2015-08-12T07:07:57-05:00 2014-12-31 541487262 MATTHEWS CARTER & BOYCE 12500 FAIR LAKES CIRCLE SUITE 260 FAIRFAX VA 22033 990 2014-01-01 263658409 KAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE KAKE 2029122903 2100 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW NO 525 WASHINGTON DC 20037 DR KAKENYA NTAIYA PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER 2029212903 2015-08-11 1 KATHLEEN M FLAHERTY P00969957 7032183600 2014 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z DR KAKENYA NTAIYA 2100 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW NO 525 WASHINGTON DC 20037 516397 0 X WWW.KAKENYASDREAM.ORG X 2008 DC SEE SCHEDULE O 11 10 4 25 0 0 335959 499600 0 0 0 0 13867 16797 349826 516397 0 0 0 0 140206 168453 0 0 11637 86947 173794 227153 342247 122673 174150 422124 595392 882 0 421242 595392 X SEE SCHEDULE O 0 0 132647 BOARDING SCHOOL PROGRAM: OUR BOARDING SCHOOL PROGRAM SERVES THE REGION'S MOST VULNERABLE AND UNDERPRIVILEGED GIRLS. IN 2014, WE HAD 170 GIRLS ENROLLED IN GRADES 4-8. KAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH ALL THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO EXCEL ACADEMICALLY, PHYSICALLY AND IN LIFE GENERALLY. WE PROVIDE THE GIRLS WITH ALL THEIR SCHOOL NEEDS, INCLUDING CLOTHING, NUTRITIOUS MEALS, AND UP-TO-DATE LEARNING MATERIALS. CLOTHING INCLUDES TWO COMPLETE UNIFORM SETS, ATHLETIC GEAR, AND SHOES. MEALS INCLUDE A WELL-BALANCED DIET THAT ALL GIRLS NEED TO GROW HEALTHILY, WITH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, MEAT, AND MILK. ACADEMICALLY, WE PROVIDE THE STUDENTS WITH WELL TRAINED TEACHERS, AFTER-SCHOOL AND WEEKEND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, TEXTBOOKS, AND ALL OTHER LEARNING MATERIALS NEEDED TO RUN THE SCHOOL EFFICIENTLY. THE DORMITORY ALLOWS GIRLS TO BOARD AT THE SCHOOL RATHER THAN FACE THE DAILY DANGERS OF WALKING LONG DISTANCES TO AND FROM THEIR HOMES. 53059 HEALTH AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM: KAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCEIS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING RESOURCES NOT ONLY TO ITS STUDENTS BUT TO GIRLS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AS WELL. THIS PROGRAM FOSTERS AN INCLUSIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KCE STUDENTS AND GIRLS IN THE REGION ATTENDING OTHER SCHOOLS. TWICE EACH YEAR KCE HOSTS WEEK-LONG CAMPS TO INCREASE GIRLS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HEALTH RELATED ISSUES SUCH AS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND EFFECTS OF EARLY MARRIAGE AND LEADERSHIP-RELATED SKILLS SUCH AS COMMUNICATION AND ASSERTIVENESS. GIRLS ARE ALSO TAUGHT ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS ACCORDING TO KENYAN LAW AND WHAT TO DO WHEN THOSE RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED. THE GIRLS WHO COME TO OUR CAMPS ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THE FUN AND INSPIRING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH KCE PROGRAMS.GIRLS ARE CHALLENGED TO DREAM BIG, AND THROUGH OUR MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS THEY ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS RELATING TO THEIR VARIOUS DREAMS AND GOALS. IN 2014, WE EXPANDED THIS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE MONTHLY WEEKEND TRAININGS HOSTED AT SCHOOLS AROUND THE DISTRICT. THE PROGRAM HAS REACHED OVER 1,600 STUDENTS AND CONTINUES TO EMPOWER AND MOTIVATE YOUNG GIRLS IN ALL OF THE COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. 79589 NETWORK FOR EXCELLENCE PROGRAM: KCE'S NEWEST PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED AS A WAY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR GRADUATES AS THEY TRANSITION FROM PRIMARY EDUCATION AT OUR BOARDING SCHOOL TO SECONDARY EDUCATION AT SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE NETWORK FOR EXCELLENCE PROGRAM PROVIDES ONGOING COMMUNICATION AMONG THE GIRLS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND WITH OUR KCE STAFF. IT INCLUDES TRAININGS AT OUR CAMPUS DURING ACADEMIC HOLIDAYS, MENTORSHIP, AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL KCE ALUMNAE. IT ALSO PROVIDES THE STUDENTS WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THEY NEED TO AFFORD THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH SECONDARY SCHOOL. 