GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL INC (EIN 27-1493841)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-06-28
IRS object ID: 201221809349300117
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule I
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-06-28T08:08:18-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CORLISS & SOLOMON PLLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	242 CHARLOTTE ST STE 1	AddressLine1
City	ASHEVILLE	City
State	NC	State
ZIP Code	288011434	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	271493841	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	GROU	NameControl
Phone	2028329352	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1215 KEARNEY STREET NE	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	200174022	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	STEVE BRESCIA	Name
Title	INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	2028329352	Phone
Date Signed	2012-06-28	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	STEPHEN C CORLISS	Name
Phone	8282360206	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-06-28	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	STEVE BRESCIA	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1215 KEARNEY STREET NE	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	200174022	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	807215	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	groundswellinternational.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2009	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	DC	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Groundswell International contributes to the global movement to overcome poverty, inequality and ecological destruction by supporting community-based organizations to work together to improve wellbeing, spread lasting solutions & engage in wider coalitions for change.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	6	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	2	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	10	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	900389	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	804925	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	400	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	2290	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	900789	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	807215	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	400760	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	430166	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	71132	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	169198	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	502	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	58286	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	141753	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	233954	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	614147	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	833318	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	286642	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-26103	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	473431	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	373767	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	1234	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	2673	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	472197	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	371094	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	Groundswell International contributes to the global movement to	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	420403	Expense
Grants	369480	Grants
Description	HAITI -- GROUNDSWELL WORKED CLOSELY WITH PARTENARIAT POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT LOCAL (PDL) TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF 12 PEASANT ORGANIZATIONS, REPRESENTING 210,000 PEOPLE, TO SUSTAINABLY IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. IN 2011, AMONG OTHER SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 2,532 FARMERS ADOPTED AGROECOLOGICAL PRACTICES; SIX COMMUNITY-RUN SEED BANKS WERE CREATED IN BENEFIT OF 2,054 FARMERS; SIX COMMUNITY-RUN SAVINGS AND CREDIT COOPERATIVES PROVIDED SMALL LOANS TO 1,093 FAMILIES; AND 54 VILLAGE HEALTH COMMITTEES WERE CREATED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF CHOLERA.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	99169	Expense
Description	MALI -- GROUNDSWELL CONTINUED COLLABORATING WITH OXFAM AMERICA TO OVERCOME A COLLAPSE OF SOIL FERTILITY AND IMPROVE THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION OF 26,000 WOMEN INVOLVED IN SAVINGS AND CREDIT GROUPS IN 200 VILLAGES. THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR TRAINED PROJECT PROMOTERS, SET UP THE DISTRIBUTION OF SHORT CYCLE SEEDS AND NITROGEN FIXING TREE SEEDLINGS, AND SUPPORTED SOIL FERTILITY EXPERIMENTS WITH WOMEN'S GROUPS IN 20 COMMUNITIES.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	91615	Expense
Description	BURKINA FASO -- GROUNDSWELL IS WORKING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY TO SCALE OUT PROVEN AGROECOLOGICAL PRACTICES IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE SOIL FERTILITY CRISIS AND IMPROVE THE FOOD SECURITY OF OVER 29,500 RURAL FAMILIES. IN 2011, AFTER THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, 1,042 FARMERS IN 19 VILLAGES ADOPTED AGROECOLOGICAL PRACTICES.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther (3 entries)

ExpenseExpense	GrantsGrants	DescriptionDescription
55882	38852	Ecuador -- Groundswell supports EkoRural's work to spread agroecological farming and strengthen local seed and food systems in six Andean communities. strengthen local seed and food systems in six Andean communities. strengthen local seed and food systems in six Andean communities. strengthen local seed and food systems in six Andean communities. strengthen local seed and food systems in six Andean communities.
9500	9500	Ghana -- With Groundswell's support, our partner, the Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development (CIKOD), initiated a program Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development (CIKOD), initiated a program Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development (CIKOD), initiated a program Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development (CIKOD), initiated a program Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development (CIKOD), initiated a program
68592	12334	Other Programs: U.S. -- Groundswell worked to raise awareness about sustainable local food systems and agro ecology as about sustainable local food systems and agro ecology as about sustainable local food systems and agro ecology as about sustainable local food systems and agro ecology as about sustainable local food systems and agro ecology as about sustainable local food systems and agro ecology as

