2022-09-29T10:06:23-05:00 2021-12-31 521392008 GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN 4550 MONTGOMERY AVE SUITE 800N BETHESDA MD 208142930 990 2021-01-01 550914744 HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL HAND 3018912138 8757 GEORGIA AVENUE 420 SILVER SPRING MD 20910 JEFFREY A MEER U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3018912138 2022-09-29 1 JEFFREY MEER 999009999 RICHARD J LOCASTRO CPA P00288314 3019519090 3 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z HUMANITY & INCLUSION JEFFREY A MEER 8757 GEORGIA AVENUE 420 SILVER SPRING MD 20910 32015204 0 X WWW.HI-US.ORG X 2006 DC SEE PART III, LINE I. 8 8 23 9 0 0 36613864 31908103 0 100000 6187 1871 11341 5230 36631392 32015204 34824031 30460561 0 0 1346011 1387737 0 0 261666 504551 153238 36674593 32001536 -43201 13668 17898142 15927332 17004621 15020143 893521 907189 X HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DBA HUMANITY & INCLUSION (HI) WORKS WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND PEOPLE LIVING IN SITUATIONS OF VULNERABILITY, INCLUDING POVERTY, EXCLUSION, CONFLICT, AND DISASTER. 0 0 9109245 8834856 100000 EMERGENCY:HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DBA HUMANITY & INCLUSION RESPONDS TO CONFLICTS, NATURAL DISASTERS, AND FOOD CRISES, PROVIDING IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE IN THE MOST VULNERABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. IN PARTICULAR, WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH INJURIES AND DISABILITIES, AGING ADULTS, AND ISOLATED WOMEN AND CHILDREN. BY OFFERING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO REFUGEES, DISPLACED PEOPLE, AND THE MOST AFFECTED POPULATIONS, HI ENSURES THAT NO ONE FACES EXCLUSION DURING AN EMERGENCY. IN 2021, 29% OF FUNDS RAISED IN THE U.S. SUPPORTED EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS, IN PARTICULAR CURBING THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 BY DISTRIBUTING PERSONAL HYGIENE KITS, LEADING PREVENTION EDUCATION SESSIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THOSE MOST AT-RISK TO THE VIRUS, AND SUPPORTING VACCINE DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS. HI TEAMS SUPPORTED SURVIVORS OF TRAUMA AND DISPLACED POPULATIONS, AND ENSURED THAT THEY KNEW HOW TO STAY SAFE AMID SO MUCH RESIDUAL, EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE. IN THE LAST HALF OF 2021, OUR TEAMS RESPONDED TO SEVERAL RAPID-ONSET EMERGENCIES, INCLUDING THE EARTHQUAKE THAT ROCKED SOUTHWEST HAITI ON AUG. 14. THE DISASTER KILLED AT LEAST 2,200 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAN 12,200 INDIVIDUALS. DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE LEFT 650,000 PEOPLE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. HI TEAMS PROVIDED PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID, PHYSICAL REHABILITATION CARE AND DISTRIBUTED SUPPLIES TO AFFECTED FAMILIES. THEN, TEAMS WORKED TO SAFELY CONTINUE SERVING COMMUNITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. TROOPS AND THE FALL OF THE GOVERNMENT TO THE TALIBAN. HI RESUMED ITS WORK AFTER A BRIEF INTERRUPTION, MOST NOTABLY SEEING AN UPTICK IN PATIENTS-AS MANY AS 100 A WEEK-AT ITS REHABILITATION CENTER IN KANDAHAR. ON DEC. 16, SUPER TYPHOON RAI MADE LANDFALL IN THE PHILIPPINES, KILLING MORE THAN 400 AND AFFECTING 10 MILLION OTHERS. DEVASTATING WINDS, RAIN AND FLOODS DESTROYED HOMES, WIPED OUT BRIDGES, BLOCKED ROADS AND LEFT MANY WITHOUT POWER OR ACCESS TO WATER. HI PROVIDED EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR DISPLACED FAMILIES, DISTRIBUTED HYGIENE AND PROTECTION KITS AND GAVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES LIVING IN AREAS HARDEST HIT BY THE EMERGENCY.EMERGENCY FUNDS ALSO FUELED CRITICAL RELIEF AND CARE TO PEOPLE IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS LIBYA, PERU, AND MADAGASCAR. WITH FUNDING FROM USAID, TEAMS WERE ABLE TO ENSURE ACCESS TO SERVICES, ADEQUATE NUTRITION, AND BASIC NECESSITIES SUCH AS SCHOOL SUPPLIES, HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND BUILDING MATERIALS, TO COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH SUDAN, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, AND ETHIOPIA. 