2024-06-10T11:00:00-05:00 2023-12-31 231144520 Tait Weller & Baker LLP 50 South 16th Street Suite 2900 Philadelphia PA 19102 990 2023-01-01 331215331 Mary's Meals USA Inc MARY 8003854983 75 Orchard Street Bloomfield NJ 07003 Jacob Allen Chairman 8003854983 2024-06-10 1 Jacob Allen 999009999 0 Harrison Pereira P00746867 2159798800 2024-06-10 2 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Jacob Allen 75 Orchard Street Bloomfield NJ 07003 13982371 0 X www.marysmealsusa.org X 2008 FL To raise donations to (i) provide a daily meal in a place of education (cont'd on page 38) for children in the world's poorest communities; (ii) occasionally provide relief for those suffering, in any part of the world, as a result of humanitarian crises, especially by providing care for orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children; and (iii) raise awareness of poverty issues through education. MMUSA grants such donations at the discretion of the MMUSA Board of Directors through Mary's Meals International, headquartered in Dalmally, Scotland, for specific country programs. 13 13 22 1408 0 0 9896366 13908955 0 0 15216 73416 0 0 9911582 13982371 8091897 12041508 0 0 1358879 1513759 0 0 320262 427465 380568 9878241 13935835 33341 46536 5575323 3023448 4684733 2086322 890590 937126 X To raise donations to (i) provide a daily meal in a place of education for children in the world's poorest communities; (ii) occasionally provide relief for those suffering, in any part of the world, as a result of humanitarian crises - Continued on Page 38 especially by providing care for orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children; and (iii) raise awareness of poverty issues through education. MMUSA grants such donations at the discretion of its Board through Mary's Meals International, headquartered in Dalmally, Scotland, for specific country programs. 0 0 12041508 12041508 Mary's Meals International is a successful global movement that transforms the lives of chronically poor children with a simple meal. Working collaboratively with local communities, Mary's Meals International establishes school feeding programs that attract poor children into the classroom, where they receive an education that can free them from a lifetime of poverty. The Mary's Meals program supports not only the children, but also has a positive impact on their households and communities.Sourcing food locally whenever possible, Mary's Meals International operates in some of the world's poorest, and most remote or conflict-ridden communities. At the end of 2023, Mary's Meals programs were feeding (please see page 38 for more information) 2,429,182 children every school day across 18 countries. The collaborative Mary's Meals school feeding program is particularly efficient and scalable, providing a model that is a sustainable means to end world hunger. Mary's Meals USA provides grants to Mary's Meals International to fund the school feeding programs.During 2023, Mary's Meals responded to several crises in countries where it conducts school feeding programs. After Cyclone Freddy hit Malawi and caused catastrophic flash floods throughout February and March 2023, Mary's Meals adapted to help those in need. Mary's Meals served daily meals to 24,000 displaced people sheltering in some of Mary's Meals program schools across seven districts during March and April. Many of those being served in the shelters were children, who would normally participate in the Mary's Meals school feeding program. During this time, Mary's Meals also maintained the school feeding program as normal in other parts of the country.Following the earthquake that struck northern and western Syria in February of 2023, Mary's Meals was quick to respond. Within hours of the earthquake striking, Mary's Meals local partner was able to deliver life-saving food aid to thousands of people in the city of Aleppo. As the crisis developed, this expanded to delivering additional and essential support to families and children. As well as providing feeding for two months for 7,000 families housed in temporary accommodation, Mary's Meals also provided summer holiday feeding for children in schools where "catch-up" classes for children were held, benefiting approximately 1,000 children on a daily basis.In Tigray, Mary's Meals continues to work in partnership with a local partner to respond to the dire need that is the result of a recently ended civil war coupled with drought. Throughout 2023 Mary's Meals supported the local in-country partner in providing community food distributions and providing essential staples to those families in the greatest need. In October 2023, Mary's Meals resumed school feeding programs for approximately 10,000 children across 14 schools. In the months following resumption of school feeding, the program was expanded to other areas of Tigray. School meals remain vital for families as they begin a long road to recovery and the promise of a daily meal in a place of education continues to help to bring stability for children, who have endured unimaginable trauma and hunger. At the end of 2023, Mary's Meals was reaching over 45,000 children in the Tigray region across 59 schools.In 2023, Mary's Meals conducted an in-depth research