265295 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 0 1 3 0 1 4 1 0 1 KE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 IN NY MD OH OR VA X THE ORGANIZATION 2029122903 2100 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW NO 525 WASHINGTON DC 20037 KATHY BONK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SARAH CRAVEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARLENE JOHNSON VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH MAFFEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUDITH FISKE MOAK DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 VICTORIA SANT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANNETTE SCARPITTA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LEE CRANE WOOD CHAIR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 KAKENYA NTAIYA FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT 40.00 X X 79053 0 0 ELIZABETH HUDSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH A TYSON DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 79053 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50720 448880 499600 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 16797 16797 16797 516397 16797 0 0 79053 64824 11067 3162 72088 58569 9744 3775 17312 13850 2686 776 200 130 52 18 2355 1531 612 212 30171 25525 2928 1718 36467 7568 27755 1144 3655 888 2629 138 2145 2145 5730 3274 1762 694 12164 10949 1215 1890 1890 SCHOOL EXPENSES 28287 28287 TRAINING, CAMPS, AND ME 22736 19761 2975 COACHING AND ACADEMIC 11057 11057 UNIFORMS 8390 8390 8547 8547 342247 265295 65315 11637 246938 408538 1354 0 212824 25970 163147 186854 10685 0 422124 595392 882 0 882 0 X 421242 595392 421242 595392 422124 595392 174150 0 X 1 X 0 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 11791 11791 154160 13609 140551 41322 10448 30874 5551 1913 3638 186854 X PART X, LINE 2: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISCLOSURE PROVISIONS OF FASB ASC SUB-TOPIC 740-10 "ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES" AS OF AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014, KCE HAS NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OR ACCRUAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014. THE OPEN TAX YEARS ARE DECEMBER 31, 2011, 2012, AND 2013. 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 3 AS THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED IN A REMOTE AREA, THERE ARE NO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS SUCH AS NEWSPAPER OR RADIO BROADCAST. POLICIES ARE SPREAD BY WORD OF MOUTH. SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 4 KCE FINANCIALLY ASSISTS MANY OF THE GIRLS WHOSE PARENTS CANNOT AFFORD THE SCHOOL FEES. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 1 17 PROGRAM SERVICES TRAINING FOR THE GIRLS 315680 1 17 0 0 1 17 315680 0 315680 0 0 0 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART 1, LINE 1: ORGANIZATIONS MISSION KAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE (KCE) IS AN ALL GIRLS PRIMARY BOARDING SCHOOL LOCATED IN THE MAASAI VILLAGE OF ENOOSAEN, KENYA. KCE SEEKS TO EMPOWER AND MOTIVATE YOUNG GIRLS THROUGH EDUCATION TO BECOME AGENTS OF CHANGE AND TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF DESTRUCTIVE CULTURAL PRACTICES IN KENYA, SUCH AS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND EARLY FORCED MARRIAGE. WE BELIEVE IN IMPACTING ONE GIRL AT A TIME, ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME, UNTIL ALL GIRLS IN AFRICA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THEY NEED TO LEARN AND THRIVE AS INDIVIDUALS AND ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. AS IN MOST VILLAGES IN KENYA, WOMEN AND GIRLS IN ENOOSAEN REMAIN SEVERELY MARGINALIZED BY CULTURAL TRADITIONS. GIRLS IN THE MAASAI COMMUNITY REGULARLY STOP GOING TO SCHOOL AND ARE MARRIED OFF AT ADOLESCENCE AFTER UNDERGOING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM), A PAINFUL AND DANGEROUS PRACTICE THAT IS CONSIDERED A RITE OF PASSAGE TO ADULTHOOD. WHILE THIS VIOLENT PRACTICE IS ON A DECLINE, YOUNG TEEN PREGNANCY IS ON A DEVASTATING INCLINE. ONLY