2017-12-19T14:07:15-07:00 2017-08-31 990 2016-09-01 416051952 Operation Bootstrap Africa OPER 6128714980 625 4th Avenue South Suite 110 Minneapolis MN 55415 Diane Jacoby Board of Directors Treasurer 6128714980 2017-12-19 67.4.156.131 2016 2018-03-14 21:41:22Z Diane Jacoby 3011 N Chatsworth Street Roseville MN 55113 1011162 0 X www.bootstrapafrica.org X 1980 MN Operation Bootstrap Africa partners with Africans to help provide access to a quality education for African children. 11 11 3 15 0 0 1045763 998909 0 0 2165 2916 15523 2546 1063451 1004371 709798 656176 0 0 98952 101094 0 0 39398 81407 81074 890157 838344 173294 166027 732156 902320 1048 2292 731108 900028 Operation Bootstrap Africa partners with Africans to help provide access to a quality education for African children. 0 0 264896 239832 0 Educational Operating Grants and Scholarships: * The largest program of OBA is the MaaSAE Girls Secondary School (MGLSS) in Monduli, Tanzania. Student sponsorships provided funding for the education of 197 students at this residential school. In its 23rd year, the school continues to provide an opportunity for pastoralist girls to be educated in a safe and nurturing environment. A monthly grant to the school supports teacher and staff salaries, food, textbooks, utilities and other expenses at the school. * Additional scholarship funds were provided for 4 students attending Moringe Sokoine Secondary School in Monduli, Tanzania. A grant was given for teacher training at MGLSS. In Madagascar a grant was provided to pay teacher salaries at five primary schools. These teachers taught more than 5500 students last year in one of the most impoverished areas of the country. 197305 180895 0 Leadership Development: * The OBA post-secondary program provides scholarships for graduates of the MaaSAE Girls School through sponsor support. This year, 83 MGLSS graduates pursued degrees at colleges, universities, and vocational schools in Tanzania with scholarships through Operation Bootstrap Africa. An additional 4 graduates from other secondary schools also received post-secondary scholarships. * * Forty-eight students at the Arusha Lutheran Medical Center School of Nursing each received a $1,000 scholarship to help defray the high cost of nursing training. 167196 151189 0 Construction and school projects at primary and secondary schools in Tanzania: * Funding was provided for the following items at MGLSS: Textbooks, desks, Uniforms, and white boards. Additional funding at MGLSS was provided for a new science building, shingles for the chapel roof, cow maintenance, a drip irrigation kit, a corn cultivator, and a solar panel for the guest house. Funding was provided for numerous primary school projects; including, several classrooms and a well and water filters at Best School Academy in Kenya, a dining hall in Dodoma, a laundry and dormitory at Ilboru Primary Special Needs Unit, stoves at Olchoki, a teacher house at Olarash Primary School, and uniforms and uji at Olarash. Funding was also provided for construction of a classroom at Bacho Vocational school. 92242 84260 0 Healthcare and Healthcare Education: * Funding was provided to the Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre and Selian Hospital for the Maternal and Child Care Clinic, Plaster House, the AIDS Orphan Program, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and the Malnutrition Project. * Funding was provided for construction of a medical dispensary in Makanka, near Lushoto, Tanzania. 92242 84260 0 721639 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 MN X X X Michael Onan 6128714980 625 4th Avenue South Suite 110 Minneapolis MN 55415 Gary Floss Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Diane Jacoby Director 40 X X X 64000 0 0 Reann Cummings Secretary 1 0 X 0 0 0 Michael Hedley Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Judie Lehman Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 John McAllister Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Gene Michelson Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jeanie Geurink President 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Ward Larson Vice-President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Carol Stark Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Mary Nosek Treasurer 1 0 X 0 0 0 Diane Solmonson Executive Director 40 0 X 7780 0 0 71780 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42825 0 0 956084 0 998909 0 3003 0 0 3003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4719 0 4806 0 -87 0 -87 0 0 -87 4531 42825 1985 2546 0 2546 0 1004371 0 0 5462 0 0 0 0 656176 656176 0 0 71780 35890 14356 21534 0 0 0 0 22130 0 22130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7184 2746 2791 1647 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10406 0 10406 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1079 0 1079 0 0 0 0 0 9463 1043 7980 440 973 227 610 136 0 0 0 0 20300 7758 7887 4655 11398 11398 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 183 70 71 42 697 266 271 160 Printing, Mailing and Postage 13063 0 2415 10648 Program Supplies 5938 5938 0 0 Bank and credit card fees 6622 0 6622 0 952 127 689 136 838344 721639 77307 39398 645931 532710 10818 260954 0 23000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2709 2732 5949 5857 276 92 24090 3830 0 0 0 48332 79002 732156 902320 1048 2292 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1048 2292 X 345708 379448 379820 520580 5580 0 731108 900028 732156 902320 166027 2893 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 758450 982706 935463 1032233 998909 4707761 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 758450 982706 935463 1032233 998909 4707761 215057 4492704 2779 3203 2882 5233 2916 17013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4724774 0 0.95088 0.93778 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 53912 21720 3370 0 0 0 79002 50492 1300 2120 0 0 0 53912 50109 3000 -2617 0 0 0 50492 41367 2803 5939 0 0 0 50109 31987 9380 0 0 0 0 41367 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5949 5857 92 0 0 0 0 92 Beneficial interest in funds held by others 79002 79002 1009249 2893 0 0 1985 4878 1004371 0 0 0 1004371 840329 0 0 0 1985 1985 838344 0 0 0 838344 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 To fund post-secondary scholarships for graduates of MaaSAE Girls School, and fund other program activity in Tanzania. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 2d Fundraising Event expenses included in expenses in the audit; net against fundraising revenue on the 990. Schedule D, Part XII, Line 2d Fundraising expenses. 1 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Grantmaking 656176 0 0 656176 Sub-Saharan Africa Educational and living expenses for students at a residential secondary school; exam fees, health costs, maintenance, furnishings, electricity, textbooks, teacher salaries, supplies 239832 Wire transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Post-secondary scholarships 180895 Wire transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Health care services for women and children, including opening of a neonatal intensive care unit 84260 Wire Transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Primary school support 94419 Wire Transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Other secondary school support 56770 Wire Transfer 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 For grantees receiving ongoing support, funds are disbursed on a monthly or other scheduled basis only after a full accounting of previously granted funds has been received by OBA. The largest grantee, MaaSAE Girls School, is required to engage an independent auditor and the audit report is provided to OBA. For special project grants, a budget is submitted by the grantee and approved by OBA prior to grant funds being disbursed, and an evaluation with an accounting of expenditures of the grant funds is required when the project is complete. ALMC School of Nursing Event 44178 42825 1353 0 0 300 1537 0 148 0 0 44178 42825 1353 0 0 300 1537 0 148 1985 -632 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b There are no separate committees of the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 was reviewed in detail by the Board Treasurer before filing, and was also sent to all Board members electronically for their review. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The policy is distributed annually to all Board members and management-level employees on an annual basis for disclosure of any conflicts. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Executive Director's salary is established by the Board based upon research conducted by a Board member which included comparability data. This process was done in June, 2017 when a new Executive Director was hired. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Form 990 is available upon request and on Operation Bootstrap Africa's website and on the Guidestar website. Form 1023 is available upon request. Operation Bootstrap Africa's governing documents are available upon request. It's Conflict of Interest Policy and it's audited Financial Statements are available upon request and on its website.