2018-05-15T14:05:38-04:00 2017-06-30 261150522 MICRO TAX AUDIT&ACCOUNTING SVCS LLP 3030 SCOTT BVLD SANTA CLARA CA 95054 990 2016-07-01 562392452 THE REBUILDING ALLIANCE REBU 1818 GILBRETH ROAD Burlingame CA 94010 DONNA BARANSKI WALKER EXECUTIVE DIREC 6503254663 2018-05-13 true MUHAMMAD A HAROON P00206115 4089869829 2018-05-15 2016 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z 391898 false X WWW.REBULDINGALLIANCE.ORG X 2003 CA REBUILDING ALLIANCES MISSION IS TO REBUILD WAR-TORN COMMUNITIES AND BRING THE WORLD TOGETHER TO MAKE THEM SAFE. REBUILDING ALLIANCE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED TO OPERATE EXCLUSIVEL FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING (SEE STATEMENT) 5 5 6 10 0 0 266785 363113 0 197 148 -277 12966 266705 376227 57072 0 0 122895 116362 0 15991 135412 283116 315379 399478 -48674 -23251 65084 98699 21989 78855 43095 19844 REBUILDING ALLIANCES MISSION IS TO REBUILD WAR-TORN COMMUNITIES AND BRING THE WORLD TOGETHER TO MAKE THEM SAFE. REBUILDING ALLIANCE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED TO OPERATE EXCLUSIVEL FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING (SEE STATEMENT) false false 331782 Rebuilding Alliance is bringing the world together to rebuild Palestinian neighborhoods and recognize their right to plan and build on the land they own. Our Life-Affirming Vision: A just and enduring peace in Israel and Palestine founded upon equal value, security, and opportunity for all. Our Mission: Rebuilding Alliance is dedicated to rebuilding war-torn communities and bringing the world together to make them safe. Description* We believe that if our world is to meet the big challenges that face us at this time in history, we must make peace in Israel and Palestine.* We believe a childs life can be changed for good by rebuilding her/his home and neighborhood.* We believe construction is the best response to destruction, that village-centered rebuilding eases trauma, builds trust, strengthens peacemakers, and presses officials to keep those neighborhoods standing. The news of the year included the following: 1.Delivery of Backpacks and School Supplies: Rebuilding Alliance provided backpacks and school supplies to Palestinian children in Gaza in many of the most heavily damaged neighborhoods impacted in the 51 days of bombing in 2014. Executive Director Donna Baranski-Walker went to Gaza in December, 2015 to personally deliver the backpack kits to each of 3,888 children. 2.Delivery of Solar-powered Lanterns: Due to the failure of electricity in Gaza, non-governmental organizations in Gaza asked Rebuilding Alliance to arrange for donations of solar lights to allow the children to study and after testing the value of solar-powered Luci Lights with 50 families, Rebuilding Alliance launched our Brighten the Future of Gazas Children program. Following preclearance by both Palestinian and Israeli Customs, Rebuilding Alliances first pallet of 1980 solar-power Luci Lights arrived in April, 2016 and our Executive Director was there in Gaza to assist our three Non-Governmental partners to deliver the lights directly to children and families in need. One of our partners, the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, had Donna accompany their social workers to meet with families in their care at their own homes to deliver the lights directly to them and so better understand their situation. Some families were living in tents, some in mobile homes (much like in areas post-hurricane), some in homes under construction, and others in the remnants of their half-destroyed homes. All Donna also presented a paper at the 6th International Conference on Mental Health and Human Rights in Gaza City.3.US Movement to Save Palestinian Village: As part of Rebuilding Alliances advocacy program, in September, Rebuilding Alliance brought three Palestinian children and their parents from West Bank villages at risk of demolition to Washington DC to brief the Senate on International Peace Day (Sep.21) The children from Susiya and Umm Al Kheir shared their Pinwheels for Peace, describing what peace means to each of them. They and their parents also met with the Congressional offices who had sent letters to the State Department and the Embassy of Israel to urge them to prevent demolition of their villages. Spanning about two and a half weeks, this tour also included visits to New York City for press interviews, speaking events with peace groups, and a visit to Connecticut for a speaking event at Wesleyan University. In October, the #OpenGaza speaking tour was held. This tour focused on childrens mental health and access to psychotherapy in the Gaza Strip, and Rebuilding Alliance brought two health professionals: Dr. Yasser Abu-Jamei, Executive Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, and Ran Goldstein, Executive Director of Physicians for Human Rights Israel. They travelled to six states including Washington, DC for speaking engagements at Universities and homes, and then held a Congressional briefing that was well attended. The third speaking tour of this fiscal year was in May, 2016 and centered on the rights of Palestinians in the West Bank, particularly Area C, to develop zoning plans for their communities and build on the land they own. Rebuilding Alliance brought Dr. Ahmad El-Atrash, Project Manager/Senior Urban Planner from UN Habitat, to Capitol Hill, where we held another Senate briefing and met with around 27 Congressional offices over the course of a week. We also met with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the World Bank Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency to request political risk insurance for a proposed finance program for construction of Palestinian home, womens centers, water