MICRONUTRIENT FORUM: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: MICRONUTRIENT FORUM (EIN 83-2468517)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-11-13
IRS object ID: 202013189349308011
Schema version: 2019v5.1
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-11-13T13:18:44-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BADER MARTIN PS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1000 2ND AVE 34TH FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	SEATTLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	981041022	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	832468517	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MICRONUTRIENT FORUM	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% CLAYTON AJELLO	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	MICR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2028625600	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	C/O IFPRI 1201 EYE ST NW Suite FL	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SASKIA OSENDARP	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2028625600	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-11-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	STEVEN B BISHOP	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00045374	PTIN
Phone	2066211900	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-11-15	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	38.104.125.210	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Federal Original Submission Id	91948320203185000003	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2020-11-13	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	B1D0ECA5F732C4940B60578867E9B38B87672F9C	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	ADA71B5C8F9E47D92208F289F7EDADC070988383	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	SASKIA OSENDARP	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	C/O IFPRI 1201 EYE ST NWF	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$671,862	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	HTTPS://MICRONUTRIENTFORUM.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Activity Or Mission	SEE SCHEDULE O - PAGE 1	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	10	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	30	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$164,827	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$671,862	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
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CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
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CY Total Revenue	$671,862	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$286,042	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$75,259	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$0	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$491,111	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$0	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$777,153	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$164,827	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$105,291	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$164,827	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$968,042	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$908,506	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$164,827	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$59,536	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$266,643	ExpenseAmt
Desc	THE MICRONUTRIENT FORUM 5TH GLOBAL CONFERENCE CONNECTED WORKSTREAM REPRESENTED THE SINGLE LARGEST EXPENSE IN 2019. THIS CONFERENCE IS THE PREEMINENT GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC CONVENING FOCUSED ON HUMAN MICRONUTRIENT NUTRITION IN A GLOBAL HEALTH CONTEXT AND REPRESENTS THE ORGANIZATION'S BEST-KNOWN PRODUCT. PLANNING FOR THE CONFERENCE REQUIRES SUBSTANTIAL LEAD TIME TO DEVELOP THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM, REGISTER DELEGATES, AND MANAGE ALL RELATED LOGISTICS. FOR THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN 2020, THE ACTIVITY DURING THE YEAR 2019 WAS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON LOGISTICS AND DEVELOPING A ROBUST SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT INVOLVES DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS SPENDING HUNDREDS OF HOURS DEVELOPING AND REVIEWING CONFERENCE SESSIONS AND REVIEWING POSTER PRESENTATIONS. THE CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS ULTIMATELY TRANSITIONED INTO A VIRTUAL EVENT DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, HAD 96 SESSIONS AND OVER 350 POSTERS ON DISPLAY, AND OVER 3,000 REGISTERED DELEGATES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$177,188	ExpenseAmt
Desc	THE TRANSITION WORKSTREAM REPRESENTED THE EFFORT TO, IN ADDITION TO OTHER TASKS, ESTABLISH THE FORUM AS THE GO-TO KNOWLEDGE BROKER AND TECHNICAL RESOURCE FOCUSING ON MICRONUTRIENT NUTRITION. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS THE FORUM SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME LIAISING WITH PARTNERS AND MAPPING THE ECOSYSTEM, AND DEVELOPING AND DISSEMINATING A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT NOT ONLY COMMUNICATED THE POSITIONING AND WORK OF THE FORUM BUT ALSO IDENTIFIED AND SHARED TRENDS IN THE SPACE, AND THE WORK OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$73,921	ExpenseAmt
Desc	THE MULTIPLE MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION FOR PREGNANT WOMEN WORKSTREAM INCLUDED THE FORUMS LEADERSHIP OF THE HEALTHY MOTHERS HEALTHY BABIES (HMHB) GOALKEEPERS ACCELERATOR PROJECT. THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION GOALKEEPERS INITIATIVE CREATES ACCELERATOR PROJECTS TO CATALYZE PARTNERSHIP AND ACTION, AND THE FORUM SERVED AS THE TENTPOLE PARTNER FOR THE HMHB ACCELERATOR. THE PROGRAM BROUGHT TOGETHER NEARLY $50 MILLION IN FINANCIAL AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO ACCELERATE THE ADOPTION AND SCALE-UP OF MMS TO REACH MORE THAN 17.5 MILLION PREGNANT WOMEN AND THEIR NEWBORNS BY THE END OF 2022.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$87,497	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$605,249	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	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	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	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	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	4	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
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
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
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	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	10	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
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CLAYTON AJELLO	PersonNm
Phone	4432800172	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	327 WARREN AVENUE SUITE A	AddressLine1Txt
City	BALTIMORE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21230	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Clayton Ajello
Treasurer	15.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Maria Andrade
Trustee	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Howdy Bouis
Trustee	15.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ken Brown
Trustee	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Klaus Kraemer
Trustee	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Katharine Kreis
Trustee	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Roland Kupka
Trustee	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lynnette Neufeld
Trustee	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Saskia Osendarp
President	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jay Solomon
Secretary	15.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Emorn Udomkesmalee
Trustee	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

