2020-11-13T15:17:34-07:00 2019-12-31 990 2019-01-01 451261970 FOTOKIDS INC FOTO 4155170579 Walt Trask 1333 Jones Street 1001 San Francisco CA 94109 Walt Trask Treasurer 4155170579 2020-10-31 72.132.246.3 2019 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Ann Nancy McGirr PO Box 661447 Miami Springs FL 33266 281845 0 X www.fotokidsoriginal.org X 2012 CA Since its inception in 1991, Fotokids (originally under our fiscal sponsor, the San Carlos Foundation) has utilized photography, graphic design and media technology as tools for self-expression, creativity, leadership and vocational training experience with hundreds of youth from poor rural and urban areas. The majority of our students, in addition to learning employable skills with Fotokids, receive scholarships to study in formal schools from the level of primary education through university. 8 8 0 0 0 0 289061 281845 0 0 0 0 0 0 289061 281845 282744 200000 0 15100 19500 17000 0 0 0 760 48138 303004 280238 -13943 1607 77855 76375 0 0 77855 76375 Since its inception in 1991, Fotokids (originally under our prior fiscal sponsor, the San Carlos Foundation) has utilized photography, graphic design and media technology as tools for self-expression, creativity, leadership and vocational training experience with hundreds of youths from poor rural and urban areas. The majority of our students, in addition to learning employable skills with Fotokids, receive scholarships to study in formal schools from the level of primary education through university. 0 0 229081 229081 229081 Fourteen students from Guatemala City and Santiago Atitlán graduated in 2019 after 9 to 10 years in the Fotokids program with a portfolio that focused on job skills that will set them apart from the 200,000 young people entering the work force every year and will put them in the 20% that actually find employment. Their portfolios include the work they have done for actual clients, editorial and event photography, the designing and photographing of a commercial catalogue, and the creation of a web page. Guatemala City is the hub for all of our programs throughout Guatemala and all of our staff are graduates, we run an intern program for the teenage students that provides them with on the job training and experience working with real clients. Fotokids also provides through Fundación de Niños Artistas de Guatemala, counseling, tutoring, food baskets, nutritious lunches, transportation and experience working with international professionals in photography and design. Jakaramba our design team filmed a web video for a non-profit on empowering rural indigenous communities in Guatemala to participate in health planning and monitoring in order to demand accountability from public health authorities. We took on 46 new students this year from Mesquital and we provided 50 school scholarships for the 113 students, middle school through university, we have already enrolled at this point. a. Our graduate students have gotten jobs this year as a video editors, Photographers for international cultural institute, call centers, and one young woman has been awarded first prize from 139 entries in a national competition for her graphic design for a Guatemalan retailer. In the last five years graduates have gotten work at Avianca Airlines, received degrees in social work, political science/law degree, communications, ESL teachers, is finishing her last year in film school and has been already working freelance in various productions, another is working in video, doing weddings, publicity and works for German Embassy and another is now in charge as the educational coordinator for Cuarto Mundo a French charity that gives art classes to kids that work in the markets. Believing that it is essential to reach the children and formulate values before they are recruited by gangs, Fotokids continued the new class for 6th graders in Mesquital, and addTed two in Boca del Monte, both dangerous barrios of Guatemala City where many families have fled due to gang violence and extortions. Students from our Guatemala City program exhibited of their work at SUNY Old Westbury and attended a student symposium. A smaller exhibit was given in Orinda California New York and Sedona Az.Individual students exhibited work in Rome and a Fotokids crew produced three videos for publication by Oxford University Press. 47100 47100 Santiago Atitlán-1997 to present: This year with the increase in demand for Fotokids teaching , we had a waiting list of 100 children, and therefore we began construction on a new school house to expand our program and our space. Our program in this poverty stricken Tzutuhil village began in 1997 as noted in 4a, Under the Shadows project, that examined the effects of the war years on children in rural communities around the country. Some of the students who took part in the original program now work for the Commission on Human Rights and study journalism and law in university. Others, who received training in photography, digital story development and graphic design, went on to work for the organization's design studio, Jakaramba! Additional Tzutuhil Fotokids graduates serve as teachers in Santiago Atitlán, training young students from primary school onwards in the basics of photography, Photoshop and graphic design and critical thinking. They are part of the Fotokids scholarship program. This year the students again worked with international photography mentors to build up their portfolios. They continue to study contemporary art history and Adobe Illustrator and Indesign. A new program was added with 46 new children (5th and 6th graders) who are studying the ecology of Lake Atitlan and trained as proactive leaders to spread environmental education. We currently work with 56 children and have instituted a lunch program and food distribution to families in crisis. One of our graduates, now on staff, received her degree this year