2016-10-06T07:07:31-05:00 2015-12-31 521392008 GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN 4550 MONTGOMERY AVE SUITE 650N BETHESDA MD 208142930 990 2015-01-01 550914744 HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL HAND 3018912138 8757 GEORGIA AVENUE NO 420 SILVER SPRING MD 20910 JEFFREY A MEER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3018912138 2016-10-06 1 3019519090 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z JEFFREY A MEER 8757 GEORGIA AVENUE NO 420 SILVER SPRING MD 20910 15877970 0 X WWW.HANDICAP-INTERNATIONAL.US X 2006 DC SEE PART III, LINE I. 6 6 12 6 0 0 12843363 15876602 0 0 288 403 477 965 12844128 15877970 11302416 14597733 0 0 742842 1012305 95350 2806 305377 827388 524123 12967996 16136967 -123868 -258997 5389349 4994550 4515770 4379968 873579 614582 X CO-WINNER OF THE 1997 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL WORKS WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS LIVING IN SITUATIONS OF POVERTY, EXCLUSION, CONFLICT, AND DISASTER. WE TAKE ACTION AND BEAR WITNESS TO RESPOND TO THEIR ESSENTIAL NEEDS, IMPROVE THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS, AND PROMOTE RESPECT FOR THEIR DIGNITY AND RIGHTS. 0 0 5840906 5622699 REHABILITATION: PHYSICAL AND FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION PAVES A VITAL PATH TOWARDS AUTONOMY FOR PEOPLE WITH INJURIES, ILLNESS OR IMPAIRMENTS. AS A PIONEER IN HUMANITARIAN REHABILITATION INCLUDING IN NATURAL DISASTER AND CONFLICT SETTINGS, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL HAS FIRMLY EMBEDDED PHYSICAL AND FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION COMPONENTS INTO MANY OF ITS PROJECTS SINCE ITS FOUNDING. THIS CORE EXPERTISE CONTINUES TO DRIVE THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK TO THIS DAY, AND 39% OF THE FUNDS RAISED IN THE U.S. SUPPORTED REHABILITATION PROJECTS IN AFGHANISTAN, HAITI, NEPAL, AND BEYOND. SOME OF OUR KEY PROJECTS IN 2015 ARE EXPLAINED BELOW. IN 2015, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHED THE ADVANCING MEDICAL CARE AND REHABILITATION EDUCATION PROJECT IN VIETNAM. TEAMS WORK ALONGSIDE THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP STANDARDIZED MEDICAL AND FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION CARE PROTOCOLS-INCLUDING THOSE FOR BRAIN LESIONS-TO BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. IN COMING YEARS, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL WILL TRAIN 480 HEALTH AND REHABILITATION STAFF AND ENROLL MORE STUDENTS IN PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST DIPLOMA PROGRAMS, THEREBY IMPROVING THE LIVES OF 8,000 VIETNAMESE ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. TWENTY YEARS OF WAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, COUPLED WITH WIDESPREAD POVERTY, HAVE CREATED DEVASTATING NEEDS FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. TEAMS RAN A RANGE OF PROJECTS IN 2015. AS AN EXAMPLE, IN KINSHASA AND KANANGA, THE TEAM CONGO PROJECT (TRAINING, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL/PHYSICAL REHABILITATION SERVICES) PROVIDED PHYSICAL REHABILITATION TRAINING, WHEELED MOBILITY DEVICES, AND PROSTHETIC LIMBS AND BRACES. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE 400 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, PRIMARILY WOMEN AND GIRLS, WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRATE MORE FULLY INTO SOCIETY. 4026306 3875890 DISABILITY RIGHTS & INCLUSION: CRITICAL WORK TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF DISABLED PERSONS ORGANIZATIONS, AND TO ORGANIZE AROUND EFFECTIVE POLICIES TO SEE THEIR RIGHTS UPHELD, ACCOUNTED FOR 27% OF THE FUNDING PROVIDED BY ORGANIZATION IN 2015. PROJECTS IN MALI, ETHIOPIA, BURUNDI, IRAQ, LEBANON, THAILAND, AND INDONESIA, AMONG OTHERS, HELPED MORE CHILDREN ATTEND SCHOOL, CREATED JOBS AND TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND PROTECTED VULNERABLE REFUGEES. MALI IS ONE OF NINE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES BENEFITING FROM HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE GOVERNMENTS FULFIL THEIR COMMITMENT TO UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION. IN THE URBAN COMMUNE OF SIKASSO, OUR TEAMS WORKED WITH TEACHERS, PARENTS, LOCAL