2015-11-16T16:19:17-06:00 2014-12-31 453558586 DEBELLIS VAN COTT & ASSOC CPAS PC PO BOX 606 GOSHEN NY 10924 990 2014-01-01 412189604 SEREOLIPI NORMADIC EDUCATION FOUNDA SERE 1311 FERN HILL ROAD MOORESVILLE NC 28117 JANE NEWMAN PRESIDENT 2015-11-16 JON VAN COTT CPA P01784124 8452949727 2015-11-16 X 2014 2016-04-25 22:37:26Z 410701 false X WWW.THORNTREEPROJECT.ORG X TO RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF NOMADIC CHILDREN IN KENYA 13 13 0 60 0 368967 353917 0 2 2 59009 23676 427978 377595 391275 376800 0 0 0 570 32593 30313 423868 407113 4110 -29518 127382 81864 16000 0 111382 81864 X TO RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF NOMADIC CHILDREN IN KENYA false false 376800 376800 353917 IN 2014, THE FOUNDATION OPERATED 13 NOMADIC PRE-SCHOOLS, ASSISTED 3 PRIMARY SCHOOLS (GRADES 1 TO 8) AND OPERATED A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR 120 HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDED EDUCATION FOR JUST OVER 1,600 STUDENTS OF THE NOMADIC TRIBES OF NORTHERN KENYA. THE 13 PRE-SCHOOLS TAUGHT APPROXIMATELY 400 STUDENTS AND ARE ESSENTIALLY KINDERGARTENS WHERE STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT BASIC LETTERS AND NUMBERS IN ENGLISH AND SWAHILI. TEACHING IS DONE WITH VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES PROVIDED AND FROM A BLACKBOARD PROPPED AGAINST A THORN TREE WITH THE STUDENTS SITTING AROUND IT. IN THE 3 PRIMARY SCHOOLS ADDITIONAL TEACHERS ARE PROVIDED, UNIFORMS ARE PROVIDED FOR EACH STUDENT. A LIBRARY WITH LIBRARY TEACHER IS PROVIDED AT EACH SCHOOL. BOARDING FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED FOR 550 STUDENTS IN THE THREE SCHOOLS AND FOR THESE STUDENTS TWO MEALS A DAY ARE SERVED EACH DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN ADDITION 120 STUDENTS WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS HAVE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 376800 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false X 13 13 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true false false false false false JOHN A FRALEY 9178549793 1311 FERN HILL ROAD MOORESVILLE NC 28117 X JANE NEWMAN PRESIDENT 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN AFRALEY TREASIRER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CLODAGH AUBRY 1.00 X 0 0 0 LINDA PAGAN 1.00 X 0 0 0 SOPHIE AZIAKOU 1.00 X 0 0 0 NAOMI HIRABAYASHI 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN PERKINS 1.00 X 0 0 0 GERARD GOVERNS 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID DASHEN 1.00 X 0 0 0 AMRA MAJA SERDAREVIC 1.00 X 0 0 0 LORI LUM 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARY MAROUN 1.00 X 0 0 0 WANJIRU MWANGI 1.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 16777 337140 353917 2 2 52172 16777 33106 19066 SALES OF BRACLETS 4610 4610 4610 377595 4612 376800 376800 17375 17375 BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES 10448 10448 POSTAGE 1941 1371 570 FILING FEES 379 379 COMPUTER/INTERNET EXP 170 170 407113 376800 29743 570 127382 81864 127382 81864 16000 16000 0 X 111382 81864 111382 81864 127382 81864 -29518 X false true true false X 299319 387638 518251 368967 353917 1928092 299319 387638 518251 368967 353917 1928092 1928092 29 23 6 2 2 62 4610 4610 1932764 52172 0.99760 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED true SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - ANGOLA PROGRAM SERVICES SEE SCHEDULE O 376800 376800 376800 SEE SCHEDULE O 376800 WIRE TRANSFERS false false false false false false SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - ANGOLA 376,800 0 FUNDRAISER 68949 16777 52172 33106 68949 16777 52172 33106 33106 19066 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A LIBRARY TEACHER IS PROVIDED AT EACH SCHOOL. BOARDING FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED FOR 550 STUDENTS IN THE THREE SCHOOLS AND FOR THESE STUDENTS TWO MEALS A DAY ARE SERVED EACH DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN ADDITION 120 STUDENTS WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS HAVE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 8B EXPLANATION: THE FOUNDATION DOESN'T HAVE A COMMITTEE WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT IN BEWHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B EXPLAINATION: THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER AND THEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C EXPLANATION: THE FOUNDATION REGULARLY SENDS OUT AN ANNUAL QUESTIONAIRE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT THEY SIGN AND RETURN TO THE FOUNDATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 EXPLANATION: N/A