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Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$156,663	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$515,199	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$671,862	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$671,862	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

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

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

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

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

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

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

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

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

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

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$286,042	TotalAmt
Program Services	$199,560	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$36,267	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$50,215	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

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

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

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

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

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

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,505	TotalAmt
Management And General	$37,505	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

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

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

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

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

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

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

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

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Program Services	$358,580	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,770	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$24,011	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,013	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,459	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,554	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$46,552	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,358	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,161	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,033	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	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,271	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,271	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER EXPENSES	Desc
Total	$5,409	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,292	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,117	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$777,153	TotalAmt
Program Services	$605,249	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$96,645	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$75,259	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$89,827	BOYAmt
EOY	$662,089	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$75,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,521	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$298,432	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

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

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$164,827	BOYAmt
EOY	$968,042	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$155,423	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

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

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$753,083	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

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

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

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

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

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

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

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

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	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	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$908,506	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	$164,827	BOYAmt
EOY	-$40,464	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$164,827	BOYAmt
EOY	$59,536	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$164,827	BOYAmt
EOY	$968,042	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$105,291	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
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	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$164,827	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$671,862	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$836,689	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	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$164,827	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$671,862	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$836,689	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$538,091	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$298,598	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	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	$836,689	TotalSupportAmt
First5 Years170	Yes (X)	First5Years170Ind

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
Land		LandGrp
Buildings		BuildingsGrp
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovementsGrp
Equipment		EquipmentGrp
Other Land Buildings		OtherLandBuildingsGrp
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt
Total Liability	$0	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule D, Part XIII	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Management evaluated the Forum's tax positions and concluded that the Forum has taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustment to the financial statements to comply with the provisions of this guidance.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART 1, LINE 1 AND FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1	THE MICRONUTRIENT FORUM SERVES AS A GLOBAL CATALYST AND CONVENER FOR SHARING EXPERTISE, INSIGHTS AND EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO MICRONUTRIENTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE INTEGRATIONS WITH RELEVANT SECTORS. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE MICRONUTRIENT FORUM IS TO FOSTER DIALOGUE AMONG THE RESEARCH, POLICY, CLINICAL, PROGRAM AND PRIVATE SECTOR COMMUNITIES TO FACILITATE THE TRANSLATION OF EVIDENCE FOR POLICY AND PROGRAM PLANNING, AND TO INFORM RESEARCH NEEDS AND PRIORITIES BASED ON EVIDENCE GAPS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS. VISION A WORLD WHERE ALL PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO ALL ESSENTIAL MICRONUTRIENTS AT LEVELS NEEDED TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE. MISSION TO BE A GLOBAL LEADER BRIDGING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE WITH POLICY AND PROGRAMS ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS, BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE FOR ACTION, TO ENSURE THE FULL INTEGRATION OF NUTRITION, AND IN PARTICULAR THE IMPORTANCE OF MICRONUTRIENT ADEQUACY, IN HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 1A	PURSUANT TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHARTER OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS GRANTED BROAD AUTHORITY TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CORPORATION, INCLUDING OPERATIONAL ADVICE TO THE PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AUTHORIZATION OF OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT ACTION AS IT DETERMINES IS REQUIRED FOR THE CORPORATION TO FULFILL ITS MISSION AND OBLIGATIONS, AUTHORIZATION TO EXPEND FUNDS NOT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN AN OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND AUTHORIZATION TO FULFILL THE MISSION AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CORPORATION. NO ACTION WHICH, UNDER LAW OR THE PROVISIONS OF THE BYLAWS REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF THE MEMBERS OR OF A MAJORITY OF ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY MANAGEMENT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AN ACCOUNTING FIRM. FORM 990 WAS THEN REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRPERSON AND PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION REVIEWED THE DOCUMENT BEFORE SIGNING THE DOCUMENT. THE FINAL SIGNED FORM WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G	DESCRIPTION:CONSULTANTS AND SUBCONTRACTORS TOTAL FEES:383761
FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G	DESCRIPTION:PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TOTAL FEES:600