2023-09-29T10:33:34-07:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-01 383909756 AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROMISE AFRI 7209512104 1931 33rd Street Suite 174 Denver CO 80205 E Dean Brown Jr Treasurer 3038776199 2023-09-29 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Nina Miller 1031 33rd St Suite 174 Denver CO 80205 217297 0 X www.africadevelopmentpromise.org X 2013 CO Africa Development Promise aspires to be the engine that advances rural women's entrepreneurship by promoting cooperatives. Our mission is to drive the collective action of entrepreneurial women to advance sustainable business and economic independence. 12 12 1 0 0 0 313579 200049 21435 17248 3 0 19250 0 354267 217297 0 0 0 0 96933 82800 0 0 14873 200149 209746 297082 292546 57185 -75249 121090 77855 23844 55858 97246 21997 Africa Development Promise's mission is to drive collective action of rural entrepreneurial women to advance sustainable business and economic independence in East African communities. 0 0 254735 0 0 When ADP launched in 2014, we served one small agricultural cooperative in Rwanda. As of 2021, we are supporting nine groups - nearly 450 members - in Rwanda and Uganda with inputs, training, credit, and access to markets for social and economic growth. We have made significant progress in both countries delivering profitable results, demonstrating sustainability, and cultivating local leadership. 0 0 0 Agriculture ADP works to ensure that women farmers are poised to capitalize on expanding markets as East Africa adopts more market-based approaches to agriculture. Our agriculture programs are designed to strengthen the capacity of women-led agricultural cooperatives, enabling them to improve their business management skills, cooperative governance, expand their networks, and increase productivity. Working with the cooperatives we help them identify the strengths and gaps in their operations and develop a plan that trains them on improved production techniques, post-harvest storage and food processing; adoption of improved agricultural inputs and technologies; and how to access markets directly. Most of the cooperatives that ADP supports initially relied on rain-fed agriculture, but with increasing climate irregularities farmers were generating very low yields or experiencing crop failure. For cooperatives to achieve the desired sustained growth there is a need to invest in agricultural water resource technologies. ADP assesses the water limitations and needs for the crops the cooperative grow or plans to grow and based on that we determine the best irrigation option (full-fledge or supplemental irrigation). ADP has implemented irrigation systems that include hillside irrigation, water harvesting, solar powered irrigation, that include drip irrigation, gravity fed sprinklers and/or drag hoses. ADP has also integrated a solar energy retail sales model to meet the challenges of delivering affordable energy solutions to rural communities in the Wakiso District of Uganda. 0 0 0 Vocational Program Working with the women we have learned that women often start their individual micro-businesses, running them alongside the cooperative enterprise. ADP's Vocational Training program was launched in Uganda in February 2019 to enhance and improve livelihood opportunities of the rural women and girls we serve and the broader community. Programs are held at our training facility and offers cooperatives members, middle and high school students, and community members access to computer literacy, tailoring, and entrepreneurship courses. These courses are designed to enhance entrepreneurial participant skills allowing them to start a business and/or gain skills for non-agricultural employment, thus further boosting the local economy. The center connects cooperative members to markets, credit, management tools and the resources available to those on the right side of the digital divide. 0 0 0 Girls with Dreams Program ADP launched the pilot program Girls with Dreams in August 2019. The intention was to run the pilot for two years as an after-school program and offer three-week camps during the school holidays. In August 2019, we partnered with Gayaza Cambridge College - a mixed day and boarding secondary school - to identify and recruit bright and motivated girls. Although 45 girls applied, we selected 14 girls for the first cohort due to funding constraints. With the advent of COVID-19, school closures, and the travel restrictions, the original plans for the pilot had to be modified. Rather than recruiting additional girls, we decided to continue with the same girls once travel restrictions were lifted. Since August 2020, the program has offered afternoon activities that keep the girls engaged. In January 2021, we plan to relaunch the pilot for two years adding an additional 20 girls each year. The goal is to help keep the girls in school and help them navigate the social and cultural pressures that prevent them from achieving their own dreams. The program will develop girls, so they learn to value themselves, understand their strengths, develop their leadership skills, find support and solidarity with their cohort peers, and understand the college and career options available to them.0 0 0 0 254735 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 RW UG 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 12 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 CO X X X Africa Development Promise 7209512104 1931 33rd Street Suite 174 Denver CO 80205 Nina Miller PHD Board Chair 5 0 X 0 0 0 Vacant Board Vice Chair 0 0 X 0 0 0 E Dean Brown jr Treasurer 20 0 X 0 0 0 Loren Labovitch Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 Ilke McAliley Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 William Betts Jr Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 Carrie Diroll Jr Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 Karen Fadley Craig Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth M'Balu Oke Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 Charlotte Bingham Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 Monica Labiche Brown NonVoting Executive Director 40 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200049 0 200049 17248 17248 0 0 17248 0 0 0 0 0 0 217297 17248 0 0 X 82800 77340 2730 2730 3259 3259 18810 13082 5728 1669 1669 2226 1826 400 63324 61963 1361 1220 1220 2478 2478 822 139 683 Infrastructure Support and Capacity Building 12148 12148 0 0 Training Center Operations 2170 2170 0 0 Leadership, vocational and management training 39227 39227 0 0 Consulting 15600 15500 100 0 46793 28862 9047 8884 292546 254735 22938 14873 55437 14881 718 617 3007 2907 59450 0 61928 59450 121090 77855 4753 4753 11857 19091 39248 23844 55858 X 47252 11997 49994 10000 97246 21997 121090 77855 -75249 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 323186 176119 189101 354267 217297 1259970 323186 176119 189101 354267 217297 1259970 1259970 1259970 1 1 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59450 0 59450 59450 0 Corporate credit card 5684 Unsecured notes payable 25614 Accrued Expenses 7950 39248 217297 0 0 0 0 0 217297 0 0 0 217297 292546 0 0 0 0 0 292546 0 0 0 292546 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 The Executive Director and Treasurer are married. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Emails sent to board of directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c By communication. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All governing documents, etc. are available upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Bank charges and service charges. - Program Expenses - $1,988 - Mgt $2,760 - Fund raising - $34 - Total - $4,782 Stipends and interns Program Expenses - $26,834 - Mgt $4,675 Total $31,509 Direct Fund Raising Expenses -Fund Raising - $8,850 Dues and registration -Mgt - $1,362 Donations to other non-profits - Mgt $250 Local tax payments -Program - $40 Due to unforeseeable causes.