8376867 8124539 DISABILITY RIGHTS AND INCLUSION:WORKING ALONGSIDE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DBA HUMANITY & INCLUSION (HI) ADVOCATES FOR THEIR ACCESS TO ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL LIFE, INCLUDING EDUCATION, DECENT, WAGED EMPLOYMENT, COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND MORE. CRITICAL WORK TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF ORGANIZATIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND TO ORGANIZE AROUND EFFECTIVE POLICIES TO SEE THEIR RIGHTS UPHELD, ACCOUNTED FOR 27% OF THE FUNDING PROVIDED BY HI IN 2021. ORGANIZATIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY GREW STRONGER, WOMEN WERE EMPOWERED BY KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR RIGHTS, AND GROUPS OF DEVELOPMENT ACTORS COLLABORATED BETTER WITH ACTORS IN THE FIELD OF DISABILITY IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS BANGLADESH, THAILAND AND KENYA. PROJECTS IN PLACES LIKE LAOS AND SENEGAL HELPED CHILDREN THRIVE AT ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS. WITH FUNDING FROM USAID, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN NEPAL WERE SUPPORTED BY THE READING FOR ALL PROJECT-INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MOBILE APP TO ASSIST DEAF STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND INSTRUCTORS WITH NEPALI SIGN LANGUAGE, WHILE CHILDREN WHO ARE BLIND OR DEAF GAINED ACCESS TO MAINSTREAM CLASSROOMS IN MALI'S SIKASSO REGION. 6439235 6245273 REHABILITATION:PHYSICAL AND FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION PAVE A VITAL PATH TOWARD AUTONOMY FOR PEOPLE WITH INJURIES, CHRONIC DISEASES, OR DISABILITIES. AS A PIONEER IN HUMANITARIAN REHABILITATION, ESPECIALLY AFTER NATURAL DISASTER AND CONFLICT, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DBA HUMANITY & INCLUSION (HI) HAS FIRMLY EMBEDDED PHYSICAL AND FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION COMPONENTS INTO MANY OF OUR PROJECTS. IN 2021, 20% OF THE FUNDS RAISED IN THE U.S. SUPPORTED REHABILITATION PROJECTS IN PLACES SUCH AS BURKINA FASO, MOZAMBIQUE, YEMEN, AFGHANISTAN, AND BEYOND. OUR TEAMS IN KENYA WORKED IN THE DADAAB AND KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMPS TO EMPOWER REFUGEES WITH DISABILITIES, AND BOOST THEIR STRENGTH, MOBILITY AND INDEPENDENCE, IN LARGE PART THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THROUGH A STATE DEPARTMENT PRM GRANT. OUR EXPERTS TRAINED REFUGEES TO CONDUCT PHYSICAL THERAPY SESSIONS AND HOME VISITS. DONOR SUPPORT IN NEPAL ENSURED THAT PEOPLE WHO HAD ENDURED INJURIES DURING THE 2015 EARTHQUAKE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE IMPORTANT FOLLOW-ON CARE, INCLUDING NEW ARTIFICIAL LIMBS OR UPDATED BRACES. IN VIETNAM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED BRAIN TRAUMA, CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND OTHER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAD ACCESS TO NEW AND INNOVATIVE TOOLS TO IMPROVE THEIR REHABILITATION JOURNEY-INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE "OPENTELEREHAB" SOFTWARE-THANKS IN PART TO FUNDING FROM USAID. MEANWHILE, IN AFGHANISTAN, HI CONTINUED PROVIDING REHABILITATION SESSIONS TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, INCLUDING CIVILIANS INJURED IN CONFLICT. 