study to assess the impact of the organization's school feeding model. Approximately, 3,100 children were surveyed to evaluate the impact of daily school meals on reducing hunger, improving school attendance and ultimately progression in school. Key findings from the study demonstrate the positive impact of the Mary's Meals school feeding program: - 74% of children stated that they felt hungry before the meal was served. This dropped to 1% after the meal was served. - Only 1% stated that they missed school due to hunger (of 1,507 children who reported missing school for various reasons). - 84% of children never leave school early due to hunger. - 36% of children felt that they could concentrate well before the meal was served. This increased to 98% after the meal was served.Mary's Meals International works in countries that faced a variety of significant issues including conflict, the effects of climate change and increasing costs of food. Combined, these challenges negatively impact local communities and children in particular. The work of Mary's Meals International demonstrates the organization's commitment to provide services where they are needed most. Mary's Meals USA remains thankful for the support received from donors in the United States, which enables the Mary's Meals International programs that are transformative for the children, their families and their local communities. 1081850 Mary's Meals USA also focuses on education and awareness raising programs in the US on the impact of child hunger and the importance of school feeding programs. This awareness-raising program portion of the work allows the opportunity for more US volunteers to join Mary's Meals and become advocates for children in poverty. Staff and volunteers visit schools, groups, and organizations to give presentations about the work of Mary's Meals. Mary's Meals USA provides documentary films, brochures, and other materials to support these efforts. 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Mary's Meals International (MMI) headquarters is located in Scotland. Funds from the U.S. are wired to MMI in Scotland and subsequently distributed to the school feeding programs per the grant request which at the end of 2023 were and continue to be located in the following countries: Benin, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Myanmar, Niger, South Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. 5509614 wire 0 Sub-Saharan Africa School feeding. 6327718 wire 0 Central America and the Caribbean School feeding. 17399 wire 0 Middle East and North Africa School feeding. 186777 WIRE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Part I, Line 2: Mary's Meals USA utilizes several methods to monitor the use of grant funds awarded. This includes periodic site visits by Mary's Meals USA Directors and staff as well as regular reports and updates on the management and monitoring of the programs by Mary's Meals International, the organization that manages the international work. The programs team has skills and expertise both in Mary's Meals International and in-country teams, including Malawi, Liberia, Kenya and Zambia. Mary's Meals International oversees budgets, procurement, financial management and monitoring of the programs. There are robust controls and procedures in place, including for example, Mary's Meals monitors regularly visiting schools to ensure the precious ingredients provided are cooked and served correctly and delivering training and encouragement to the community volunteers on issues such as stock control, safe handling and cooking of the food, child protection, sanitation, etc. This ensures we keep our promise to the hungry children who are part of our mission, that they will receive a meal in a place of education each day at school. Reporting is also thorough, with Mary's Meals International providing Mary's Meals USA with a comprehensive Annual Report including use of MMUSA grant funds and an overview of program growth and challenges experienced through the year. The report includes the names of any implementing program partners, as well as updates on all of the MMI programs, number of children fed and cost per child. Mary's Meals International, the sole MMUSA 2023 grant recipient outside of the USA, is subject to an audit and provides Mary's Meals USA audited financial reports by external independent auditors RSM UK Audit LLP. X 21 291388 FMV 0 1 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Once the 990 is prepared by the CPA firm, it is then reviewed by the management and the audit committee. It is then presented to the board of directors prior to filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Every member of the board of directors must submit a statement of compliance with the conflict of interest policy which is signed annually. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 There is a compensation study conducted which is presented to the board. It is benchmarked for everyone including staff. The range of salary is based on organization size. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. Our Financial Statements are also available on our website. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant which commenced in 2014.