ONE IN FIVE MAASAI GIRLS WHO ATTEND PRIMARY SCHOOL WILL FINISH, SINCE EARLY MARRIAGE, PREGNANCY, HIV/AIDS, CARING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AND BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY CHORES AT HOME RESULT IN HIGH DROPOUT RATES. OTHER SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS INCLUDE A LACK OF CLEAN AND PRIVATE SANITATION FACILITIES AND NO ACCESS TO SANITARY PADS DURING MENSTRUATION. IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN FOR GIRLS GROWING UP IN THESE CONDITIONS, THEIR FUTURES HOLD LITTLE HOPE. WHEN GIRLS ARE NOT EDUCATED, THE CYCLE OF MARGINALIZATION CONTINUES FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT, WITH MEN AND TRIBAL ELDERS DICTATING A GIRL'S PRESENT AND FUTURE WITHOUT CONSIDERING HER SOCIAL, FINANCIAL, PHYSICAL, OR EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. KCE OPENS UP EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR VILLAGE DAUGHTERS, AND REVERSES THE AGE-OLD PATTERN OF GIRLS MATURING IN THE SAME STUNTING ENVIRONMENT. AROUND THE GLOBE, DATA CLEARLY INDICATES THAT INVESTING IN A GIRL'S EDUCATION CREATES PROFOUND POSITIVE OUTCOMES THAT AFFECT NOT ONLY THE GIRL HERSELF, BUT HER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, AS WELL. ACCORDING TO THE WORLD BANK, "GIRLS' EDUCATION YIELDS SOME OF THE HIGHEST RETURNS OF ALL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS, YIELDING BOTH PRIVATE AND SOCIAL BENEFITS THAT ACCRUE TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND SOCIETY AT LARGE." WHEN YOU EDUCATE A YOUNG GIRL, YOU LOWER FERTILITY AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES, DECREASE THE PREVALENCE OF HIV/AIDS, INCREASE WOMEN'S EARNINGS (WHICH ARE THEN RE-INVESTED BACK INTO THE FAMILY), AND IMPROVE NUTRITION AND HEALTH. KCE WAS FOUNDED BY DR. KAKENYA NTAIYA, A NATIVE OF ENOOSAEN WHO KNOWS FIRSTHAND WHAT A DIFFERENCE EDUCATION CAN MAKE IN A GIRL'S LIFE. ENGAGED AT AGE FIVE, DR. NTAIYA WAS TO BE MARRIED AS SOON AS SHE UNDERWENT FGM, AN EVENT THAT WOULD MARK THE END OF HER EDUCATION AND THE BEGINNING OF PREPARATIONS FOR MARRIAGE. BUT DR. NTAIYA HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN. FIRST, SHE NEGOTIATED WITH HER FATHER THAT SHE WOULD UNDERGO FGM ONLY IF SHE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO FINISH SECONDARY SCHOOL. HE AGREED. A FEW YEARS LATER, SHE NEGOTIATED WITH HER VILLAGE ELDERS TO ATTEND COLLEGE ON A SCHOLARSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES, SOMETHING NO GIRL FROM ENOOSAEN HAD EVER DONE. SHE PROMISED TO USE HER EDUCATION TO BENEFIT HER COMMUNITY, AND THE ENTIRE VILLAGE COLLECTED MONEY TO PAY FOR HER JOURNEY. THIS PROMISE LED HER TO A VISION OF FOREVER CHANGING THE TRADITIONAL TRAJECTORY FOR MAASAI GIRLS. KAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IS DR. NTAIYA'S WAY OF USING HER EDUCATION TO BENEFIT ENOOSAEN BY GIVING VILLAGE GIRLS A PATHWAY TOWARD EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP, AND IT IS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW GIRLS GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATION. THE SCHOOL OPENED IN MAY 2009. THE FIRST STANDARD FOUR CLASS OF 32 STUDENTS WAS SELECTED FROM A GROUP OF 100 GIRLS WHO HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CAME TO THE ENROLLMENT INTERVIEW. THESE GIRLS HAVE NOW GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM AND ARE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY. SINCE 2009, ANOTHER 138 GIRLS HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN STANDARDS FOUR THROUGH EIGHT AND THE SCHOOL IS NOW AT FULL CAPACITY. THE GIRLS ALL RESIDE AT THE SCHOOL AS BOARDERS. TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION AND TO REACH ITS GOAL, KCE HAS PARTNERED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS, INCLUDING NIKE FOUNDATION, GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN, SUMMIT FOUNDATION, WALLACE GLOBAL FUND, DINING FOR WOMEN, AND WOMEN IN THE WORLD FOUNDATION, AMONG OTHERS. KCE HAS ALSO PARTNERED WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL, PROVIDED LEARNING SUPPLIES, AND ASSISTED WITH STUDENT NEEDS BY PROVIDING PERSONAL FUNDS. THE SCHOOL'S FOUNDER IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO ENDING DESTRUCTIVE CULTURAL PRACTICES, AND THERE IS GROWING SUPPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS NEW WAY OF THINKING. FOR KCE GIRLS, SKILLS, EDUCATION AND SELF-AWARENESS HAVE REPLACED FGM, EARLY MARRIAGE, AND EARLY PREGNANCY. THEY NOW LIVE A LIFE FILLED WITH POSSIBILITIES, HOPE, AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE. THE SCHOOL DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE IS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT HAS BEEN PRACTICED IN THE PAST THAT IS NOT ONLY TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THE GIRLS, BUT GIVES THE VILLAGE AND THE NATION THE BENEFIT OF DEDICATED, EDUCATED AND GRATEFUL YOUNG WOMEN WHO, LIKE DR. NTAIYA, WILL STRIVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1: KAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE (KCE) IS AN ALL GIRLS PRIMARY BOARDING SCHOOL LOCATED IN THE MAASAI VILLAGE OF ENOOSAEN, KENYA. KCE SEEKS TO EMPOWER AND MOTIVATE YOUNG GIRLS THROUGH EDUCATION TO BECOME AGENTS OF CHANGE AND TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF DESTRUCTIVE CULTURAL PRACTICES IN KENYA, SUCH AS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND EARLY FORCED MARRIAGE. WE BELIEVE IN IMPACTING ONE GIRL AT A TIME, ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME, UNTIL ALL GIRLS IN AFRICA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THEY NEED TO LEARN AND THRIVE AS INDIVIDUALS AND ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. AS IN MOST VILLAGES IN KENYA, WOMEN AND GIRLS IN ENOOSAEN REMAIN SEVERELY MARGINALIZED BY CULTURAL TRADITIONS. GIRLS IN THE MAASAI COMMUNITY REGULARLY STOP GOING TO SCHOOL AND ARE MARRIED OFF AT ADOLESCENCE AFTER UNDERGOING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM), A PAINFUL AND DANGEROUS PRACTICE THAT IS CONSIDERED A RITE OF PASSAGE TO ADULTHOOD. WHILE THIS VIOLENT PRACTICE IS ON A DECLINE, YOUNG TEEN PREGNANCY IS ON A DEVASTATING INCLINE. ONLY ONE IN FIVE MAASAI GIRLS WHO ATTEND PRIMARY SCHOOL WILL FINISH, SINCE EARLY MARRIAGE, PREGNANCY, HIV/AIDS, CARING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AND BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY CHORES AT HOME RESULT IN HIGH DROPOUT RATES. OTHER SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS INCLUDE A LACK OF CLEAN AND PRIVATE SANITATION FACILITIES AND NO ACCESS TO SANITARY PADS DURING MENSTRUATION. IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN FOR GIRLS GROWING UP IN THESE CONDITIONS, THEIR FUTURES HOLD LITTLE HOPE. WHEN GIRLS ARE NOT EDUCATED, THE CYCLE OF MARGINALIZATION CONTINUES FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT, WITH MEN AND TRIBAL ELDERS DICTATING A GIRL'S PRESENT AND FUTURE WITHOUT CONSIDERING HER SOCIAL, FINANCIAL, PHYSICAL, OR EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. KCE OPENS UP EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR VILLAGE DAUGHTERS, AND REVERSES THE AGE-OLD PATTERN OF GIRLS MATURING IN THE SAME STUNTING ENVIRONMENT. AROUND THE GLOBE, DATA CLEARLY INDICATES THAT INVESTING IN A GIRL'S EDUCATION CREATES PROFOUND POSITIVE OUTCOMES THAT AFFECT NOT ONLY THE GIRL HERSELF, BUT HER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, AS WELL. ACCORDING TO THE WORLD BANK, "GIRLS' EDUCATION YIELDS SOME OF THE HIGHEST RETURNS OF ALL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS, YIELDING BOTH PRIVATE AND SOCIAL BENEFITS THAT ACCRUE TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND SOCIETY AT LARGE." WHEN YOU EDUCATE A YOUNG GIRL, YOU LOWER FERTILITY AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES, DECREASE THE PREVALENCE OF HIV/AIDS, INCREASE WOMEN'S EARNINGS (WHICH ARE THEN RE-INVESTED BACK INTO THE FAMILY), AND IMPROVE NUTRITION AND HEALTH. KCE WAS FOUNDED BY DR. KAKENYA NTAIYA, A NATIVE OF ENOOSAEN WHO KNOWS FIRSTHAND WHAT A DIFFERENCE EDUCATION CAN MAKE IN A GIRL'S LIFE. ENGAGED AT AGE FIVE, DR. NTAIYA WAS TO BE MARRIED AS SOON AS SHE UNDERWENT FGM, AN EVENT THAT WOULD MARK THE END OF HER EDUCATION AND THE BEGINNING OF PREPARATIONS FOR MARRIAGE. BUT DR. NTAIYA HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN. FIRST, SHE NEGOTIATED