2016-11-15T19:36:56-06:00 2015-12-31 FRITH-SMITH & ARCHIBALD LLP 6355 TOPANGA CANYON BLVDSTE 400 WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367 990 2015-01-01 900599471 Kounkuey Design Initiative Inc % CHELINA ODBERT KOUN 2135370031 PO BOX 19135 LOS ANGELES CA 90019 CHELINA ODBERT CEO 2016-11-10 true MARY ARCHIBALD CPA P00370997 8187741500 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z CHELINA ODBERT PO BOX 19135 LOS ANGELES CA 90019 1184616 false X WWW.KOUNKUEY.ORG X 2010 CA KOUNKUEY DESIGN INITIATIVE, INC. PARTNERS WITH IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITITES AROUND THE WORLD TO IMPLEMENT DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE PHYSICAL, ECONOMIC, & SOCIAL QUALITY OF LIFE. 7 7 14 20 0 1136361 1183116 5000 0 0 0 0 1500 1141361 1184616 0 0 0 0 341163 477240 44000 0 43301 352601 479215 737764 956455 403597 228161 544940 810350 18459 55962 526481 754388 X Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) Is a non-profit design and community development organization, that partners with underserved communities in the U.S., Africa, and Latin America to physically transform communities and in the process, improve environmental, economic, and social quality of life. false false 146448 In 2015, KDI completed three temporary, community-led vacant lot transformations in conjunction with The Free Lots Angeles Coalition. Through a project with the Southern California Episcopal Diocese begun in 2014, we completed the second 2 of 4 community workshops with the Mission St. Francis congregation and created a conceptual plan based on the workshops to transform the campus to a community center. Additionally we completed a community engagement project with the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council, for a new community-driven arts center they are developing. With the Los Angeles Department of Transportation we began a project to develop a Play Streets program for the city. A Play Street is a neighborhood block(s), temporarily closed to vehicule traffic and transformed into a public space where residents of all ages are free to gather and play. Play Streets may be held for one day only, but are more often recurring transforming streets into semi-permanent public spaces and creating new spaces for recreation, learning, exercise, and culture. Additionally, we also began a project with the Southern California Association of Governments to implement the tactical urbanism phase of their Go Human campaign aimed at increasing active transportation across the region. Tactical urbanism is the use of temporary demonstration projects (such as temporary bike lanes, parklets, and streetscape) in order to leverage community and government buy-in to support long-term permanent infrastructure and policy change. 306883 In North Shore, a rural desert community situated on the northern edge of the Salton Sea, we completed construction plans for a 5 acre public space called Nuestro Lugar. This is KDIs 2nd Productive Public Space (PPS) in the Eastern Coachella Valley (ECV), (the first of which was completed in 2014) and benefits the 4,000 residents of North Shore, a predominately Mexican farmworker community. The project has been developed in partnership with Desert Recreation District and will be publicly bid in 2016. We continually support the social and economic development programs associated with the space, including the food based businesses "Delicias Laguna Azul," the bike cooperative "Desert Riderz", the bike share program "Biciteca" while working with local leadership to become their own advocates. 343509 Throughout 2015 KDI continued construction work on its seventh public space project (kpsp07) in the Lindi ward of Kibera, Nairobi. By December 2015 KDI had completed all components of the project. In January 2015 KDI kicked-off a two-year project on urban flooding. In 2015, work consisted of in-depth consultation with residents, community groups, and institutional partners on flood-risk management in Kibera and Nairobi. In February, KDI completed a research project into urban agriculture in Kibera. From January to December 2015, KDI completed five small "network upgrade" projects throughout the Kibera Public Space Project. In September 2015, KDI designed on a new "Productive Public Learning Space" at the Anwa Academy in Lindi Village, Kibera and construction began before the end of the year continuing into 2016.In November 2015, KDI started a research project on flooding and risk in partnership with international alert that will continue through 2016 called "Urban Ark". In 2015 KDI also provided design assistance for the Ticah Park Development project in Nairobi. KDI's supports many programs including craft cooperatives across multiple sites, micro loan programs to support community businesses and continued support for community groups at all sites in organizational and business management continued throughout the year. 3240 KDI COMPLETED A RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON GHANA 3240 800080 true true 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 true false false false false false false false false true 12 0 14 true false true KE false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true true false false true true false true true true true true false CA X CHELINA ODBERT 2135370031 309 E 8TH ST 205 LOS ANGELES CA 90014 JENNIFER TOY SECRETARY DIRECTOR 60.0 0.0 X X 61200 0 0 JOE MULLIGAN BOARD MEMBER & ASSOC DIRECTOR 60.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 STEVE MALKENSON DIRECTOR 2.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 KEVIN HENEGHAN DIRECTOR 2.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 TENDO NAGENDA DIRECTOR 2.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 CLAUDIA KAHN DIRECTOR 2.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 CHELINA ODBERT CEO 60.0 0.0 X 68893 0 0 130093 0 0 0 false false false 0 106426 1076690 39180 1183116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OTHER REVENUE 900099 1500 1500 1500 1184616 1500 0 0 0 0 130093 91065 26019 13009 0 305433 275359 20117 9957 0 3625 3625 38089 34221 3868 0 0 38213 38213 0 0 0 187348 183473 3875 20602 192 75 20335 124527 123783 744 4057 2434 1623 0 14521 4863 9658 35728 31679 4049 0 1536 1536 0 0 3691 3691 3595 2453 1142 OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES 44301 44301 CURRENCY EXCHANGE 1096 1096 956455 800080 113074 43301 480324 364314 0 0 58258 338840 0 83658 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 928 18703 3691 0 15012 6358 6104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1494 544940 810350 18459 55962 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18459 55962 X 349637 454615 176844 299773 0 0 526481 754388 544940 810350 228161 -254 X true X false true false X 216030 618985 409512 1223384 1188116 3656027 0 0 216030 618985 409512 1223384 1188116 3656027 0 3656027 2 1 3 0 2202 5824 8601 1500 18127 3674157 23613 0.99507 0.99230 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 17835 3567 14268 868 124 744 15012 0 0 X SCHEDULE D PART XIII KOUNKUEY DESIGN INITIATIVE, INC. is a nonprofit organization and is exempt from federal and state income tax liability. 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