OFFICIALS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADVANCE THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. WITH A PRESENCE IN MALI SINCE 1996, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL HAS ALSO PROVIDED REHABILITATION SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, MANY OF WHOM WERE VICTIMS OF THE COUNTRY'S CONFLICT FROM 2012-2015. IN BURUNDI, WE TRAINED HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS TO WORK WITH ANY DISABILITIES THEIR STUDENTS MIGHT HAVE. THIS TRAINING INCLUDED TOPICS SUCH AS UNDERSTANDING DISABILITIES, SPECIAL NEEDS, DISCRIMINATION LINKED TO DISABILITIES, CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, TEACHING TO ALL CHILDREN IN A CLASSROOM, INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS, AND BASIC SIGN LANGUAGE. WE ALSO TRAINED DISABLED PERSONS ORGANIZATIONS. MEANWHILE, OUR ONGOING WORK TO INCLUDE MORE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN ETHIOPIAN SCHOOLS EXPANDED IN 2015, BUILDING ON SUCCESSES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, TO SUPPORT 49 SCHOOLS IN SIX REGIONS. CHINA IS HOME TO 85 MILLION PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, MOST OF WHOM LIVE IN POVERTY, AND ONLY ONE-THIRD OF WHOM CAN ACCESS REHABILITATION SERVICES. HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL FOCUSES ON SUPPORTING DISABLED PERSONS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING ONE-PLUS-ONE, WHICH LED A NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN INVOLVING 83 ASSOCIATIONS IN 64 TOWNS CALLED "MONTH OF DISABILITY VOICE" TO PROMOTE DISABILITY RIGHTS. IN NOVEMBER, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED THE EAST ASIA DISABILITIES FORUM IN BEIJING TO ENCOURAGE BEST PRACTICE SHARING AMONG CHINESE, JAPANESE, AND SOUTH KOREAN PROFESSIONALS. OVER TIME, OUR TEAMS HAVE PROVIDED REHABILITATION SERVICES TO MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND TRAINED HEALTH WORKERS, AND REHABILITATION PROFESSIONALS, AND COMMUNITY WORKERS IN 12 VILLAGES IN YUNNAN PROVINCE. 3343220 3218323 EMERGENCY: WHEREVER NATURAL DISASTERS OCCUR OR EPIDEMICS BREAK OUT, THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE FACE THE GREATEST RISKS, AND IN CONFLICT, CIVILIANS OFTEN SUFFER MOST OF CASUALTIES. HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL PROVIDES MULTIDISCIPLINARY HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO REFUGEES, DISPLACED PEOPLE AND THE MOST VULNERABLE AFFECTED POPULATIONS. IT GIVES SPECIFIC SUPPORT TO THE INJURED, THE TRAUMATIZED AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. ABOUT 22% OF FUNDS RAISED IN THE U.S. SUPPORTED EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS IN 2015, INCLUDING AFTER THE DEVASTATING APRIL AND MAY 2015 EARTHQUAKES IN NEPAL AND ONGOING EMERGENCY NEEDS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, THE PHILIPPINES, ETHIOPIA, SIERRA LEONE, LEBANON, JORDAN, SYRIA AND IRAQ. WHEN DISASTER STRUCK NEPAL, IN THE FORM OF A 7.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE, OUR TEAMS IN ASIA WERE ACTIVE WITHIN THREE HOURS. WITH 22,000 PEOPLE INJURED IN NEPAL, OUR PRIORITY WAS TO ENSURE THAT THEY GAINED ACCESS TO IMMEDIATE MEDICAL TREATMENT-TO SAVE LIVES AND PREVENT INFECTIONS AND AMPUTATIONS. OUR TEAMS PROVIDED ASSISTANCE IN MEDICAL FACILITIES IN THE CAPITAL, KATHMANDU, IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, AND WITHIN DAYS HAD SET UP FIXED AND MOBILE REHABILITATION CLINICS IN OUTLYING AREAS, WHILE ALSO EDUCATING OTHER AID AGENCIES ABOUT THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THANKS TO OUR DONORS, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 6,000 PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE REHABILITATION SESSIONS, AND TO DISTRIBUTE MORE THAN 4,000 SURVIVAL KITS TO FAMILIES IN NEED. LOGISTICAL SUPPORT-STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF AID MATERIALS-TO OTHER AID AGENCIES ALLOWED FOR A MORE FLUID HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE. MEANTIME, OUR ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF REFUGEES IN KENYA'S KAKUMA AND DADAAB REFUGEE CAMPS CONTINUED. OUR TEAMS THERE WENT FROM SHELTER TO SHELTER TO FIND AND CONNECT THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE TO APPROPRIATE SERVICES. WE