THE BOMA PROJECT INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: THE BOMA PROJECT INC (EIN 84-1671995)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-05-05
IRS object ID: 201601269349301520
Schema version: 2015v2.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-05-05T13:12:02-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Tapia & Huckabay PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 38	AddressLine1Txt
City	Vergennes	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05491	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	841671995	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The BOMA Project Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BOMA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8022312542	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 1865	AddressLine1Txt
City	Manchester Center	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05255	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEPHEN KELLY	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8022312542	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-05-05	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	WILLIAM S HUCKABAY CPA	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	8028707086	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-09-27 15:27:22Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	KATHLEEN COLSON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7252 Main St A	AddressLine1Txt
City	Manchester Center	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05255	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,978,743	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.bomaproject.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2005	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	VT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The BOMA Project empowers women in the dry lands of Africa to establish sustainable livelihoods, build resilient families, graduate from extreme poverty and catalyze change in their rural communities.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	7	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	10	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,463,504	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,976,303	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$396	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$733	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,606	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$1,707	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,465,506	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,978,743	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$887,892	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$899,424	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$225,729	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$296,978	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$159,425	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$208,787	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$239,505	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,322,408	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,435,907	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$143,098	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$542,836	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$867,197	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,598,791	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$78,780	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$267,538	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$788,417	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,331,253	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	The BOMA Project empowers women	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$905,094	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$738,912	GrantAmt
Desc	THE RURAL ENTREPRENEUR ACCESS PROJECT ("REAP") IS A TWO-YEAR POVERTY- GRADUATION PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES WOMEN WITH SEED CAPITAL (IN THE FORM OF GRANTS), SUSTAINED BUSINESS SKILLS AND SAVINGS TRAINING, AND HANDS- ON MENTORING. REAP REPLACES AID WITH SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND HELPS LIFT WOMEN OUT OF EXTREME POVERTY SO THEY CAN SURVIVE DROUGHT, FEED THEIR FAMILIES, PAY FOR SCHOOL FEES AND MEDICAL CARE, AND ACCUMULATE SAVINGS FOR LONG-TERM STABILITY.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$202,579	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$136,512	GrantAmt
Desc	GOVERNANCE - THE GOVERNANCE PROGRAM COMPLEMENTS REAP BY ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY DECISION- MAKING AROUND DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS. TOGETHER WITH REAP, THIS PROGRAM HELPS TO BUILD THE RESILIENCE OF WOMEN THROUGH FINANCIAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$39,821	ExpenseAmt
Desc	EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY - THIS PROGRAM INVOLVES A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PROGRAM PLANNING ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$24,203	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$24,000	GrantAmt
Desc	CATALYSTS OF CHANGE program provides tuition and related expenses allowing Kenyan students to related expenses allowing Kenyan students to related expenses allowing Kenyan students to related expenses allowing Kenyan students to related expenses allowing Kenyan students to related expenses allowing Kenyan students to	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$24,203	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$24,000	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,171,697	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	12	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	7	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ME	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEPHEN KELLY	PersonNm
Phone	8022312542	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7252 Main Street A	AddressLine1Txt
City	Manchester Center	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05255	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
DAVID CHANDLER
Chair	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JIM YOUNG
Vice-Chair	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAMES SALSGIVER
Treasurer	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DOUGLAS COLSON
Asst. Treas / Secretary	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KATHLEEN COLSON
CEO	50.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$40,000	$0	$0
KATIE KELLEY
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM AMBROSE
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KATHERINE D ROOME
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JANE WILNER
Former Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEPHEN KELLY
CFO	40.00		Yes (X)	$91,897	$0	$6,504

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$131,897	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$6,504	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$714,999	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,261,304	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$10,638	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,976,303	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$733	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$733	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Other Income	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$1,707	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,707	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$1,707	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,978,743	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,440	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$875,424	TotalAmt
Program Services	$875,424	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$138,401	TotalAmt
Program Services	$92,834	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,803	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$18,764	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$133,955	TotalAmt
Program Services	$40,398	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,406	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$67,151	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,924	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,924	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,698	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,487	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,447	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,764	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$83,798	TotalAmt
Program Services	$46,610	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,836	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$20,352	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,472	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,343	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,809	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,320	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,091	TotalAmt
