2022-10-25T07:51:37-04:00 2021-12-31 990 2021-01-01 201377072 Foundation Escalera Inc % Bryson Garbett FOUN 8013969800 273 N East Capitol St Salt Lake Cty UT 841034623 Ann Garbett CFO 2022-10-25 false 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Escalera Bryson Garbett 273 N East Capitol St Salt Lake Cty UT 841034623 1377534 false X www.escalera.org X 2004 UT Improving lives through education 6 5 0 505 0 0 547212 839248 0 0 24993 185717 16246 25762 588451 1050727 189324 334008 0 0 156537 205814 0 0 51509 -28488 137730 317373 677552 271078 373175 2867869 3273784 706000 649878 2161869 2623906 Our mission is to improve lives through education. We envision a world where everyone has access to a quality education is aware of this opportunity and has the resources to take advantage of it. Our work is grounded in the knowledge that an education gives people choices and leads the way to a better and healthier life. Educated moms and dads raise educated sons and daughters. It's a cycle. The world still has problems but billions of former students are tackling them. false false 346788 253692 0 Reach sends ninth-grade students to high school who otherwise would not go. In rural Chiapas less than half of middle school graduates continue their education. Reach aims to end this problem by giving small well-timed scholarships that help students cover their high school entrance exam fees costs of school supplies and school uniforms in small instalments every semester they remain in school. Total expenses are $346,788 actual expenditures + $7,971 in-kind donated professional services = $354,760 96870 67670 0 In collaboration with Ford Foundation and United Way in Mexico Escalera is piloting a scholarship program in Chiapas and Oaxaca where 100 students will receive three years of maintenance grants to help them stay in school and achieve their dreams. Total expenses are $96,870 actual expenditures + $1,965 in-kind donated professional services = $98,935 158154 12489 0 Escalera seeks to improve lives through education in innovative cost-effective ways. Employment opportunities in Chiapas are scarce and even a good education does not guarantee a job. Instead many students will need to create their own enterprises to generate income. We are using a best-practice curriculum to pilot a program for teaching these skills to high school students. Total expenses are $158,154 actual expenditures + $5,433 in-kind donated professional services = $163,586 0 0 0 601812 true true false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false 0 0 0 false true MX false false false false false 0 false false false false false false X 6 5 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false UT X X Bryson Garbett 8013969800 273 N Eastcapitol St Salt Lake Cty UT 841034623 Robin Bastar Board Member 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Maricriz Escalante Board Member 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bryson Garbett Board Treasurer Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 David Garbett Board Member 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jan VanDenBerghe Garbett Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jon Nieporte Board Chair 7.00 0.00 X X 0 13216 0 Bruce Gunther Board Member 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 13216 0 0 false false false 0 0 0 14250 0 824998 0 839248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43614 0 17852 0 25762 0 25762 0 0 25762 494647 0 308955 0 185692 0 185692 0 0 185692 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1050727 0 0 211479 0 0 0 0 334008 334008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 184897 132563 4050 48285 0 0 0 0 10166 9891 0 275 10751 9159 78 1515 0 0 0 0 365 340 25 0 4678 4506 172 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42902 42902 0 0 0 0 0 0 56619 53926 1708 985 2368 572 1348 449 0 0 0 0 474 474 0 0 7510 7510 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3814 3814 0 0 2148 2148 0 0 Currency (Gain) Loss 16852 0 16852 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 677552 601813 24233 51509 0 0 0 0 779277 569008 126997 50769 79226 103937 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 503332 159011 361959 344321 1520410 2205749 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2867869 3273784 0 0 706000 649878 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 706000 649878 X 1987272 2587412 174597 36494 2161869 2623906 2867869 3273784 373175 32739 41093 0 0 15030 X false false false X 228212 521463 625196 547212 839248 2761331 228212 521463 625196 547212 839248 2761331 1027710 1733621 76515 268 4316 1484 25 82608 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2843939 0.61 0.47 X Part II - Line 1, Unusual Grant Lists | Name of the Contributor:, Date of Grant:, Year:, Amount:, Description:| Kolob Rentals12 28 2018, "2018", $483832, Townhome and storage units| Part II - Line 10 | Year:, Amount:, Description:| 2017, , | 2018, | 2019, | 2020, | 2021, | RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1917674 0 244193 0 0 0 2161867 1905230 0 212444 0 -200000 0 1917674 1724003 0 217647 0 -36420 0 1905230 1376311 483832 -59352 0 -76788 0 1724003 1230859 0 145451 0 0 0 1376310 1 0 0 false false 482000 -153229 328771 21332 -5783 15550 344321 Part V, line 4 Intended uses of organization's quasi-endowment funds: The Board has established that both the interest and principal of the quasi-endowment funds can be used for the purpose of furthering the Foundation's mission. true Central America and the Caribbean 0 0 Fundraising activities NA 10861 Central America and the Caribbean 1 4 Office expenses NA 767 Central America and the Caribbean 0 0 Grants to recipients NA 354767 Central America and the Caribbean 0 2 Program services Cobach Emprende 94299 Central America and the Caribbean 0 2 Program services Impulsando Suenos 26555 Central America and the Caribbean 0 19 Program services Reach scholarship 87676 1 27 1 27 574925 574925 Scholarships to students I Central America and the Caribbean 2996 251143 cash cards given to students Incentives to teachers Central America and the Caribbean 43 36054 Cash cards given to teachers Scholarships to students II Central America and the Caribbean 100 67570 Cash cards given to students Part V Escalera continuously monitors its scholarship and incentive programs. Reach is monitored through a randomized control trial methodology. Prior to receiving a scholarship payment each student submits to Escalera proof of their continued enrollment in school. Often teachers and schools submit this evidence in bulk on behalf of their students. Escalera also receives administrative records from the state of Chiapas confirming enrollment status of students. Teacher incentives are given to volunteer teachers who administer Escalera's entreprenuerial curriculum in their classroom. Only teachers who submit proof of curriculum implementation receive the incentives. Part VI, Section B, Line 1 Board members Bryson Garbett and Jon Nieporte form the Executive Committee with responsibility to make decisions in situations where quick turnaround is needed. Part VI, Line 2 Bryson Garbett Jan VanDenBerghe David Garbett have a family relationship. Bryson Garbett and Jon Nieporte have a business relationship. Part VI, Line 11b A copy of the return is provided to the president and governing board. Comments and approval are requested prior to filing. Part VI, Line 12c Each director principal officer and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers annually signs a statement affirming that he or she understands and will comply with the conflict of interest policy. Periodic reviews are conducted. Persons covered under the policy are any director principal officer or member of a committee with board-delegated powers. The level at which determinations of conflict are made as well as the level at which actual conflicts are reviewed is the governing board or Executive committee. Persons with a potential conflict may make a presentation at the governing board or committee meeting but after the presentation he or she leaves the meeting during the discussion of and vote on the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest. Part VI, Line 15 As per Escalera's Compensation Review Policy the foundation's Executive Committee annually evaluates the Executive Director and any other top management officials on his her performance and compensation. The HR committee presents research on comparability data from a variety of independent sources for board review. The board documents how it reached its decisions including the data on which it relied in minutes of the meeting during which the compensation was approved. The board members are volunteers who are not compensated by Escalera and operate independently without undue influence from the Executive Director. In 2020 Escalera did not have an Executive Director but operated under the Board Chair's guidance with a country director in Mexico. Part VI, Line 19 Upon request. Financial statements are available publicly on Escalera's website Part XI, Line 9 | Description:, Explanation:, Amount:| Expenditure of the donated professional services shown as a donation in Part XI line 6, Expenditure of the donated professional services shown as a donation in Part XI line 6, $-41092| Adjustment to liabilities for student scholarship payments, Adjustment to liabilities for student scholarship payments, $56122| Part I, Line 6 | Explanation:| The total 505 volunteers includes a number of staff who are not considered in Part I Line 5 because their compensation is from a related organization or is paid in Mexico as per Mexican employment obligations and as such Escalera is not required to submit From W-3. These volunteers and staff include: 6 board members; 1 CFO who is complensated by a related organization; 1 part-time admin volunteer; 11 full and part-time staff in Mexico; 11 part-time field staff for REACH; and 472 REACH volunteers including teachers participating in Escalera's programs Part IX, Line 11g | Explanation:| Expenses comprise professional fees to contractors for services related to improving our programs including the use of a rigourously-tested entreprenurshihp curriculum and the training of Escalera's participating teachers companies for carrying out baseline and endline surveys in Emprende schools anthropologists for program evaluation work. The Benjamin Foundation 273 N East Capitol Street Salt Lake City UT 84103 870679599 Private Foundation UT 501(C)(3) 16 N/A false