2026-02-06T10:32:55-07:00 2024-09-30 990EZ 2023-10-01 264181803 BASICNEEDS US INC BASI 3399700300 9 Meriam St Suite 7 Lexington MA 02420 Richard Dougherty President 7816086234 2026-02-06 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X www.basicneedsus.org X X 58119 X 7090 50959 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 58119 48959 0 0 0 0 174 0 49133 8986 23986 0 32972 23986 32972 0 0 0 0 23986 32972 0 0 23986 32972 BasicNeeds US seeks to improve access to effective mental health services and psychosocial supports for people and families affected by mental illness in resource poor settings around the world. We develop and promote strategies to provide mutual support and inclusive village banking supports. We provide seed funding and consultation to promote these innovative efforts for people with mental illnesses in our Network. Our work is in partnership with the BasicNeeds Network members supporting projects in low resource settings in Africa and South Asia. In 2023-4, BNUS provided the third year of funding with support from the ECOM Foundation, to strengthen community mental health for small holder farmers in Bungoma region of Kenya. We partnered with BasicNeeds Basic Rights Kenya who provided farming families with: 1) entrepreneurship and Village Savings and Loan training for self-help groups;2) outreach for mental health services through county clinics serving over 600 people in the coffee societies; 3) sensitization and disability inclusion sessions in three coffee societies; and 4) distributing urgent aid to the neediest families in the area. 25959 X 58 BasicNeeds US supported the implementation of inclusive VSLAs with BN Ghana staff in the Ashanti Region. 7 groups were established and have begun collecting savings and making loans. Over 50% of group members are people with mental illnesses or disabilities, groups have developed new savings habits and are preparing to distribute annual earnings. There is interest from other communities and government officials to expand the work further. 23000 X 116 174 Richard Dougherty President 8 0 0 0 Charlotte Dougherty Member 0.5 0 0 0 Christopher Underhill Director 0.05 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 7816086234 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 30385 100973 33489 37851 58059 260757 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30385 100973 33489 37851 58059 260757 260757 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 70 260827 0 0.99973 1 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Deposit of refund from Form PC filing fees - 2024 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Refund from prior year Attorney General filing overpayment. All other revenue was from the general public or Our funding partner ECOM Foundation, a 501C(3) charitable organization. I filed the extension and then my wife ended up in emergency neurosurgery in May 2025 at Lahey Medical Center. We are a complete volunteer organization. I had a file labelled final in my folders but evidently never submitted it online. I neglected to verify it. I found it on preparing the return for YE 9/30/2025. My apologies. The YE 2025 return is being prepared now.