GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL INC: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL INC (EIN 27-1493841)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-05-10
IRS object ID: 201141309349301124
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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	2011-05-10T10:50:39-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	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	2010-01-01	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	2011-04-30	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	STEPHEN C CORLISS	Name
Phone	8282360206	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-05-10	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	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	900789	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	6	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	5	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	2	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	7	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	398278	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	900389	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	400	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	398278	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	900789	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	181150	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	400760	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	11667	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	71132	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	502	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	33786	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	19906	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	141753	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	212723	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	614147	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	185555	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	286642	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	193642	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	473431	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	8087	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	1234	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	185555	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	472197	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	424397	Expense
Grants	393260	Grants
Description	HAITI -- GROUNDSWELL WORKED CLOSELY WITH PARTENARIAT POUR LE DVELOPPEMENT LOCAL (PDL) TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF NINE PEASANT ORGANIZATIONS, REPRESENTING 148,000 PEOPLE, TO SUSTAINABLY IMPROVE THEIR LIVES, INCREASE FOOD PRODUCTION, PLANT TREES, ESTABLISH SAVINGS AND CREDIT COOPERATIVES, ORGANIZE SEED BANKS, AND CREATE HEALTH COMMITTEES. WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK ON JANUARY 12, 2010, GROUNDSWELL AND PDL QUICKLY RESPONDED BY SUPPORTING RURAL COMMUNITIES TO HOST 10,000 DISPLACED PEOPLE, OBTAIN SEEDS FOR THE PLANTING SEASON, AND PROVIDE SHORT TERM WORK AND INCOME SO PEOPLE COULD MEET BASIC NEEDS.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	60000	Expense
Description	MALI -- GROUNDSWELL BEGAN COLLABORATING WITH OXFAM AMERICA TO WORK WITH 26,000 WOMEN INVOLVED IN SAVINGS AND CREDIT GROUPS IN 200 VILLAGES TO OVERCOME A COLLAPSE OF SOIL FERTILITY AND IMPROVE THEIR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BY INTRODUCING SIMPLE TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE SOIL FERTILITY (COVER CROPS AND GREEN MANURES), SEED QUALITY, AND WATER MANAGEMENT.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	47129	Expense
Description	BURKINA FASO -- GROUNDSWELL LAUNCHED A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM (2010-2012) TO STRENGTHEN A NASCENT NETWORK OF LOCAL CBOS AND NGOS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY TO SCALE OUT PROVEN AGROECOLOGICAL PRACTICES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE FOOD SECURITY OF OVER 29,500 RURAL FAMILIES.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther (2 entries)

ExpenseExpense	GrantsGrants	DescriptionDescription
13139	7500	Ecuador -- Groundswell helped the local NGO EkoRural to support some 10,000 family farmers in the Andean to support some 10,000 family farmers in the Andean to support some 10,000 family farmers in the Andean to support some 10,000 family farmers in the Andean to support some 10,000 family farmers in the Andean to support some 10,000 family farmers in the Andean
5957		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	19096	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	7500	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Program Service Expense	550622	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
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	2	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	6	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	5	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	true	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
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 (7 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector
STEVE BRESCIA
International Director	50.00	X	26125	0	0
EDWIN B NAYLOR
Chair	3.00	X	0	0	0	X
OSCAR CASTENEDA SAMAYOA
Vice Chair	0.50	X	0	0	0	X
NATALIE ELWELL
Treasurer	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
STEPHEN SHERWOOD
Secretary	0.50	X	0	0	0	X
DELSTENE ATKINSON
Board	0.50		0	0	0	X
FATOU BATTA
Board/In-Country Consultant	0.50		0	0	40004	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	26125	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	40004	TotalOtherCompensation
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	900389	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	900389	TotalContributions

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Other Income	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	400	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$400	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	400	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	900789	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$400	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7500	Total
Program Services	7500	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	393260	Total
Program Services	393260	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	29500	Total
Program Services	14725	ProgramServices
Management And General	4950	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	9825	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	35000	Total
Program Services	16040	ProgramServices
Management And General	7001	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	11959	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1200	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	1200	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5432	Total
Program Services	2531	ProgramServices
Management And General	1069	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1832	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6050	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	6050	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

