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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MICRONUTRIENT FORUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,848,329
Total expenses
$3,005,337
Contributions and grants received
$2,845,655
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$2,674
Total assets, end of year
$2,563,388
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,572,731
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$9,343
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,564,994
Management and general expenses
$379,481
Fundraising expenses
$60,862
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,564,994

Program services were 85.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $522,733

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,322,922

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $3,515 · related or exempt $3,515

  • 11b · Other revenue: EXCHANGE GAIN OR LOSS

    total -$841 · excluded -$841

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,674

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $491,449 · program services $392,205 · management and general $73,407 · fundraising $25,837

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $855,400 · program services $772,526 · management and general $73,155 · fundraising $9,719

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $31,431 · program services $27,135 · management and general $3,459 · fundraising $837

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $130,064 · program services $112,287 · management and general $14,313 · fundraising $3,464

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $51,323 · program services $44,308 · management and general $5,648 · fundraising $1,367

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $216 · program services $163 · management and general $53 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $73,942 · program services $0 · management and general $73,942 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,126,504 · program services $1,026,933 · management and general $83,346 · fundraising $16,225

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,315 · program services $20,108 · management and general $207 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,721 · program services $10,471 · management and general $4,250 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $38,600 · program services $9,276 · management and general $26,624 · fundraising $2,700

  • 17 · Travel

    total $145,941 · program services $139,548 · management and general $5,798 · fundraising $595

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,634 · program services $4,118 · management and general $398 · fundraising $118

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,919 · program services $80 · management and general $14,839 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $2,511 · program services $2,511 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,367 · program services $3,325 · management and general $42 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,224,007 · end of year $2,294,541

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $12,063

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,642 · end of year $256,784

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $140,255 · end of year $200,095

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,955,729 · end of year $2,372,636

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $37,581 · end of year -$93,380

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $110,084 · end of year $84,037

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROMOTE ALIGNMENT AND COLLECTIVE ACTION ON VITAMINS, MINERALS, AND OTHER NUTRIENTS ACROSS SECTORS BY BRIDGING NUTRITION SCIENCE, POLICY, PROGRAMS, AND RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MICRONUTRIENT FORUM PROMOTES ALIGNMENT AND COLLECTIVE ACTION ON VITAMINS, MINERALS, AND OTHER NUTRIENTS ACROSS SECTORS BY BRIDGING NUTRITION SCIENCE, POLICY, PROGRAMS, AND RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

  • THE MICRONUTRIENT DATA INNOVATION ALLIANCE (DINA) WORKS TO IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY, QUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND USE OF MICRONUTRIENT-RELATED DATA ACROSS THE VALUE CHAIN TO SUPPORT NATIONAL-LEVEL DECISION-MAKERS TO BETTER DESIGN, IMPLEMENT, MEASURE, AND OPTIMIZE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES. IN 2022, DINA COLLABORATED WITH NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS AND MICRONUTRIENT DATA GROUPS TO ALIGN ON PRIORITIES AND ESTABLISH COLLABORATIONS THROUGH VIRTUAL CONSULTATIONS AND IN PERSON MEETINGS. A LEXICON OF TERMS WAS DEVELOPED WITH DEFINITIONS USED IN MICRONUTRIENT PROGRAMS, WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON LARGE-SCALE FOOD FORTIFICATION (LSFF) TO HARMONIZE TERMINOLOGY IN A LIVING CENTRAL REPOSITORY FOR USE BY STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE FIELD. - DINA SUPPORTED THE MAHIDOL/HARVARD GROUP ON BIOMARKERS AND LABORATORY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND TOOK ON TWO WORKING GROUPS TO ADDRESS BIOMARKER STATUS AND ADVOCACY OF IODINE AT THE UNIVERSAL SALT IODIZATION MEETING HOSTED BY UNICEF AND PRESENTED AT SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS. - DINA ALSO DEVELOPED ITS GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE BY FORMING A STEERING COMMITTEE OF 10 MEMBERS FROM 7 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES (5 CONTINENTS) WITH DIVERSE EXPERTISE AND AFFILIATIONS AND EXPANDED ITS MEMBERSHIP TO OVER 50 MEMBERS WORLDWIDE. DINA HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF MICRONUTRIENT DATA USE IN PROGRAMS THROUGH VARIOUS BLOGS, WEBINARS, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND NEWSLETTERS. - FINALLY, IT INITIATED WORK ON DEVELOPING CASE STUDIES ON THE SUCCESSFUL USE OF MN DATA IN NUTRITION PROGRAMS, CONDUCTING A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE SPECIFIC NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MN DATA USE CASES TO CLARIFY UNDERLYING DATA ISSUES TO HELP ESTABLISH PRIORITIES FOR DINA AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE TRANSITION OF GFDX TO DINA BY ONBOARDING CONSULTANTS.

