2016-05-16T08:37:45-05:00 2015-12-31 231144520 TAIT WELLER & BAKER LLP 1818 MARKET STREET SUITE 2400 PHILADELPHIA PA 19103 990 2015-01-01 331215331 MARY'S MEALS USA INC MARY 8003854983 590 BLOOMFIELD AVE NO 280 BLOOMFIELD NJ 07003 KAITLIN FLYNN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 8003854983 2016-05-16 1 STACY CULLEN P00974308 2159798800 2016-05-12 2015 2016-09-27 15:27:22Z ANA L DIEZ DE RIVERA-LAF 590 BLOOMFIELD AVE NO 280 BLOOMFIELD NJ 07003 4229144 0 X WWW.MARYSMEALSUSA.ORG X 2008 FL TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CHILD HUNGER IN THE WORLD'S POOREST COUNTRIES AND TO ACCEPT DONATIONS TO PROVIDE A DAILY MEAL IN EXISTING SCHOOLS TO CHILDREN IN THESE COUNTRIES IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY BE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND SCHOOL AND GAIN AN EDUCATION AS WELL AS NUTRITION. 14 14 7 182 0 0 3493344 4161684 0 0 40 -346 100 0 3493484 4161338 3090772 3622691 0 0 271887 252759 0 0 136603 111629 115279 3474288 3990729 19196 170609 2082049 2542742 1788974 2079058 293075 463684 X TO RAISE DONATIONS TO (I) PROVIDE A DAILY MEAL IN A PLACE OF EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN THE WORLD'S POOREST COMMUNITIES; (II) OCCASIONALLY PROVIDE RELIEF FOR THOSE SUFFERING, IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, AS A RESULT OF HUMANITARIAN CRISES, ESPECIALLY BY PROVIDING CARE FOR ORPHANED, ABANDONED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN; AND (III) RAISE AWARENESS OF POVERTY ISSUES THROUGH EDUCATION. 0 0 3622691 3622691 MARY'S MEALS USA PROVIDES GRANTS TO MARY'S MEALS INTERNATIONAL TO FUND ITS SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS, WHICH PROVIDE WARM, NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO OVER ONE MILLION VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN SOME OF THE WORLD'S POOREST COMMUNITIES, EVERY SCHOOL DAY. SCHOOL MEALS INCREASE ACCESS, PARTICIPATION AND PROGRESSION WITHIN PRIMARY EDUCATION, RESULTING IN MEASURABLE CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITIES WITH WHICH MARY'S MEALS PARTNERS.IN 2015, MMUSA'S THREE LARGEST PROGRAM GRANTS SUPPORTED MARY'S MEALS INTERNATIONAL'S SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS IN MALAWI ($1,378,465), LIBERIA ($864,722) AND ZAMBIA ($46,953). IN MALAWI, MARY'S MEALS IS NOW FEEDING A TOTAL OF 779,617 CHILDREN AT 600 PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND 45 UNDER SIX CENTERS EVERY SCHOOL DAY. THIS REPRESENTS OVER 27% OF ALL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IN THE COUNTRY. MEALS ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO EVERY CHILD ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOLS WE SERVE AND THIS HAS AN ENORMOUS IMPACT IN ENABLING MARGINALIZED CHILDREN TO ATTEND SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY GIRLS. GIRLS GROWING UP IN EXTREME POVERTY IN MALAWI FACE MANY CHALLENGES. THERE IS RELATIVELY LOW SUPPORT FOR GIRLS' EDUCATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND GIRLS ARE OFTEN REQUIRED TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES AT HOME, UNDERTAKE MENIAL UNSKILLED WORK TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY, OR TO MARRY EARLY RATHER THAN COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION. HOWEVER, MARY'S MEALS HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY AND IS REVERSING THIS TREND IN THE SCHOOLS WE SUPPORT. OUR INCLUSIVE APPROACH MEANS THAT A NUTRITIOUS DAILY MEAL IS PROVIDED TO EVERY CHILD AT SCHOOL AND GIRLS CURRENTLY REPRESENT 50.5 PER CENT OF ALL CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOLS IN OUR MALAWI PROGRAM.MARY'S MEALS IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING A NUTRITIOUS MEAL TO 130,556 CHILDREN IN 398 SCHOOLS AND NURSERIES ACROSS FOUR COUNTIES IN WESTERN LIBERIA (BOMI, GRAND CAPE MOUNT, GBARPOLU AND MONTSERRADO). FOLLOWING THE END OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE DURING THE DEVASTATING OUTBREAK OF EBOLAVIRUS DISEASE (EVD), OUR SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAM RESUMED IN LIBERIA IN MARCH 2015 AND OUR RECORDS SHOW THAT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RATES ARE NOW VERY HIGH. THE NUTRITIOUS FOOD PROVIDED BY MARY'S MEALS CONTINUES TO ACT AS A VITAL LIFELINE. BY PROVIDING ONE, NUTRITIOUS, HOT MEAL TO CHILDREN IN LIBERIA EVERY SCHOOL DAY, MARY'S MEALS CONTINUES TO BRING HOPE. OUR SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAM IS REDUCING CLASSROOM HUNGER AND IS GIVING CHILDREN THE CHANCE OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE BY DRAWING THEM INTO SCHOOL TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATION.IN ZAMBIA, THE COUNTRY SUFFERS FROM HIGH RATES OF MALNUTRITION, POVERTY AND FOOD INSECURITY. MARY'S MEALS OPERATES IN CHIPATA, CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY'S EASTERN PROVINCES AND IS NOW PROVIDING 42,914 CHILDREN A MEAL IN SCHOOL EACH SCHOOL DAY.IN 2015, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BEING FED BY MARY'S MEALS INTERNATIONAL INCREASED TO FROM 989,791 TO 1,101,206. 123940 EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN THE UNITED STATES OF CHILD HUNGER IN THE WORLD'S POOREST COUNTRIES IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR US PROGRAMS. UTILIZING STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, MMUSA VISITS SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, CONFERENCES AND OTHER GATHERINGS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE VAST SCOPE AND DIRE IMPACT OF CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY AND EXTREME POVERTY ON CHILDREN, AND THE MISSION, VISION AND WORK OF MARY'S MEALS. MMUSA PROVIDES DVDS AND MATERIALS TO SUPPORT SCREENINGS OF CHILD 31, THE AWARD-WINNING SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE WORK OF MARY'S MEALS. MMUSA SUPPORTS COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE US. AMONG OTHER EFFORTS, THESE VOLUNTEERS DISTRIBUTE BROCHURES AND COPIES OF CHILD 31 TO PUBLIC PLACES INCLUDING SHOPS, DOCTORS OFFICES AND LIBRARIES. 3746631 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 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 3 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 AK AL AR CA CO CT FL GA HI IL KS KY MA MD ME MI MN MS NC ND NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WI WV DC X X CAROLYN FITZPATRICK 8003854983 75 ORCHARD STREET BLOOMFIELD NJ 07003 ANA DIEZ DE RIVERA-LAFFONT CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ALLISON KLEIN SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MAGNUS MACFARLANE BARROW PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL GEORGE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARY LYNN MOSER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LOURDES GUTIERREZ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOSETTE PERSSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 GINEVRA CALTAGIRONE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 VICTORIA VARGAS D'AGOSTINO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHERINE MALONEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LOURDES FANJUL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KELLY CAMBELL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ENRICA ARENGI BENTIVOGLIO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 GIL KIRKPATRICK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAITLIN FLYNN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 66342 0 0 66342 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4161684 196 4161684 56 56 67404 67806 -402 -402 -402 4161338 0 0 -346 3622691 3622691 66342 24546 18576 23220 148806 55059 41665 52082 13917 5149 3897 4871 23694 8767 6634 8293 7797 7797 5250 5250 9686 3547 2784 3355 15773 7757 1276 6740 6917 3113 345 3459 14132 5229 3957 4946 10487 7865 