systems, and agriculture project that are in Area C and are threatened by demolition. Fiscal Year 2016 again saw our projects listed in the top ten in the GlobalGiving.org Bonus Day Matching Grant Competitions. Rebuilding Alliance was also listed in the top ten Humanitarian organizations in the Silicon Valley Gives Bonus Day! Rebuilding Alliances goals for FY2017 build on both the program of sending solar-powered lights to Gazas children and advancing the US Movement to Save Palestinian Villages in light of an unabating crisis of demolitions in the West Banks Area C. To mitigate this crisis, Rebuilding Alliance filed a patent application and will begin development of a mobile app called Evincible, which will launch for both Android and IOS soon. Evincible will be created with the goal of engaging more U.S. constituents in an effective advocacy program to keep Palestinian villages standing, while simultaneously strengthening connections between constituents and their members of Congress. Note: this effort in no way focuses on legislation and therefore is not lobbying. In the coming year, Rebuilding Alliance will expand our Pinwheels for Peace program by hiring a social worker to use this simple project to aid trauma recovery. Another I Care About Peace tour to Washington, DC will take place on International Peace Day, the second of what we envision being an annual tour. This trip will again feature Palestinian children from villages at risk of demolition and their Pinwheels for Peace in presentations to members of Congress. To correct the online maps of the West Bank, Rebuilding Alliance will communicate with Apple and Google to request that they place the hundreds of omitted Palestinian villages on Apple Maps and Google Maps. We will also continue our efforts to secure Political Risk Insurance for Rebuilding Alliances Rebuilding to Remain affordable home construction finance program in Al Aqaba Village, West Bank, Area C. If Rebuilding Alliance can secure support for this program, Rebuilding Alliance will register and open a branch office in Ramallah. 331782 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 0 0 6 true false false false false false false false false false false X 5 5 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X DONNA BARANSKI-WALKER 6503254663 178 SOUTH BOULEVARD San Mateo CA 94402 NADIA COOPER CHAIRMAN 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 AKBER MALIK SECRETARY 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAMAL ALRADAIDEH TREASURER 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 PAULA CROW BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DONNA BARANSKI WALKER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X 43291 0 0 43291 0 0 0 false false false 363113 30240 363113 148 148 14000 15671 -1671 -1671 SPECIAL EVENTS 900099 14637 14637 14637 376227 12966 0 148 43291 32468 4329 6494 63312 37987 15828 9497 9759 8295 1464 120 120 3040 3040 383 383 7717 3858 3859 27225 27225 28269 22615 5654 331 331 629 629 BOOKS AND PROGRAMS 17636 17636 OUTSIDE SERVICES 58724 58724 TRAVEL LODGING 6748 5398 1350 SOLAR LIGHTS PROGRAM EXPENSE 100800 100800 31494 16776 14718 399478 331782 51705 15991 50057 57896 779 1926 5161 36820 2778 2251 34042 6836 4835 65084 98699 5640 59284 16349 19571 21989 78855 X 43095 19844 43095 19844 65084 98699 -23251 0 X true X false true false X 161217 248605 378718 266705 363113 1418358 161217 248605 378718 266705 363113 1418358 74075 1344283 45 18 267 197 148 675 3076 9776 13376 -277 12966 38917 1457950 0.92200 0.97870 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 36820 2778 34042 34042 UNDEPOSITED FUNDS 40 SECURITY DEPOSIT 4795 4835 SALES TAX PAYABLE 220 SHORT TERM LOAN 18465 PAYROLL LIABILITIES 886 19571 true Middle East and North Africa 2 Program services SEE 990 PART III 4A 2 2 Middle East and North Africa CONSTRUCTION Use of grant monitoring procedures (Part I, line 2) Rebuilding Alliance (RA) continued to researched potential partners to work with in each region we have interest in expanding our work to;2. RA reviewed organizations reputation among relevant community (Israel, Palestine, Gaza);3. RAs Executive Director personally meet with organizations head/board member(s) to share philosophy, long term commitment and priorities;4. Site visit by founder/volunteers;5. Rebuilding Alliance reviews the financial and operational report from such partners.6. Weve developed additional ways to account for grant funds including transfer only in small milestone payments, review of receipts, and inspection of constructed buildings X SOLAR LIGHTS 10000 30240 FMV false false false Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 AN INFORMED MEMBER OF THE BOARD MADE APPROPRIATE INQUIRES AND PERFORMED ADEQUATE INSPECTION AS RELATING TO THE PREPERATION OF THE EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS RETURN CONTENTS AND POSITIONS TAKEN. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c COMPLIANCE WAS ASSURED BY DISCLOSURE AND REVIEW. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a NONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE PAID EXCEPT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHOSE COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD. Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b THE BOARD REVIEWS THE COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRRECTOR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. CURRENTLY THE COMPENSATION IS MUCH BELOW THE COMPARABLE DATA FROM SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS DUE TO LIMITED AVAILABLE FUNDS. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 THE BOARD IS ALSO CONSIDERING OTHER AVENUES, INCLUDING MAKING SUCH DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE OF THE REBUILDING ALLIANCE.