2024-10-18T15:03:03+00:00 2023-12-31 363990892 Capin Crouse LLP 1255 Lakes Parkway Suite 105 Lawrenceville GA 30043 990 2023-01-01 260239864 RefuSHE Inc REFU 3129855667 17 E Monroe Street 228 Chicago IL 60603 Julia Schmidt Treasurer 2024-10-18 true Luke Burnett P01079018 5055022746 2024-10-18 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Helen Altshul 17 E Monroe Street 228 Chicago IL 60603 2028182 false X www.refushe.org X 2007 MO RefuSHE identifies, protects and provides resources for refugee children and youth in Kenya. 12 12 6 12 0 0 2727326 1965183 0 5301 11472 115 31825 2732742 2008480 0 0 1785484 1305706 0 187389 1157172 834462 2942656 2140168 -209914 -131688 2069356 1690144 313967 343203 1755389 1346941 X RefuSHE specializes in identifying, protecting and providing resources for long-term support to unaccompanied and separated refugee children and youth, especially girls, young women, and their children living in Nairobi, Kenya. false false 490470 Girl's Empowerment Program (GEP) - Multi-phase accelerated education and empowerment program that allows participants to access basic education and vocational opportunities, learn about their human rights, and cultivate their leadership skills. GEP is a community that provides safety, healing, and skill-enhancement for girls and young women on their journey to self-reliance. Participants engage in alternative education, life skills, vocational training, and income-generating projects. 447644 Safe House (SH) - Provides protection and transitional shelter for unaccompanied and separated refugee girls under 18 years old and their children who lack adequate or safe living conditions. On occasion, we also shelter refugee women over 18 and young refugee boys under the age of 9 on a short-term basis with extremely vulnerable security cases. All residents receive intensive case management and psychosocial counseling in addition to shelter, nutritious meals, and material supplies to address their basic needs. 210185 Case Management Program (CM) - RefuSHE's Case Management Program provides girls with access to psychosocial counselling, medical care, legal aid, and resettlement assistance. The program is designed to build girls' capacity to access services independently so that they know how to access them in the future, understand what to expect, and know how they should be treated. Girls in need also receive care packages with basic necessities, including clothes, hygiene kits, food, and diapers and enriched nutrition formula for new mothers. 158281 Livelihoods / Artisan Collective - The Artisan Collective is RefuSHE's social enterprise and income-generating component. Young women design, create, and manage a line of unique, hand-dyed fabrics, and other textiles while gaining production, manufacturing, and marketing knowledge. The Artisan Collective's business skills and financial literacy training curriculum serves as a foundation to their future success as entrepreneurs. Participants earn a stipend and are required to save $10 each month in a savings account. Through monthly earnings, members of the Collective can pay their rent, feed their families, and cover household expenses, while their savings help them to eventually launch their own businesses. Products from the Artisan Collective are sold in local and international markets and the revenue generated is invested back into our programs. 107634 Community Outreach Program - Educates men and women in refugee-hosting communities about sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) prevention and response, women's rights, and refugee rights to reduce the protection risks our target population faces in Nairobi. The program's Women Ambassador Groups (WAGS) empower refugee women in the community to become community mobilizers and peer educators on these topics and provides them with business skills training and seed grants to grow their businesses. They in turn serve as protection advocates and foster care parents to refugee girls living in their community, as well as business mentors to girls transitioning out of RefuSHE's GEP and Artisan Collective. 59361 Early Childhood Development Center - The ECDC program intervention response to the needs of young mothers with children below 5 years. The children are attended to while their mothers are engaged in the GEP learning or production in the artisan collective. Learning, development of motor skills through play, meals provision, provision of diapers, medical intervention and exposure trips- outdoor activities are some of the key activities. 325276 1473575 true true false false false false false false false true false false false true false false true false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true X 2 0 true 6 true false true KE false false false false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false IL X Stephanie Skryzowski 3129855667 17 E Monroe Street Chicago IL 60603 Charity Mureithi Chair, Kenya 2.0 X X 0 0 0 Hani Masood Board Member / Secretary 2.0 X X 0 0 0 Julia Schmidt Treasurer 2.0 X X 0 0 0 Rosalind Raddatz Chair 2.0 X X 0 0 0 Dan Schoenfeld Board Member 2.0 X 0 0 0 Effie Cooke Board Member 2.0 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Mbuvi Board Member 2.0 X 0 0 0 Loise Waruguru Board Member 2.0 X 0 0 0 Mary Opembe Board Member 2.0 X 0 0 0 Nicole Kamaleson Board Member 2.0 X 0 0 0 Nida Januskis Board Member 2.0 X 0 0 0 Rachel Henderson Board Member 2.0 X 0 0 0 Helen Altshul Chief Executive Officer 40.0 X 115043 0 5722 Dina Dukhqan Managing Director 40.0 X 104989 0 3315 220032 0 9037 2 false false false 0 720377 1244806 6031 1965183 0 0 0 0 0 11472 11472 0 0 0 0 51527 19702 31825 31825 0 0 0 0 0 2008480 0 0 43297 120764 77047 28242 15475 44304 8861 35443 972659 639956 237827 94876 32365 20649 7569 4147 100285 63981 23453 12851 35329 22540 8262 4527 23867 23867 40141 40141 168106 138246 22113 7747 27088 4273 22815 58130 41917 15483 730 156432 138434 17739 259 97252 85577 1999 9676 7737 5737 342 1658 24970 24970 5811 1429 4382 Program Supplies 209772 209772 Education and Training 15156 15156 0 0 0 0 2140168 1473575 479204 187389 1205284 1051113 146709 153520 328596 200000 34316 17288 0 0 0 0 63795 57549 38722 31850 302573 180758 155124 121815 0 0 96810 57009 2069356 1690144 217157 286194 0 0 96810 57009 313967 343203 X 1083929 1095411 671460 251530 1755389 1346941 2069356 1690144 X -131688 -222597 -54163 X