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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WEROBOTICS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$915,574
Total expenses
$1,239,907
Contributions and grants received
$508,054
Grants paid
$816,541
Program service revenue
$404,764
Investment income
$1,200
Other revenue
$1,556
Total assets, end of year
$1,689,018
Total liabilities, end of year
$987,950
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$701,068
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,096,365
Management and general expenses
$128,273
Fundraising expenses
$15,269
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,096,365

Program services were 88.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $508,054

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,072

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING

    total $258,738 · related or exempt $258,738

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $120,551 · related or exempt $120,551

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $22,938 · related or exempt $22,938

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TRAINING

    total $2,537 · related or exempt $2,537

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $1,200

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $1,200

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,200 · excluded $1,200

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $1,556 · related or exempt $1,556

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,556

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $816,541 · program services $816,541

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $141,701 · program services $22,357 · management and general $116,860 · fundraising $2,484

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,369 · program services $2,000 · management and general $11,084 · fundraising $285

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $37,846 · program services $37,846

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $171,950 · program services $159,450 · fundraising $12,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,931 · program services $7,931

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,945 · program services $4,616 · management and general $329

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,053 · program services $9,053

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,800 · program services $6,800

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,590 · program services $11,590

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONATED SUPPLIES

    total $14,072 · program services $14,072

  • 24b · Other expenses: SMALL EQUIPMENT

    total $3,530 · program services $3,530

  • 24c · Other expenses: REGISTRATION FEES

    total $579 · program services $579

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,366,158 · end of year $1,164,846

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $86,243 · end of year $523,205

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,911 · end of year $967

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

    $121,892

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

    $121,892

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,559 · end of year $3,950

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $402,352 · end of year $984,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $700,901 · end of year $701,068

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $324,500 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO SHIFT POWER FROM THE GLOBAL BACK TO THE LOCAL BY ENSURING THAT LOCAL EXPERTS WITH LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND LIVED EXPERIENCE HAVE THE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THEY SEEK TO IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR GOOD PROJECTS THEMSELVES. WE CO-CREATE AND FACILITATE A NETWORK OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE HUBS IN AFRICA. ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA TO BUILD ON EXISTING EXPERTISE IN DRONES, DATA AND AI, THE FLYING LABS NETWORK. THE GOAL OF FLYING LABS IS TO ACCELERATE THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF HUMANITARIAN, HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LOCALLY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A FUTURE WHERE LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAN USE ROBOTICS FOR SOCIAL GOOD.

  • WEROBOTICS IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT INVESTS IN LOCAL EXPERTS AND ENTREPRENEURS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE USE OF ROBOTICS FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT. THE ORGANIZATION ACHIEVES ITS MISSION THROUGH THE GROWING NETWORK OF "FLYING LABS" WHICH ARE KNOWLEDGE HUBS LED ENTIRELY BY LOCAL PROFESSIONALS WHO SCALE HUMANITARIAN AID, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EFFORTS THROUGH THE USE OF AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS.

    Expenses $1,096,365 · Grants $816,541 · Revenue $404,764

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sonja Betschart

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $156,068
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $156,068
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $125,709 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $30,358 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $156,067 related

  • Patrick Meier

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $171,590
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $171,590
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $139,411 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $32,179 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $171,590 related

  • Andrew Schroder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.15 related

  • Jackie Chimhanzi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.15 related

  • Chrisanta Muli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.15 related

  • Linet Kwamboka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.15 related

  • Catherine Sauris

    BOARD CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Joyce Monsees

    HEAD OF HR & ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $116,860
    From this org
    $116,860
    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. 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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.

  • WEROBOTICS (SWITZERLAND)

    N/A · SEE PART VII · SZ

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202341299349304024

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