GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL INC: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL INC (EIN 27-1493841)
Tax period: 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed: 2022-07-13
IRS object ID: 202211949349302011
Schema version: 2021v4.1
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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-07-13T12:46:38-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	202571677	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CORLISS & SOLOMON PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	242 CHARLOTTE ST SUITE 1	AddressLine1Txt
City	ASHEVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	28801	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2021-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	271493841	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Groundswell International Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	GROU	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2029522322	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2101 L St NW	AddressLine1Txt
City	Washington	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20037	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Steve Brescia	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2029522322	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-07-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Steve	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Brescia	PersonLastNm

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Stephen C Corliss	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01333317	PTIN
Phone	8282360206	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-07-13	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Steve Brescia	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2101 L St NW Suite 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	Washington	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20037	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,204,454	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	groundswellinternational.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2009	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Groundswell International strengthens communities to build healthy farming and food systems from the ground up.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	15	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	15	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	7	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$3,371,276	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,194,749	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$13,503	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$6,550	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$2,762	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$260	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$2,895	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$3,387,541	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,204,454	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,739,803	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,548,142	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$658,731	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$681,144	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$289,670	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$274,368	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$344,783	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,672,902	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,574,069	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$714,639	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$630,385	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,648,816	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,407,883	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$45,923	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$172,198	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,602,893	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,235,685	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Groundswell International strengthens rural communities to build healthy farming and food systems from the ground up.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,128,504	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,548,142	GrantAmt
Revenue	$6,550	RevenueAmt
Desc	Groundswell International, Inc. (Groundswell) strengthens communities to build healthy farming and food systems from the ground up. Groundswell's global network includes 10 non-governmental organizations and hundreds of grassroots groups organized into three Regional Programs for Action Learning and Amplification (ALAs): Latin America and the Caribbean (Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico), South Asia (Nepal), and West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Senegal). In 2021, collectively, the Groundswell network supported 155,398 smallholder farmers to strengthen their production, resilience, and wellbeing. Our work improved the lives of 716,671 people from 958 marginalized communities by addressing the root causes of food insecurity, economic vulnerability, and social marginalization with a practical, "learning by doing" approach that built participants' confidence while meeting their basic needs.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$0	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	While programming in each regional ALA, as well as at the country level,is designed to respond to the local context, Groundswell programs everywhere: ~~ Work with farmer leaders to test and adopt agroecological methods and spread them to more people through farmer-to-farmer training, allowing these farmers to produce more healthy food and restore hundreds of thousands of acres of degraded land. ~~ Empower women farmers to participate in savings and credit groups, improve ecological production, gain access to productive assets, and diversify their livelihoods, which in turn improves their families' food security, incomes, and resilience.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$0	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	~~ Strengthen local markets and increase farmers' incomes through savings and credit groups and community-based agricultural enterprises that add value to locally grown crops. ~~Nourish vulnerable families by explicitly integrating gender equity and nutrition into agricultural programs. Our holistic approach links agroecologicalfarming to family nutrition. ~~Support citizens to engage with local decision-makers on enabling local policies and produce influential case studies, policy briefs, and reports to facilitate sharing across our networks and with other stakeholders to expedite the necessary transition to agroecology. West Africa: We continued to work with our partners Agrecol Afrique in Senegal; Association Nourrir Sans Dtruire in Burkina Faso; the Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development in Ghana; and Sahel Eco in Mali. Across these four countries, our programs engaged 139,046 smallholder farmers to improve their farming, weather the global pandemic, and improve their overall wellbeing. In 2021, the work in West Africa benefitted 608,848 people and contributed to regenerating 291,313 hectares of land. Latin America and the Caribbean: We worked with partners Centro de Desarrollo Integral Campesino de la Mixteca in Mexico; EkoRural in Ecuador; Partenariat pour le Dveloppement Local in Haiti; Qachuu Aloom in Guatemala; and, Vecinos Honduras in Honduras. In these five countries, we supported 15,539 smallholder farmers to improve their farming, create sustainable rural livelihoods, and strengthen their communities' resilience to climate change. In 2021, these programs benefitted 102,825 people and helped regenerate 5,334 hectares of land. South Asia: We worked with our partner Boudha Bahanupati Project - Pariwar in Nepal to create or strengthen 30 savings and credit groups with 704 members; train 630 smallholder farmers in agroecological farming practices to improve production and food security; and distribute goats and milking buffalo to 473 rural women,who will pass on the animals' offspring to other women in the future to spread benefits. In 2021,this program benefitted 4,998 people. The vast majority of the direct participants are women from the "untouchable"caste, which have suffered generations of the worst discrimination.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,128,504	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (true)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	6	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	7	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	15	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	15	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd
Other	Yes (X)	OtherInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Goldin Group LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3039130008	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4641 Montgomery Ave 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	Bethesda	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20814	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
Steve Brescia
Executive Director	50.00	Yes (X)	$127,059	$0	$0
Dr Merrill Ewert
Chair	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Jan Midendorf
Vice Chair	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Jeannette Tramhel
Treasurer	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Bhadra Sheela Durgabakshi
Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Margaret Malloy
Board Member	0.50		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Jay Slaughter
Board Member	0.50		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Tim LaSalle
Board Member	0.50		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Afua Bruce
Board Member	0.50		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Karen Ansara
Board Member	0.50		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Mark Stone
Board Member	0.50		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Usha Nakhasi
Board Member	0.50		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano
Board Member	0.50		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$127,059	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$3,194,749	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$3,194,749	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Program Services	Desc
Business	541900	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$6,550	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$6,550	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$260	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$260	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Events	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$2,895	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2,895	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,895	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,204,454	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,550	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$3,155	ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,548,142	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,548,142	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$127,059	TotalAmt
Program Services	$63,530	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,329	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$43,200	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$498,958	TotalAmt
Program Services	$322,212	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$56,559	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$120,187	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,309	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,655	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,769	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,885	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,818	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,909	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,051	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,858	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,572	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,572	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$120,189	TotalAmt
Program Services	$55,475	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$36,977	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$27,737	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$150	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$150	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$137,944	TotalAmt
Program Services	$59,058	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,385	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$60,501	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,291	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,995	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,068	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,228	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,387	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,194	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,861	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,332	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,500	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$480	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,020	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,102	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,102	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,998	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,499	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,080	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,419	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Program Service Contracts	$13,316	$13,316	$0	$0
Licenses, Fees & Permits	$1,153	$577	$184	$392
Other Expenses	$2,681	$1,340	$430	$911