6199598 6012854 ARMED VIOLENCE REDUCTION:A COMPREHENSIVE HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION STRATEGY IS KEY TO ACHIEVING NOT JUST LANDS FREE OF WEAPONS, BUT ALSO TO ENSURING THAT CIVILIANS LIVING IN DANGEROUS ZONES ARE WELL INFORMED ABOUT THE RISKS OF UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THE WAYS TO STAY SAFE. IN 2021, 20% OF FUNDS RAISED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DBA HUMANITY & INCLUSION SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES TO REDUCE ARMED VIOLENCE, AND SUPPORT VICTIMS OF EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR IN PLACES SUCH AS COLOMBIA AND LAOS.HI'S DEMINING OPERATIONS IN COLOMBIA CONTINUED TO ENSURE CIVILIAN SAFETY AND LAND RELEASE. AS A RESULT OF CONFLICT LASTING MORE THAN FIVE DECADES, COMBINED WITH DRUG-TRAFFICKING AND A SOARING CRIME RATE CAUSED BY THE COUNTRY'S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INEQUITIES, COLOMBIA HAS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF ARMED VIOLENCE. MINES CONTAMINATE FORMER CONFLICT ZONES AND ENDANGER CIVILIANS' EVERYDAY LIVES. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL FIGURES, ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AND EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR KILLED OR MAIMED MORE THAN 11,472 PEOPLE BETWEEN 1990 AND 2017-THE SECOND HIGHEST RATE IN THE WORLD. MORE THAN 1,000 VICTIMS WERE CHILDREN. OUR TEAMS WORKED HARD IN COLOMBIA'S CAQUET, CAUCA AND META DEPARTMENTS TO IMPROVE CIVILIAN SAFETY. ON OCT. 20, HI RETURNED THE PURAC MUNICIPALITY TO ITS RESIDENTS, FREE FROM LANDMINE CONTAMINATION.IN CAMBODIA, DEMINING TEAMS BEGAN CRITICAL WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CAMBODIAN SELF-HELP DEMINING ORGANIZATION (CSHD) TO CLEAR MINEFIELDS AND RESTORE THE LAND CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE SAFETY OF COMMUNITIES. THE GOAL IS FOR CSHD TO TAKE OVER RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION ACTIONS AFTER 2025, WHEN CAMBODIA AIMS TO BE LANDMINE-FREE. WHILE IN LEBANON, HI CELEBRATED THE RELEASE OF LAND BACK TO COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTH, NEAR THE COUNTRY'S FAMED CEDAR FORESTS. OUR WORK TO TEST DRONE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED FROM DETECTION OF HAZARDOUS ZONES TO USING INFRARED TO DETECT ACTUAL EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE BURIED IN THE GROUND. 1281643 1243039 PREVENTION AND HEALTH:WORLDWIDE, MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING EXPOSED TO DISEASE, ROAD ACCIDENTS, OR INJURIES THAT CAN RESULT IN PERMANENT DISABILITY. GROWING INEQUALITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, REGIONAL AND LOCAL CONFLICTS, NATURAL DISASTERS, RAPID URBANIZATION, AND THE ONGOING THREAT FROM COMMUNICABLE DISEASES ARE ALL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. SINCE 2020, COVID-19 HAS BEEN THE GREATEST PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE, WITH MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AGING PEOPLE, PEOPLE LIVING WITHOUT ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER, REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE-FACE THE HIGHEST RISK OF INFECTION OR DEATH.IN 2021, 4% OF FUNDS RAISED SUPPORTED PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROJECTS. DONORS HELPED ENSURE THE DISTRIBUTION OF HYGIENE KITS, MASKS AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, AND VACCINES. IN ETHIOPIA, FOR INSTANCE, TEAMS SUPPORTED INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE, SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES, AND MEMBERS OF HOST COMMUNITIES THROUGH AN EMERGENCY PROTECTION AND WASH PROJECT. DESPITE COVID-19 CHALLENGES, HI CONTINUED TO INTEGRATE PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF PHYSICAL COMPLICATIONS AND DISEASES WITHIN THE EXISTING RANGE OF HEALTH SERVICES. OUR WORK TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE FULL LIFECYCLE OF PEOPLE WITH GREATER HEALTH RISKS, AND OUR ACTIVITIES AIM TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. 