2016-08-16T07:17:40-07:00 2015-12-31 Lawrence P Gieseke CPA PO Box 675 Benicia CA 94510 990 2015-01-01 274583288 Human Needs Project Inc HUMA 4154922020 36 Professional Center Parkway San Rafael CA 94903 Jocelyn Kung Board Secretary 2016-08-16 true Lawrence P Gieseke CPA P00550798 7073639710 X 2015 2016-12-15 16:53:06Z Jocelyn Kung 36 Professional Center Pkwy San Rafael CA 94903 852995 false false X www.humanneedsproject.org X 2010 CA Human Needs Project (HNP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that builds sustainable community centers that provide slums with clean water, toilets and showers, as well as adult education, skills training, micro-lending and internet access in poverty-stricken areas of the world. 10 10 1 4 0 1009215 781769 54771 0 16455 1009215 852995 42515 55178 0 285411 336991 0 0 818664 222440 1146590 614609 -137375 238386 63168 451986 8529 27761 54639 424225 Human Needs Project (HNP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that builds sustainable community centers that provide slums with clean water, toilets and showers, as well as adult education, skills training, micro-lending and internet access in poverty-stricken areas of the world. false false 516071 1. Human Needs Projects integrated water and sanitation program and services provide a holistic solution to the challenges of living in slums, including a lack of clean drinking water, proper showers or sanitation services and washing machines to minimize wasted hours washing clothes. Together, these basic services are radically improving the health, income and livelihood of children, women and families in slums.2. Human Needs Projects education and empowerment program provides computer skills training course which has helped more than 275 graduates attend 19 computer courses. Nearly 100% of all graduates have been invited to a job interview and more than 50% have been hired within one month of graduating. With high-speed internet and more than 30 computers at the Kibera Town Centre, Human Needs Project and its program partner, Sama School, are expanding its program to offer access to online academies and online job opportunities, as well as adding classes on specific skills, such as videography, web design and basic computer networking.3. Human Needs Projects Artists Academy which offers career development courses for entertainment artists allows artists to become agents of change. These opportunities are helping local artists living in the slums of Africa to reinvent themselves, advance economically and become influential voices in their communities. 55178 71555 Road to Freedom Scholarship (RFS) is managed through the accounts of Human Needs Project in Kenya. Education is a cornerstone of RFS mission to provide education to children living in extreme poverty. RFS is committed to providing children access to an elite education, removing the child from the stresses and dangers of the abject poverty of the slum, while maintaining the childs all-important family and sociocultural ties. The program supports school tuitions, books, materials, school clothing, transport and school trips. In addition, they receive three meals a day, access to clean water and medical care, and safety from violence and sexual assault. RFS sponsors 14 children at a two boarding school in Nairobi safe from neglect, hunger, and violence who are being educated at the highest standards to become leaders of their communities and voices of change. One student are at day school/nursery care in Nairobi, and one student just graduated from Dominican University. RFS vision is to educate and uplift children from informal settlements and poor rural areas around the world. 571249 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true false false 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 true false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 1 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 false false false false false false false false false false false false CA X X X Lawrence Gieseke 4154922020 36 Professional Center Parkway San Rafael CA 94903 Connie Nielsen Board Chair 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 David J Warner Board Officer 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Daniel Kammen Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jim Wunderman Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Gage Board Member 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kenneth Kao Board Member 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Dick Beahrs Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Melkizedeck Okudo Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marcelo de Andrade Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Meri McCoy-Thompson Former Exec Dir 40.00 0.00 X 95000 0 0 Jocelyn Kung Board Secretary 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 95000 0 false false false 0 781769 225855 781769 Kibera Town Centre Sales 722210 54771 54771 54771 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Donated Admin Services 561000 16455 16455 16455 852995 71226 0 0 55178 55178 0 95000 80750 14250 0 205933 201183 4750 0 28702 28702 7356 6252 1104 0 8939 8939 19330 5316 14014 0 0 0 12124 11764 360 4684 4684 0 10787 9839 948 0 44712 44712 57926 57273 653 0 0 0 0 0 11867 6803 5064 KTC COGS and Supplies 30764 30764 Entertaintment Academy-Kenya 7263 7263 Donated Professional Services 6855 4638 2217 Staff Development-Kenya 3809 3809 3380 3380 614609 571249 43360 0 55821 34467 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4261 154084 154084 209400 2557 0 12722 7347 34495 63168 451986 8529 27761 8529 27761 X -95361 293025 150000 131200 54639 424225 63168 451986 X 238386 131200 X false false false X 62000 413428 1908770 1009215 852995 4246408 0 0 62000 413428 1908770 1009215 852995 4246408 0 4246408 0 0 0 4246408 X 0.00000 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 148248 148248 5836 5836 154084 Employee Advance Rounding 1 Security Deposit-City Nat'l Visa 30088 Security Deposits-Apartment 4406 34495 true Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya 1 24 See Form 990, Part I Mission See Form 990, Schedule O 571249 1 24 1 24 571249 571249 false false false false false false Part I, Line 3f - Method of Accounting The Human Needs Project, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization receives all donations through the organizations First Republic bank acccount in the US. Wire transfers are made from the organizations First Republic Bank account in San Francisco, CA to the US dollar Equity Bank account in Nairobi, Kenya in US dollars. The US dollar Equity Bank account in Nairobi, Kenya trasnfers money to the KES bank account in Nairobi, Kenya as needed. Two authorized signers are required to write checks and / or withdrawal money from KES account.The program service revenue reported on Form 990, Part I, line 9 relates to revenue generated from operating the Kibera Town Centre. See Part III, line 4a for additional information related to the activities responsibile for producing this revenue. Part I, Line 3f - Investments and Expenditures The organziation does not have and has not had any investments in Kenya since the incepiotn of operation in Kibera. The expeditures in the regoin relate to cost of sale items to operate the Town Centre. X 1 209400 FMV Donated Service 1 16455 FMV false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 was provided to the Board Secretary for review before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 18: Explanation of Other Means Forms Available For Public Inspection guidestar.org Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19:The organization's governing documents are available upon request. Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases Temporarily Restricted Net Assets at Year End = $131200