WOMENS INSTITUTE FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH-WISER-INTL: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization
WOMENS INSTITUTE FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH-WISER-INTL (EIN 27-3367993)
Tax period
2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed
2017-08-28
IRS object ID
201702409349300620
Schema version
2016v3.0
Source
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Return2017-08-28T09:57:47-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2016-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Business Name Line1Nelson & Company PABusinessNameLine1Txt

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Address Line1PO Box 52179AddressLine1Txt
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Business Name Line1The Women's Institute for SecondaryBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Address ChangeYes (X)AddressChangeInd
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Revenue$540,342RevenueAmt
DescIn 2016, the WISER NGO provided education, health programming, and leadership opportunities to secondary school students in rural Kenya, provided access to clean water for 5,000 community members, and hosted international vistors and researchers throughout the year. The WISER boarding secondary school provided fully-funded secondary education, safe housing, leadership opportunitues, sanitary pads and psychosocial support to 120 girls and HIV/AIDS orphans in 2016.Desc

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DescWISER Outreach - WISER provided sexual and reproductive health training to 90 primary school-aged youth, opened its campus to 130 community members for health education days, and made clean water available to 5,000 people.Desc

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DescWISER Research - WISER hosted students from Duke University who, among other projects, provided research and assistance for WISERS's engineering curriculum, sexual and reproductive health outreach, and psychosocial support for adolescent girls.Desc
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Report Other LiabilitiesYes (1)ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
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FS Audited0FSAuditedInd
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$505,077CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
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Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

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Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

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Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

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Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
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Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

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Total Book Value Land Buildings$0TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

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DescCredit Card PayableDesc
Amt$201Amt
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Total Liability$201TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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Grant Records Maintained0GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

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Offices0OfficesCnt
Employee0EmployeeCnt
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Subtotal Employees0SubtotalEmployeesCnt
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Total Employee0TotalEmployeeCnt
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Purpose Of GrantINVESTMENT IN SCHOOLSPurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant$378,785CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash DisbursementWIREMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 2:The organization monitors grants by visiting the project sites and reviewing progress reports throughout the year. Such action helps the organization to perform financial evaluations, monitor the progress of the projects, evaluate project management, measure benefits and results, and ensure appropriate use of all funds.
Part I, line 3:The cash method is used to report expenditures for grantmaking.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Mail SolicitationsYes (X)MailSolicitationsInd
Email SolicitationsYes (X)EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone SolicitationsYes (X)PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person SolicitationsYes (X)InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty0AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonCeleste Wotter-SemperePersonNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12055 18th AvenueAddressLine1Txt
CitySan FranciscoCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP94116ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ActivityDevelopmentActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds0FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts$0GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor$10,191RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization-$10,191NetToOrganizationAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors$10,191TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization-$10,191TotalNetToOrganizationAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4Changed number of board of directors from at least 3 to no more then 9 members, to read at least 3 and no more than 15 members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bTHE BOARD WILL PROVIDE THE MEMBERS A COPY OF THE 990 FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A CONFLICT, THE BOARD MEMBER WILL BE RECLUSED FROM MAKING ANY DECISIONS OR VOTING ON ANY ACTION WHEN HIS OR HER OUTSIDE INTEREST MIGHT CONFLICT WITH THE INTERESTS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15aThe WISER international board chair talked to executive directors at other organizations to get the appropriate range for the type of candidate we wanted to attract. An ad hoc committee of three board members (the chair and two others) wrote the job description, including salary.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANICAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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