KUPENDA FOR THE CHILDREN: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: KUPENDA FOR THE CHILDREN (EIN 16-1644867)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-08-23
IRS object ID: 201222369349300407
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 F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-08-23T08:33:21-05:00	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	AMBROSI DONAHUE CONGDON & CO PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	ONE HARRIS STREET	AddressLine1
City	NEWBURYPORT	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	01950	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	161644867	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KUPENDA FOR THE CHILDREN	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	KUPE	NameControl
Phone	6039268528	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 473	AddressLine1
City	HAMPTON	City
State	NH	State
ZIP Code	03843	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	CYNTHIA BAUER	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	6039268528	Phone
Date Signed	2012-06-21	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ROBERT POIRIER CPA	Name
Phone	9784626674	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-08-23	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	CYNTHIA BAUER	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson
Gross Receipts	227599	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.KUPENDA.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2002	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NH	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	KUPENDA FOR THE CHILDREN IA A CHRISTIAN-BASED, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THE WORK OF KUHENZA (A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN KENYA) BY RAISING FUNDS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN KENYA. ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL IS THAT THESE CHILDREN WILL FEEL THAT THEY ARE LOVED AND ACCEPTED. THIS MISSION IS MET THROUGH ADVOCACY, SPONSORSHIP OF SCHOOL FEES, CHILD ASSISTANCE, MEDICAL INTERVENTION, CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIAL NEEDS FACILITIES, AND THE COORDINATION OF VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE. KUPENDA SERVES APPROXIMATELY 600 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES SUCH AS CEREBAL PALSY, DEAFNESS, DEFORMED OR MISSING LIMBS, SPINA BIFIDA, THE EFFECTS OF POLIO, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, DOWNS' SYNDROME, AUTISM, EPILEPSY, AND OTHER PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	7	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	1	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	19	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	185345	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	223957	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	30	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	4	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	3798	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	3638	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	189173	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	227599	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	124444	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	85015	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	48000	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	54132	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	23611	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	18963	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	73504	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	191407	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	212651	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-2234	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	14948	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	18639	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	35048	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	1461	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	18639	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	33587	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	KUPENDA FOR THE CHILDREN IA A CHRISTIAN-BASED, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THE WORK OF KUHENZA (A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN KENYA) BY RAISING FUNDS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN KENYA. ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL IS THAT THESE CHILDREN WILL FEEL THAT THEY ARE LOVED AND ACCEPTED. THIS MISSION IS MET THROUGH ADVOCACY, SPONSORSHIP OF SCHOOL FEES, CHILD ASSISTANCE, MEDICAL INTERVENTION, CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIAL NEEDS FACILITIES, AND THE COORDINATION OF VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE. KUPENDA SERVES APPROXIMATELY 600 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES SUCH AS CEREBAL PALSY, DEAFNESS, DEFORMED OR MISSING LIMBS, SPINA BIFIDA, THE EFFECTS OF POLIO, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, DOWNS' SYNDROME, AUTISM, EPILEPSY, AND OTHER PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	170758	Expense
Grants	85015	Grants
Description	PROVIDED HEARING AIDS, PAID SCHOOL FEES AND MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL IN KENYA.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	170758	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	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	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	false	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	false	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
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	1	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	1	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
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	7	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	true	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	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	SANDRA BAUER	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6039268528	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	39 PRESIDENTIAL CIRCLE	AddressLine1
City	HAMPTON	City
State	NH	State
ZIP Code	03842	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
CYNTHIA BAUER
DIRECTOR	40.00	X	51240	0	0
ANTHONY MARANTO
VICE-CHAIR	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
CARISSA MORTENSON
TREASURER	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
MELISSA KANE
SECRETARY	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
LAUREN BLAIR
CHAIR	20.00	X	0	0	0	X
JEFF GENTRY
DIRECTOR	2.00	X	0	0	0
MICHELE REBER
DIRECTOR	2.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	51240	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	223957	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	223957	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	4	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$4	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	3638	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	3638	TotalRevenueColumn