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,574,069	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,128,504	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$155,895	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$289,670	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,018,563	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,190,542	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$560,649	BOYAmt
EOY	$910,909	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$30,142	BOYAmt
EOY	$267,469	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,852	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,821	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,610	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,142	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,648,816	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,407,883	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,259	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,975	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,664	BOYAmt
EOY	$131,223	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

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

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,923	BOYAmt
EOY	$172,198	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	$201,837	BOYAmt
EOY	$487,761	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,401,056	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,747,924	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,602,893	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,235,685	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,648,816	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,407,883	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$630,385	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$2,407	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
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,863,767	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,301,013	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,954,200	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,371,276	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,194,749	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,685,005	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	$1,863,767	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,301,013	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,954,200	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,371,276	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,194,749	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,685,005	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$5,463,545	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$7,221,460	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$293	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$317	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,476	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,705	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$260	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,051	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

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

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$537	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,895	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,432	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$12,700,488	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$43,756	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.56860	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.61370	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support Total509	$0	PublicSupportTotal509Amt
Public Support CY509	0	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Pt II Ln 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Other Income 2018: 537. 2019: 0. 2021: 2895.	ExplanationTxt

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	$26,885	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,407	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$150	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$29,142	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$25,350	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3,056	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,187	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$334	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$26,885	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$22,263	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$4,595	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,172	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$336	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$25,350	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$24,544	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$250	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$1,034	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,148	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$349	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$22,263	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$22,856	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3,165	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,124	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$353	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$24,544	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.97900	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.02100	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
Endowment at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation	$29,142
Security Deposit	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$29,142	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	None	Desc
Amt	$0	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$0	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,206,711	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$2,407	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$2,407	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$3,204,304	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$150	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$150	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$3,204,454	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,573,919	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,573,919	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$150	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$150	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,574,069	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Pt X, Line 2

Groundswell is exempt from federal income taxes under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the Code, however, income from certain activities not related to an organization's tax-exempt purpose may be subject to taxation as unrelated business income. The organization had no income from unrelated business activities in 2021 and was, therefore, not required to file Federal Form 990-T (Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return). The organization believes that it has appropriate support for all tax positions taken, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements.

