Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,217,689

Total expenses

$1,279,809

Contributions and grants received

$1,217,214

Grants paid

$3,154

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$475

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$413,171

Total liabilities, end of year

$243,510

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$169,661

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,150,600

Management and general expenses

$66,122

Fundraising expenses

$63,087

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,150,600

Program services were 89.9% 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 · 2022

• The Digital Media Arts for an inclusive Public Sphere (Digital MAPS) program was a six-month collaboration with the British Council and 18 partnering organizations and social media content creators in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Syria, Yemen, and Tunisia. Build Up supported partners to conduct participatory action research using Phoenix to conduct social media mapping and analysis in order to understand polarization dynamics on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Based on this research, Build Up provided training and technical support for the design and implementation of pilot interventions that counter polarization and promote inclusivity and openness in the networked public sphere.

  Expenses $700,416 · Grants $3,154

• In 2022, Build Up began supporting democratization in the Somali region through the provision of technical assistance, accompaniment, and mentoring to the Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission (TPEC) in Puntland, Somalia. The program team works in close collaboration with counterparts in departments such as operations, voter education, training, voter registration, and IT to develop and implement voter registration and elections. The technical assistance builds on several decades of Somali democratization experience and expertise, and draws from achievements and lessons learned in the region. The assistance is also provided through a peacebuilding lens. This approach focuses on recognising that locally driven and contextually grounded democratization will be the most trusted, credible, and sustainable. To that end, technical assistance is targeted and responsive to the needs of electoral commissions.

  Expenses $271,191

• The following are a summary of some of the general service works we did with partners, including:In 2022, we began a multi-year partnership with Search for Common Ground to grow the capabilities of global program and research teams to understand the digital manifestations of conflict through the use of appropriate social media listening tools and strategies. To date, we have collaborated on social media listening work with SFCG Tanzania and Kenya offices, and have collaborated with the Institutional Learning Team to build capacity across headquarters and country office staff.We continued a multi-year strategic partnership with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue that has implemented research and programs that address digital conflict in multiple contexts. In 2022, we provided advisory support and worked together to design a tabletop training and dialogue exercise for mediators integrating social media provisions into peace agreements.

  Expenses $114,967

• In advance of Kenya's 2022 election, we collaborated with UNESCO as part of their multi-year project, Social Media 4 Peace, to explore the role of social media in spreading hate speech and misinformation, and how legislation, social media companies and civil society have historically responded to hate speech and misinformation online. Build Up conducted research, consultations with government, civil society and technology companies, workshops with civil society, and social media listening and analysis. These served to understand what has historically been done to respond to hate speech and misinformation online, to understand various people's experiences with hate speech and misinformation and -- through reflecting on the current trends of social media and past responses -- to be able to identify ways that different actors could engage in the lead-up to the 2022 elections.

  Expenses $54,101

• Building on the two prior Digital Steps fellowship programs, Build Up continued a collaboration with the British Council to provide young media innovators in Syria and Yemen with effective tools, skills, and mentoring to create their own tech or digital media initiatives that respond to local community needs and contribute to their resilience. In 2022, 400 young and emerging actors, journalists, and content creators began to receive training and design support. In 2023, teams will be selected for continued Build Up mentorship and guidance through implementation.

  Expenses $9,925

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

Listed in Part VII

• Jerry McCann

  Treasurer/Secretary/Consulant

  Total calculated

  $16,000

  From this org

  $16,000

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  20

• Dr Medinat Malefakis

  Chair

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• Quratulain Fatima

  Chair (part year)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• Rodrigo Davies

  Board member

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• Charles Hauss

  Board member

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• Hein Paing Htoo Chit

  Board member

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• Zeina Saab

  Board member

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• Leah Jones

  Board member (part year)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• Christian Cito Cirhigiri

  Board member (part year)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.3

• Helena Puig Larrauri

  CEO / Consultant

  Total calculated

  $108,000

  From this org

  $108,000

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

13 September 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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