in social work from Guatemala's San Carlos University and works with our families in the program 1500 1500 Girls Life skills The Girls Life Skills project has expanded to include boys. Without male education in equal rights young women's advancement would be minimal at best. It is from this program that we have 10 graduates from Guatemala City and 6 from Santiago Atitlán. This has given our high school age youth a chance to get jobs with their Fotokids diploma in technology and the media arts vastly expanding their horizons. The group is focusing on improving their photo portfolios through classes and workshops with international professionals that cover both basic and advanced use of the DSLR camera, portraiture, landscape, HDR, Photoshop InDesign, and promotion and design of online portfolios.The 16 students in this program have already secured and worked for real clients. They spent a week in Santiago Atitlán with professional photographers from the U.S. learning new photographic and design techniques, attending lectures by outstanding Guatemalan photographers and bolstering their portfolios with new work. 2557 2557 2557 Fotokids programs for graduates and interns in design, photography, and video. This programs works with our teachers and graduates to provide advanced professional training to teach younger students. Graduates of the program have studied with international professionals in design, photography video animation and now work with Guatemalan TV as editors, graphic designers, as photojournalists both nationally and internationally in workshops, and with Fotokids design studio Jakaramba. Jakaramba participants have worked for many international NGO's and local businesses, designing web pages, shooting videos, and taking photographs. 2557 2557 2557 280238 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 GT 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 CA X Ann McGirr or Walt Trask Treasurer 4155170579 Walt Trask 1333 Jones Street 1001 San Francisco CA 94109 Ann Nancy McGirr President 25 X X X X 15100 0 15100 Walter Trask Treasurer 10 X 0 0 0 Royce Nicolaison Vice President 4 X 0 0 0 Logan Robertson Secretary 4 X 0 0 0 Matt Strain Board Member 4 X 0 0 0 Austin Lau Board Member 5 X 0 0 0 Deborah O'Grady Board Member 4 X 0 0 0 Georgiana Young Board member 2 X 0 0 0 15100 0 15100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 281845 0 281845 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 281845 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 200000 200000 15100 15100 17000 17000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37000 37000 0 0 2951 2951 0 0 0 0 3600 3600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4587 4587 280238 280238 0 0 77855 76375 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 77855 76375 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 77855 76375 0 0 77855 76375 77855 76375 X 1607 0 0 0 -1480 -1607 X 0 0 0 X 186550 215967 215832 289061 281845 1189255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 186550 215967 215832 289061 281845 1189255 1189255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1189255 0 1 1 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 Central America and the Caribbean 2 1 Program Services Part 1 line 3, Part II, Column D Region: Central America (D) the purpose of the grant: to provide program services for Santiago Atitlán, Save Girls and Save Boys, and outreach programs throughout Guatemala, providing young people more opportunities, improving their personal goals in regards to a global perception, while it diminishes their migration to other countries, gives them the opportunity to dream, and the skills to realize their goals. Vocational training along with internships provide real-life experiences allowing them to work with professionals has thus contributed immensely to advancing their professional standards and capabilities 280238 2 1 280238 Central America and the Caribbean Part 1 line 3, Part II, Column D Region: Central America (D) the purpose of the grant: to provide program services for Santiago Atitlán, Save Girls and Save Boys, and outreach programs throughout Guatemala, providing young people more opportunities, improving their personal goals in regards to a global perception, while it diminishes their migration to other countries, gives them the opportunity to dream, and the skills to realize their goals. Vocational training along with internships provide real-life experiences allowing them to work with professionals has thus contributed immensely to advancing their professional standards and capabilities. 200000 monthly or bi-monthly disbursement by chcek 0 1 1 Executive Director is from Guatemala and oversees Fotokids operations in country which includes disbursing scholarship funds, lunch program, directs Fotokids operation in Central America, budget execution, and monthly reports to Board member. Central America and the Caribbean 1 21000 check 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Fotokids closely monitors all spending by Fundación de Niños Artistas de Guatemala, through monthly accounting, year-end reporting and the fact that the CEO resides in Guatemala and works closely on a weekly basis with our programs there. The program in Guatemala has served over 1000 children and in 2018 educated and provided services to 75 students from poor neighborhoods as well as providing scholarships to 56 of them, including 7 university full scholarships. Fotokids awards grants following an application and committee review process. by Fundación de Niños Artistas de Guatemala and is audited by a certified/licensed Guatemalan Auditor every year. We receive monthly financial and progress reports, withhold and/or recover grant funds in case such funds are/or appear to be misused. Based on annually funded grants, grantees must specify that the grantee will use the grant funds only for the purposes