2023-11-14T15:19:16-07:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-01 208982657 APPROPEDIA FOUNDATION APPR 7078456454 PO Box 1083 Arcata CA 95518 Emilio Velis EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7078456454 2023-11-03 1 0 11 0 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z APPROPEDIA FOUNDATION PO Box 1083 Arcata CA 95518 505018 0 X X 2007 CA The Appropedia Foundation is a non-profit organization that enables access to documentation for international development and sustainability. Our main activities are maintaining and promoting Appropedia, an extensive open source solutions catalogue, and providing capacity building for individuals and organizations to produce and share open source, accessible, editable, and reproducible practical knowledge such as thematic knowledge, technical documentation and educational resources to solve pressing global issues. 5 5 0 5 0 0 147675 505018 0 0 0 147675 505018 0 0 28860 0 29981 2550 2550 54809 314441 113650 316991 34025 188027 131640 342611 30000 52944 101640 289667 The Appropedia Foundation is a non-profit organization that enables access to documentation for international development and sustainability. Our main activities are maintaining and promoting Appropedia, an extensive open source solutions catalogue, and providing capacity building for individuals and organizations to produce and share open source, accessible, editable, and reproducible practical knowledge such as thematic knowledge, technical documentation and educational resources to solve pressing global issues. 0 0 49560 49560 Achievements in 2022 include: * Appropedia reached over 1.2M users from 231 countries. The platform rolled out features for accesibility including offline access, and improved its content generation tools. * Provided support to finalists of the Global Surgical Training Challenge, a USD 5M competition aimed at enable surgical training and access to simulators for low and middle-income countries. This competition was funded by Intuitive Foundation and supported by MIT Solve, Nesta Challenges, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and Appropedia Foundation. 31908 31908 * Facilitated capacity building to document and communicate open souce innovations, in collaboration with multiple global programs, such as Open Hardware Makers, Critical Making, and Open Climate. * Carried out a fundraising campaign to produce the book To Catch the Sun and translate to several languages. The book provides experiences and context for projects based off Appropedia content to build and deploy low-cost photovoltaic solutions. The campaign raised over USD 20,000 on Kickstarter through 440 supporters. 225902 225902 * Appropedia Foundation is a member of the Internet of Producton Alliance (IoPA), a group focused on developing documentation standards and distributed manufacturing capabilities. In 2022, the Foundation established a fiscal sponsorship ageeement to administer funds provided by the Sloan Foundation to support the global operations of the IoPA. 0 0 0 307370 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 CA X APPROPEDIA FOUNDATION 7078456454 PO Box 1083 Arcata CA 95518 X Lonny Grafman Board Member 3 0 X 0 0 0 Curt Beckmann Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Andrew Lamb Board Member 3 0 X 0 0 0 Chris Watkins Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Emilio Velis Executive Director 40 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12366 492652 505018 0 0 0 0 0 0 12336 0 0 0 0 0 505018 0 0 0 X 191448 188448 3000 2550 2550 3592 3485 107 29171 29171 21188 17224 3964 69042 69042 316991 307370 7071 2550 10640 160686 121000 181925 131640 342611 30000 52944 30000 52944 X 19829 56511 81811 233156 101640 289667 131640 342611 188027 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 53152 147675 505018 705845 0 0 53152 147675 505018 705845 705845 0 0 53152 147675 505018 705845 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Form is approved by the board in an annual meeting of board members before the filing is done. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Members are required to disclose their interests in other entities other than this organization Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 On request the organisation makes available the return. It is also automatically sent to donors who have contributed to the organization. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e These were expenses for delivering direct programs N/A