WITH HER FATHER THAT SHE WOULD UNDERGO FGM ONLY IF SHE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO FINISH SECONDARY SCHOOL. HE AGREED. A FEW YEARS LATER, SHE NEGOTIATED WITH HER VILLAGE ELDERS TO ATTEND COLLEGE ON A SCHOLARSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES, SOMETHING NO GIRL FROM ENOOSAEN HAD EVER DONE. SHE PROMISED TO USE HER EDUCATION TO BENEFIT HER COMMUNITY, AND THE ENTIRE VILLAGE COLLECTED MONEY TO PAY FOR HER JOURNEY. THIS PROMISE LED HER TO A VISION OF FOREVER CHANGING THE TRADITIONAL TRAJECTORY FOR MAASAI GIRLS. KAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IS DR. NTAIYA'S WAY OF USING HER EDUCATION TO BENEFIT ENOOSAEN BY GIVING VILLAGE GIRLS A PATHWAY TOWARD EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP, AND IT IS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW GIRLS GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATION. THE SCHOOL OPENED IN MAY 2009. THE FIRST STANDARD FOUR CLASS OF 32 STUDENTS WAS SELECTED FROM A GROUP OF 100 GIRLS WHO HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CAME TO THE ENROLLMENT INTERVIEW. THESE GIRLS HAVE NOW GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM AND ARE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY. SINCE 2009, ANOTHER 138 GIRLS HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN STANDARDS FOUR THROUGH EIGHT AND THE SCHOOL IS NOW AT FULL CAPACITY. THE GIRLS ALL RESIDE AT THE SCHOOL AS BOARDERS. TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION AND TO REACH ITS GOAL, KCE HAS PARTNERED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS, INCLUDING NIKE FOUNDATION, GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN, SUMMIT FOUNDATION, WALLACE GLOBAL FUND, DINING FOR WOMEN, AND WOMEN IN THE WORLD FOUNDATION, AMONG OTHERS. KCE HAS ALSO PARTNERED WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL, PROVIDED LEARNING SUPPLIES, AND ASSISTED WITH STUDENT NEEDS BY PROVIDING PERSONAL FUNDS. THE SCHOOL'S FOUNDER IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO ENDING DESTRUCTIVE CULTURAL PRACTICES, AND THERE IS GROWING SUPPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS NEW WAY OF THINKING. FOR KCE GIRLS, SKILLS, EDUCATION AND SELF-AWARENESS HAVE REPLACED FGM, EARLY MARRIAGE, AND EARLY PREGNANCY. THEY NOW LIVE A LIFE FILLED WITH POSSIBILITIES, HOPE, AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE. THE SCHOOL DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE IS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT HAS BEEN PRACTICED IN THE PAST THAT IS NOT ONLY TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THE GIRLS, BUT GIVES THE VILLAGE AND THE NATION THE BENEFIT OF DEDICATED, EDUCATED AND GRATEFUL YOUNG WOMEN WHO, LIKE DR. NTAIYA, WILL STRIVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THERE ARE NO COMMITTEES THAT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE FEDERAL FORM 990 WAS PREPARED IN A DRAFT FORMAT. THIS DRAFT FORMAT WAS PRESENTED AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AT THIS MEETING THE DRAFT FORM 990 WAS REVIEWED IN DEPTH BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. QUESTIONS ON THE RETURN WERE DISCUSSED AT THIS TIME. THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THEN HAD ADDITIONAL TIME AFTER THAT MEETING TO REVIEW THE DRAFT FORM 990 AND TO SUGGEST CHANGES. AFTER ALL THE INPUT FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE FORM 990 WAS FINALIZED AND FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C DURING 2011 KCE ADOPTED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. THIS POLICY WAS REVIEWED AND SIGNED BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS POLICY IS REVIEWED AND SIGNED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 COMPENSATION OF THE FOUNDER AND ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED UPON THE ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED DURING THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 KCE WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF ITS FEDERAL FORM 990 TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE FEDERAL FORM 990 IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON GUIDESTAR.