Program Services	$25,583	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,045	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,463	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$40,848	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,241	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,899	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,708	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,551	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$208	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,343	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$943	TotalAmt
Program Services	$471	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$142	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$330	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,725	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,895	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$503	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,327	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Outreach & Publications	$9,786	$5,176	$0	$4,610
Fees	$6,479	$1,995	$1,006	$3,478
Currency Exchange Losses	$10,166	$0	$10,166	$0
Miscellaneous	$2,146	$316	$15	$1,815

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,435,907	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,171,697	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$104,785	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$159,425	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$33,217	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,534	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$354,772	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,438,577	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$464,995	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,000	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,104	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,514	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$5,147	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$4,981	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,109	BOYAmt
EOY	$166	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$867,197	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,598,791	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,340	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,607	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$60,440	BOYAmt
EOY	$232,931	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$78,780	BOYAmt
EOY	$267,538	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$229,967	BOYAmt
EOY	$488,433	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$558,450	BOYAmt
EOY	$842,820	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$788,417	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,331,253	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$867,197	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,598,791	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$542,836	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$430,739	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$680,599	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,315,881	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,463,504	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,976,303	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,867,026	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$430,739	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$680,599	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,315,881	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,463,504	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,976,303	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,867,026	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,549,815	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$4,317,211	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$822	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$732	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$637	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$396	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$733	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,320	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$267	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,967	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,606	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,707	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,547	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$5,877,893	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.73450	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.72100	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support Total509	$0	PublicSupportTotal509Amt
Public Support CY509	0	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Pt II Ln 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Miscellaneous Income 2011: 0. 2012: 267. 2013: 3967. 2014: 1606. 2015: 1707.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,418	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,418	DepreciationAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,729	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,563	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$166	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$166	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,978,743	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,978,743	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,978,743	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,435,907	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,435,907	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,435,907	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Sub-Saharan Africa	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	Grants to NGO	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	Rural Entrepreneurship	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$875,424	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$875,424	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$875,424	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Sub-Saharan Africa	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	Program Support	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$867,902	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	Wires	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Non Cash Assistance	$7,522	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Description Of Non Cash Asst	Equipment	DescriptionOfNonCashAsstTxt
Valuation Method Used	Cost	ValuationMethodUsedDesc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt I Line 2	For grants to organizations outside the U.S., the Organization requires a detailed monthly accounting of all funds transferred.
Pt I Line 3 Col (F)	All of the amounts listed in column (F) were cash grants to a Kenyan NGO.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EARTH University Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 Piedmont Center 520	AddressLine1Txt
City	Atlanta	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	30305	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	382920639	RecipientEIN
IRC Section	501(c)(3)	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$24,000	CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of Grant	Tuition for Kenyan Students	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Pt I Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Organization assists EARTH University in the recruitment of eligible individuals based upon a donor's request. The University interviews the applicants to determine their academic eligibility and values and determines which students will be enrolled. BOMA then monitors the progress of the students to ensure good standing within the University.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 2	Douglas Colson and Kathleen Colson are married.
Pt VI, Line 11b	A draft of Form 990 is reviewed by the Director of Finance and Administration and the Finance Committee with a final version made available to the entire Board prior to filing.
Pt VI, Line 12c	The Organization requires all Board members to submit annually a "Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement."
Pt VI, Line 15a	Disinterested members of the Board of Directors review and approve senior management salary during the annual review process.
Pt VI, Line 15b	Disinterested members of the Board of Directors review and approve senior management salary during the annual review process.
Pt VI, Line 19	The organizational documents in question are made available upon request. Form 990 is available on GuideStar.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	CATALYSTS OF CHANGE PROGRAM PROVIDES TUITION AND 24203. 24000. 0.