SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL (EIN 68-0153141)
Tax period: 2023-07-01 to 2024-06-30
Filed: 2024-11-07
IRS object ID: 202403129349304655
Schema version: 2023v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

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Return	2024-11-07T14:45:58-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

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Preparer Firm EIN	200570323	PreparerFirmEIN

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Business Name Line1	Nelson & Associates CPAs	BusinessNameLine1Txt

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Address Line1	2230 Longport Ct Ste 110	AddressLine1Txt
City	Elk Grove	CityNm
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Filer Filer

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
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Form 990 IRS990

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Activity Or Mission	The mission of Solar Cookers International (SCI) is to improve human health, economic well-being, womens empowerment, and the environment by promoting climate-friendly solar cooking for vulnerable populations worldwide.Solar Cookers International (SCI) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization working to improve human and environmental health by promoting climate friendly solar cooking for vulnerable populations worldwide. For more detail, see Schedule O.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Total Liabilities EOY	$53,079	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,363,573	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	The mission of Solar Cookers International (SCI) is to improve human health, economic well-being, womens empowerment, and the environment by promoting climate-friendly solar cooking for vulnerable populations worldwide. For more detail, see Schedule O.	MissionDesc
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Desc	Solar Cookers International (SCI) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that works to improve human health, economic well-being, womens empowerment, and the environment by promoting climate-friendly solar cooking solutions for vulnerable populations worldwide.Currently, around 2.1 billion people, or one in four, still rely mainly on burning polluting fuels for cooking. This practice has severe environmental repercussions and negatively affects human health. Women and girls bear the brunt of these impacts as they often undertake the majority of cooking duties in many regions. As environmental crises become more frequent and geopolitical conflicts exacerbate resource scarcity, the need for clean cooking solutions like solar cooking becomes increasingly urgent.SCI addresses the urgent need for clean cooking solutions using a three-pronged approach: advocacy, research, and strengthening the capacity of the global solar cooking movement. SCI uses data to inform and strengthen activities at all levels from local communities to international platforms. As a sector leader, SCI amplifies global voices by advocating for sustainable cooking solutions at the United Nations and other high-level forums.SCIs long-term strategy leverages its extensive experience in implementing best-practice, ground-level projects and its leadership position in the sector to focus on scaling up solar cooking initiatives. This approach aims to usher in policies, practices, and resources that significantly accelerate the impact of solar cooking solutions.ADVOCACY:SCI advocates with global leaders to ensure solar cooking is recognized as a viable and appropriate solution for achieving climate and health goals. Additionally, SCI cultivates collaborations to advance its mission of increasing awareness, recognition and use of solar cooking.SCI implemented the following advocacy activities in fiscal year 2023-24:Advocated for solar cooking at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai by engaging government leaders, and emphasizing the inclusion of solar cooking in their climate change mitigation and adaptation plans. SCI hosted three side events at the Cryosphere Pavilion, Women and Gender Pavilion, and with the Global Warming Mitigation Project. SCI was a principal participant in four partner events and held four press conferences. Additionally, SCI hosted an exhibit booth for three days, demonstrating how solar cookers work and making hundreds of new contacts. Participation in COP provided a platform to discuss ideas with key stakeholders, expand the solar cooking network, elevate voices globally, raise awareness, and establish connections that lead to future implementation opportunities.Hosted a virtual side event for the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), showcasing the benefits of solar cooking and its positive influence on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Featured voices from international bodies such as the Green Climate Fund and Sustainable Energy for All, as well as local implementing collaborator, Eco Impact Hub CBO (Community Based Organization), and educational institution, Institut Suprieur des Techniques Appliques (I.S.T.A.)