2018-08-21T13:41:34-07:00 2017-12-31 464148474 RONALD BLUE & CO CPAS AND CONSLTS LLP 1551 N TUSTIN AVE STE 1000 SANTA ANA CA 92705 990 2017-01-01 770243475 ASSIST INTERNATIONAL INC ASSI 8314384582 230 MT HERMON ROAD SUITE 206 SCOTTS VALLEY CA 950664034 RALPH SUDFELD PRESIDENT/CEO/CHAIR 8314384582 2018-08-21 true M ELLEN LUCCIOLA CPA P01420851 7145430500 2018-08-21 2017 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z RALPH SUDFELD 230 MT HERMON ROAD RM/STE 206 SCOTTS VALLEY CA 95066 15695890 false X WWW.ASSISTINTERNATIONAL.ORG X 1990 CA FOUR AREAS: ORPHANED & VULNERABLE CHILDREN, GLOBAL MEDICAL, WATER, & POVERTY SOLUTIONS 9 7 28 210 27396 6958 12781545 15525805 0 77857 92252 -9248 27396 12850154 15645453 7464719 4747539 0 1544809 1744592 0 80519 3634086 4167092 12643614 10659223 206540 4986230 14472651 19479420 1177754 1180101 13294897 18299319 X ASSIST INTERNATIONAL IS A HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE WORLDS MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE. false false 4747539 4747539 ASSIST INTERNATIONAL IS A HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE. THIS ESSENTIAL WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH EFFORTS IN GLOBAL HEALTH, ORPHANED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN, WATER, AND POVERTY SOLUTIONS. ASSIST HAS A SUCCESSFUL HISTORY WORKING WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF PARTNERS INCLUDING FOUNDATIONS, HOSPITAL GROUPS, SERVICE CLUBS, CORPORATIONS, FAITH-BASED GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS. PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN OVER SIXTY COUNTRIES LIFTING THOUSANDS BEYOND MERE EXISTENCE TO A HOPEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE FUTURE. 5806 5806 IN 2017, ASSIST INTERNATIONAL BEGAN A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH WORLD VISION TO DISTRIBUTE DONATED ITEMS FROM A LARGE WAREHOUSE WHOLESALER TO THOSE IN NEED LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, ASSIST INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTED 1 MILLION WORTH OF GOODS TO OVER 40 NEW PARTNERS IN 2017. ONE NEW PARTNER IS AN ORPHAN VILLAGE IN MEXICO, AND THE OTHER NEW PARTNERS ARE FROM 23 CITIES IN THE SF BAY AREA AND CENTRAL VALLEY REACHING THOSE IN NEED IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. IN 2017, 472 PALLETS OF DONATED ITEMS WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF FIRE VICTIMS, HOMELESS, THE ELDERLY, SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TRAFFICKING, PREGNANCY CENTERS, CHILDREN RECOVERING FROM HEART DISEASE, IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES AND FOSTER CHILDREN. THESE NEW PARTNERS (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) ALL FOCUS ON MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE VULNERABLE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION SOME OF THESE GOODS WERE DESIGNATED FOR OUR EXISTING ORPHAN VILLAGE PARTNERS AND ONE NEW ORPHAN VILLAGE PARTNER IN MEXICO. 5365794 5365794 ANOTHER NEW PROGRAM NOT LISTED PREVIOUSLY IS THE OPENING OF A BRANCH OFFICE OF ASSIST INTERNATIONAL IN ETHIOPIA, CREATING A SOCIAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SOLUTION. THIS NEW BUSINESS IN ETHIOPIA WILL BUILD OXYGEN PLANTS IN ORDER TO SERVICE THE GREAT NEED IN THE COUNTRY FOR OXYGEN, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE BUT ESSENTIAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND SURGERIES. THIS NEW SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BUSINESS WILL BE RUN BY ASSIST INTERNATIONAL FOR SIX YEARS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE GOAL OF TURNING IT OVER TO THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA. THE PURPOSE IS TO SAVE LIVES BY PROVIDING A CONSISTENT, AFFORDABLE SUPPLY OF MEDICAL OXYGEN AND TRAINING HEALTH FACILITY WORKERS IN OXYGEN THERAPY BEST PRACTICES. IN ADDITION TO SAVING LIVES WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF OXYGEN, IT IS (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) BEING SET UP AS A SUSTAINABLE AND SCALABLE SOCIAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. THERE IS GREAT IMPACT ONGOING IN THE LIVES OF ORPHAN AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN. THROUGH OUR ORPHAN VILLAGE PARTNERSHIPS, CHILDREN HAVE BEEN GIVEN FAMILIES IN ROMANIA, THAILAND, UGANDA, RWANDA AND KENYA. A NEW ORPHAN VILLAGE IS BEING BUILT IN ATIAK, UGANDA, WHERE THE 5TH HOME WAS COMPLETED IN 2017, WITH FIVE MORE ON THE WAY. IN ONE ORPHAN VILLAGE, AOET IN JINJA, UGANDA, WHERE WE BEGAN PARTNERING IN 2007, THE CAPACITY AND REACH HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. ASSIST INTERNATIONAL BEGAN TO PARTNER AT AOET TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPACITY. IN 2007, AND THE REACH WAS LESS THAN 300 CHILDREN AT AOET UGANDA. IN 2017, 4,681 CHILDREN WERE REACHED; AN INCREASE OF OVER 4,381 SINCE THE PARTNERSHIP BEGAN THERE. ASSIST INTERNATIONAL, THROUGH OUR GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GENERAL ELECTRIC FOUNDATION, IN THE 2016-2017 YEAR TRAINED 1,641 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT 221 HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, SERVING 13 COUNTRIES AND REACHING A POPULATION OF ALMOST 44 MILLION SERVED THROUGH THESE EFFORTS. . 