2013-11-07T08:35:51-06:00 2012-12-31 521511275 Raffa PC 1899 L Street NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20036 990 2012-01-01 452796201 Namati Inc NAMA 2028881083 1824 Jefferson Place NW Washington DC 20036 Vivek H Maru 2028881083 2013-11-07 1 Frank H Smith P00639053 2028225000 2012 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z X X Vivek H Maru 1824 Jefferson Place NW Washington DC 20036 4565150 0 X www.namati.org X 2011 DE Promoting legal empowerment among the poor and underprivileged in communities around the world. 8 7 7 7 0 0 4543775 17777 0 3598 4565150 941796 0 531699 0 309 494499 1967994 2597156 3120716 523560 2597156 X Namati, Inc. (Namati) is dedicated to putting the law in people's hands. We strive to build a just world, in which every one of us can take part in the decisions and demand accountability from the institutions that affect our lives. Namati's work enables poor and underprivileged people to exercise their legal rights to protect and promote their social, cultural, and economic livelihoods. Our activities primarily consist of providing and training others to provide legal aid services. Namati intends to build a global network of practitioners to facilitate the sharing of tools and resources, foster dialogue, and ultimately create a movement for legal empowerment worldwide. 0 0 725703 467735 17777 Innovative Interventions:Community Land Protection Program - In June, Namati and its partners launched the results of a two-year experiment to title community lands held under customary land tenure in Mozambique, Liberia, and Uganda. We found that paralegals can effectively assist communities to document their land claims and to improve local systems for natural resource governance. Namati's Program Director for Community Land Protection presented the results at the World Bank's Conference on Land and Poverty in May 2012. Namati's Community Land Protection Program was implemented alongside in-country partners in Liberia, Mozambique and Uganda, who each received a grant from Namati to support their CLPP work in 2012. 361084 298104 Innovative Interventions:Environmental Justice in India - Namati is working to narrow the enforcement gap in environmental law in India. Based on 2012 activities, an extensive report on Coastal Zone Management Authorities and a publication on a community-led ground truthing effort, anticipated for release in early 2013. Namati's environmental work in India was carried out by Namati team members under the auspices of a grant awarded to an Indian NGO. 335588 175957 Innovative Interventions:All other programs included under Innovative Interventions consist of programs where Namati partners with civil society organizations and governments to develop, implement, and evaluate legal empowerment strategies that address five urgent global challenges:- Delivering quality legal aid at scale;- Protecting community land rights;- Closing the enforcement gap in environmental law;- Fulfilling the right to citizenship; and- Ensuring that essential services like healthcare and education are accountable to local communities. 251940 Global legal empowerment network: Namati launched the Global Legal Empowerment Network site in early 2012. The network currently hosts over 1,000 members from 240 different organizations around the world. Fourteen accomplished legal empowerment practitioners formed a "Network Guidance Committee." In April, Namati and Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) held the network's first regional meeting, which convened over 50 participants from across South Asia in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The meeting was an opportunity for organizations to improve their capacity to monitor, evaluate, and ultimately enhance the impact of legal empowerment work. A second regional meeting in Kampala, Uganda, brought together 50 paralegal organizations from 20 African countries to share experiences regarding paralegal methodology and policy and to develop plans for improving program operations. On July 26th, meeting participants adopted the Kampala Declaration on Community Paralegals, which calls on governments to recognize the role community paralegals play in providing primary justice services, to invest in the scale-up of paralegal efforts, and to protect the independence of paralegals. Signatories also commit in the declaration to strengthening the quality and consistency of paralegal efforts, through better training, supervision, and community oversight. Namati co-hosted regional meetings in Buenos Aires, Argentina in September and in Jakarta, Indonesia in November. 35736 Research:Drawing on our own experience and that of the wider network, we advocate for and advise on reforms to policies and institutions. 287676 1710051 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X Katie Lasso 2028881083 1824 Jefferson Place NW Washington DC 20036 Matthew A Brown 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Chetan Gulati 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Hawnyea Moy 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Tom Perriello 1.00 X X 7500 0 0 Pratap B Mehta 1.00 X 0 0 0 Chi A Mgbako 1.00 X 0 0 0 Zaza Namoradze 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ricken Patel 1.00 X 0 0 0 Vivek H Maru 40.00 X X 149237 0 9538 Kathryn A Lasso 40.00 X 57712 0 5846 214449 0 15384 1 0 1 0 0 232810 2403115 1907850 4543775 Comm. 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RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 1967994 1967994 248400 62100 0 0 248400 248400 372600 62100 62100 93150 70546 10882 59664 59664 X 4565150 0 4565150 0 4565150 1967994 0 1967994 0 1967994 Description of Uncertain Tax Positions Under FIN 48: Part X, Line 2: Namati performed an evaluation of uncertain tax positions for the year ended December 31, 2012, and determined that there were no matters that would require recognition in the financial statements or that may have any effect on its tax-exempt status. 1 South Asia 0 0 Grantmaking 298104 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Grantmaking 581686 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Grantmaking 17000 South Asia 0 1 Program Services Environmental Justice Network 63108 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 2 Program Services Community Land Protection, Global Network, Strengthening Accountability, Research, New Programs 155060 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services Indonesia, Repressive Regimes, Egypt 11173 South America 0 0 Program Services Global Network 6922 Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) 0 0 Program Services New Programs 965 Middle East and North Africa 0 0 Program Services New Programs, Egypt 8379 0 3 0 0 0 3 1134018 8379 1142397 South Asia Joint project on environmental justice 298104 Wire transfer Sub-Saharan Africa For the Community Land Protection Program 150000 Wire transfer Sub-Saharan Africa For the Community Land Protection Program 150000 Wire transfer Sub-Saharan Africa For the Community Land Protection Program 167735 Wire transfer Sub-Saharan Africa To develop a model to improve access to basic health services 113951 Wire transfer East Asia and the Pacific Materials translation 17000 Wire transfer 