Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$63,175

Total expenses

$71,630

Contributions and grants received

$54,937

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

$7,980

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

$258

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

— not reported

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

— not reported

Total assets, end of year

$69,019

Total liabilities, end of year

$8,750

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$60,269

Program service expenses (Part III)

$49,503

Program services were 69.1% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

• 1. Promoting healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems. This includes strategies to reduce obesity and overweight, which impacts almost all NCDs. Main strategies include front-of-package warning labels for ultraprocessed foods, promoting healthy food in schools, fiscal policies regarding sugar-sweetened beverages, regulating advertising/promotion/sponsorship of unhealthy food and drink, among others. Projects in 2021-22:1) Promoting Front-of-Pack Food labeling in 3 Central American countries. Supported by LINKS (Resolve to Save Lives) to CDC El Salvador. Funding to CLAS came through CDC El Salvador, which is a Consumer organization in that country connected to Consumers International.2) Towards a Community of Practice: Evidence-Based health promotion Supported by the International Development Research Center (a quasi-governmental research organization in Canada that provides grants.) IDRC2. Promoting reductions in the consumption of tobacco, nicotine, and alcohol. For tobacco there is an international treaty in effect called the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control or FCTC, which contains the principal strategies for reducing tobacco and nicotine use such as warning labels on packaging, fiscal policies, smokefree environments, smoking cessation, and controlling illicit trade of tobacco products. For reducing alcohol consumption, the World Health Organization has a program SAFER with the principal strategies for this purpose, which include reducing accessibility to alcohol, fiscal policies, regulating marketing, road safety, treatment, among others. Projects in 2021-22: 1) Live Better Drink Less Alcohol Control Campaign, funded by Rooftop Public Relations firm (with original funding from Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)2) To increase the commitment of governments and society to reduce alcohol consumption and related problems through EFFECTIVE alcohol policies (SAFER), funded by Rooftop Public Relations firm with original funding from Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)3. Addressing the prevention and treatment of conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. This involves strategies such as improving access to healthcare and medicines, increasing awareness among the public regarding hypertension and diabetes, promoting better funding for treatment programs, mobilizing the public to request low-cost meds and better treatment close-to-home.Project 2022:Article published on the Pan American Journal of Public Health, Sept 2022. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.1654. Prevention and control of NCDs. Per the World Health Organization, these are: cardiovascular diseases and stroke, cancer, chronic pulmonary disease, diabetes, and mental disorders. Projects in 2022:1) Strengthening Regional promotion of NCDs and Universal Health Coverage (UHC)around the Global Week of Action on NCDs Sept 2022. Supported by NCD Alliance.5. Strengthen civil society organizations in this region. It may include training, planning efforts, support for national actions regarding NCDs, among others.Projects 20-22:1) Published and disseminated a Regional Agenda for the Prevention and Control of NCDs. Supported by NCD Alliance Civil Society 2021 Solidarity Fund on NCDs and COVID-19. 2) Implementing Effective Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean to reduce NCDs. Funds in support of promoting fiscal policies, engaging youth, developing a policy brief for Finance Ministries on fiscal policies that improve health.

  Expenses $49,503

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2022

Filed

13 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202302869349200630

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