105 2517 217 163 2 52 5800 2146 1624 2030 8048 8048 ONLINE PROCESSING FEES 24039 24039 REGISTRATION 5073 5073 CLEANING AND EXTERMINAT 1620 599 454 567 BROKERAGE FEES 432 432 8 8 3990729 3746631 107495 136603 X 200 100 2053956 2523569 7182 8767 16600 8300 14726 8300 5985 2006 2082049 2542742 38539 21388 1750435 2057670 1788974 2079058 X 289833 458833 3242 4851 293075 463684 2082049 2542742 170609 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 720904 1107314 2749312 3493344 4178707 12249581 720904 1107314 2749312 3493344 4178707 12249581 3240477 9009104 64 40 57 161 866 100 966 12250708 0.73540 0.73850 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1600 800 800 15000 7500 7500 8300 X 4178361 17023 17023 4161338 0 4161338 4007752 17023 17023 3990729 0 3990729 PART X, LINE 2: MANAGEMENT HAS REVIEWED THE TAX POSITIONS FOR EACH OF THE OPEN TAX YEARS TAKEN (2012-2014) OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN THE ORGANIZATION'S 2015 TAX RETURN AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE RECOGNITION IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SCHOOL FEEDING 864722 WIRE EUROPE SCHOOL FEEDING 1330610 WIRE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SCHOOL FEEDING 1378465 WIRE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SCHOOL FEEDING 47788 WIRE 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: MARY'S MEALS USA RELIES ON MULTIPLE SOURCES TO MONITOR THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS AWARDED TO ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE US, INCLUDING PERIODIC SITE VISITS BY MMUSA DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT AND STAFF. IN 2015, MMUSA'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VISITED A NUMBER OF MARY'S MEALS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM SITES IN MALAWI, ITS BIGGEST PROGRAM COUNTRY IN TERMS OF FUNDING AS WELL AS SCALE OF SCHOOL FEEDING, AS DID MMUSA'S MIDWEST COORDINATOR, ON A SEPARATE VISIT. THREE DIRECTORS ALSO VISITED MARY'S MEALS INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS DURING 2015. MOREOVER, THE ROBUST PROGRAMS TEAM THAT MANAGES THE INTERNATIONAL WORK, INCLUDING EXPERTS AT MARY'S MEALS INTERNATIONAL AND IN-COUNTRY TEAMS INCLUDING MARY'S MEALS MALAWI, MARY'S MEALS LIBERIA, MARY'S MEALS ZAMBIA AND MARY'S MEALS KENYA, CLOSELY OVERSEE BUDGETS, PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ON THE GROUND MONITORING OF PROGRAM SITES AROUND THE WORLD. FOR EXAMPLE, ON A TWICE-WEEKLY BASIS, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, MONITORS VISIT EACH SCHOOL IN MALAWI THAT RECEIVES MARY'S MEALS, CHECKING THE FOOD PREPARATION PROCESS, SANITATION, SAFETY AND THAT THE FOOD INDEED REACHES THE INTENDED RECIPIENTS: HUNGRY CHILDREN. REPORTING IS ALSO THOROUGH, WITH MARY'S MEALS INTERNATIONAL PRESENTING A COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE USA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INCLUDING USE OF FUNDS AS WELL AS PROGRAM GROWTH AND CHALLENGES. THE USA BOARD OF DIRECTORS INCLUDES THE FOUNDER OF MARY'S MEALS INTERNATIONAL, WHO PROVIDES QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE FULL USA BOARD. MARY'S MEALS INTERNATIONAL, THE SOLE MMUSA 2015 GRANT RECIPIENT OUTSIDE OF THE US, UNDERGOES AND SHARES AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORTS BY EXTERNAL, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 MS. LOURDES GUTIERREZ IS MOTHER OF MS. LOURDES FANJUL, DIRECTOR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 ONCE THE 990 IS PREPARED BY THE CPA FIRM, IT IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE MANAGEMENT AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. IT IS THEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WHICH IS SIGNED ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THE ORGANIZATION HAS A COMMITTEE THAT ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT WHICH COMMENCED IN 2014.