2026-02-17T07:33:55-07:00 2025-09-30 990EZ 2024-10-01 264181803 BASICNEEDS US INC BASI 3399700300 9 Meriam St Suite 7 Lexington MA 02420 Richard Dougherty President 7816086234 2026-02-16 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X www.basicneedsus.org X X 9513 X 9513 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9513 14000 0 0 0 0 0 120 14120 -4607 32972 0 28365 32972 28365 0 0 0 0 32972 28365 0 0 32972 28365 BasicNeeds US promotes the development of community support groups in the global south for marginalized people with mental illness. We fund development strategies for training community groups to provide mutual support through inclusive village banking practices, participatory dialogue and cooperative livelihoods. We provide seed funding and consultation to promote these innovative efforts globally in partnership with the BasicNeeds Network, CBM UK and other global mental health leadership groups. Promoting VSLAs in Community Support Groups: In April 2025, BNUS travelled to Ghana to visit with inclusive VSLA groups. We met with BN Ghana staff, local groups and government officials to identify development issues and review progress from previous years' grants from the ECOM Foundation. The visit was important to better understand local conditions, capacity and opportunities for success. To strengthen the process and documentation behind establishing Inclusive VSLAs, BNUS provided unrestricted support from reserves for BasicNeeds Basic Rights Kenya and BasicNeeds Ghana to work together to document the VSLA work for expansion in the BasicNeeds Network. 10000 X 4000 Increasing the capacity of the BasicNeeds Network: BasicNeeds US developed and agreed to a letter of intent in late September 2025 for CBM UK to host a $25K reserve fund starting in 2026 to be used for key development expenses of the BasicNeeds Network, as directed by the new leadership from Ghana and Kenya. We will continue supporting cooperative governance and shared practice within the BasicNeeds Network globally. All time and costs were pro bono. 0 0 4000 X Richard Dougherty President 8 0 0 0 Charlotte Dougherty Director 0.2 0 0 0 Christopher Underhill Director 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA Richard Dougherty 9 Meriam St Suite 7 Lexington MA 02420 3399700300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 100973 33489 37851 58059 9513 239885 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100973 33489 37851 58059 9513 239885 0 239885 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0 70 239955 0 0.99971 0.99973 X Schedule A, Part I, Line 7 BasicNeeds US receives support from small donations and other public charities. Our support was exclusively from small donations in the year ending 9/30/2025. Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 The $70 for tax year ending 9/30/24 was for a refund from a prior year overpaid state public charities filing fee. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 BasicNeeds US provided two $5k unrestricted grants to BasicNeeds Basic Rights Kenya and BasicNeeds Ghana support VSLA documentation in the BasicNeeds Network. BasicNeeds also provided BasicNeeds Ghana with a $4K program service reimbursement to cover the ground costs for Richard Dougherty's visit to the 5 villages and meetings with ECOM and Ghana Health Services leaders. RT air travel from BOS to Accra and transition hotel stays were covered by Dr. Dougherty, personally. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Bank Fees. All other costs are pro bono. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 BasicNeeds US signed a letter of intent with CBM UK and the BasicNeeds Network for seed funding of $25,000 in 2026 to support the BasicNeeds Network. The cash transaction will occur then. Form 990-EZ, Part IV Christopher Underhill completed his final term of service on September 30, 2025. He has been a Director since the founding of BasicNeeds US. He left us an important legacy in the network of programs he helped build across the global south. BN US will be recruiting additional Board Members in 2026 from past supporters and partners.