for which the grant was made, and guarantee in no way discriminates in terms of gender or race and that no grant funded activities can be characterized as terrorist activities or have any connection therewith. Nancy McGirr founder and CEO lives in Guatemala, and is there to inspect on a monthly basis. Form 990, Part IV, Line 15 Part IV section B line 15 Compensation-Section 6 of Fotokids By-laws. Compensation Directors shall serve without compensation except that the Executive Director shall be allowed and paid a reasonable compensation comparable to other non-profits in Guatemala in compliance with IRS code 4958. In addition, they shall be allowed reasonable advancement or reimbursement of expenses incurred in the performance of their regular duties as specified in Section 3 of this Article. Directors may not be compensated for rendering services to the corporation in any capacity other than director unless such other compensation is reasonable and is allowable under the provisions of Section 6 of this Article. Any payments to directors shall be approved in advance in accordance with this corporation's conflict of interest policy, as set forth in Article 12 of these bylaws. Section 5. Compensation Approval Policies A voting member of the governing board who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the corporation for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that member's compensation. A voting member of any committee whose jurisdiction includes compensation matters and who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the corporation for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that member's compensation. No voting member of the governing board or any committee whose jurisdiction includes compensation matters and who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the corporation, either individually or collectively, is prohibited from providing information to any committee regarding compensation. When approving compensation for directors, officers and employees, contractors, and any other compensation contract or arrangement, in addition to complying with the conflict of interest requirements and policies contained in the preceding and following sections of this article as well as the preceding paragraphs of this section of this article, the board or a duly constituted compensation committee of the board shall also comply with the following additional requirements and procedures: a. The terms of compensation shall be approved by the board or compensation committee prior to the first payment of compensation; b. all members of the board or compensation committee who approve compensation arrangements must not have a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement as specified in IRS Regulation Section 53.4958-6(c)(iii), which generally requires that each board member or committee member approving a compensation arrangement between this organization and a "disqualified person" (as defined in Section 4958(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and as amplified by Section 53.4958-3 of the IRS Regulations): 1. is not the person who is the subject of the compensation arrangement, or a family member of such person; 2. is not in an employment relationship subject to the direction or control of the person who is the subject of the compensation arrangement; 3. does not receive compensation or other payments subject to approval by the person who is the subject of the compensation arrangement; 4. has no material financial interest affected by the compensation arrangement; and 5. does not approve a transaction providing economic benefits to the person who is the subject of the compensation arrangement, who in turn has approved or will approve a transaction providing benefits to the board or committee member. c. the board or compensation committee shall obtain and rely upon appropriate data as to comparability prior to approving the terms of compensation. Appropriate data may include the following: 1. compensation levels paid by similarly situated organizations, both taxable and tax-exempt, for functionally comparable positions. "Similarly situated" organizations are those of a similar size, purpose, and with similar resources; 2. the availability of similar services in the geographic area of this organization; 3. current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms; 4. actual written offers from similar institutions competing for the services of the person who is the subject of the compensation arrangement; As allowed by IRS Regulation 4958-6, if this organization has average annual gross receipts (including contributions) for its three prior tax years of less than $1 million, the board or compensation committee will have obtained and relied upon appropriate data as to comparability if it obtains and relies upon data on compensation paid by three comparable organizations in the same or similar communities for similar services. d. the terms of compensation and the basis for approving them shall be recorded in written minutes of the meeting of the board or compensation committee that approved the compensation. Such documentation shall include: 1. the terms of the compensation arrangement and the date it was approved; 2. the members of the board or compensation committee who were present during debate on the transaction, those who voted on it, and the votes cast by each board or committee member; 3. the comparability data obtained and relied upon and how the data was obtained; 4. If the board or compensation committee determines that reasonable compensation for a specific position in this organization or for providing services under any other compensation arrangement with this organization is higher or lower than the range of comparability data obtained, the board or committee shall record in the minutes of the meeting the basis for its determination; 5. If the