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← KTK-BELT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by KTK-BELT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$773,875
Total expenses
$1,471,942
Contributions and grants received
$655,441
Grants paid
$275,400
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$118,434
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$222,388
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,443
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$217,945
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,398,162
Management and general expenses
$73,780
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,398,162

Program services were 95.0% 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

    $655,441

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $256,355

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

    securities $137,921

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $118,434

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $118,434 · excluded $118,434

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $225,400 · program services $225,400

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $86,581 · program services $65,453 · management and general $21,128

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,369 · management and general $6,369

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,553 · program services $3,643 · management and general $6,910

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,569 · program services $30,497 · management and general $4,072

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $800 · program services $39 · management and general $761

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,866 · program services $14,420 · management and general $14,446

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,403 · program services $9,103 · management and general $7,300

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $313 · management and general $313

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,890 · program services $1,890

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,786 · program services $941 · management and general $3,845

  • 24a · Other expenses: KOSHI TAPPU EXPENSE

    total $394,555 · program services $394,555

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSERVATION PROGRAM EX

    total $130,990 · program services $130,990

  • 24c · Other expenses: KURULE PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $130,737 · program services $130,737

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAPUNG PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $101,606 · program services $101,606

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $247,524 · program services $238,888 · management and general $8,636

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $572,029 · end of year $112,365

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $211,098 · end of year $62,945

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,013 · end of year $10,923

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

    $36,428

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

    $24,614

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,116 · end of year $11,814

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $581,229 · end of year $23,432

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,013 · end of year $909

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,443

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $744,229 · end of year $145,796

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $637,269 · end of year $72,149

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

KTK-BELT'S MISSION IS TO CATALYZE NEW MODELS OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING IN EASTERN NEPAL. IT WORKS WITH TEACHERS, FARMERS, YOUTH, AND WOMEN TO CREATE A VERTICAL UNIVERSITY THAT WILL SPAN FROM KOSHI TAPPU WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (67 M) TO KANCHENJUNGA(8,586 M), THE THIRD TALLEST PEAK IN THE WORLD. THE IDEA IS TO GIVE A FRAMEWORK TO LOCAL FARMERS TO BECOME PROFESSORS OF THE VERTICAL UNIVERSITY, TO SHARE THEIR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE WHILE ALSO PHYSICALLY CONSERVING THREATENED SPECIES AND LANDSCAPES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

KTK-BELT'S MISSION IS TO CATALYZE NEW MODELS OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND ENVIORNMENTAL LEARNING IN EASTERN NEPAL. IT WORKS WITH TEACHERS, FARMERS, YOUTH, AND WOMEN TO CREATE A VERTICAL UNIVERSITY THAT WILL SPAN FROM KOSHI TAPPU WILDLIFE SANCTUARY TO KANCHENJUNGA, THE THIRD TALLEST PEAK IN THE WORLD. THE IDEA IS TO GIVE A FRAMEWORK TO LOCAL FARMERS TO BECOME PROFESSORS OF THE VERTICAL UNIVERSITY, TO SHARE THEIR INDIGENOUS KNOWLDGE WHILE ALSO PHYSICALLY CONSERVING THREATENED SPECIES AND LANDSCAPES.

  • KTK-BELT WORKS IN CONCERT WITH NON-PROFIT COOPERATIVES REGISTERED UNDER THE NEPAL COMPANY ACT CALLED LEARNING GROUNDS. EACH LEARNING GROUNDS, GOVERNED BY A DIVERSE LOCAL BOARD AND MONITORED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE COUNCIL (SWC) OF THE NEPAL GOVERNMENT WORKS TO PROTECT NATURE BY PREVENTING ECOSYSTEM FRAGMENTATION, DEFORESTATION, AND POACHING. YOUTH FELLOWS, LOCAL CONSERVATIONISTSM AND EDUCATORS, TRAINED AND SUPPORTED BY KTK-BELT STAFF, RUN AND ADMINISTER THE LEARNING GROUNDS AND BUILD PLACE-BASED CAPACITYY FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS ACROSS AND 8,000 METER VERTICAL GRADIENT, FROM THE PLAINS TO THE HIGH HIMALAYAS. THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING PROGRAMS, WORK EMPOWERMENT, AND UPSTREAM-DOWNSTREAM LINKAGES.

    Expenses $1,398,162 · Grants $275,400

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Priyanka Bista

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Jules White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Rajeev Goyal

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Hom Lamsal

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Varun Saraf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Stephanie Odegard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
3 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343129349304059

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