SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL (EIN 68-0153141)
Tax period: 2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30
Filed: 2023-09-14
IRS object ID: 202302579349300645
Schema version: 2022v5.0
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 M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

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Return	2023-09-14T10:07:13-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

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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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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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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 working to improve human and environmental health by promoting climate friendly solar cooking for vulnerable populations worldwide. Approximately 2.3 billion people around the world still depend primarily on burning polluting fuels for cooking which has devastating consequences for the environment and has adverse effects on human health. Women and girls are particularly impacted as they tend to shoulder most cooking-related duties in many parts of the world. With increasing frequency of environmental crises, compounded by geopolitical conflicts giving rise to acute resource scarcity, the need for clean cooking solutions, like solar cooking, is great.SCI addresses the urgent need for clean cooking solutions through three main ways. SCI leads through advocacy, research, and strengthening the capacity of the global solar cooking movement. SCIs analysis of solar cooking data informs activities which strengthen grassroots solar cooking activities globally and elevate voices from around the world by advocating for sustainable cooking solutions through the United Nations and other high-level forums. SCIs long-term strategy is to use its extensive experience in implementing best-practice, ground-level projects and its position as a leader in the sector, to focus on scaling up solar cooking initiatives and help usher in policies, practices, and resources that significantly accelerate impacts.ADVOCACYSCI advocates with global leaders to ensure solar cooking is recognized as a critical solution to achieve climate and health goals. SCI also cultivates collaborators to carry forward SCIs agenda to increase knowledge and recognition of solar cooking. SCI implemented the following advocacy activities in fiscal year 2022/2023: Advocated for solar cooking at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt by communicating with government leaders that solar cooking is a viable and effective solution for inclusion in their climate change mitigation and adaption plans. SCI co-hosted a side event with the Global Climate & Health Alliance and Nurses Across the Borders. SCI was interviewed by various news outlets, including Bloomberg, and hosted 5 press conferences spotlighting voices from the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Meteorology, the United Nations Climate Technology Center & Network (CTCN), the National Designated Authority for the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). SCI also gave two solar cooking demonstrations and hosted an exhibition booth. SCI attended various events, met with high-impact individuals, expanded its network, and nurtured relationships with strong potential for collaboration.Participated in the July 2022 United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) showcasing the benefits of solar cooking and its positive influence on all 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by hosting a virtual side event featuring voices representing the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Washington DC, the Public-Private Alliance Foundation (PPAF), and several advocates and project leaders in Haiti. SCI further educated government leaders and decision-makers through a virtual exhibit at HLPF. Organized and hosted a virtual webinar for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) with experts from Cameroons Ministry of Environment, Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) in France, and the SunPower Co-op in Morocco.Gave interviews about the benefits of solar cooking and how it can be integrated into household and community cooking practices through different platforms including WAMC radio, a documentary entitled Family of the Sun, and a popular YouTube channel called Low-Tech Lab. SCI was also referenced during a segment on ABC10 promoting solar cooking as an easy, accessible, fun cooking method.Hosted a virtual panel discussion at the 3rd Annual ReEnergy Africa Summit, highlighting SCIs work in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya and Performance Evaluation Process (PEP) testing.Presented virtually at the Renewable Energy: A Pathway to Economic Recovery & Climate Change Mitigation, World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) XXI in Western Australia. Held outreach meetings with high impact stakeholders from organizations such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), Save the Children, Syrian American Women's Association (SAWA), Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), South Pole, and the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) to explore opportunities and methods for scaling up solar cooking initiatives.Collaborated with the Conrad Hilton in Washington DC and Tealeaves hosting a summit on biodiversity.RESEARCHSCI is committed to supporting improvements in solar cooking policy, practice, and research by building an evidence-base to demonstrate effectiveness. SCI works to promote the Solar Cooker Performance Evaluation Process (PEP) as a tool for measuring the standard cooking power of a solar cooker in Watts thus providing objective data for manufacturing and purchasing decisions. The results are based on the internationally accepted International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ASAE S580.1 protocol and provide customers, project leaders, advocates, and United Nations agencies with an objective, reliable evaluation of different solar cooking technologies. SCI also researches current solar cooker distribution and country policy to identify countries with the strongest potential for successful scalable solar cooking initiatives.SCI conducted the following research efforts in the fiscal year 2022/2023: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 impact.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). Facilitated Performance Evaluation Process (PEP) testing and published results for both the Family and Standard Size ULOG ovens. Served on ISO/Technical Committee 285, which approved the Draft International Standard (DIS) for institutional cookers at 100%.Further developed PEP testing methods by incorporating a beta version of a cooking efficiency calculation, a proposed additional ISO metric. Met with stakeholders to discuss laboratory standards and testing protocols. Reviewed and provided feedback and expertise for publications including the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) 2023 Renewable Energy and Sustainability Report and a case study presented by Institute of Food Technologist (IFT).STRENGTHENING CAPACITYSCI builds strong relationships with major decision-makers to support the implementation of high-impact and financially sound strategies to increase the adoption of solar cookers. SCI also provides solar cooker education through digital and media opportunities while providing a forum for collaborators to share best practices and exchange ideas. SCI conducted the following capacity-building activities in 2022/2023: Continued to collaborate with Kenyan implementer Ecomandate to construct 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.Extended partnership with the Foundation for Sustainable Technologies (FoST), to implement a project targeting fragile communities in Nepal. Now in its seventh iteration, the project has successfully conducted training sessions on solar cooking, drying, and heat retention and has delivered solar cookers, solar dryers, and heat-retention boxes to program participants. Provided consultancy services, supporting a collaboration between humanitarian organizations Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) and Nahda Makers Organization (NMO) in Yemen. The project aims to improve resilience and food security for returned, migrants, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and host communities in western, coastal areas of Yemen.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.Facilitated 22 in-person solar cooking demonstrations and infor	Desc
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Shishpal Rawat PhD
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Ruth Holton-Hodson
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Dr Peg Barratt
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Chris Mundhenk
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Nathan Schumacher
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Peter W Turnbull
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Emily Bacchini
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$287	TotalAmt
Program Services	$243	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