PROVIDED REHABILITATION SESSIONS, DISTRIBUTED MOBILITY AIDS, FIT PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC DEVICES, AND TRAINED FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER AID AGENCIES IN REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES AND SIGN LANGUAGE. WE ALSO WORKED ALONGSIDE COMMITTEES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HOW BEST TO SERVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE-WOMEN AND GIRLS-FROM DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE. HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL ALSO CONTINUES TO RESPOND TO THE MOST COMPLEX EMERGENCY IN ITS HISTORY, THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN CRISIS, WITH TEAMS OPERATING ACROSS LEBANON, IRAQ, JORDAN AND SYRIA ITSELF. 1487771 1432190 MINE ACTION: A COMPREHENSIVE MINE ACTION STRATEGY IS KEY TO ACHIEVING NOT JUST LANDS FREE OF WEAPONS, BUT ALSO SEEING CIVILIAN POPULATIONS LIVING IN DANGEROUS ZONES WELL EDUCATED ABOUT THE RISKS AROUND THEM, AND EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO STAY SAFE. OUR TEAMS WORK HARD TO SUPPORT THE VICTIMS OF LANDMINES, CLUSTER MUNITIONS, AND OTHER EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR IN ACCESSING THEIR RIGHTS, AND REGAINING THEIR STRENGTH THROUGH REHABILITATION AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT. AT THE SAME TIME, OUR TEAMS WORK WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTS OF SURVIVORS. IN 2015, ROUGHLY 10% OF FUNDS RAISED BY HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL U.S. SUPPORTED THIS WORK IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS THAILAND, LAOS, LEBANON, NIGER, MYANMAR, SYRIA, NORTHERN IRAQ, AND SENEGAL. IN DECEMBER 2105, WE RE-LAUNCHED DE-MINING OPERATIONS THAT HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FOR THREE YEARS IN THE TOWNS OF ZIGUINCHOR AND KOLDA, SENEGAL. OUR 14 TEAM MEMBERS-INCLUDING FOUR DEMINERS AND A DOG-HANDLER WITH TWO EXPLOSIVE DETECTION DOGS-CLEARED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SQUARE METERS OF VEGETATION IN ORDER TO DISABLE MINES, THEREBY OPENING UP VILLAGES THAT HAD BEEN CUT OFF FROM EACH OTHER AND ENABLING FARMERS TO RETURN TO CULTIVATING THE LAND. BY AUGUST 2016 ALMOST 60,000 PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE LAND. MEANWHILE, IN NORTH LEBANON, OUR THREE DE-MINING TEAMS CONTINUED THEIR EFFORTS TO LIBERATE THE COUNTRY FROM THE SCOURGE OF LANDMINES, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEBANESE MINE ACTION CENTER. SINCE 2006, WE HAVE CLEARED MORE THAN 265,000 SQUARE METERS OF LAND, INCLUDING ONE ACRE OF LAND THAT WAS RIDDLED WITH 73 LANDMINES. WE ARE PROUD TO BE WELL ON OUR WAY TO HELPING THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF MAKING LEBANON MINE-FREE BY 2020. 466041 448631 HEALTH & PREVENTION: THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPOSED TO DISEASE, ACCIDENTS, OR DISABLING INJURIES IS INCREASING. GROWING INEQUALITY, THE EMERGENCE OF NEW CHRONIC CAUSES OF IMPAIRMENTS, REGIONAL AND LOCAL CONFLICTS, NATURAL DISASTERS, AND THE ONGOING THREAT FROM COMMUNICABLE DISEASES ARE ALL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL IS A KEY ACTOR IN INTEGRATING PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF IMPAIRMENTS AND DISEASES WITHIN THE EXISTING RANGE OF HEALTH SERVICES. OUR WORK TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE FULL LIFECYCLE OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE, AND OUR ACTIVITIES AIM TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.THREE PERCENT OF HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL FUNDING BOLSTERED PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROGRAMS IN KENYA, MALI, VIETNAM, AND ETHIOPIA IN 2015. IN KENYA, AN IMPORTANT PROJECT IN THE DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP ENHANCED THE PROTECTION AND IMPROVED THE RESILIENCE OF THE CAMP'S MOST VULNERABLE INHABITANTS. SEPARATELY, A TRAINING AND AWARENESS PROJECT IN PUNTLAND, SOMALIA, HELPED TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR RESIDENTS TO NAVIGATE THE COUNTRY'S INCREASINGLY BUSY ROADWAYS. IN ETHIOPIA, WE PRODUCED, TRANSLATED INTO MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, AND DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS TO HELP MAKE HIV/AIDS PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AND TREATMENT AVAILABLE TO AND RELEVANT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. FOR WORLD AIDS DAY IN ETHIOPIA, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL SUCCESSFULLY INCORPORATED DISABILITY INTO THE NATIONAL CELEBRATION, BY CREATING TELEVISION PROGRAMS FEATURING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION, AS WELL AS FLIERS INCLUDING MESSAGES ABOUT DISABILITY AND POSITIVE IMAGES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 1953812 1880821 15164244 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 AL AR CA CT FL GA HI IL KS KY MD MA MI MN MS NH NJ NM NY NC OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WV WI X X KELLEY SKELTON 3018912138 8757 GEORGIA AVENUE NO 420 SILVER SPRING MD 20910 NANCY KELLY PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRISTINE KANUCH TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JOHN LANCASTER SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 PHILIPPE CHABASSE BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 3/2015) 2.00 X 0 0 0 JACQUES TASSI BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN GIROIS BOARD MEMBER (FROM 9/2015) 2.00 X 0 0 0 TONY SEARING BOARD MEMBER (FROM 4/2015) 2.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF MEER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM 3/2015) 37.50 X 108333 0 23111 ELIZABETH MACNAIRN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL 3/2015) 37.50 X 39460 0 7821 ISAAC M MINTZ DIRECTOR OF FINANCE (UNTIL 10/2015) 37.50 X 89581 0 37284 237374 0 68216 1 0 0 0 0 9916 13858464 2008222 15876602 403 403 OTHER REVENUE 900099 965 965 965 15877970 0 0 1368 14597733 14597733 305590 114047 150376 41167 520492 220214 199645 100633 27470 9898 13521 4051 99468 28514 47573 23381 59285 24681 24844 9760 4614 4614 34767 34767 2806 2806 77823 34276 17247 26300 11146 5251 70 5825 88559 13806 64626 10127 35393 3395 28603 3395 84981 39658 31160 14163 77998 41535 26007 10456 15127 11504 3623 2841 2841 7828 7828 DIRECT MAIL 36656 36656 STAFF TRAINING 16913 11629 4295 989 STATE REGISTRATIONS 12981 12981 SUBSCRIPTIONS & PUBS. 8880 4551 3880 449 7616 3552 1826 2238 16136967 15164244 667346 305377 678082 844558 4663831 4102799 36284 20990 6998 17848 9950 8637 4154 1313 0 7042 5389349 4994550 183051 97451 3009744 2600588 1322975 1681929 4515770 4379968 X 330026 330026 543553 284556 873579 614582 5389349 4994550 -258997 0 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 5717001 6140223 8411437 12843363 15876602 48988626 5717001 6140223 8411437 12843363 15876602 48988626 802394 48186232 670 201 339 288 403 1901 1992 477 965 3434 48993961 0.98350 0.96530 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 9950 8637 1313 1313 DUE TO HI-FEDERATION AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS 1645497 DEFERRED RENT 36432 1681929 X 15877970 0 15877970 0 15877970 16136967 0 16136967 0 16136967 PART X, LINE 2: FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015, HI-US HAS DOCUMENTED ITS CONSIDERATION OF FASB ASC 740-10, INCOME TAXES, THAT PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR REPORTING UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES AND HAS DETERMINED THAT NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS QUALIFY FOR EITHER RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1 CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN THE REGION 277417 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN THE REGION 1780521 EUROPE 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN THE REGION 246743 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN THE REGION 4307440 SOUTH ASIA 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN THE REGION 1147363 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN THE REGION 6838249 0 0 0 0 0 0 14597733 0 14597733 CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REHABILITIATION VIA OUR IMPLEMENTING PARTNER HANDICAP INT'L FEDERATION 277417 WIRE EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC EMERGENCY RESPONSE, DISABILITY RIGHTS/INCLUSION, HEALTH/PREVENTION, AND MINE ACTION VIA OUR IMPLEMENTING PARTNER HANDICAP INT'L FEDERATION 1780521 WIRE EUROPE DISABILITY RIGHTS/INCLUSION VIA OUR