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	227599	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$4	ExclusionAmount

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	85015	Total
Program Services	85015	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	51240	Total
Program Services	25620	ProgramServices
Management And General	12810	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	12810	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2892	Total
Program Services	1446	ProgramServices
Management And General	723	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	723	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1700	Total
Management And General	1700	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2617	Total
Management And General	451	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2166	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4599	Total
Fundraising	4599	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1027	Total
Program Services	1027	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	FundraisingFundraising	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
VOLUNTEER TRIPS	57650	57650
SUPPLIES	2280		2280
BANK SERVICE CHARGES	1333			1333
MISCELLANEOUS	1238			1238

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1060	Total
Management And General	27	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1033	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	212651	Total
Program Services	170758	ProgramServices
Management And General	18282	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	23611	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18639	BOY
EOY	35048	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18639	BOY
EOY	35048	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	1461	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	1461	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13955	BOY
EOY	33587	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4684	BOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18639	BOY
EOY	33587	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18639	BOY
EOY	35048	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	14948	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

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 Minus4 Years	142223	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	74413	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	151532	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	186247	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	223957	CurrentTaxYear
Total	778372	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	142223	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	74413	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	151532	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	186247	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	223957	CurrentTaxYear
Total	778372	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	46532	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	731840	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	9	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	30	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	4	CurrentTaxYear
Total	43	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	778415	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	3638	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.94020	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.92670	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

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 F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	Region
Type Of Activities Conducted	GRANT MAKING	TypeOfActivitiesConducted
Total Expenditures	85015	TotalExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Amount Spent	85015	SubtotalAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	85015	TotalAmountSpent

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	Region
Purpose Of Grant	CHILD SUPPORT	PurposeOfGrant
Amount Of Cash Grant	85015	AmountOfCashGrant
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	WIRE TRANSFER	MannerOfCashDisbursement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of501c3 Orgs	1	TotalNumberOf501c3Orgs

Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES	SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2	GRANTS ARE MONITORED THROUGH REGULAR ONSITE VISITS AND REVIEW OF FINANCIAL REPORTS.
		SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 85,015 0
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	SCHEDULE F, PAGE 5, PART V	GRANTS SUPPORT THE WORK OF KUHENZA IN PROVIDING FOR THE EDUCATION AND MEDICAL NEEDS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN KENYA.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	KUPENDA FOR THE CHILDREN IA A CHRISTIAN-BASED, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THE WORK OF KUHENZA (A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN KENYA) BY RAISING FUNDS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN KENYA. ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL IS THAT THESE CHILDREN WILL FEEL THAT THEY ARE LOVED AND ACCEPTED. THIS MISSION IS MET THROUGH ADVOCACY, SPONSORSHIP OF SCHOOL FEES, CHILD ASSISTANCE, MEDICAL INTERVENTION, CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIAL NEEDS FACILITIES, AND THE COORDINATION OF VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE. KUPENDA SERVES APPROXIMATELY 600 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES SUCH AS CEREBAL PALSY, DEAFNESS, DEFORMED OR MISSING LIMBS, SPINA BIFIDA, THE EFFECTS OF POLIO, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, DOWNS' SYNDROME, AUTISM, EPILEPSY, AND OTHER PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES.
RELATED PARTY INFORMATION AMONG OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2	SANDRA BAUER CYNTHIA BAUER DIRECTOR DIRECTOR PARENT-CHILD SANDRA BAUER ANDREW BAUER DIRECTOR DIRECTOR PARENT-CHILD SANDRA BAUER RANDALL WILBUR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR BROTHER-SISTER
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE RETURN PRIOR TO SIGNING AND SUBMITTING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	EACH YEAR, THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A FORM INDICATING THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	REVEIW AND APPROVAL OF THE BOARD AND COMPARISONS WITH SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA OF SIMILAR SIZE.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE WEBSITE.

KUPENDA FOR THE CHILDREN: 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

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Travel Travel

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

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

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS

Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV (3 entries)

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

Comments