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

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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	$1,069	TotalAmt
Program Services	$909	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$32	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$128	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,066	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,883	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$362	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$821	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Publication costs	$45,642	$29,217	$16,425
Supplies	$19,427	$9,882	$9,275	$270
Program Expenses	$14,549	$14,549
bank charges	$9,174	$1,687	$98	$7,389

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,682	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,247	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$335	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,100	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$858,777	TotalAmt
Program Services	$704,909	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$24,911	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$128,957	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$613,231	BOYAmt
EOY	$619,892	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$84,731	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,318	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,450	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	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	$1,882	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,528	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,531	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,489	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$31,895	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$27,927	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,110	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,968	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,278,121	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,489,866	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	$43,553	BOYAmt
EOY	$45,048	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,042,609	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,205,109	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,462	BOYAmt
EOY	$74,533	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,462	BOYAmt
EOY	$74,533	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	$1,938,275	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,051,200	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$55,872	BOYAmt
EOY	$79,376	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,994,147	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,130,576	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,042,609	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,205,109	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$111,089	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$25,340	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	$706,571	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$661,883	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$959,781	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,129,406	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,002,828	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,460,469	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	$706,571	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$661,883	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$959,781	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,129,406	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,002,828	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,460,469	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$0	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$4,460,469	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$17,752	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$24,602	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,370	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$13,927	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$22,873	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$90,524	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	$4,550,993	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.98010	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.98330	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	$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 Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

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

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$66,436	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3,348	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$69,784	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

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$31,895	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$27,927	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$3,968	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$3,968	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,002,828	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$25,340	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$7,622	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$32,962	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$969,866	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$969,866	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$866,399	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$7,622	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$7,622	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$858,777	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$858,777	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	$29,827
Nepal	0	0	Grants to Recipients in Region	$4,500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$34,327	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$34,327	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Kenya	See Sch O	$29,827	wire
Nepal	See Sch O	$4,500	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 M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$86,096	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Sales Price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

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 the executive committee and executive director 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:Contributed articles, opinion pieces, and other material to influential publications including the Global Solar Council (GSC) newsletter, the International Solar Energy (ISES) newsletter, the International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE) anniversary newsletter, a feature by Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), and the OilWoman magazine.Utilized digital communications (social media, the Solar Cooking Wiki, the SCI website, blogs, etc.) to share updates, resources, tools, successes, and findings from SCI and collaborators. Created and disseminated 8 SCI publications to increase the adoption of solar cooking.Consistently received the highest rating from charity rating organizations including Charity Navigator, GuideStar/Candid, and the Better Business Bureau. SCI looks to a future where solar thermal technologies are readily available for people everywhere who need clean, sustainable, free energy solutions for their cooking and safe drinking water needs.