." SCI also hosted an in-person exhibition throughout the 8-day forum.Hosted a virtual webinar for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) featuring guest speakers from Kenya, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic who illustrated the impact cooking with polluting fuels has on women and girls.Participated in Africa Climate Week in Nairobi, Kenya, a platform for policymakers, practitioners, businesses and civil society to focus on climate solutions, share lessons learned, and discuss barriers and opportunities. The regional focus and prioritization of clean cooking helped enable SCI to meet with various stakeholders to discuss collaboration opportunities and pipeline strategies.Participated in the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Solar World Congress in India, organized a side event with two SCI Global Advisors as guest speakers, presented a poster about calculating solar cooker efficiency, and submitted a manuscript about solar cooking efficiency to the Journal: Solar Energy Advances (SEA).Contributed information, delivered presentations, or was referenced about solar cooking in high impact forums and communication pieces, including the Washington Post, REN 21 Renewable Energy and Sustainability Report, Solar Today, American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Solar Conference, the All India Womens Conference, ConSolFood, Federation of American Womens Clubs Overseas (FAWCO), and the NYC Green School Conference.Produced and published communication materials -including newsletters, presentations, and appeals- designed to inform and advocate for solar cooking worldwide. Notably, SCI collaborated with TEALEAVES to develop, film, and produce a short, professional video about solar cooking in Kakuma Refugee Camp.Attended the Summit for Clean Cooking in Africa, hosted by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the largest ever high-level event focused solely on clean cooking. Endorsed both the IEAs Clean Cooking Declaration and the Clean Cooking Alliances (CCA) Principles of Responsible Carbon Finance.STRENGTHENING CAPACITY:SCI seeks to maximize its impact by prioritizing high-impact strategies that bolster the overall sector. SCI collaborates with partners to develop programming models and implement projects with significant potential for scaling, integrating best practices such as data collection and needs assessments. Additionally, SCI developed and maintains a comprehensive catalog of educational resources, which SCI shares free of charge, while also providing platforms for others to share knowledge and network.SCI implemented the following capacity building activities in fiscal year 2023-24:Developed a new programming model by leveraging the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) pathway for technical assistance. By collaborating with CTCN to gain network membership and supporting National Designated Entities (NDEs),SCI has secured two pilot projects in Mali and the Central African Republic. These projects will be implemented in the year to come in partnership with both national governments and local organizations. The projects' objectives and deliverables have already been outlined and include conducting feasibility studies, gender assessments, market analyses, carbon credit evaluations, fostering youth champions, and creating scaling roadmaps. These initiatives not only pave the way for future CTCN opportunities in other countries but also represent a significant milestone in advancing solar cooking initiatives, offering evidence of impact and business potential to attract large-scale investments.Continued to collaborate with Kenyan implementer Eco Impact Hub CBO to construct and distribute solar box oven cookers and train Kakuma Refugee Camp residents. This flagship project employs best practices including a thorough needs assessment, local manufacturing, training, impact surveys, cultural accommodation, and empowering participants to become advocates. The 2023-2024 project cycle saw 106 participants receive cookers and training, bringing the recent total to 400 cookers and approximately 3,120 people empowered.Completed final phase of programming with the Foundation for Sustainable Technologies (FoST), extending access to solar cooking technology to as many as 466 people living in fragile communities in Nepal.Maintained and updated the Solar Cooking Wiki, www.solarcooking.org, the worlds largest online database of solar cooking information with over 1,700 pages of information from 142 countries around the globe and automatically translatable into over 35 different languages.Participated in relevant sector webinars, working groups, surveys, and other collaboration and information-sharing opportunities including the Interaction Climate Advocacy Working Group, REN21 Steering Committee meeting, Columbia University Sustainable Futures Survey, United Nations First Global Report on Climate and SDG Synergies, and the USAID Local Capacity Strengthening Forum.Consistently received the highest rating from charity rating organizations including Charity Navigator, GuideStar/Candid, and the Better Business Bureau.See continuation of program service accomplishments at Federal Supplemental Information.	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Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Phone	9164554499	PhoneNum