IMPLEMENTING PARTNER HANDICAP INT'L FEDERATION 246743 WIRE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REHABILITATION, DISABILITY RIGHTS/INCLUSION, MINE ACTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE VIA OUR IMPLEMENTING PARTNER HANDICAP INT'L FEDERATION 4307440 WIRE SOUTH ASIA REHABILITATION, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND DISABILITY RIGHTS/INCLUSION VIA OUR IMPLEMENTING PARTNER HANDICAP INT'L FEDERATION 1147363 WIRE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REHABILITATION, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, DISABILITY RIGHTS/INCLUSION, HEALTH/PREVENTION AND MINE ACTION VIA OUR IMPLEMENTING PARTNER HANDICAP INT'L FEDERATION 6838249 WIRE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: STRICT DUE DILIGENCE OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION IS CONDUCTED BEFORE ANY GRANTS ARE AWARDED & ALL GRANTS AWARDED ARE MADE PURSUANT TO BOARD APPROVAL. STANDARD GRANT AGREEMENTS ARE ISSUED REQUIRING THAT FUNDS BE USED SOLELY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. GRANTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORED AND RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO SHOW THAT FUNDS WERE DEVOTED TO THE SPECIFIC EXEMPT PURPOSES DETAILED IN THE GRANT DOCUMENTS. ANY UNUSED FUNDS ARE RETURNED TO HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION IS MONITORED AND EVALUATED BY HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL STAFF THROUGH PERIODIC FIELD VISITS. FINANCIAL AND PROGRESS REPORTS ARE RECEIVED PERIODICALLY ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT FOR EACH GRANT. ALL AWARDS TO HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL ARE SUB-GRANTED TO OUR IMPLEMENTING PARTNER, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY THE OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANTS AND REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE MANAGER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND TREASURER. THE DOCUMENT WAS THEN CIRCULATED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY UPON HIRE AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. UPON ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NEW MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO REVIEW THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND DISCLOSE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. ANNUALLY ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW HI'S DEFINITION OF CONFLICT FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S BYLAWS AND SIGN A NEW CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT. WHENEVER A STAFF MEMBER BECOMES AWARE OF A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN AN AREA WHERE S/HE EXERCISES ANY DISCRETION IN CARRYING OUT HER/HIS DUTIES FOR THE CORPORATION, S/HE SHALL PROMPTLY DISCLOSE THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. IF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT, S/HE SHALL DISCLOSE IT TO THE BOARD OR AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE PERSON OR BODY TO WHOM DISCLOSURE IS MADE (HEREINAFTER "SUPERVISOR") SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A CONFLICT THAT REQUIRES RECUSAL OF THE INTERESTED PERSON. WHEN A CONFLICT IS FOUND TO EXIST, THE INTERESTED PERSON SHALL PROVIDE THE SUPERVISOR WITH ALL INFORMATION S/HE HAS RELEVANT TO ANY DECISION TO BE MADE IN WHICH S/HE HAS AN INTEREST, AND THE FINAL DECISION SHALL BE MADE BY THE SUPERVISOR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE HI BOARD REVIEWS COMPARABILITY DATA OF SALARIES FOR CEOS OF SIMILAR SIZED NGOS IN DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR HI'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE BOARD ANNUALLY REVIEWS COST OF LIVING INCREASES AND OTHER SALARY INCREASES FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ALL OTHER STAFF. THE LAST COMPENSATION/PERFORMANCE REVIEW FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TOOK PLACE IN FEBRUARY 2015 AND THE COMPENSATION PROCESS WAS DOCUMENTED. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DETERMINES OTHER EMPLOYEE SALARIES BASED ON THE SALARY STUDY PERFORMED BY THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL PROVIDES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.