10119139 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false true false false false true true true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 8 0 true 28 true true true false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 7 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X CHARLENE PAGETT 8314384582 PO BOX 66396 SCOTTS VALLEY CA 950676396 RALPH SUDFELD PRESIDENT/CE 50.00 X X 118218 0 58800 ROBERT PAGETT FOUNDER 40.00 X 49961 0 50401 CHARLENE PAGETT SECRETARY 40.00 X X 22115 0 50000 HOWARD BOWLES VICE PRESIDE 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JON CARMICHAEL BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHARON M FRUH BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DR WARD TANNEBERG BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 GIL MILTENBERGER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALBERT VATERS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL COMER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM CARMICHAEL DIRECTOR EME 1.00 X 0 0 0 DON ANNAS DIRECTOR EME 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEBORAH BALCH BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 AUSTIN CARMICHAEL BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHERI REYNOLDS DIR. 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PAYMENTS ARE MADE BY WIRE TRANSFER AND MONITORED BY MANAGEMENT FROM POINT OF ORIGIN TO THE RECIPIENT. SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3 EAST ASIA/PACIFIC 107,543 0 EAST ASIA/PACIFIC 42,934 0 EAST ASIA/PACIFIC 4,589 0 EAST ASIA/PACIFIC 107,038 0 CENTRAL AMERICA CARRIBEAN 706 0 CENTRAL AMERICA CARRIBEAN 18,787 0 EUROPE 62,442 0 EUROPE 973,758 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 76,467 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2,783,367 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 441,177 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 1,500 0 MIDDLE EAST 1,000 0 SOUTH ASIA 99,227 0 false BENEVOLENCE 16 6902 FMV VARIOUS CONSUMA false false false false false false false false false RALPH SUDFELD PRESIDENT/CEO/CHAIR 88656 29562 8800 50000 177018 X 2609384 FMV X 35 51076 FMV X 13 573720 FMV X SUPPLIES 37 58042 FMV X MISCELLANEOUS 14 234373 FMV X FURNITURE 78 111467 FMV X SEASONAL ITEMS 65 93541 FMV false true false SCHEDULE M, PAGE 2, PART II THE NUMBERS ENTERED IN COLUMN B, PART I REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS RATHER THAN THE NUMBER OF ITEMS CONTRIBUTED. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B ALL FOCUS ON MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE VULNERABLE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION SOME OF THESE GOODS WERE DESIGNATED FOR OUR EXISTING ORPHAN VILLAGE PARTNERS AND ONE NEW ORPHAN VILLAGE PARTNER IN MEXICO. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C BEING SET UP AS A SUSTAINABLE AND SCALABLE SOCIAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. THERE IS GREAT IMPACT ONGOING IN THE LIVES OF ORPHAN AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN. THROUGH OUR ORPHAN VILLAGE PARTNERSHIPS, CHILDREN HAVE BEEN GIVEN FAMILIES IN ROMANIA, THAILAND, UGANDA, RWANDA AND KENYA. A NEW ORPHAN VILLAGE IS BEING BUILT IN ATIAK, UGANDA, WHERE THE 5TH HOME WAS COMPLETED IN 2017, WITH FIVE MORE ON THE WAY. IN ONE ORPHAN VILLAGE, AOET IN JINJA, UGANDA, WHERE WE BEGAN PARTNERING IN 2007, THE CAPACITY AND REACH HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. ASSIST INTERNATIONAL BEGAN TO PARTNER AT AOET TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPACITY. IN 2007, AND THE REACH WAS LESS THAN 300 CHILDREN AT AOET UGANDA. IN 2017, 4,681 CHILDREN WERE REACHED; AN INCREASE OF OVER 4,381 SINCE THE PARTNERSHIP BEGAN THERE. ASSIST INTERNATIONAL, THROUGH OUR GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GENERAL ELECTRIC FOUNDATION, IN THE 2016-2017 YEAR TRAINED 1,641 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT 221 HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, SERVING 13 COUNTRIES AND REACHING A POPULATION OF ALMOST 44 MILLION SERVED THROUGH THESE EFFORTS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D . FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 RALPH SUDFELD CHARLENE PAGETT BOARD PRESID BOARD SEC. IN-LAWS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE 990 BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C MONITORING IS DONE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES COMPENSATION FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES COMPENSATION FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION ARE AVAILA BLE UPON REQUEST DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS AT THE LOCATION OF RECORDS.