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ALL AWARDS TO HI ARE JOINTLY IMPLEMENTED WITH THE HI FEDERATION, WHICH IS ALSO SUBJECT TO ALL AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS. GRANTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORED AND RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO SHOW THAT FUNDS WERE DEVOTED TO THE SPECIFIC EXEMPT PURPOSES DETAILED IN THE GRANT DOCUMENTS. ANY UNUSED FUNDS ARE RETURNED TO HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DBA HUMANITY & INCLUSION (HI). PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION IS MONITORED AND EVALUATED BY HI STAFF THROUGH PERIODIC FIELD VISITS. FINANCIAL AND PROGRESS REPORTS ARE RECEIVED PERIODICALLY ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT FOR EACH GRANT. ALL AWARDS TO HI ARE SUB-GRANTED TO OUR IMPLEMENTING PARTNER, HI FEDERATION. PART III ACCOUNTING METHOD: X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 JEFF MEER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 135871 0 364 0 0 0 6476 0 30685 0 173396 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 7 SEE PART II FOR BONUS PAYMENTS MADE TO JEFF MEER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY THE OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANTS AND CIRCULATED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE STAFF FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY UPON HIRE AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. UPON ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NEW MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO REVIEW THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND DISCLOSE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. ANNUALLY ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW HI'S DEFINITION OF CONFLICT FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S BYLAWS AND SIGN A NEW CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT. WHENEVER A STAFF MEMBER BECOMES AWARE OF A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN AN AREA WHERE S/HE EXERCISES ANY DISCRETION IN CARRYING OUT HER/HIS DUTIES FOR THE CORPORATION, S/HE SHALL PROMPTLY DISCLOSE THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. IF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT, S/HE SHALL DISCLOSE IT TO THE BOARD OR AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE PERSON OR BODY TO WHOM DISCLOSURE IS MADE (HEREINAFTER "SUPERVISOR") SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A CONFLICT THAT REQUIRES RECUSAL OF THE INTERESTED PERSON. WHEN A CONFLICT IS FOUND TO EXIST, THE INTERESTED PERSON SHALL PROVIDE THE SUPERVISOR WITH ALL INFORMATION S/HE HAS RELEVANT TO ANY DECISION TO BE MADE IN WHICH S/HE HAS AN INTEREST, AND THE FINAL DECISION SHALL BE MADE BY THE SUPERVISOR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE HI BOARD REVIEWS COMPARABILITY DATA OF SALARIES FOR CEOS OF SIMILARLY SIZED NGOS IN DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR HI'S U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE LAST COMPENSATION REVIEW FOR THE U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TOOK PLACE IN MARCH 2015 AND THE COMPENSATION PROCESS WAS DOCUMENTED. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD REVIEWS THE U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE AND COMPENSATION ANNUALLY IN LINE WITH THE 2015 BENCHMARKS. SINCE 2015, INCREASES CONSIST OF COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS. THE U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DETERMINES OTHER EMPLOYEE SALARIES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 HI PROVIDES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.