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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,430,160
Total expenses
$3,930,814
Contributions and grants received
$5,249,076
Grants paid
$344,516
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$181,084
Total assets, end of year
$9,024,161
Total liabilities, end of year
$440,200
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,583,961
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,579,832
Management and general expenses
$833,650
Fundraising expenses
$517,332
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,579,832

Program services were 65.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $90,000

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,399,529

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,398,933

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,360,614

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $90,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $29,301

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$29,301 · excluded -$29,301

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $200,525

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $7,361

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $193,164 · related or exempt $193,164

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $15,969 · excluded $15,969

  • 11b · Other revenue: EXCHANGE RATE FEES

    total $1,252 · excluded $1,252

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $17,221

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $344,516 · program services $344,516

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $222,366 · program services $44,473 · management and general $155,656 · fundraising $22,237

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $972,319 · program services $729,783 · management and general $229,390 · fundraising $13,146

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $49,755 · program services $47,911 · management and general $1,548 · fundraising $296

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $242,301 · program services $221,087 · management and general $18,264 · fundraising $2,950

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $89,174 · program services $75,348 · management and general $11,998 · fundraising $1,828

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $29,172 · program services $7,300 · management and general $21,872

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $89,308 · program services $16,708 · management and general $72,600

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $551,543 · program services $350,871 · management and general $148,061 · fundraising $52,611

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,889 · program services $26,157 · management and general $1,261 · fundraising $4,471

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $178,864 · program services $84,852 · management and general $30,066 · fundraising $63,946

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,202 · program services $11,233 · management and general $4,740 · fundraising $5,229

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $98,916 · program services $97,465 · management and general $746 · fundraising $705

  • 17 · Travel

    total $312,521 · program services $160,443 · management and general $97,808 · fundraising $54,270

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,299 · program services $4,923 · management and general $4,106 · fundraising $3,270

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $149,319 · program services $149,319

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $65,705 · program services $41,399 · management and general $24,306

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $175,000 · fundraising $175,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $110,719 · fundraising $110,719

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT PURCHASE

    total $85,913 · program services $80,689 · management and general $5,040 · fundraising $184

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE

    total $34,380 · program services $34,380

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $63,633 · program services $50,975 · management and general $6,188 · fundraising $6,470

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,407,300 · end of year $6,070,929

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,028,103 · end of year $561,041

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,401 · end of year $21,973

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $127,514 · end of year $118,555

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,268 · end of year $31,248

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

    $3,125,524

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

    $947,056

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,240,901 · end of year $2,178,468

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,700 · end of year $41,947

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $348,379 · end of year $424,437

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $400,193 · end of year $15,763

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,770,489 · end of year $6,321,416

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,314,126 · end of year $2,262,545

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE (ECI) IS THE FIRST U.S. BASED ADVOCACY AND GRANT-MAKING INITIATIVE WHOLLY FOCUSED ON WORKING WITH AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC). ECI'S MISSION IS TO INCREASE THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF INVESTMENTS INTO DRC THROUGH SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE CONGOLESE LED SOLUTIONS, DEVELOPING COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS, AND DRIVING INCREASED ATTENTION AND PUBLIC POLICY CHANGE THROUGH GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY AND HIGHLY TARGETED MEDIA ACTIVITIES. WE ENVISION A VIBRANT DRC ABUNDANT WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHERE A ROBUST CIVIL SOCIETY CAN FLOURISH. ECI BELIEVES THAT LOCAL, COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES ARE ESSENTIAL TO CREATING A SUSTAINABLE AND SUCCESSFUL SOCIETY IN EASTERN CONGO. WE BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS COMBINED WITH ADVOCACY DRIVES INCREASED ATTENTION AND PUBLIC POLICY CHANGE, CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF DRC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • GRANTMAKING, BUILDING MARKETS, AND ADVOCACY: ECI WORKS WITH THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN EASTERN DRC TO FIND CONGOLESE SOLUTIONS TO CONGOLESE CHALLENGES. WE PROVIDE GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO HELP OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS CREATE SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ACCESS TO JUSTICE, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND INFORMATION. WE CONNECT CONGOLESE FARMERS WITH GLOBAL MARKETS FOR COFFEE AND COCOA. AND WE ADVOCATE RELENTLESSLY, IN THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD, TO INCREASE THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF INVESTMENT IN THE LIMITLESS POTENTIAL OF THE DRC.

    Expenses $1,936,685 · Grants $344,516

  • WATER ACTIVITIES: THROUGH OUR ASILI SOCIAL ENTERPRISE PLATFORM, ECI PROVIDES AFFORDABLE, CONSISTENT ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AT MEMBERSHIP-BASED KIOSKS IN SOUTH KIVU.

    Expenses $385,622 · Revenue $155,604

  • HEALTH ACTIVITIES: ANOTHER ASILI SERVICE IS WORLD-CLASS PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES AT COMMUNITY CLINICS, AT PRICES LOCAL FAMILIES CAN AFFORD.

    Expenses $257,525 · Revenue $37,560

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ben Affleck

    CO FOUNDER-BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Whitney Williams

    BOARD VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mvemba Dizolele

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Nima Taghavi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • David Segel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maura O'Neill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Muadi Mukenge

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Hugues Efole

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Abraham Leno

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $222,367
    From this org
    $187,909
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,458
    Hours/week
    10.15 + 29.85 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,909
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,102
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,356
    Filer's total
    $222,367

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)

    TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF CONGO TO FORGE THEIR OWN PATH TO STABILITY AND PEACE. · CG · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE

  • ALIGHT

    501(C)(3) · ALIGHT BUILDS A MEANINGFUL LIFE FOR AND WITH THE DISPLACED · MN

  • QUESTSCOPE LTD

    501(C)(3) · HUMANITARIAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS · IL · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by ALIGHT

  • QUESTSCOPE

    N/A · HUMANITARIAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS · UK

    Directly controlled by ALIGHT

  • ORAM - ORGANIZATION FOR REFUGEE ASYLUM & MIGRATION

    501(C)(3) · HUMANITARIAN EDUCATION AND SUPPORT · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by ALIGHT

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • ASILI HOLDINGS LLC

    RELATED · TO BUILD HEALTHIER, RESILIENT AND MORE FUNCTIONAL COMMUNITIES · DE · 51% owned · share of income $347,458 · share of assets $3,994,071

    Directly controlled by EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
29 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343339349300809

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