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	133974	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	60686	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Program Service Expense	745161	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	false	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	true	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	true	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	true	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	true	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	true	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	true	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	3	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	2	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	6	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	WENDY HAUENSTEIN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2028329352	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1215 KEARNEY STREET NE	AddressLine1
City	WASHINTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	200174022	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (8 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
OSCAR CASTENEDA SAMAYOA
Chair	3.00	X	X	0	0	0
NATALIE ELWELL
Vice Chair	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
EDWIN B NAYLOR
Treasurer	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
KATHLEEN EARL COLVERSON
Secretary	0.50	X	X	0	0	0
FATOU BATTA
Board/In-Country Consultant	20.00	X		0	0	8500
STEPHEN SHERWOOD
Board	0.50	X		0	0	0
JAMIE WIMBERLY
Board	0.50	X		0	0	0
STEVE BRESCIA
International Director	50.00		X	81000	0	6000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	81000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	14500	TotalOtherCompensation
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	804925	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	804925	TotalContributions
Gross Sales Of Inventory	1030	GrossSalesOfInventory

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1030	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$1,030	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Other Income	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	1260	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$1,260	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	1260	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	807215	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$2,290	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9334	Total
Program Services	9334	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	420832	Total
Program Services	420832	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	87000	Total
Program Services	60750	ProgramServices
Management And General	4500	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	21750	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	65004	Total
Program Services	42253	ProgramServices
Management And General	6500	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	16251	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6000	Total
Program Services	4050	ProgramServices
Management And General	450	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1500	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11194	Total
Program Services	7556	ProgramServices
Management And General	840	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2798	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	175	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	175	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9663	Total
Program Services	33	ProgramServices
Management And General	9630	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1633	Total
Program Services	849	ProgramServices
Management And General	59	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	725	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1963	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1963	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7844	Total
Program Services	541	ProgramServices
Management And General	3668	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3635	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9243	Total
Program Services	4478	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4765	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6515	Total
Program Services	2215	ProgramServices
Management And General	2803	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1497	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	44182	Total
Program Services	40711	ProgramServices
Management And General	675	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2796	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1111	Total
Program Services	781	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	330	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	796	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	571	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	225	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	FundraisingFundraising
Program Service Contracts	148384	148384	0
Program Equipment	1671	1671	0
Program Supplies	625	625	0
Other Expenses	149	98	51

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	833318	Total
Program Services	745161	ProgramServices
Management And General	29871	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	58286	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	359511	BOY
EOY	343666	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	113920	BOY
EOY	27871	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	781	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	1449	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	473431	BOY
EOY	373767	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1234	BOY
EOY	351	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	2322	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1234	BOY
EOY	2673	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	148015	BOY
EOY	60707	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	324182	BOY
EOY	310387	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	472197	BOY
EOY	371094	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	473431	BOY
EOY	373767	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-26103	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-75000	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	398278	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	900389	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	729925	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2028592	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	398278	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	900389	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	729925	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2028592	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	1149797	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	878795	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	400	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2290	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2690	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	2031282	TotalSupport
First5 Years170	X	First5Years170
Public Support Pertcentage170	0	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Facts And Circumstances Test	OTHER INCOME PART II, LINE 10; DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS; 2009: 0.; 2010: 400.; 2011: 1260.; DESCRIPTION: INVENTORY SALES; 2009: 0.; 2010: 0.; 2011: 1030.;	FactsAndCircumstancesTest

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue	807215	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	833318	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-26103	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-26103	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	827215	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	20000	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	20000	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	807215	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	807215	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	853318	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	20000	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	20000	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	833318	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	833318	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier

ExplanationExplanation

Pt X

GROUNDSWELL IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. UNDER THE CODE, HOWEVER, INCOME FROM CERTAIN ACTIVITIES NOT RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE MAY BE SUBJECT TO TAXATION AS UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. THE ORGANIZATION HAD LESS THAN $1,000 OF INCOME FROM UNRELATED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN 2011 AND WAS, THEREFORE, NOT REQUIRED TO FILE FEDERAL FORM 990-T (EXEMPT ORGANIZATION BUSINESS INCOME TAX RETURN). THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT IT HAS A

Pt X

for all tax positions taken, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements. The organization's Forms 990 for 2009, 2010 and 2011 are subject to examination by the IRS, generally for three years after being filed.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	true	GrantRecordsMaintained

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (4 entries)

RegionRegion	Number Of EmployeesNumberOfEmployees	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConducted	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvided	Total ExpendituresTotalExpenditures
Central America	0	Program Services	Agricultural	134811
Central America	0	Grants to Recipients located in region	Agricultural	408332
Sub-Saharan Africa	2	Program Services	Agricultural	189518
Sub-Saharan Africa	2	Grants to Recipients located in region	Agricultural	12500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Number Of Offices	0	SubtotalNumberOfOffices
Subtotal Number Of Employees	4	SubtotalNumberOfEmployees
Total Number Of Offices	0	TotalNumberOfOffices
Total Number Of Employees	4	TotalNumberOfEmployees
Subtotal Amount Spent	745161	SubtotalAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	745161	TotalAmountSpent