board or committee makes adjustments to comparability data due to geographic area or other specific conditions, these adjustments and the reasons for them shall be recorded in the minutes of the board or committee meeting; 6. any actions taken with respect to determining if a board or committee member had a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement, and if so, actions taken to make sure the member with the conflict of interest did not affect or participate in the approval of the transaction (for example, a notation in the records that after a finding of conflict of interest by a member, the member with the conflict of interest was asked to, and did, leave the meeting prior to a discussion of the compensation arrangement and a taking of the votes to approve the arrangement); 7. The minutes of board or committee meetings at which compensation arrangements are approved must be prepared before the later of the date of the next board or committee meeting or 60 days after the final actions of the board or committee are taken with respect to the approval of the compensation arrangements. The minutes must be reviewed and approved by the board and committee as reasonable, accurate, and complete within a reasonable period thereafter, normally prior to or at the next board or committee meeting following final action on the arrangement by the board or committee. Ann Nancy McGirr the CEO and founder of Fotokids receives a monthly stipend for her 40+ hours of work with the organization in Guatemala Funded by Fotokids, Fundación de Niños Artistas, and also for fundraising and filing tax returns, social media, exhibit administration, and the filling out of legal forms.For this she receives a stipend of $1500 a month appraised and approved by the Board in July 2017. The Board meeting followed all legal requisites in the Fotokids By-laws. Ms McGirr reports this income on her Federal tax forms. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b 990 form is sent out via email for all Board members to review Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Form 990, Part VI Section B Line 12c- Fotokids By-laws outline the Conflict of Interest policies and procedures- Duty to disclose-In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. b.Determining Whether a Conflict of Interest Exists. After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, and after any discussion with the interested person, he/she shall leave the governing board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. c. Procedures for Addressing the Conflict of Interest. An interested person may make a presentation at the governing board or committee meeting, but after the presentation, he/she shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest. The chairperson of the governing board or committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. After exercising due diligence, the governing board or committee shall determine whether the corporation can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible under circumstances not producing a conflict of interest, the governing board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in the corporation's best interest, for its own benefit, and whether it is fair and reasonable. In conformity with the above determination, it shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement. d.Violations of the Conflicts of Interest Policy. If the governing board or committee has reasonable cause to believe a member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the member an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. If, after hearing the member's response and after making further investigation as warranted by the circumstances, the governing board or committee determines the member has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Part IV section B line 15 Compensation-Section 6 of Fotokids By-laws. Compensation Directors shall serve without compensation except that the Executive Director shall be allowed and paid a reasonable compensation comparable to other non-profits in Guatemala in compliance with IRS code 4958. In addition, they shall be allowed reasonable advancement or reimbursement of expenses incurred in the performance of their regular duties as specified in Section 3 of this Article. Directors may not be compensated for rendering services to the corporation in any capacity other than director unless such other compensation is reasonable and is allowable under the provisions of Section 6 of this Article. Any payments to directors shall be approved in advance in accordance with this corporation's conflict of interest policy, as set forth in Article 12 of these bylaws. Section 5. Compensation Approval Policies A voting member of the governing board who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the corporation for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that member's compensation. A voting member of any committee whose jurisdiction includes compensation matters and who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the corporation for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that member's compensation. No voting member of the governing board or any committee whose jurisdiction includes compensation matters and who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the corporation, either individually or collectively, is prohibited from providing information to any committee regarding compensation. When approving compensation for directors, officers and employees, contractors, and any other compensation contract or arrangement, in addition to complying with the conflict of interest requirements and policies contained in the preceding and following sections of this article as well as the preceding paragraphs of this section of this article, the board or a duly constituted compensation committee of the board shall also comply