Pt V, Line 4

To build a fund that will eventually supplement operating support.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (8 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Central America	2	Program Services	Agricultural	$49,994
Central America	3	Regional Grants	Agricultural	$634,998
South America	0	Program Services	Agricultural	$0
South America	2	Regional Grants	Agricultural	$101,945
Sub-Saharan Africa	2	Program Services	Agricultural	$88,708
Sub-Saharan Africa	4	Regional Grants	Agricultural	$747,326
South Asia	1	Program Services	Agricultural	$10,673
South Asia	1	Regional Grants	Agricultural	$63,873

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	15	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	15	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$1,697,517	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$1,697,517	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (10 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Central America	Haiti Program	$390,564	Wire
Central America	Honduras Program	$76,360	Wire
Central America	Mexico Program	$168,074	Wire
South America	Ecuador Program	$37,310	Wire
South America	Guatemala Program	$64,635	Wire
Sub-Saharan Africa	Burkina Faso Program	$280,608	Wire
Sub-Saharan Africa	Ghana Program	$206,196	Wire
Sub-Saharan Africa	Mali Program	$124,575	Wire
Sub-Saharan Africa	Senegal Program	$135,947	Wire
South Asia	Nepal Program	$63,873	Wire

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	10	Total501c3OrgCnt
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	Pt I Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Procedures for monitoring the use of grant funds outside the U.S. Groundswell engages in extensive pre-grant due diligence of any organization to which it disburses money. For foreign organizations, Groundswell requires that the organization be a legally registered charitable non-profit organization within its country. The information required to be provided by potential grantees includes financials for the current and previous years, governing documents, details about the board of directors, and descriptions of programs and activities. These requirements are in addition to rather than in lieu of a project funding proposal. Once the decision is made to make a grant to a foreign organization, Groundswell requires a written cooperation agreement between the grantee and Groundswell, which outlines each organization's duties and responsibilities, including the grantee's responsibility to request prior written approval from Groundswell before making substantial modifications to the project and/or budget. When the agreement is signed by the grantee, a transfer is made either from Groundswell headquarters or by direct transfer from the donor to a local bank account in the country where the grantee intends to implement activities outlined in its project proposal. During the grant period, Groundswell maintains regular and frequent contact with grantees, including through e-mail, phone and occasional field visits. Groundswell also requires regular progress and final narrative and financial reports. When reports are received, management and staff compare actual expenses to the approved budgeted expense, and, as necessary, seek additional explanation for any significant variations not already documented in the narrative report. Groundswell encourages all grantees to undertake annual audits of their overall operations, and Groundswell reserves the right to require an independent audit at its expense at any time during the project or program it is funding. This authority is set forth explicitly in the cooperation agreement entered into with each grantee. Finally, a Groundswell staff member conducts a site visit at least once during the term of all projects or programs undertaken with Groundswell funding.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 11b	The 990 is prepared by independent accountants, reviewed by management, presented to the Board for review, proposed revisions and final approval.
Pt VI, Line 12c	Annually conflict of interest statements are required to be signed by each Board member. The statements affirm that the policy has been read & either that no conflict of interest exists or discloses any such conflict.
Pt VI, Line 15a	In the annual budgeting process, the Board approves a budget line for each salaried employee. Thereafter, individual salaries and salary increases for employees are determined by the Executive Director (the organization's title for the lead staff person). The Board of Directors sets the Executive Director's salary after a performance review & a check of comparable salary information for nonprofit organizations with similar budgets.
Pt VI, Line 15b	Groundswell International carried out a salary review with external assistance and salary comparisons in 2021.
Pt VI, Line 18	Forms 990 are available on the IRS website, GuideStar Exchange website and Groundswell's website. Form 1023 is available upon request.
Pt VI, Line 19	The organization's financial statements & conflict of interest policy are available upon request. Its governing documents are available upon request.