ALL (SOFA) CONTINUED ITS CORE WORK OF SUPPORTING EGALITARIAN SELF-GOVERNMENT THROUGH TRAINING, CONSULTING, AND MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION. FOR THE YEAR THE YEAR SOFA MEMBERS CONSULTED WITH ABOUT 150 ORGANIZATIONS. WE CONCLUDED THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023 ACADEMY, OUR YEAR-LONG ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM WITH 56 PARTICIPANTS. WE CHANGED THE ACADEMY PROGRAM INTO TWO 6-MONTH PROGRAMS BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY. ACADEMY LEVEL 1(55 PARTICIPANTS) AND ACADEMY LEVEL 2 (14 PARTICIPANTS). AS OF JUNE 30, 2024, SOFA HAS CERTIFIED THE FOLLOWING TOTAL NUMBERS: 6 CONSULTANTS; 19 TRAINERS; 72 FACILITATORS, AND 36 PRACTITIONERS. INTEREST IN EGALITARIAN SELF-GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO GROW IN MANY FIELDS, INCLUDING WORKER COOPERATIVES, INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES, NONPROFITS, AND TECH CONSULTING GROUPS. 25380 25000 25380 CAMBRIDGE BETHLEHEM (CBPPP) CPBBB OFFERED THE SECOND AND THIRD VIRTUAL PROGRAMS WITH VOICES FROM PALESTINE FEATURING PALESTINIAN ACTIVISTS, CULTURAL WORKERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, EDUCATORS, AND HEALTH WORKERS SPEAKING ON THE GROUND FROM PALESTINE. NOVEMBER 5, 2023 A DAY IN THE LIFE: LESSONS FROM THE LAND IN THIS DIRE TIME WITH DR. HUSSEIN-SHANNAN, FOUNDER OF THE YAMMITA ACTIVITY CENTER FOR CHILDREN, CO-FOUNDER THE TEACHER CREATIVITY CENTER IN PALESTINE. SHE HAS DESIGNED, AND TAUGHT INTENSIVE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS AND DEVELOPED CURRICULA IN BOSTON AND INTERNATIONALLY. APRIL 14, 2024 ABDELFATTAH ABUSROUR SPOKE FROM HIS HOME IN THE AIDA CAMP IN BETHLEHEM WHERE HE IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE ALROWWAD CULTURAL AND THEATER TRAINING CENTER. FUELED BY THE PHILOSOPHY OF "BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE", AL-ROWWAD IS A PLACE OF SERVICE, OF ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM, OF CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND DIGNITY AND RESISTANCE IN THE FACE OF UNIMAGINABLE CHALLENGES. ABDELFATTAH TALKED ABOUT THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND IN THE WEST BANK AND THE IMPACT OF THE WAR ON GAZA. IN THE WAKE OF THE EVENTS OF THIS PAST YEAR, CBPPP HAS SUPPORTED VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC EVENTS. WE ALSO RECOGNIZED THE PASSING OF ONE OUR FOUNDERS JOHN ROBERTS. 11564 12301 CAMBRIDGE PEACE SAN JUAN LAS FLORES (SJLF) SISTER CITY IN JUNE 2024 THE SISTER CITY PROJECT ORGANIZED AN 11-PERSON INTERGENERATIONAL, MAJORITY LATINX DELEGATION TO EL SALVADOR FOR 10 DAYS. HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS JOINED TEACHERS AND SISTER CITY PROJECT MEMBERS. 4 OF THE DELEGATES WERE SALVADORAN. THE GROUP SOLIDIFIED RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE PREPARED REPORT-BACKS ON THE POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND SOCIAL SITUATION. IN MAY 2024 WE HELD AN IN-PERSON PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY ENTITLED "THE REVOLUTIONARY PAST AND THE SOLIDARITY FUTURE" WITH PROF. DIANA SIERRA BECERRA AND JUNE 2024 DELEGATES SPEAKING TO AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE. IN DECEMBER 2023 WE HELD A CAMBRIDGE/SOMERVILLE SISTER CITY POTLUCK TO GATHER AND SHARE FOR COMMUNITY, FOR SUPPORT, FOR WINTER SUSTENANCE. AND IN SEPTEMBER 2023, SET UP INFORMATIONAL TABLES AND DISPLAYS AS PART OF CELEBREMOS EL SALVADOR! AT THE HARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY DRAWING HUNDREDS OF MOSTLY SALVADORANS FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. 