with the following additional requirements and procedures: a. The terms of compensation shall be approved by the board or compensation committee prior to the first payment of compensation; b. all members of the board or compensation committee who approve compensation arrangements must not have a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement as specified in IRS Regulation Section 53.4958-6(c)(iii), which generally requires that each board member or committee member approving a compensation arrangement between this organization and a "disqualified person" (as defined in Section 4958(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and as amplified by Section 53.4958-3 of the IRS Regulations): 1. is not the person who is the subject of the compensation arrangement, or a family member of such person; 2. is not in an employment relationship subject to the direction or control of the person who is the subject of the compensation arrangement; 3. does not receive compensation or other payments subject to approval by the person who is the subject of the compensation arrangement; 4. has no material financial interest affected by the compensation arrangement; and 5. does not approve a transaction providing economic benefits to the person who is the subject of the compensation arrangement, who in turn has approved or will approve a transaction providing benefits to the board or committee member. c. the board or compensation committee shall obtain and rely upon appropriate data as to comparability prior to approving the terms of compensation. Appropriate data may include the following: 1. compensation levels paid by similarly situated organizations, both taxable and tax-exempt, for functionally comparable positions. "Similarly situated" organizations are those of a similar size, purpose, and with similar resources; 2. the availability of similar services in the geographic area of this organization; 3. current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms; 4. actual written offers from similar institutions competing for the services of the person who is the subject of the compensation arrangement; As allowed by IRS Regulation 4958-6, if this organization has average annual gross receipts (including contributions) for its three prior tax years of less than $1 million, the board or compensation committee will have obtained and relied upon appropriate data as to comparability if it obtains and relies upon data on compensation paid by three comparable organizations in the same or similar communities for similar services. d. the terms of compensation and the basis for approving them shall be recorded in written minutes of the meeting of the board or compensation committee that approved the compensation. Such documentation shall include: 1. the terms of the compensation arrangement and the date it was approved; 2. the members of the board or compensation committee who were present during debate on the transaction, those who voted on it, and the votes cast by each board or committee member; 3. the comparability data obtained and relied upon and how the data was obtained; 4. If the board or compensation committee determines that reasonable compensation for a specific position in this organization or for providing services under any other compensation arrangement with this organization is higher or lower than the range of comparability data obtained, the board or committee shall record in the minutes of the meeting the basis for its determination; 5. If the board or committee makes adjustments to comparability data due to geographic area or other specific conditions, these adjustments and the reasons for them shall be recorded in the minutes of the board or committee meeting; 6. any actions taken with respect to determining if a board or committee member had a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement, and if so, actions taken to make sure the member with the conflict of interest did not affect or participate in the approval of the transaction (for example, a notation in the records that after a finding of conflict of interest by a member, the member with the conflict of interest was asked to, and did, leave the meeting prior to a discussion of the compensation arrangement and a taking of the votes to approve the arrangement); 7. The minutes of board or committee meetings at which compensation arrangements are approved must be prepared before the later of the date of the next board or committee meeting or 60 days after the final actions of the board or committee are taken with respect to the approval of the compensation arrangements. The minutes must be reviewed and approved by the board and committee as reasonable, accurate, and complete within a reasonable period thereafter, normally prior to or at the next board or committee meeting following final action on the arrangement by the board or committee. Ann Nancy McGirr the CEO and founder of Fotokids receives a monthly stipend for her 40+ hours of work with the organization in Guatemala Funded by Fotokids, Fundación de Niños Artistas, and also for fundraising and filing tax returns, social media, exhibit administration, and the filling out of legal forms.For this she receives a stipend of $1500 a month appraised and approved by the Board in July 2017. The Board meeting followed all legal requisites in the Fotokids By-laws. Ms McGirr reports this income on her Federal tax forms. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All documents are made available upon request and published online by the State of California Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Pre-payment in full to builder of new schoolhouse in Santiago Atitlan: $37,000. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 $1,607 is the increase/difference in net assets in 2019 due to revenues exceeding expenses by that same amount. Received extension until November 15, 2020