    Expenses $1,024,935

  • THE STANDING TOGETHER FOR NUTRITION CONSORTIUM (ST4N) EMPLOYS INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO EVIDENCE GENERATION, KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION, ADVOCACY, AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS TO EFFECTIVELY BRIDGE KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND PROMOTE VIABLE SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE THE HARM CAUSED BY GLOBAL CRISES. BUILDING UPON ITS WORK ON THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON MALNUTRITION, AS CONFLICTS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND RISING FOOD PRICES EXACERBATED THE STRAIN ON THE NUTRITION, HEALTH, AND RESOURCES OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN 2022, ST4N PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN PRIORITIZING NUTRITION ON THE GLOBAL POLICY AGENDA. - ST4N ANALYZED AND REPORTED ON THE IMPACT OF THE UKRAINE MALNUTRITION, PARTICULARLY FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES STILL RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMIC IN A NATURE ARTICLE: "ACT NOW BEFORE UKRAINE WAR PLUNGES MILLIONS INTO MALNUTRITION AMPLIFIED BY A PRESS RELEASE, "THE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE AND THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC ARE CREATING A GLOBAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION CRISIS FOR MILLIONS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN". COLLABORATING WITH THE SCALING UP NUTRITION MOVEMENT (SUN), ST4N PUBLISHED A CALL TO ACTION AND PRESENTED POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH A POLICY BRIEF "ACT NOW BEFORE UKRAINE WAR PLUNGES MILLIONS INTO MALNUTRITION" AT KEY GLOBAL EVENTS LIKE THE GROUP OF 7 (G7) SUMMIT TO ADVOCATE FOR ACTIONS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE WAR. - ST4N WORKED WITH PARTNERS TO MODEL THE IMPACT OF FOOD INFLATION ON CHILD MALNUTRITION DURING THE ESCALATION OF THE UKRAINE WAR. THIS RESEARCH WAS PUBLISHED IN A NATURE COMMUNICATIONS ARTICLE TITLED, "ECONOMIC SHOCKS PREDICT INCREASES IN CHILD WASTING PREVALENCE IN AN IFPRI DISCUSSION PAPER, "FOOD INFLATION AND CHILD UNDERNUTRITION IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES". A POLICY BRIEF TITLED, "GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS IMPACT ON CHILD WASTING IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES", AND AN ACCOMPANYING SOCIAL MEDIA KIT WAS PRODUCED IN ADDITION TO VARIOUS BLOGS AND ARTICLES AND DISSEMINATED TO A WIDER AUDIENCE. ST4N ALSO DEVELOPED AND DISSEMINATED ADVOCACY MATERIALS HIGHLIGHTING THE FOOD CRISIS IMPACT ON NUTRITION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. - ST4N ADVOCATED FOR GENDER-TRANSFORMATIVE POLICIES TO SUPPORT WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND EQUITY BY DEVELOPING AN EVIDENCE-BASED ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK AND MAPPING PATHWAYS TO HIGHLIGHT THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS OF PANDEMIC ON WOMEN AND GIRLS' NUTRITION. THE FINDINGS WERE PUBLISHED IN A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND MEDICINE: "COVID-19, NUTRITION, AND GENDER: AN EVIDENCE-INFORMED APPROACH TO GENDER-RESPONSIVE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS", TRANSLATED INTO RECOMMENDATIONS IN A POLICY BRIEF TITLED "COVID-19 AND MALNUTRITION: A TOXIC COMBINATION FOR WOMEN", AND DISSEMINATED THROUGH ADVOCACY OUTREACH THROUGH THE GENDER AND COVID-19 PROJECT WEBINAR: "FOOD INSECURITY, HUNGER, GENDER, AND COVID-19 A SOCIAL MEDIA KIT. ST4N FINDINGS WERE CITED BY VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA AND PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES SUCH AS ICN.

