Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,149,478

Total expenses

$1,196,769

Contributions and grants received

$1,070,524

Grants paid

$128,579

Program service revenue

$72,282

Investment income

$5,893

Other revenue

$779

Total assets, end of year

$601,408

Total liabilities, end of year

$131,976

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$469,432

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,095,530

Management and general expenses

$101,239

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,095,530

Program services were 91.5% 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

• Access to Justice: Objective: To build sustainable platforms and projects that support Sudans emerging civil society achieve justice for human right and other issues. Sudanese Archive continued open source data monitoring and collecting and published 2 investigations on Violence in Khartoum on January 17, 2022 anti-coup protest and Patterns of violence against protesters in the year since Sudan's coup. Human Rights Hub worked in collaboration with 2 key partners (PEJ and Climate Counsel) to provide capacity building support in the form of e-learning material developed and added to our ATJ e-learning academy, roundtables and mentorship, for 4 Sudanese human rights defender groups. Key focus was on strengthening the capacity for Human Rights Documentation in general, transitional justice, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, best practices for legal documentation of human rights violations and human violations affecting the environment. In the last quarter of 2022, the team coordinated a trip to Europe for 4 Sudanese human rights defender groups to engage with international institutions and actors working on human rights issues in Sudan. This laid the groundwork for future advocacy and accountability collaboration that can leverage documentation collected on the ground. The groups were able to meet with 9 international stakeholders and this was the first time most of the international stakeholders had the opportunity to meet local groups directly, especially those from the peripheries.ocacy communication.

  Expenses $566,478 · Grants $63,003 · Revenue $51,194

• Media Development: Objective: To guarantee access for Sudanese to important information and journalism in order to hold the powerful to account. The media development program at Gisa is dedicated to empowering individuals and communities in Sudan and East Africa through the transformative power of media. Our program aims to foster independent journalism, promote freedom of expression, and enhance media literacy in the region. Through a variety of partnerships, Gisa has provided training, resources, and support to local journalists, citizen reporters, and civil society organizations. In addition to capacity building efforts, Gisa is home to Ayin Network, which is Sudan's premiere visual and investigative journalism outlet. Starting in 2013 Ayin has covered Sudan's trials and tribulations, with a focus on being the leading primary source of the conditions that have faced the Sudanese peoples. Recognizing the importance of community engagement in shaping narratives and promoting social change, our program encourages citizen participation by covering community initiatives and responses, as well as grassroots social and cultural initiatives. We strive to amplify marginalized voices and ensure diverse perspectives are represented in the media landscape.In 2022, Ayin started to work more collaboratively with Gisas Sudanese Archive project and Sudan Protest Monitor on reports and investigations, cross-publishing and cross team trainings on reporting and content development. For example, Ayin published a collaborative report with the Sudan Protest Monitor. The report takes an in-depth look at the protest movement outside the capital area, focusing on protests that took place since the coup in three strategic towns - Damazin, Gedaref, and El Geneina located in the south, east, and west sides of the country, respectively. The report uses the data collected by Sudan Protest Monitor and analyzes this content to reveal trends in the levels and nature of the pro-democracy protests taking place in these three areas, including factors that have affected participation levels. The report includes maps, images and graphs to outline these findings. Training on digital literacy: Led by our external partner Rift Digital Lab, and closely supported by our Ayin team, a digital literacy module was developed and added to the digital rights and security curriculum developed by the same teams in 2021. We held a ToT training on the full curriculum for 11 (8 male, 3 female) tech coordinators from 10 Civic Labs across ten states or cities in Sudan: Kassala (1), Port Sudan (1), Al Gadarif (1), Al Damazin (1), Al Daen (1), Al Fasher (1), Al Dilinj (1), Khartoum (2), Bahri (1) and Omdurman (1). 8 of the ToTs went on to train a total of 93 people from Civic Lab communities around Sudan - Bahri (had 11 participants 1 female), Al Damazin (13 participants), Kassala (had 16 participants 7 were females), Al-Rusairis (had 15 participants 9 were females), Alfashir (12 participants 8 were females), Port Sudan (6 participant all males) and Al Daen (20 participants in the two workshops 8 were females). Sudan Protest Monitor was launched, the aim of which was to map all large-scale protests in Sudan and violence against civilians using open-source data and a field network. This data will be used by civil society in Sudan for media and advocacy work, as well as international media and actors to better understand the context and the movement.

  Expenses $313,860 · Grants $800 · Revenue $11,921

• Collaborative Futures: Objective: To incubate new ideas, and build tools and technology to support Gisa Group and our partners around the world. In 2022, the SHOUT APP was completed and tested in different countries between September and October. SHOUT is a simple mobile phone application that can transfer data files using voice telephony during a shutdown. The 1st version of APP is operational but privately available. We are redesigning the APP and making a completely different version of the APP. Via our Al Kashif project, we provide pro-democracy groups with access to resources so they can preempt and fight back against disinformation targeting the pro-democracy movement in Sudan. The team finalized an online course to train Civil Society Organizations to counter disinformation and uploaded it to the newly developed learning management system. The link to the LMS is here: https://alkashif.net/lms/login/index.php. The team also finalized an online collaborative space, named the Al-Kashif community (https://community.alkashif.net/login/), and is designed to facilitate collaboration and network-building activities among CSOs and other members of civil society. Initiated development of a pilot of a WhatsApp Bot that can be used to archive important documentation with the Sudanese Archive, while also receiving tip sheets, and informative material related to documentation, human rights, and dis-information.

  Expenses $135,170 · Grants $6,939

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

Listed in Part VII

• TREVOR SNAPP

  Executive Dir.

  Total calculated

  $54,000

  From this org

  $54,000

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• OLIVIA BUENO

  Treasurer

  Total calculated

  $3,991

  From this org

  $3,991

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  3.5

• RYAN BOYETTE

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SULIMAN BALDO

  Secretary

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

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

• Project Expedite Justice

  $24,803

  SEE PART IV

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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