2018-02-28T14:38:16-06:00 2017-06-30 131655065 LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP 551 FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 400 NEW YORK NY 10176 990 2016-07-01 134167155 WITNESS INC WITN 7187832000 80 HANSON PLACE NO 510 BROOKLYN NY 11217 YVETTE ALBERDINGK-THIJM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7187832000 2018-02-27 1 FREDERICK MARTENS P00298107 2126972299 38.142.140.186 2018-02-27 17:02:43 ES P 338721A1F878DAD5C3EFB79913BF909CA4ED51F8 A517BA39B0B20C93CD03092CC5C4C0F57C369BCA 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z YVETTE ALBERDINGK-THIJM 80 HANSON PLACE NO 510 BROOKLYN NY 11217 3888885 0 X WWW.WITNESS.ORG X 2001 DE SEE SCHEDULE O 13 13 32 41 0 0 2777078 3129291 0 0 31891 31751 51774 73373 2860743 3234415 0 0 0 0 2586642 2435128 0 0 535786 1004672 1004895 3591314 3440023 -730571 -205608 2930058 2744362 406306 414817 2523752 2329545 X WITNESS MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR ANYONE, ANYWHERE TO USE VIDEO AND TECHNOLOGY TO PROTECT AND DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS. 0 0 1876841 24249 TRAINING:WITNESS COLLABORATES WITH COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONT LINES OF ABUSE TO BUILD WIDESPREAD LITERACY IN THE USE OF VIDEO AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. WE TRAIN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN THE BASICS OF VIDEOGRAPHY TO EDITING; HOW TO SHARE FOOTAGE ETHICALLY; HOW TO ARCHIVE, STORE AND CATALOG THEIR FOOTAGE FOR FUTURE USES; HOW TO STRATEGICALLY USE LIVESTREAMING AND CONSIDER EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES LIKE VIDEO-ENABLED DRONES. WE EMPHASIZE THE STRATEGIC USE OF MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING TO HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT IN CAMPAIGNS FOR CHANGE. IT ISN'T ALWAYS HOW MANY PEOPLE SEE A VIDEO BUT ENSURING THE RIGHT PEOPLE SEE IT AT THE RIGHT TIME.FROM JULY 2016 TO JUNE 2017, WITNESS CONDUCTED NEARLY 40 TRAININGS WITH ACTIVISTS AND COMMUNITIES FROM ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL TO ECUADOR AND THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO MYANMAR, THE PHILIPPINES TO KENYA. OUR FOCUS IS ON REACHING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHERE VIDEO CAN "TIP THE BALANCE AND ACHIEVE ACCOUNTABILITY WHERE OTHER EFFORTS HAVE FALLEN SHORT.WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH A UNIQUE CONVENING OF ACTIVISTS FROM EIGHT COUNTRIES IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, CALLED THE MUTIRAO OF INDEPENDENT MEDIA. THE WORD "MUTIRAO" IN PORTUGUESE ROUGHLY TRANSLATES TO A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER FOR A COMMON ACTIVITY OR CAUSE. PARTICIPANTS FROM BRAZIL, CHILE, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, PARAGUAY, GUATEMALA, PERU AND THE U.S. REPORTED ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AFFECTING RIO'S COMMUNITIES RESULTING FROM THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS. ADDITIONALLY, WE HELD WORKSHOPS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM COMMUNITY TV/RADIO TO DIGITAL SECURITY. THE EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS BOTH TO AND FROM WITNESS DURING THIS CONVENING IS A MODEL WE MADE PLANS TO REPLICATE THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA AND IN OTHER REGIONS GLOBALLY. THE SHARING OF LEARNINGS IS VITAL TO US AS AN ORGANIZATION, SO WE ARE SURE TO BE CONSISTENTLY INCORPORATING REAL-WORLD FEEDBACK AND EXPERTISE FROM OUR PARTNERS INTO THE GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES WE CREATE AND DISTRIBUTE. 267864 12610 OUTREACH AND EDUCATION:WITNESS RECOGNIZES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT AS A RESULT OF THE VAST NUMBER OF NEW WITNESSES EMPOWERED BY VIDEO-ENABLED CELL PHONES AND INTERNET ACCESS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE UNDERSTAND THE RISKS THESE WITNESSES FACE AND THE NEED FOR ON-THE-GROUND INTENSIVE TRAININGS ON HOW TO USE VIDEO EFFECTIVELY AND SAFELY AS DESCRIBED IN PROGRAM 1- TRAINING ABOVE.HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE OVERWHELMING NEED FOR VIDEO-ACTIVISM TRAINING, IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR OUR SUPPORT, WITNESS DEVELOPS EASY-TO-USE RESOURCES (TIP SHEETS, VIDEOS, GUIDES, ETC.), TRANSLATES AND ADAPTS THEM FOR USE WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED, AND DISTRIBUTES THEM AS BROADLY AS POSSIBLE. THROUGH OUR RESOURCE LIBRARY CONTAINING OUR FULL SUITE OF TRAINING MATERIALS AND THE CREATION OF LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC WEBSITES IN ARABIC, FRENCH, PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH, WE HAVE GREATLY INCREASED THE EASE AND ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR RESOURCES FOR BROAD AUDIENCES. IN THE REPORTING PERIOD, OUR RESOURCES WERE ACCESSED OR VIEWED 750,000 TIMES ONLINE. ALL MATERIALS ARE OPEN-SOURCE AND AVAILABLE TO BE VIEWED, DOWNLOADED AND RE-MIXED THROUGH OUR LANGUAGE PAGES AND LIBRARY.DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, WITNESS LAUNCHED NEW INITIATIVES IN THE U.S., FOCUSING ON THE NATIONWIDE ISSUES OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND LGBTQ RIGHTS. WE ALSO LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR A NEW PROJECT, CALLED "EYES ON ICE," WHICH WILL REACH A WIDE RANGE OF AUDIENCES WORKING ON IMMIGRANT RIGHTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA WITH RESOURCES RANGING FROM TIP SHEETS TO ONLINE WEBINARS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.WE WORKED WITH GROUPS DEFENDING SIOUX LANDS FROM THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION, TAILORING OUR VIDEO AS EVIDENCE FIELD GUIDE TO SUPPORT THE DOCUMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION AND OF POLICE ABUSE AT STANDING ROCK. 206356 2453 ADVOCACY TO TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP:WE ARE ENCOURAGING LARGE TECH INDUSTRY LEADERS TO OPTIMIZE AND ADAPT THEIR PRODUCTS, PLATFORMS AND TOOLS TO ACCOMMODATE HUMAN RIGHTS USES. WITNESS HAS DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE, ENGAGING IN REGULAR CLOSED-DOOR MEETINGS WITH THE POLICY, PRIVACY, NEWS, AS WELL AS OTHER TEAMS AT THE COMPANIES. WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOUTUBE AND HUMAN RIGHTS PARTNERS, SUCH AS SYRIAN ARCHIVE TO ENSURE THAT HUMAN RIGHTS FOOTAGE STORED ON ONLINE PLATFORMS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. WITNESS ADVOCATES FOR "PROOF-MODES" FOR PLATFORMS AND PRODUCTS, TO MAKE SURE USERS EXPLICITLY CHOOSE WHETHER TO ADD POTENTIALLY RISKY METADATA WHILE PARTICIPATING ON THESE PLATFORMS, ALONG WITH OTHER WAYS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND VERIFIABILITY OF ANY VIDEOS THEY SHARE.WE HAVE ALSO ADVOCATED FOR MORE ADVANCED SECURITY TACTICS, SUCH AS FACE BLURRING FUNCTIONALITIES, THAT WOULD ADDRESS PRIVACY AND SECURITY CONCERNS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS USERS, AND THAT WOULD OFFER BETTER ON-DEMAND GUIDANCE FOR VULNERABLE USERS. MOST RECENTLY, YOUTUBE RELEASED AN UPDATE TO THEIR CUSTOM BLURRING TOOL, WHICH WITNESS CONTRIBUTED TO AND ON WHICH WE HAVE RELEASED UPDATED GUIDANCE. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE REFINING TOOLS DESIGNED TO BRIDGE GAPS FOR USERS MORE IMMEDIATELY. OUR AWARD-WINNING TOOL CAMERAV (FORMERLY KNOWN AS INFORMACAM) ALONG WITH PROOFMODE, DEVELOPED IN CONTINUING COLLABORATION WITH THE GUARDIAN PROJECT, ALLOWS USERS TO EASILY UNDERSTAND AND CONTROL WHAT AND HOW METADATA IS EMBEDDED IN THEIR MEDIA - EMPOWERING THEM TO PROTECT THEIR OWN PRIVACY AND SECURITY OR TO VERIFY, VALIDATE AND PROVE A VIDEO'S AUTHENTICITY.THE WITNESS MEDIA LAB DEVELOPS, MODELS AND SUPPORTS INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO SOURCING, VERIFYING, AND CONTEXTUALIZING EYEWITNESS VIDEOS AND ENSURING THAT FOOTAGE TAKEN BY AVERAGE CITIZENS CAN SERVE AS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. WE LAUNCHED A GROUNDBREAKING REPORT, "CAPTURING HATE," WHICH COLLECTED AND ANALYZED VIDEOS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN THE U.S., UPLOADED AND SHARED NOT AS DOCUMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, BUT AS ENTERTAINMENT. THE REPORT HELPED PROVIDE BADLY NEEDED DATA ABOUT THE CLIMATE OF HATE IN WHICH TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE LIVING EVERY DAY AND HAS ALREADY BEEN USED BY ADVOCACY GROUPS, LAWYERS AND TRANSGENDER ACTIVISTS TO CALL FOR BETTER POLICIES TO PROTECT THIS VULNERABLE COMMUNITY.WE HOSTED MULTIPLE PILOTS OF OUR MOBIL-EYES US INITIATIVE IN FY17. MOBIL-EYES US AIMS TO TEST OUT HOW WE CAN BRING AUDIENCES AND 'DISTANT WITNESSES' INTO LIVESTREAMS BEING HOSTED BY ACTIVISTS AND PROVIDE THOSE AUDIENCES WITH GOOD CONTEXT AND TRANSLATION, AND OFFER MEANINGFUL WAYS TO ACT BESIDES SIMPLY WATCHING EVENTS UNFOLDING AND "LIKING" THE STREAM. ONE PILOT PROJECT WAS HELD IN THE VILA AUTODROMO COMMUNITY OF RIO, WHICH HAD EXPERIENCED DRAMATIC REAL ESTATE SPECULATION AS A RESULT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BEING BUILT FOR THE OLYMPICS, AND AFFECTING THE ABILITY OF MANY OF ITS RESIDENTS TO AFFORD CONTINUING TO LIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. ACTIVISTS IN VILA AUTODROMO WORKED WITH WITNESS TO KICK OFF THE ALTERNATIVE RIO LIVE" SERIES OF LIVESTREAMS SHOWING GROSS INEQUALITIES FOR RIO'S RESIDENTS THAT RESULTED FROM THE CITY'S HOSTING OF THE MEGA EVENT (AND THE WORLD CUP WHICH TOOK PLACE JUST TWO YEARS EARLIER). BY ASKING LIVESTREAM VIEWERS DO MORE THAN JUST WATCH, WE ARE HOPING TO HARNESS THE UNTAPPED ENERGY AND EXPERTISE OF DISTANT WITNESSES TO AFFECT CHANGE WITH THOSE FRONTLINE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, BEYOND STANDING WITH THEM. 104883 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE MEDIA PRODUCTION AND ARCHIVES. 104883 2455944 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 0 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NY DE IL CA X X SONALI THIMMAYA 7187832000 80 HANSON PLACE 5TH FLOOR BROOKLYN NY 11217 REGAN RALPH PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PETER GABRIEL CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 HELEN ENRIGHT TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL HIRSCHHORN SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 HARVEY ANDERSON BOARD MEMBER(THROUGH MARCH 2017) 1.00 X 0 0 0 RONIT AVNI BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MIKA EL-BAZ BOARD MEMBER(FROM SEPTEMBER 2016) 1.00 X 0 0 0 GAEL GARCIA BERNAL BOARD MEMBER(THROUGH JUNE 2016) 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN HASS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CESAR RODRIGUEZ-GARAVITO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JIM SALZANO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LEKHA SINGH BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY TARRANT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 AMY TOWERS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAELANGELO VOLPI BOARD MEMBER(THROUGH MARCH 2017) 1.00 X 0 0 0 NICOLE WONG BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 YVETTE ALBERDINGK THIJM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 149295 0 17751 GRACE LILE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 40.00 X 112609 0 34501 SAMUEL GREGORY PROGRAM DIRECTOR 40.00 X 122758 0 37402 384662 0 89654 3 0 1 0 0 521454 573385 2034452 14274 3129291 18182 18182 502504 488935 13569 13569 13569 165535 521454 165535 0 2453 0 2453 2453 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 70920 36859 34061 70920 3234415 39312 0 65812 303467 202524 50790 50153 1704961 1184557 265188 255216 37807 26320 5856 5631 240367 165270 35332 39765 148526 102542 23200 22784 3649 3649 35886 35886 3280 3280 223940 213285 10655 43798 33194 1673 8931 94110 78464 2102 13544 208512 169336 14433 24743 139438 138832 223 383 58896 51045 289 7562 55888 45270 3911 6707 EVENT EXPENSE 86270 1880 0 84390 STAFF AND OTHER PROGRAM 36080 29699 1059 5322 PROGRAM EQUIPMENT 8366 8366 0 0 VIDEO PRODUCTION 5360 5360 0 0 1422 1422 3440023 2455944 448293 535786 101190 604194 203785 40305 1623887 1520918 9950 19010 99224 63211 1822368 1737696 119867 84672 726905 357252 45250 54800 2930058 2744362 113059 139114 293247 275703 406306 414817 X 332068 541388 2191684 1788157 2523752 2329545 2930058 2744362 X -205608 1956 9445 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 4215003 5754420 3122437 2777078 3129291 18998229 4215003 5754420 3122437 2777078 3129291 18998229 7061857 11936372 14770 16916 17207 30406 18182 97481 41285 27320 32009 46256 70920 217790 19313500 41969 0.61800 0.64220 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 249537 247869 1668 766994 683990 83004 805837 805837 0 84672 CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATION 75703 REFUNDABLE ADVANCE 200000 275703 3692377 1956 449841 9445 461242 3231135 3280 3280 3234415 3886584 449841 449841 3436743 3280 3280 3440023 PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE GAIN 9,445. EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 0 1 PROGRAM SERVICES SEE PART V 58337 EUROPE 0 5 PROGRAM SERVICES SEE PART V 136422 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 0 1 PROGRAM SERVICES SEE PART V 2189 NORTH AMERICA 0 1 PROGRAM SERVICES SEE PART V 216 CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 0 3 PROGRAM SERVICES SEE PART V 2563 SOUTH AMERICA 0 1 PROGRAM SERVICES SEE PART V 53340 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 0 1 PROGRAM SERVICES SEE PART V 15985 SOUTH ASIA 0 1 PROGRAM SERVICES SEE PART V 6084 RUSSIA AND NEIGHBORING STATES - ARMENIA, AZERBIJAN, BELARUS, 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICES SEE PART V 175 0 14 0 0 0 14 275136 175 275311 0 0 0 0 0 0 SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3, COLUMN E CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING, SOLIDARITY WORK AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM SERVICES. GALA BENEFIT 686989 521454 165535 91707 1934 71894 686989 521454 165535 91707 1934 71894 165535 0 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 YVETTE ALBERDINGK THIJM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 149157 0 0 0 138 0 4750 0 13001 0 167046 0 0 0 SAMUEL GREGORY PROGRAM DIRECTOR 122698 0 0 0 60 0 4102 0 33300 0 160160 0 0 0 3 WITNESS IS AN INTERNATIONAL, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ANYONE, ANYWHERE TO USE VIDEO AND TECHNOLOGY TO PROTECT AND DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS. WE BELIEVE IN A WORLD WHERE ANYONE CAN BE A WITNESS FOR CHANGE. TODAY'S COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES HAVE USHERED IN A NEW ERA OF UBIQUITOUS CITIZEN VIDEO, CREATING A TRANSFORMATIVE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE INTO POWERFUL WITNESSES, AND MAKE THE ACT OF "WITNESSING" - OF CAPTURING, EXPOSING AND AMPLIFYING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES INTO SECOND NATURE FOR US ALL. WITH WITNESS' EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP, WE ARE POWERING UP A NEW GENERATION OF CHANGEMAKERS WHO CAN TURN OUR COLLECTIVE ACTS OF WITNESSING INTO A UNIVERSAL FORCE FOR GOOD. CO-FOUNDED IN 1992 BY ADVOCATE AND MUSICIAN PETER GABRIEL, TO DATE, WITNESS HAS PARTNERED WITH MORE THAN 425 HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS REPRESENTING 108+ COUNTRIES, TRAINED OVER 7,100 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND CITIZEN ACTIVISTS, AND REACHED OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE WITH WITNESS RESOURCES. AS WE ENTERED OUR 25TH YEAR, WITNESS CONTINUED TO INNOVATE WAYS THAT PEOPLE COULD HARNESS THE POWER OF VIDEO AND RECOMMITTED ITS SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WORKING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE. THE FOLLOWING ARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2017. OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE NEWS LAB AT GOOGLE, THE WITNESS MEDIA LAB PRODUCED A GROUNDBREAKING REPORT, CALLED "CAPTURING HATE," IN THE FALL 2016. IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE SHORTCOMINGS OF FEDERAL SURVEYS AND TO SUPPLEMENT OTHER RESEARCH ON TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE, THE MEDIA LAB LOOKED TO EYEWITNESS VIDEOS -- AND THE VIEWER ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE VIDEOS -- AS A SOURCE OF NEW DATA. THE REPORT ANALYZED HUNDREDS OF VIDEOS SHOWING VIOLENT ATTACKS AGAINST TRANSGENDER AND GENDER-NONCONFORMING PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAD BEEN UPLOADED AND SHARED, HORRIFYINGLY, AS ENTERTAINMENT. A SAMPLE SIZE OF JUST 300+ VIDEOS HAD GARNERED NEARLY 90 MILLION VIEWS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VITRIOLIC COMMENTS. WORKING WITH LGBTQ GROUPS, WE SET OUT TO TURN THIS HATE-FILLED CONTENT INTO AN ADVOCACY TOOL FOR GOOD. WITNESS CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON HOW TO MAKE DEVICES AND PLATFORMS MORE HUMAN RIGHTS FRIENDLY. WE CONTINUED OUR ADVOCACY TO TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TO INTEGRATE HUMAN RIGHTS VALUES INTO THEIR PRODUCTS AND WEBSITES AND DEVELOP FUNCTIONALITIES THAT IMPROVE VERIFICATION AND ENSURE ENHANCED SAFETY FOR ADVOCATES AND CITIZEN WITNESSES. ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT DURING THIS PERIOD WAS A CRUCIAL CONVERSATION WITH FACEBOOK ABOUT ITS LIVESTREAMING APPLICATION AND SENSITIVE HUMAN RIGHTS CONTENT. SCRUTINY OF POLICE TACTICS AND VIOLENCE AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE UNITED STATES, ALREADY AT AN INCREASED LEVEL SINCE THE HIGH PROFILE KILLINGS OF MEN AND WOMEN INCLUDING ERIC GARNER, TAMIR RICE, SANDRA BLAND AND FREDDIE GRAY, REACHED NEW HEIGHTS IN JULY 2016 WITH THE SHOOTINGS WITHIN DAYS OF EACH OTHER OF ALTON STERLING IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA AND PHILANDO CASTILE IN MINNESOTA. VIDEO PLAYED A ROLE IN EACH OF THESE CASES, PERHAPS MOST SHOCKINGLY IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SHOOTING OF MR. CASTILE WHICH WAS LIVESTREAMED VIA FACEBOOK (AND WHICH DISAPPEARED FROM THE SOCIAL NETWORK FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE BEING REINSTATED) BY HIS FIANCEE. WE WERE CONTACTED BY FACEBOOK IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF CASTILE TO DISCUSS HOW TO BETTER DEAL WITH GRAPHIC BUT IMPORTANT CONTENT SUCH AS THE VIDEO STREAMED BY CASTILE'S FIANCE THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE VIOLATE ITS COMMUNITY GUIDELINES. WITNESS QUICKLY UPDATED AND RECIRCULATED GUIDANCE FOR PEOPLE ABOUT FILMING POLICE MISCONDUCT WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT SAFETY AND NEW METHODS OF DOCUMENTATION INCLUDING LIVESTREAMING. WHILE LIVESTREAMING WAS A TECHNOLOGY THAT HAD BEEN USED BY ACTIVISTS FOR NEARLY A DECADE, THE FUNCTIONALITY ADDED TO FACEBOOK, THE LARGEST SOCIAL NETWORK ON THE PLANET, OPENED NEW POSSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE MEDIUM. WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS OUR GUIDANCE IN A NUMBER OF MEDIA INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES, AND OP-EDS WITH BROAD ONLINE DISTRIBUTION AND REACH. WHEN WITNESS WAS FOUNDED, WE ENVISIONED WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE IF EVERYONE HAD A CAMERA TO DOCUMENT ABUSE. NOW WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE ANYONE CAN USE THESE TOOLS TO SECURE JUSTICE AND MAYBE EVEN PREVENT ABUSE FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. BY PUTTING THE POWER OF VIDEO INTO THE HANDS OF ORDINARY CITIZENS AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD AND EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE SKILLS, TOOLS AND PLATFORMS THEY NEED TO TELL THEIR STORIES SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY, WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE FUTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B SENIOR MANAGEMENT REVIEWS AND EVALUATES THE INFORMATION BEING COMPILED FOR THE 990 IN ADVANCE OF PREPARING A DRAFT, AND REVIEWS THE FINAL 990 PRIOR TO IRS FILING. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS A FINAL DRAFT OF THE 990, AND THEN THE FINAL 990 IS CIRCULATED TO THE FULL BOARD PRIOR TO IRS FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALL APPLICABLE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES, SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH WITNESS' PUBLISHED CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, ON AN ONGOING BASIS. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ARE DISCUSSED AS THEY MAY ARISE, AND RESOLVED AT THE SEMIANNUAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 BASE SALARY AND SALARY INCREASES FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, AND STAYING WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SALARY STRUCTURE, WHICH IS UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS AFTER ORIGINALLY BEING CREATED BY AN EXTERNAL COMPENSATION CONSULTING FIRM IN 2005. THIS SALARY STRUCTURE INCLUDES SALARIES FOR ALL STAFF, INCLUDING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OTHER KEY STAFF. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ITS WEBSITE, WWW.WITNESS.ORG, AND BY REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE GAIN 9,445.