Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$723,860

Total expenses

$614,342

Contributions and grants received

$723,860

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$137,334

Total liabilities, end of year

$13,461

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$123,873

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$501,247

Management and general expenses

$61,465

Fundraising expenses

$51,630

Program service expenses (Part III)

$501,247

Program services were 81.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• IN 2023, THE NEW MARKETS LAB (NML) PARTNERED WITH NEW AND EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS TO FURTHER ITS MISSION OF ADVANCING THE SPREAD OF SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE TO THE BENEFIT OF SMALL FARMERS AND COMMUNITIES AND LEVERAGING LAW AND REGULATION AS A TOOL TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN EVOLVING GLOBAL MARKET.International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): In 2023, NML continued its collaboration with IFPRI under the CGIAR Seed Equal Research Initiative. The Initiative aims to support the delivery of seed of improved, climate-resilient, market-preferred and nutritious varieties of priority crops that embody a high rate of genetic gain to farmers, ensuring equitable access for women and other disadvantaged groups. NML developed a study that examined efforts by the Government of Rwanda to improve the legal and regulatory enabling environment for seed trade in Rwanda, including assessment of existing regulatory gaps and proposed interventions that could be taken to address challenges. The study applied NMLs regulatory systems maps (RSMs) tool, which visually depicts regulatory systems, processes, procedures, and their implementation in a step-by-step manner, emphasizing gaps, bottlenecks, and good practices found in law and practice (Kuhlmann, 2021; Kuhlmann et al., 2017). NML also conducted a workshop in Uganda in partnership with IFPRI to launch a study with RSMs previously developed in 2022 focused on the regulatory enabling environment for seed in Uganda. NML also developed learning materials on licensing for National Agricultural Research Extension Systems (NARES) which included an updated annotated licensing guide, an annotated intellectual assets (IA) policy, and an initial curriculum for an ongoing course on licensing.International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMYYT): In 2023, NML partnered with CIMMYT, an international CGIAR Research Center, focused on creating a more productive, inclusive, and resilient agri-food system (under the Accelerated Varietal Improvement and Seed Delivery of Legumes and Cereals in Africa (AVISA) Project, now the Dryland Legumes and Cereals Project). NML worked on activities designed to support the enabling environment for regulatory policies on variety release and registration, germplasm sharing, and IA management in Tanzania. Specific activities included identification of Tanzanian needs/gaps in licensing and two licensing training sessions for NARES in Tanzania.Consortium Independent Study on Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions: NML worked on an independent, partly self-funded study with a consortium of partners including AWS and SIA, entitled The MSME Moratorium: Stories from MSMEs in South Africa and Kenya on the WTO Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions. The study relied on extensive fieldwork carried out in Kenya and South Africa to evaluate the potential effects of the Moratoriums expiration on micro-, small, and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs). The findings underscore the importance of inclusive trade policymaking, engaging stakeholders in consultations, and considering the voices of MSMEs in crafting new trade rules that affect digital trade.Nathan Associates LLC (now the Cadmus Group LLC): NML partnered on a project focused on building capacity of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies to develop trade agreements that promote the inclusion of MSMEs, women, Indigenous communities, and others with untapped economic potential in the global economy. The activities under the project aimed to strengthen APEC Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) members awareness of concepts and research related to inclusive trade, and to highlight existing efforts by economies to incorporate inclusion in trade agreements and trade policy.Cornell University: NML worked on a project with Cornell and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Feed the Future partners and the broader international development community on management of intellectual assets developed under federally funded projects. The project was co-led through the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement (ILCI) based at Cornell. Based on analysis, interviews, and case studies, the study highlighted common challenges in intellectual asset management, scaling, and dissemination, leading to recommendations on how to strengthen agricultural technology dissemination and scaling and suggestions for developing a tailored USAID framework on management of agricultural technology.United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Texas A&M Universitys Center for Education Technologies (TAMU): In 2023, NML collaborated with USDA in partnership with TAMU to develop a companion toolkit to the WTO Standards and Trade and Development Facility (STDF) Good Regulatory Practices (GRP) toolkit on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures that can be used by governments, USDA, and USAID to bolster the adoption of GRPs in SPS activities globally. The toolkit includes operational templates and implementation guidance for SPS stakeholder consultations, regulatory reviews, and due diligence in SPS regulatory reforms for food safety, animal, and plant health.The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership: NML began a partnership with the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) in 2016 with the support of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to focus on legal and regulatory aspects of the fertilizer sector in sub-Saharan Africa and regional alignment of fertilizer laws and regulations. In 2023, NML continuing working with AFAP and AGRA to support development of Malawis legal and regulatory framework for fertilizer as well as carry out a legal review and analysis of the fertilizer regulatory framework of 16 countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with ReNAPRI.

  Expenses $501,247

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

2023

Filed

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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