2016-08-30T07:42:31-07:00 2015-12-31 Greenlee Kurras Rice Brown & Garner CPAs 627 N Donnelly Street Mount Dora FL 32757 990 2015-01-01 742477089 RAFIKI FOUNDATION INC RAFI 3524839131 PO BOX 1988 EUSTIS FL 32727 KAREN ELLIOTT President & CEO 2016-08-30 true CLARE L GARNER JR CPA P00120475 3523836300 2015 2016-12-15 16:53:06Z 14286097 false false X www.rafikifoundation.org X 1987 TX To help Africans know God and to help them raise their standard of living. Rafiki is a Christian, interdenominational mission organization incorporated in the United States. The foundation operates one Rafiki Training Village in each of ten African countries. 10 10 80 300 0 8925673 8909973 0 217354 149672 -42407 -39807 9100620 9019838 0 0 2899015 2271963 0 244678 6399781 6425115 9298796 8697078 -198176 322760 26388095 25828625 779315 57028 25608780 25771597 RAFIKIS MISSION:The mission of the Rafiki Foundation is to help Africans know God and to help them raise their standard of living.Rafiki is a Christian, interdenominational mission organization incorporated in the United States with its Home Office in Eustis, Florida. The foundation operates one Rafiki Training Village in each of ten African countries.RAFIKIS VISION:Rafikis vision is to help Africans in these ten countries know God through Bible study, and to help them raise their standard of living through orphan care, education, and by providing a market for the sale of handcrafts made by widows.RAFIKIS STRATEGY: Rafiki has established one model Rafiki Training Village in each of ten African countries where orphans are cared for and educated with Christian, classical curriculum, leading to a vocation or college. Rafiki's work is located in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. These countries have invited Rafiki to come there and have false false 7850197 Rafiki has been serving in Africa over 30 years and is helping Africans to know God and raise their standard of living through Bible study and education with excellence and integrity. This work is overseen by the staff at the Rafiki Home Office in Eustis Florida and the 47 missionaries on the field in Africa.Rafiki operates in ten African countries and has built a Rafiki Training Village in each of the ten countries. Each Village consists of anywhere from 20 to 30 buildings.Rafiki has five programs:1. Education2. Advanced learning Institute3. Childcare (orphan care)4. Bible Study5. Widows Rafiki Education program is developing ten accredited, registered PreK-12 Christian classical schools - one K-12 school at each of its ten Villages. These schools provide a high quality education for both resident children and day students from the community. The Rafiki schools currently educate more than 1,800 students which includes the 853 orphans living at the Rafiki Villages and over impoverished day students from the surrounding communities. The children are taught using Rafiki's Christian classical curriculum which has been developed specifically for Africa. This curriculum provides both textbooks and lesson plans and has been written to international standards, incorporating African national syllabus requirements. All courses are written from a biblical world-view and are culturally relevant to Africa. The schools not only provide a high quality education in core courses in maths, language arts, and sciences, but also in athletics, art, music, and vocational courses. Students graduate with a well-rounded education, critical thinking skills, and tools for lifelong learning. The Advanced Learning Institute program, currently operates in 9 of Rafikis 10 countries and has over 150 students, is the capstone of Rafikis education program, providing post-secondary education for adults in teacher training, business, music, and art. The first part of this program was launched in 2013 and is training future educators for African church schools through the Rafiki Institute of Classical Education. This three year course is programmed learning on a computer with a combination of lecture, discussion, computer based, and practicums at Rafikis K-12 school. Students receive courses in computer, keyboard, classroom management, early childhood development, record keeping, art, music, English, math, science and world history. With unemployment running as high as 70% in these ten countries, and with the great need for better education, this program will supply two major needs: jobs and quality schools for Rafikis African church partners. The participants will not only be educated through the classroom materials but will also participate in a practicum at Rafiki's school. Upon completion of the course they receive a complete set of Rafiki's curriculum and Bible study to use in one of Rafikis African partner church schools. The Childcare program provides a permanent home for orphans within each of the ten Rafiki Villages. Each Village is equipped to provide complete care for up to 100 children, including housing, clothing, meals, education, recreation, and medical care. At December 2015, Rafiki is home to a total of 853 children, ranging in age from two to twenty, who live at our ten Villages. These children are raised in a family-like setting with ten children living in a cottage with a trained African woman who serves as their mother. The Rafiki Mothers are trained and supervised by a qualified ChildCare administrator (a missionary) who oversees their work. Rafiki provides a Christian classical education to these children from preschool through grade 12. When the children graduate from high school they are enrolled in college or vocational programs so that they can live independently and become godly contributors in their home countries. The Rafiki Widows Program presently helps more than 2,000 poor women in eight of Rafiki's ten countries. Working in partnership with local African partner denominations, Rafiki provides design guidance and quality standards for handcrafts which are representative of crafts produced in their local economy. Rafiki markets these products in the U.S. to support the women and cover the cost of shipping and marketing. The Rafiki Bible Study