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Procedure for Monitoring Grants Outside the U.S.: Schedule F, Part I, Line 2: Namati has developed a Grantmaking Policies Manual, approved by its Board of Directors, that provides guidance for Namati staff for entering into, managing and closing out grant agreements with its country-based implementing partners. Namati awards grants to partner organizations on an invitation-only basis. Partner organizations are selected from among the many organizations familiar to Namati that are working on legal empowerment issues. Oftentimes, Namati staff have already visited the partner organizations and have held planning sessions with leadership from those organizations before they are invited to submit a funding proposal. Namati's selection process includes a vetting of the organization and their key personnel in compliance with U.S. anti-terrorist law as well as an assessment of the organization's capacity to implement the proposed program and manage the grant funds. Namati's grant agreements with recipient organizations identify the Namati staff person responsible for technical oversight for the grant, establishing program objectives and deliverables and creating progress and financial reporting frameworks with due dates. These grant agreements clearly state that no additional funding will be transferred to the recipient organization if the terms and conditions of the grant are not met. With regard to implementation, in several cases Namati staff is working alongside the staff of its implementing partners and will have ongoing access to the partner organization's financial records. On other occasions Namati staff visits its partners on a regular basis and reviews financial records during those visits, per the terms of the sub-agreement between the two organizations. Namati also receives financial reports with budget comparisons on a quarterly or semi-annual basis (according to the terms of individual grant agreements) as well as annual audit reports from its partner organizations. 1 Innovations for Poverty Action 101 Whitney Avenue New Haven CT 06510 061660068 501(c)(3) 45006 To improve health service delivery through community monitoring & non-financial aid 1 0 Procedure for Monitoring Grants in the U.S.: Part I, Line 2: Schedule I, Part I, Line 2: Namati has developed a Grantmaking Policies Manual, approved by its Board of Directors, that provides guidance for Namati staff for entering into, managing and closing out grant agreements with its country-based implementing partners. Namati awards grants to partner organizations on an invitation-only basis. Partner organizations are selected from among the many organizations familiar to Namati that are working on legal empowerment issues. Oftentimes, Namati staff have already visited the partner organizations and have held planning sessions with leadership from those organizations before they are invited to submit a funding proposal. Namati's selection process includes a vetting of the organization and their key personnel in compliance with U.S. anti-terrorist law as well as an assessment of the organization's capacity to implement the proposed program and manage the grant funds. Namati's grant agreements with recipient organizations identify the Namati staff person responsible for technical oversight for the grant, establishing program objectives and deliverables and creating progress and financial reporting frameworks with due dates. These grant agreements clearly state that no additional funding will be transferred to the recipient organization if the terms and conditions of the grant are not met. With regard to implementation, in several cases Namati staff is working alongside the staff of its implementing partners and will have ongoing access to the partner organization's financial records. On other occasions Namati staff visits its partners on a regular basis and reviews financial records during those visits, per the terms of the sub-agreement between the two organizations. Namati also receives financial reports with budget comparisons on a quarterly or semi-annual basis (according to the terms of individual grant agreements) as well as annual audit reports from its partner organizations. X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vivek H Maru 149237 0 0 0 0 0 9538 0 0 0 158775 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 Namati's Director of Finance and Administration will review the federal Form 990 before meeting with Namati's CEO to discuss the report. Once the CEO is satisfied with the report, he will email it to Namati's Board of Directors prior to filing with the Internal Revenue Service. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c A conflict of interest exists whenever the interests or concerns of any director or officer may be seen as competing with the best interests of the organization. The procedures include the disclosure of all conflicts and potential conflicts by all incumbent and incoming directors and officers. Policies and forms are distributed annually and each director and officer must sign and affirm that they have read, understood, and are complying with the policy. The form must list any outside employment or consulting work that could constitute a conflict, and any board membership or affiliation with other organizations that could constitute a conflict. Each director or officer must also list his or her investments in any corporation, partnership, trust, or fund in which he or she, together with members of his or her family, has directly or indirectly a greater than 35% ownership interest, regardless of whether such investments could constitute a conflict. No director of officer may be present for a vote by the Board of Directors on any decision or action by the Organization which would directly or indirectly benefit such director or officer. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Namati's Director of Finance and Administration headed the process for recommending compensation for Namati's CEO and Director-level positions. This process consisted of conducting market research of similar positions at similar organizations through several means as well as documenting the salary history of the individual proposed for the position. For the director-level positions, this information was submitted in report form to Namati's CEO who reviewed the information and then extended a salary offer to the candidate. For the CEO, the report was submitted by the CEO to the Board of Directors, who formed a committee to review the information and extend a salary offer to Namati's CEO. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Namati makes the organizing documents available to the public upon request. Other Fees Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Consulting: Program service expenses 170,545. Management and general expenses 18,882. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 189,427. Subcontract: Program service expenses 8,894. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8,894. Res Publica (US) Inc 857 Broadway 3rd Floor New York NY 10003 134286728 Provides strategic advice to other non-profit organizations. NY 501(c)(3) Line 7 Namati Inc 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0