    Expenses $627,713

  • THE HEALTHY MOTHERS HEALTHY BABIES CONSORTIUM (HMHB) SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF ITS MEMBERS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENTS, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION AGENCIES, TO IMPROVE MATERNAL NUTRITION, SPECIFICALLY BY ACCELERATING THE ADOPTION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND SCALING OF MULTIPLE MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION (MMS) IN LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES (LMICS). IN 2022, HMHB DROVE ALIGNMENT AND COLLECTIVE ACTIONS WITH OVER A HUNDRED MEMBERS WORLDWIDE THROUGH ADVOCACY, BROKERING KNOWLEDGE AND CONVENING EXPERTS FROM DIVERSE FIELDS. - HMHB ENGAGED AND SUPPORTED NATIONAL ACTORS, IN LINE WITH ITS 2021 NUTRITION FOR GROWTH COMMITMENT, BY BRINGING TOGETHER NATIONAL LEADERS FROM NINE ASIAN COUNTRIES IN ITS FIRST-EVER IN-PERSON REGIONAL MEETING IN INDONESIA. AN ADVOCACY TOOLKIT FOR THE ADOPTION OF MMS IN COUNTRIES WAS RELEASED TO EQUIP NATIONAL ACTORS. - HMHB FACILITATED IN-DEPTH DIALOGUE AMONG EXPERTS AND STAKEHOLDERS ON MMS POLICY ADOPTION, IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH, DEMAND CREATION, AND SUPPLY ISSUES, VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON, AT VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES SUCH AS THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF NUTRITION (ICN) AND THE AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND HEALTH (ANH) ACADEMY CONFERENCE. - A SERIES OF SHORT, POWERFUL FILMS CALLED WOMEN'S VOICES RELEASED BY HMHB AT VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE DEVEX AT UNGA77 RAISED AWARENESS ON WOMEN'S NUTRITION CHALLENGES AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF MMS . - HMHB ALSO FORGED NEW, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS ACROSS MATERNAL NUTRITION, HEALTH, AND RELATED FIELDS, EXPANDING ITS CAPACITY, EXPERTISE, AND REACH. SPECIFICALLY, IT PARTNERED WITH THE EMERGENCY NUTRITION NETWORK (ENN) TO RAISE AWARENESS ON THE USE OF MMS IN HUMANITARIAN CONTEXTS.

    Expenses $562,632 · Revenue $3,515

  • The Micronutrient Forum made significant progress in promoting dialogue and collective action to support micronutrient health in 2022 by making investments in the development of two platforms. - Through collaboration with stakeholders, the Forum engaged and managed a core group of 50 stakeholders along with an interim working group resulting in an overview of multi-sectoral actors in anaemia, a governance approach for the Alliance, four input papers for WHO's Comprehensive Framework on the Prevention and Management of Anaemia, and identified and engaged chairs for four Working Groups of the Aneamia Action Alliance (National Action, Programmatic Implementation, Research, and Investment). - Another platform in development is The Mighty Nutrients Coalition (MNC). Along with its network of partners, MNC successfully launched and disseminated the Lancet Global Health publication on new global MND estimates with an unprecedented worldwide audience of over 600 attendees from 90 countries. The impact of a common voice for the micronutrient technical community and collective action was demonstrated through its work with the Spina Bifida and Neurosurgeons' groups advocating for the WHA resolution on large scale food fortification for prevention of micronutrients and Spina Bifida. By developing its Advocacy and Communications capability, the Forum strengthened its ability and reach to raise awareness and communicate on micronutrient evidence and knowledge, and advocate for micronutrient-specific and sensitive investments and policies across nutrition, food security and broader development communities. In 2022, the Forum's website received approximately 7,500 new visitors per quarter, while the program website of ST4N and HMHB also reached approximately 1,300 and 1,500 new visitors per quarter respectively. These two programs have topic-specific resource pages on their respective Knowledge Hubs. Monthly newsletters were sent to over 9,000 subscribers and Twitter impression peaked in November 2022, with over 22,000 impressions. The Forum promoted micronutrient resilience themes through regular posts in Devex Dish newsletters. The Forum engaged with a leading strategic communications firm to support the strategic positioning of the Micronutrient Forum, which will include building a brand platform with the following components: a brand narrative, brand attributes, a corporate overview, a tag line, elevator pitch as well as some recommendations for the brand look and feel.

    Expenses $349,714

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Clayton Ajello

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Howarth Bouis

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jay Solomon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Anna Lartey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annabelle Benvecchio Arenas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenneth Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,600
    From this org
    $12,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Klaus Kraemer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Andrade

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rajul Pandya-Lorch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Russ Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Curtis Tyler

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $189,440
    From this org
    $159,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,009
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,431
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,784
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,225
    Filer's total
    $189,440
  • Saskia Osendarp

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $289,409
    From this org
    $227,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,334
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,075
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,136
    Nontaxable benefits
    $57,198
    Filer's total
    $289,409
  • Cecilia Fabrizio

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $180,037
    From this org
    $129,873
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,164
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,873
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,555
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,609
    Filer's total
    $180,037
  • Marti Van Liere

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $180,975
    From this org
    $167,689
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,286
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,768
    Bonus
    $2,921
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,088
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,198
    Filer's total
    $180,975
  • Megan Bourassa

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $118,911
    From this org
    $102,527
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,384
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tanuja Rastogi

    DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $256,499
    From this org
    $190,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,595
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,904
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,283
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58,312
    Filer's total
    $256,499

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343179349309844

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