Program provides a comprehensive Bible study (553 weeks of lessons covering all sixty-six books of the Bible), primarily for Rafiki's K-12 schools and partner church schools. The Bible study has been developed by theologians in the U.S. and Africa and is written at various age-comprehension levels by individuals experienced in teaching children. This material is being used by all program participants in Rafikis Childcare, Education, Widows, and Advanced Learning Institute programs. Financial notes:Rafiki is a member of the ECFA and maintains high standards in terms of managing its financial resources. Rafikis fund-raising depends heavily upon prayer. In addition to Bible study and prayer each day at all Rafiki Villages in Africa, the Rafiki staff members at the Rafiki Home Office in Eustis, FL start each workday with prayer and Bible study. There are currently about 100 Rafiki Prayer Groups throughout the world praying regularly for the work of Rafiki. 7850197 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false true 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 false false false false true 27 0 true 80 true false false true OC false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false FL X J Economidis Head of Finance 3524839131 23315 CR 44A EUSTIS FL 32736 ROSEMARY JENSEN President 55.00 0.00 X X 40000 0 1589 KAREN ELLIOTT CEO/Exec Dir 55.00 0.00 X X 94148 0 8871 TOM SHOQUIST Treasurer 8.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 TIM HOKE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN CHUNN VP/SECRETARY 9.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 SUSAN CRAWFORD Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DENNIS JOHNSON Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CARLA NORTHINGTON Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JACK PREUS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MAYHOWARD JOHNSTON Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 134148 10460 0 false false false 0 8909973 8909973 0 40262 40262 0 0 0 5209325 5099915 109410 109410 109410 0 0 126537 166344 -39807 -39807 0 9019838 -39807 149672 0 0 0 0 144608 110191 17209 17208 0 1419820 1146692 206469 66659 0 647726 528881 87141 31704 59809 48058 8566 3185 0 0 0 0 0 72633 72633 73165 47750 19486 5929 0 17789 10773 5114 1902 12918 7824 3713 1381 0 28883 17492 8304 3087 118155 106267 71 11817 0 0 0 0 1347274 1239705 79601 27968 51961 31468 14939 5554 CHILDREN'S CENTERS 2768228 2768228 OUTREACH 591996 591996 EDUCATION 397439 397439 MINI-MISSION 351556 351556 593118 445877 78957 68284 8697078 7850197 602203 244678 1809362 2602359 135248 1104168 0 81388 78545 0 0 0 62958 93298 86250 133063 31254213 10823757 19969443 20430456 3078743 363435 0 0 0 1164703 1023301 26388095 25828625 400768 57028 378547 779315 57028 X 21549345 22474206 4059435 3297391 25608780 25771597 26388095 25828625 322760 -159943 X false true X true false X 7582094 8284644 8097771 8925673 8909973 41800155 0 0 7582094 8284644 8097771 8925673 8909973 41800155 4788149 37012006 35016 83161 74936 78949 40262 312324 0 0 42112479 0.87890 0.91610 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2021373 2021373 28173450 10038882 18134568 115358 65156 50202 944032 719719 224313 20430456 X Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Internal Revenue Service has recognized Rafiki Foundation, Inc. as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, income earned in furtherance of the Foundations tax-exempt purpose is exempt from federal and state income taxes and, therefore, these financial statements include no provision or liability for income taxes. The foundation follows the reporting and disclosure guidance for uncertainty in income taxes as defined in FASB ASC 740. The financial statement effects of a tax position taken or expected to be taken are recognized in the financial statements when it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, that the position will be sustained upon examination. As of December 31, 2015, the Foundation had no uncertain tax positions that qualify for recognition or disclosure in the financial statements. Generally, the IRS may review the returns for the past three years. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 10 57 PROGRAM SERVICES CHILDREN'S CENTERS 2768228 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 10 57 PROGRAM SERVICES MEDICAL CENTERS OPERATIONS 56285 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 10 57 PROGRAM SERVICES OUTREACH 591996 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 10 57 PROGRAM SERVICES PROJECTS 36191 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 10 57 PROGRAM SERVICES RICE PROGRAM 170072 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 10 57 PROGRAM SERVICES EDUCATION 397439 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 10 57 PROGRAM SERVICES MINI-MISSIONS 351556 70 399 70 399 4371767 4371767 false false false false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process THE BOARD COLLECTIVELY REVIEWS THE FORM 990 AND MAKES INQUIRY TO THEIR ACCOUNTANT REGARDING ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees The Organization researches and reviews executive and key employee compensation for other comparable not-for-profits and the board makes final approval. Compensation reasonableness is reviewed on an annual basis by the board. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS WELL AS FORM 990 WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART V, LINE 4B - BANK ACCOUNTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS BANK ACCOUNTS FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WHERE TRAINING VILLAGES ARE LOCATED:ETHIOPIA, GHANA, KENYA, LIBERIA, MALAWI, NIGERIA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA & ZAMBIA. FORM 990, PART X, LINE 10 - FIXED ASSETS THE FOUNDATION WISHES TO NOTE THAT OF THE $31.2 MILLION IN DEPRECIABLE FIXED ASSETS, $23.4 MILLION CONSISTS OF BUILDINGS IN SATELLITE VILLAGES OVERSEAS IN AFRICA (SCHOOLS, HOUSING, ETC) INTENDED TO LAST FOR MANY DECADES--WELL IN EXCESS OF THE 27.5 YEAR DEPRECIATION LIFE USED FOR TAX REPORTING PURPOSES.