889 1477 INTERNATIONAL SOCIOCRACY CERTIFICATION BOARD - MAINTAINED THE CERTIFICATION BOARD AND ITS WEBSITE PRESENCE WHICH SUPPORTS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROCESS WITH SHARED STANDARDS FOR PUBLICLY CERTIFYING CONSULTANTS QUALIFIED TO ASSIST THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIOCRACY IN ORGANIZATIONS; THERE ARE 31 CERTIFIED CONSULTANTS AS OF JUNE 30, 2024, UP FROM 25 AS OF JUNE 30. 2023; HELD TWO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES FOR THESE CERTIFIED CONSULTANTS. 889 1477 308064 1 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MA X JERRY KOCH-GONZALEZ 4136875444 120 PULPIT HILL ROAD UNIT 8 AMHERST MA 01002 METTE AAGAARD DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 PAMELA CARMONA ARELLANO DIRECTOR 17.00 X 16981 0 0 ANA CAROLINA DA CRUZ NERA THIMOTEO DIRECTOR 5.00 X 4240 0 0 LORRAINE MARGHERITA DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 THEODOR RAU DIRECTOR 0.50 X 53796 0 0 SEBASTIAN ZULUETA DIRECTOR 0.50 X 178 0 0 RHONDA BAIRD PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIR. 8.00 X X 10091 0 0 JERRY KOCH-GONZALEZ TREASURER/CLERK & PROGRAM 35.00 X X 30180 0 0 115466 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9802 157550 167352 EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS 900099 321983 321983 SALE OF BOOKS 900099 32944 32944 354927 1695 1695 MISC. INCOME 900099 2286 2286 2286 526260 354927 0 3981 X 25000 25000 90804 63295 22117 5392 29375 23445 5186 744 13170 8440 4133 597 5000 5000 196709 141523 32776 22410 111 111 15467 10597 3565 1305 PROGRAM SUPPORT 29035 27066 1860 109 CREDIT LOSSES 9630 9630 LICENSES AND FEES 9288 9288 COST OF BOOKS SOLD 8587 8587 432176 308064 93555 30557 140487 132595 100830 20948 14149 5287 5572 166722 253146 14363 6703 14363 6703 X 132712 226796 19647 19647 152359 246443 166722 253146 94084 0 X X 1 X 0 1 0 X 66930 73837 147152 148345 167352 603616 66930 73837 147152 148345 167352 603616 603616 12 12 11 18 1695 1748 2286 2286 607650 1344220 0.99340 0.99990 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 BOSTON COMMITTEE ON THE MIDDLE EAST INC 55 JAMAICA ST JAMAICA PLAIN MA 02130 043562295 501(C)(3) 25000 0 RAISE CONSCIOUSNESS OF WATER RESTRICTIONS IN WEST BANK PART I, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE GRANTEE AND INQUIRES OF GRANT SPENDING ON AT LEAST AN ANNUAL BASIS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN REVIEWED AND ACCEPTED AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST DURING REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AGREED ON $15/HR RATE AS IT IS A STANDARD COMMONLY HELD AS A MINIMUM LIVABLE WAGE. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AGREED TO $20/HR RATE FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE INCREASED RESPONSIBILITY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 141,523. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 32,776. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 22,410. TOTAL EXPENSES 196,709. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THE ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS OF REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING WORK AND SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD.