2017-11-13T12:58:01-05:00 2016-12-31 274116414 PROFENNA & DEBELLIS CPAS PC 251 W NYACK RD STE A WEST NYACK NY 10994 990 2016-01-01 412189604 SEREOLIPI NORMADIC EDUCATION FOUNDA SERE 104 WOOSTER STREET APT PHN NEW YORK NY 10012 AMRA MAJA SERDAREVIC DIRECTOR 2017-11-10 RONALD A DEBELLIS P01041711 8452949727 2017-11-10 6D71B2EF9AF99483E415E19F7E83CFB145E19424 6D71B2EF9AF99483E415E19F7E83CFB145E19424 2016 2018-03-14 21:41:22Z AMRA MAJA SERDAREVIC 450209 false X WWW.THORNTREEPROJECT.ORG X 2006 TO RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF NOMADIC CHILDREN IN KENYA 7 7 0 30 0 485509 448527 0 2 4 7469 1678 492980 450209 0 0 0 0 58 446676 455585 446676 455585 46304 -5376 128168 122792 0 128168 122792 X TO RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF NOMADIC CHILDREN IN KENYA false false THE FOUNDATION OPERATED 13 NOMADIC PRE-SCHOOLS, ASSISTED 3 PRIMARY SCHOOLS (GRADES 1 TO 8) AND OPERATED A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR 120 HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDED EDUCATION FOR JUST OVER 1,600 STUDENTS OF THE NOMADIC TRIBES OF NORTHERN KENYA. THE 13 PRE-SCHOOLS TAUGHT APPROXIMATELY 400 STUDENTS AND ARE ESSENTIALLY KINDERGARTENS WHERE STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT BASIC LETTERS AND NUMBERS IN ENGLISH AND SWAHILI. TEACHING IS DONE WITH VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES PROVIDED AND FROM A BLACKBOARD PROPPED AGAINST A THORN TREE WITH THE STUDENTS SITTING AROUND IT. IN THE 3 PRIMARY SCHOOLS ADDITIONAL TEACHERS ARE PROVIDED, UNIFORMS ARE PROVIDED FOR EACH STUDENT. A LIBRARY WITH LIBRARY TEACHER IS PROVIDED AT EACH SCHOOL. BOARDING FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED FOR 550 STUDENTS IN THE THREE SCHOOLS AND FOR THESE STUDENTS TWO MEALS A DAY ARE SERVED EACH DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN ADDITION 120 STUDENTS WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS HAVE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 443917 ALLOCATION OF GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. 443917 443917 true false false false 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 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true false false false false false AMRA SERDAREVIC 6318301050 104 WOOSTER STREET APT PHN NEW YORK NY 10012 X JANE NEWMAN PRESIDENT X 0 0 0 AMRA MAJA SERDAREVIC DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 false false false 448527 448527 4 4 SALES OF BRACLETS 1678 1678 1678 450209 1682 7250 7250 PROGRAM ALLOCATION 443917 443917 BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES 3637 3637 COMPUTER/INTERNET EXP 385 385 FILING FEES 338 338 58 58 455585 443917 11610 58 128168 122792 128168 122792 0 0 X 128168 122792 128168 122792 128168 122792 -5376 X false false X 518251 368967 353917 485509 448527 2175171 518251 368967 353917 485509 448527 2175171 2175171 6 2 2 2 4 16 4610 7469 1678 13757 2188944 0.99370 0.99430 X PART II, LINE 10 OTHER INCOME 12,079 false KENYA PROGRAM SERVICES SEE SCHEDULE O false false false false false false SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3 KENYA 0 0 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A PROVIDED FOR 550 STUDENTS IN THE THREE SCHOOLS AND FOR THESE STUDENTS TWO MEALS A DAY ARE SERVED EACH DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN ADDITION 120 STUDENTS WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS HAVE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D ALLOCATION OF GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B EXPLAINATION: THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER AND THEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C EXPLANATION: THE FOUNDATION REGULARLY SENDS OUT AN ANNUAL QUESTIONAIRE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT THEY SIGN AND RETURN TO THE FOUNDATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 EXPLANATION: N/A