2025-07-16T15:46:04-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 811417000 AFRICAN CENTRES FOR LIGHTNING AND ELECTROMAGNETICS NETWORK INC AFRI 7083083973 632 Clinton Place River Forest IL 60305 Mary Ann Cooper CEO 7083083973 2025-06-18 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X https://ACLENet.org X X 92335 X 92335 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92335 0 0 36850 0 0 0 97143 133993 -41658 84556 3435 46333 X 63598 21949 0 0 20958 24384 84556 46333 0 0 84556 46333 Education, disaster prevention, injury prevention. ACLENet's mission is to decrease deaths, injuries and property damage from lighting across Africa. It does this through designing and installing lightning protection systems at schools, public and school education, working with the national government, research and publication of results at national and international meetings. School Lightning Protection Program - design, installation and repairs of lightning protection systems at schools we have protected since 2016. Ludwick Family Foundation grant ($50,000 awarded late 2023) paid for most of these. 50000 44853 School, district and public education about lightning safety including the grassroot Ugandan national lightning safety advocacy teams and social media campaigns. 0 18225 Research - collection of lightning injury and property damage reports across Africa, investigation of mass casualty incidents caused by lightning, reporting our research (abstract and presentation fees, travel to report at international meetings etc.) 0 4285 Line 31 - other program services 11,450 0 11450 78813 Mary Ann Cooper MD Managing Director 30 0 0 0 Richard Tushemereirwe Member, Board of Directors 3 0 0 0 Ken Nixon - South Africa President, Board of Directors 5 0 0 0 Tony Mukasa Lusambu - Uganda Member Board of Directors 10 0 0 1200 Daile Zhang Member, Board of Directors 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IL Mary Ann Cooper 632 Clinton Place River Forest IL 60305 7083083973 1 UG 1 UG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 65475 39911 74397 98419 71952 350154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65475 39911 74397 98419 71952 350154 134735 215419 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21074 19875 15410 25005 81364 431518 0 0.49921 0.45000 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 donations from founder/CEO MACooper RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 990EZ Line 16, 'other expenses' --> NOT INCLUDING SALARIES AND STAFF EXPENSES PROGRAM EXPENSES Lightning Protection of Schools (materials purchase, import fees and taxes, installation cost at schools, periodic inspection surveys of schools protected in the past to assess integrity of the system and any needed repairs) -- $69272 Public and school lightning safety education and other outreach efforts, including training of new grassroots national lightning safety advocacy team -- $6555 Research expense including sending investigation teams to sites of lightning mass casualty incidents, assembly of lightning injury and property damage database, abstract fees for papers delivered at international meetings -- $4285 Work with Governments - education, meetings, memos of understanding to cooperate to protect schools and do public education and injury prevention -- $1595 Vehicle repairs and maintenance -- $1280 Equipment purchased - 4 laptops and one printer -- $3435 - LINE 24 - Added to assets total FUNDRAISING and outreach expenses -- includes monthly newsletter publication expenses, social media posting, website expense, subscriptions to grant screening organizations such as Instrumentl and Funds for NGOs -- $6749 ADMINISTRATION expenses - includes software, bank fees, postage, licensing, stationery, and similar expenses -- $1572 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 990EZ Line 20 - changes in net assets of fund balances -- purchase of laptops for 4 employees $3192, printer $243 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 990EZ Line 20 - changes in net assets of fund balances -- purchase of laptops for 4 employees $3192, printer $243 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 no liabilities extension filed electronically 14 May 2025