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Caitlyn Hughes
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Shishpal Rawat PhD
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Ruth Holton-Hodson
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Mike Paparian
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Arun Raman
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Dr Peg Barratt
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Morgan Stonefelt MPH
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Kira Simon
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Robert Fishman
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Nathan Schumacher
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Peter W Turnbull
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Emily Bacchini
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Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$825	TotalAmt
Program Services	$701	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$99	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,954	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,755	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$249	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$950	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Publication costs	$61,296	$36,255	$25,041
Program Expenses	$23,003	$23,003
bank charges	$14,731	$6,731	$275	$7,725
Supplies	$13,962	$7,548	$6,146	$268

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,041	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,707	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$274	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,060	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$891,459	TotalAmt
Program Services	$715,091	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$29,209	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$147,159	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$619,892	BOYAmt
EOY	$373,825	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,318	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,320	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$1,300	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,528	BOYAmt
EOY	$945	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,489	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,570	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$33,566	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$28,752	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,969	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,814	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,489,866	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,943,343	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,047	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,535	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,205,109	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,416,652	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$74,533	BOYAmt
EOY	$53,079	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$74,533	BOYAmt
EOY	$53,079	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,051,200	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,252,980	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$79,376	BOYAmt
EOY	$110,593	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,130,576	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,363,573	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,205,109	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,416,652	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$193,549	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$39,448	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$661,883	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$959,781	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,129,406	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,002,828	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,011,435	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,765,333	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$661,883	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$959,781	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,129,406	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,002,828	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,011,435	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,765,333	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$0	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$4,765,333	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$24,602	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,370	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$13,927	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$22,873	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$72,806	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$145,578	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$4,910,911	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.97040	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.98010	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$77,694	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$9,332	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$1,860	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses	$471	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$84,695	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$73,925	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,962	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$1,760	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses	$433	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$77,694	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$85,605	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$9,536	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$1,640	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses	$505	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$92,996	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$68,087	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$19,576	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$1,600	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Administrative Expenses	$458	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$85,605	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$69,784	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$1,697	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$68,087	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	false	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$33,566	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$28,752	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,814	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$4,814	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,129,399	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$39,448	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$4,943	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$44,391	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,085,008	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,085,008	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$896,402	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$4,943	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$4,943	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$891,459	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$891,459	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.

To support the future charitable goals of solar cookers international.

Part X : FIN48 Footnote

Pursuant to a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service, the Council is exempt from Federal and State income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code and Section 23701(d) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been made.SCI has accounted for Uncertainty of income taxes as required by the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. SCI uses a comprehensive model for recognizing, and measuring, presenting and disclosing in the financial statement tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. A tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is "more likely than not" that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the "More likely than not" test, no tax benefit is recorded. The effect of applying this model and the resulting identification of uncertain tax positions, if any, were not considered significant for financial reporting purposes.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Kenya	0	0	Grants to Recipients in Region	$43,710
Nepal	0	0	Grants to Recipients in Region	$1,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$44,710	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$44,710	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Kenya	See Sch O	$43,710	wire
Nepal	See Sch O	$1,000	wire

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Org	2	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Grantees provide a detailed budget before project approval and start. Funds are distributed in increments, dependent on completion of pre-agreed upon program activities. Grantees provide a full report on how funds were used. SCI only offers grants to trusted, recommended, established collaborators.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	The draft copy of form 990 is provided to all directors to review prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	The process is monitored by the executive director in consultation with the board president.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a	The board of directors determines compensation for the executive director under the advisement from the compensation review conducted by the internal affairs committee. Other employees compensation is determined by recommendation of the executive director based on US regional average compensation scales and comparability with the organization size and scope of the program. It is reviewed by the entire board as part of the annual budget approval process.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18	Available upon request or via the organizations website at www.solarcookers.org
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	SCIs financial statements are available on its website www.solarcookers.org. SCIs governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request.
Statement Note 1	CONTINUATION OF SCHEDULE O:RESEARCH:SCI is dedicated to building a robust evidence base demonstrating the effectiveness of solar cooking and enabling project impact to be maximized. SCI promotes the Solar Cooker Performance Evaluation Process (PEP) as a testing process for measuring a solar cooker's cooking power in Watts and efficiency. This process provides objective data for manufacturers and buyers, using the internationally recognized ISO (International Organizations for Standardization) standards for clean cookstoves and clean cooking solutions and the American Society of Agricultural Engineers ASAE S580.1 protocol for Testing and Reporting Solar Cooker Performance. The results offer reliable evaluations of various solar cooking technologies for customers, project leaders, advocates, and United Nations agencies. Additionally, SCI conducts research on solar cooker distribution and country policies to identify regions with high potential for scalable solar cooking initiatives.SCI conducted the following research efforts in the fiscal year 2023/24:Compiled data to update the SCI Global Distribution Map of Solar Cookers. This map reflects both the number of known solar cookers around the globe and their estimated impacts.Updated SCIs Solar Cooking Economic Impact summaries which estimate the environmental and health costs of cooking with polluting fuels and the potential savings by switching to solar cooking. The summaries are used as a tool to encourage more investment in solar cooking as a solution.Identified high-priority countries to target for solar cooking initiatives by assessing their need and interest through policy documents including Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). Produced an updated, user-friendly report summarizing NDC findings and suggestions.Conducted research and authored a paper, Testing solar cookers for cooking efficiency highlighting a method of measuring cooking efficiency of solar thermal cookers, adding a metric to the current performance evaluation methods. The paper was peer-reviewed and published in the open-access scientific journal Solar Energy Advances.Participated in technical committees and meetings hosted by professional organizations including the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and served as an observer at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and submitted recommendations during the review process of the ASAE S580.1 protocol.Facilitated Performance Evaluation Process (PEP) testing for another solar cooker design.