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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SPARK MICROGRANTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,702,703
Total expenses
$5,299,715
Contributions and grants received
$13,699,913
Grants paid
$2,223,932
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$622
Other revenue
$2,168
Total assets, end of year
$15,642,763
Total liabilities, end of year
$890,106
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,752,657
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,552,382
Management and general expenses
$567,372
Fundraising expenses
$179,961
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,552,382

Program services were 85.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,245,217

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,454,696

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $622 · excluded $622

  • 11a · Other revenue: FOREIGN CURRENCY GAIN

    total $1,919 · excluded $1,919

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $249 · excluded $249

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,168

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,223,932 · program services $2,223,932

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $154,083 · program services $109,396 · management and general $32,221 · fundraising $12,466

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,609,991 · program services $1,143,063 · management and general $336,670 · fundraising $130,258

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $173,411 · program services $123,119 · management and general $36,262 · fundraising $14,030

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,365 · program services $10,909 · management and general $3,213 · fundraising $1,243

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,996 · program services $33,577 · management and general $11,039 · fundraising $1,380

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $54,421 · program services $41,147 · management and general $12,940 · fundraising $334

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $132,384 · program services $96,640 · management and general $31,773 · fundraising $3,971

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,218 · program services $7,459 · management and general $2,452 · fundraising $307

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $55,059 · program services $40,193 · management and general $13,214 · fundraising $1,652

  • 17 · Travel

    total $261,042 · program services $190,561 · management and general $62,650 · fundraising $7,831

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $53,139 · program services $38,792 · management and general $12,753 · fundraising $1,594

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,096 · management and general $3,096

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,624 · program services $1,915 · management and general $630 · fundraising $79

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM TRAIN. & PART.

    total $464,400 · program services $464,400

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $20,987 · program services $14,900 · management and general $4,389 · fundraising $1,698

  • 24c · Other expenses: LOCAL & REGISTRA. FEES

    total $9,170 · program services $6,694 · management and general $2,201 · fundraising $275

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT & MAINTENANCE

    total $7,788 · program services $5,685 · management and general $1,869 · fundraising $234

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,609 · fundraising $2,609

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,774,413 · end of year $5,830,275

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $14,107 · end of year $17,958

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,770,270 · end of year $9,709,853

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $23,196 · end of year $33,181

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

    $51,576

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

    $21,630

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $22,948 · end of year $29,946

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $17,658 · end of year $21,550

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $287,299 · end of year $890,106

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $783,150 · end of year $4,351,013

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,552,143 · end of year $10,401,644

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SPARK MICROGRANTS EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE LIVES WITH DIGNITY AND DETERMINES THEIR OWN POSITIVE FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • SPARK BELIEVES IN THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF PEOPLE. YET TOO OFTEN, COMMUNITIES FACING POVERTY ARE SIDELINED BY THE VERY PROGRAMS MEANT TO UPLIFT THEM. SPARK UPDATES THE DEVELOPMENT MODEL, FROM PRESCRIPTIVE TO COMMUNITY-LED, SO THAT EVERY VILLAGE CAN DEFINE THEIR OWN FUTURE. SPARK'S KEY INNOVATION THE FACILITATED COLLECTIVE ACTION PROCESS, OR FCAP PAIRS A VILLAGE PLANNING PROCESS WITH A SEED GRANT TO FACILITATE COOPERATIVE SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE FCAP RESULTS IN FAMILIES DOUBLING THE MEALS THEY EAT AND A SEVENFOLD INCREASE IN WOMEN ENGAGING IN LEADERSHIP ROLES. MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF COMMUNITIES CREATE INCLUSIVE VILLAGE COUNCILS THAT LAST.SINCE 2010, SPARK HAS REACHED MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE IN EIGHT COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THROUGH ITS FLAGSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA. OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, SPARK WILL ACCELERATE ITS IMPACT BY SCALING THE NATIONAL PROGRAM IN RWANDA AND EXPANDING TO TWO NEW COUNTRIES, PRODUCING NEW RESEARCH ON COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT, AND CURATING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE. TODAY, SPARK TRAINS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKS WITH GOVERNMENTS TO SCALE THE FCAP AS THE SYSTEM OF CHOICE TO ADVANCE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVE LIVES, AND SECURE LASTING CHANGE. SPARK HAS OFFICES IN KIGALI, KAMPALA, AND NEW YORK AND OPERATES IN SIX COUNTRIES IN EAST AND WEST AFRICA

    Expenses $4,552,382 · Grants $2,223,932

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Alexandra Fisher

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CO-

    Total calculated
    $154,083
    From this org
    $145,482
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,601
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,482
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,601
    Filer's total
    $154,083

  • Lisa Jackson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sam Bonsey

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan Jackson

    FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kara Weiss

    GOVERNANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stacey Faella

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amol Jain

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angela Rugambwa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343189349312844

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