false true X true false X 2498943 2860043 2721698 2727326 1965183 12773193 0 0 2498943 2860043 2721698 2727326 1965183 12773193 2406444 10366749 4283 4498 5827 5301 11472 31381 18077 18077 14512 34614 6397 0 0 55523 12878174 239592 0.8050 0.8172 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income DESCRIPTION - MISC INCOME, COLUMN A - 14512.0, COLUMN B - 34614.0, COLUMN C - 6397.0, COLUMN D - , COLUMN E - , COLUMN F - 55523.0; RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 250471 128656 121815 52102 52102 0 121815 Operating lease right-of-use obligation 57009 57009 1805585 -222597 19702 -202895 2008480 0 0 2008480 2159870 19702 19702 2140168 0 0 2140168 Schedule D, Part XI, Line 2(d) Other revenues in audited financial statements not in form 990 Cost of Goods Sold - 19702 Schedule D, Part XII, Line 2(d) Other expenses in audited financial statements not in form 990 Cost of Goods Sold - 19702 Sub-Saharan Africa 1 62 Program Services Girls Empowerment, Case Management, Safe House, SGBV, Child Protection, and Livelihood programs 1473575 1 62 0 0 1 62 1473575 0 1473575 false false false false false false Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA-Accrual Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 158,281 including grants of $) Livelihoods / Artisan Collective - The Artisan Collective is RefuSHE's social enterprise and income-generating component. Young women design, create, and manage a line of unique, hand-dyed fabrics, and other textiles while gaining production, manufacturing, and marketing knowledge. The Artisan Collective's business skills and financial literacy training curriculum serves as a foundation to their future success as entrepreneurs. Participants earn a stipend and are required to save $10 each month in a savings account. Through monthly earnings, members of the Collective can pay their rent, feed their families, and cover household expenses, while their savings help them to eventually launch their own businesses. Products from the Artisan Collective are sold in local and international markets and the revenue generated is invested back into our programs. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 107,634 including grants of $) Community Outreach Program - Educates men and women in refugee-hosting communities about sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) prevention and response, women's rights, and refugee rights to reduce the protection risks our target population faces in Nairobi. The program's Women Ambassador Groups (WAGS) empower refugee women in the community to become community mobilizers and peer educators on these topics and provides them with business skills training and seed grants to grow their businesses. They in turn serve as protection advocates and foster care parents to refugee girls living in their community, as well as business mentors to girls transitioning out of RefuSHE's GEP and Artisan Collective. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 59,361 including grants of $) Early Childhood Development Center - The ECDC program intervention response to the needs of young mothers with children below 5 years. The children are attended to while their mothers are engaged in the GEP learning or production in the artisan collective. Learning, development of motor skills through play, meals provision, provision of diapers, medical intervention and exposure trips- outdoor activities are some of the key activities. Form 990, Part V, Line 1a RefuSHE, Inc. does not file any W-2s as all employees are outsourced from a professional employment organization. RefuSHE, Inc. reimburses the professional employment organization for the employees' compensation and the reimbursements are reported on 990 Part VII, Section A and 990 Part IX, Lines 5 - 10. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b The organization does not compensate any other officers or key employees. Therefore, this line was answered no in accordance with the instructions. Form 990, Part VI, Line 1a Delegate broad authority to a committee Executive Committee - The majority of directors may designate two or more directors to exercise the authority of the full board in the intervals between meetings of the board of directors, except for any changes in Heshima Kenya's vision and mission, and/or to approve or recommend to members a merger, dissolution, sale of all or most assets; appoint or remove directors or fill vacancies on the board or any committee; or alter Bylaws or Articles. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA firm and reviewed in detail by the organization's top management. The reviewed Form 990 is then provided to the board of directors prior to filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy The organization requires all officers and board members to annually complete and sign a conflict of interest questionnaire. The board chair is responsible for reviewing the signed statements and ensuring that interested persons are in compliance with the conflict of interest policy. The Chief Executive Officer reviews the board chair's signed statement. Should any potential conflicts of interest be disclosed, the board member or officer would be asked to refrain from participation in any deliberation or decision with regard to matters affected by the relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official The independent members of the board of directors, along with the compensation committee, determine the Chief Executive Officer's compensation. Comparability data is used and the process is documented in the minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances Loss on Exchange - -54163; Heshima Kenya Provide community for young, refugee women to learn, grow, & become leaders KE RefuSHE Inc false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false Schedule R, Part II In order to operate under the laws in Kenya, RefuSHE, Inc. established a foreign non-governmental organization (NGO). The NGO has the same board as the filing organization and the NGO operations represent RefuSHE's operations in Kenya under RefuSHE's Board's supervision. Per our interpretation of the Form 990 instructions and in order to file a complete and accurate return, the NGO's operations are included in the financial activity reported on this Form 990 and the NGO is reported in Schedule R, Part II as a related tax-exempt organization.