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

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	502	Total
Fundraising	502	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1208	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	508	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	700	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	309	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	309	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10234	Total
Program Services	916	ProgramServices
Management And General	5370	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3948	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1747	Total
Program Services	54	ProgramServices
Management And General	667	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1026	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14137	Total
Program Services	8211	ProgramServices
Management And General	2924	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3002	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	683	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	683	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
Program Service Contracts	100004	100004
Program Equipment	6321	6321
Program Supplies	1060	1060

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	614147	Total
Program Services	550622	ProgramServices
Management And General	29739	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	33786	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4048	BOY
EOY	359511	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	189594	BOY
EOY	113920	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	193642	BOY
EOY	473431	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8087	BOY
EOY	1234	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8087	BOY
EOY	1234	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19540	BOY
EOY	148015	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	166015	BOY
EOY	324182	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	185555	BOY
EOY	472197	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	193642	BOY
EOY	473431	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	286642	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
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 Minus1 Year	398278	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	900389	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1298667	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	398278	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	900389	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1298667	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	663376	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	635291	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	400	CurrentTaxYear
Total	400	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1299067	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.;	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	900789	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	614147	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	286642	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	286642	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1053741	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	152952	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	152952	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	900789	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	900789	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	767099	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	152952	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	152952	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	614147	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	614147	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 2010 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 and 2010 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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Central America	Region
Number Of Offices	0	NumberOfOffices
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Type Of Activities Conducted	Program Services	TypeOfActivitiesConducted
Specific Services Provided	Agricultural	SpecificServicesProvided
Total Expenditures	424397	TotalExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Number Of Offices	0	SubtotalNumberOfOffices
Subtotal Number Of Employees	0	SubtotalNumberOfEmployees
Total Number Of Offices	0	TotalNumberOfOffices
Total Number Of Employees	0	TotalNumberOfEmployees
Subtotal Amount Spent	424397	SubtotalAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	424397	TotalAmountSpent

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Central America	Region
Purpose Of Grant	Haiti Program	PurposeOfGrant
Amount Of Cash Grant	393260	AmountOfCashGrant
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	Wire	MannerOfCashDisbursement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of501c3 Orgs	1	TotalNumberOf501c3Orgs
Total Number Of Other Orgs	0	TotalNumberOfOtherOrgs
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	7500	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	40004	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	In-Country Consulting	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenues

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV (9 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
(1)	During 2010 Groundswell made program service contract
	payments totaling $40,004 to an in-country consultant
	working in Burkina Faso to implement and pay costs
	associated with its work in Burkina Faso. This individual
	also provided contributed services to Groundswell
	with an estimated value of $21,500, and serves on
	Groundswell's board of directors. The organization observed
	all of the provisions of its conflict of interest policy in
	approving and managing the relationship.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (19 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI-A, Line 4	The organization amended its By-Laws. Please see attached.
Pt VI-B, Line 11a	The 990 is prepared by independent accountants, reviewed by
Pt VI-B, Line 11a	management, presented to the Board for review, proposed
Pt VI-B, Line 11a	revisions and final approval.
Pt VI-B, Line 12c	Annually conflict of interest statements are required to be signed by each
Pt VI-B, Line 12c	Board member. The statements affirm that the policy has been read & either
Pt VI-B, Line 12c	that no conflict of interest exists or discloses any such conflict.
Pt VI-B, Line 15	In the annual budgeting process, the Board approves a budget line for each
Pt VI-B, Line 15	salaried employee. Thereafter, individual salaries and salary increases for
Pt VI-B, Line 15	employees are determined by the International Director (the organization's
Pt VI-B, Line 15	title for the lead staff person). The Board of Directors sets the International
Pt VI-B, Line 15	Director's salary after a performance review & a check of comparable
Pt VI-B, Line 15	salary information for nonprofit organizations with similar budgets.
Pt VI-C, Line 18	The Form 990 is available through the organization's website &
Pt VI-C, Line 18	the Form 1023 are available upon request.
Pt VI-C, Line 19	The organization's financial statements & conflict of interest
Pt VI-C, Line 19	policy are available upon request. Its governing documents are
Pt VI-C, Line 19	available upon request.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	ECUADOR -- GROUNDSWELL HELPED THE LOCAL NGO EKORURAL 13139. 7500. 0. OTHER PROGRAMS: U.S. -- GROUNDSWELL WORKED TO RAISE AWARENESS 5957. 0. 0.

GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL INC: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (19 entries)

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