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS (3 entries)

RegionRegion	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursement
Central America	Haiti Program	369480	Wire
South America	Ecuador Program	38859	Wire
Sub-Saharan Africa	Ghana Program	9500	Wire

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of501c3 Orgs	3	TotalNumberOf501c3Orgs
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorp
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrust
Own Foreign Corp	false	OwnForeignCorp
Passive Foreign Invest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestCo
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnership
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountries

Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Pt I Line 2	Identifier
Explanation	PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS OUTSIDE THE U.S.: GROUNDSWELL ENGAGES IN EXTENSIVE PRE-GRANT DUE DILIGENCE OF ANY ORGANIZATION TO WHICH IT DISBURSES MONEY. FOR FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS, GROUNDSWELL REQUIRES THAT THE ORGANIZATION BE A LEGALLY REGISTERED CHARITABLE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITHIN ITS COUNTRY. THE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY POTENTIAL GRANTEES INCLUDES FINANCIALS FOR THE CURRENT AND PREVIOUS YEARS, GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, DETAILS ABOUT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, A	Explanation

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PEAKS OVER POVERTY	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	51 QUINTARD AVE	AddressLine1
City	NORWALK	City
State	CT	State
ZIP Code	06854	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN Of Recipient	273646863	EINOfRecipient
Amount Of Cash Grant	9334	AmountOfCashGrant
Purpose Of Grant	Program	PurposeOfGrant

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	FATOU BATTA	NamePerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship	Board member	Relationship
Amount Of Transaction	8500	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	Program Implementation & In-Country Consulting	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenues

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV (8 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
(1)	Groundswell's Country Coordinator for Burkina Faso also serves
	on Groundswell's board of directors, representing the
	international council of global partners. During 2011, the
	Coordinator received and disbursed funds totaling $67,316 to
	implement the program in Burkina Faso. The Coordinator also
	received $8,500 in compensation for work related to this program.
	The organization observed all provisions of its conflict of
	interest policy in approving and managing the relationship and payments.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (24 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 11a	The 990 is prepared by independent accountants, reviewed by
Pt VI, Line 11a	management, presented to the Board for review, proposed
Pt VI, Line 11a	revisions and final approval.
Pt VI, Line 12c	Annually conflict of interest statements are required to be signed by each
Pt VI, Line 12c	Board member. The statements affirm that the policy has been read & either
Pt VI, Line 12c	that no conflict of interest exists or discloses any such conflict.
Pt VI, Line 15	In the annual budgeting process, the Board approves a budget line for each
Pt VI, Line 15	salaried employee. Thereafter, individual salaries and salary increases for
Pt VI, Line 15	employees are determined by the International Director (the organization's
Pt VI, Line 15	title for the lead staff person). The Board of Directors sets the International
Pt VI, Line 15	Director's salary after a performance review & a check of comparable
Pt VI, Line 15	salary information for nonprofit organizations with similar budgets.
Pt VI, Line 18	The Form 990 is available on the GuideStar Exchange's website & upon request.
Pt VI, Line 18	The Form 1023 is available upon request.
Pt VI, Line 19	The organization's financial statements & conflict of interest
Pt VI, Line 19	policy are available upon request. Its governing documents are
Pt VI, Line 19	available upon request.
Pt XI	Other Changes in Net Assets includes a $75,000 decrease in net assets.
Pt XI	In December 2011, Groundswell determined that part of a grant it had
Pt XI	been awarded in 2010 (represented by $75,000 remaining in grants receivable)
Pt XI	was not required due to lower than anticipated costs in implementing the
Pt XI	program in 2011. Accordingly, Groundswell did not request these funds from
Pt XI	the grantor and removed the $75,000 from its receivables.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	ECUADOR -- GROUNDSWELL SUPPORTS EKORURAL'S WORK TO SPREAD AGROECOLOGICAL FARMING AND 55882. 38852. 0. GHANA -- WITH GROUNDSWELL'S SUPPORT, OUR PARTNER, THE CENTER FOR 9500. 9500. 0. OTHER PROGRAMS: U.S. -- GROUNDSWELL WORKED TO RAISE AWARENESS 68592. 12334. 0.

GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990 IRS990

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Activity2 Activity2

Activity3 Activity3

Activity Other ActivityOther (3 entries)

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (8 entries)

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Advertising Advertising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Occupancy Occupancy

Travel Travel

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Total170 Total170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (2 entries)

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (4 entries)

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS (3 entries)

Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

Address US AddressUS

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV (8 entries)

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (24 entries)

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