2013-08-06T10:56:32-05:00 2012-12-31 431985162 SMITH SULLIVAN & COMPANY PC 80 FLANDERS ROAD - SUITE 200 WESTBOROUGH MA 01581 990 2012-01-01 432043910 SUDANESE EDUCATION FUND INC SUDA 7816410063 339 PLEASANT STREET MALDEN MA 02148 LEAH JONES 7816410063 2013-08-06 1 LINDA M SMITH CPA P00316105 5088717178 2013-08-06 2012 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z X LEAH JONES 339 PLEASANT STREET MALDEN MA 02148 298609 0 X WWW.SUDANESEEDUCATIONFUND.ORG X 2004 MA TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES TO THE "LOST BOYS & GIRLS OF SUDAN" WHO HAVE RESETTLED IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA. 12 12 5 35 0 0 444061 162795 0 0 9239 1114 16124 60770 469424 224679 42920 48548 0 0 121789 113903 0 5344 39533 99953 122580 264662 290375 204762 -65696 447121 393369 0 11944 447121 381425 X TO ADVANCE THE MASSACHUSETTS SOUTHERN SUDANESE COMMUNITY IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL STABILITY WHILE PROMOTING INDIVIDUALS TO BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE GLOBAL SOCIETY. 0 0 186741 48548 0 IN 2001, YOUNG REFUGEES THEN KNOWN AS THE "LOST BOYS AND GIRLS OF SUDAN" WERE RESETTLED IN THE UNITED STATES FOLLOWING A DECADES-LONG CIVIL WAR THAT ULTIMATELY FORCED THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN TO ESCAPE ON FOOT. ALONG THEIR JOURNEY TO REFUGEE CAMPS IN ETHIOPIA AND KENYA THESE CHILDREN FACED STARVATION, THIRST, MILITARY ATTACKS AND ANIMAL PREDATION. A FEW THOUSAND REFUGEES WERE RESETTLED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING 200 TO GREATER BOSTON; THESE TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS RELIED ON RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES, INTERFAITH COMMUNITIES AND VOLUNTEERS TO CARE FOR AND GUIDE THEM. A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS ESTABLISHED THE SUDANESE EDUCATION FUND ("SEF") AS A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION TO STRENGTHEN AND EMPOWER ALL SOUTH SUDANESE IN MASSACHUSETTS WITH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION HAS MORE RECENTLY FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND GIVING FAMILIES ACCESS AND REFERRALS TO OTHER URGENTLY NEEDED SERVICES SO THEY CAN THRIVE AS HAPPY, HEALTHY FAMILIES AND CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. SEF RUNS A COMMUNITY CENTER IN MALDEN SHOWCASING AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES' PAINTINGS AND PROVIDING LEARNING AND RECREATIONAL SPACE AND INTERNET ACCESS; THE CENTER IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SEF'S COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIVE IN TOWNS THROUGHOUT GREATER BOSTON AND MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING BEVERLY, SALEM, LYNN, MALDEN, CHELSEA, REVERE, EVERETT AND ARLINGTON. THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY SUDANESE EDUCATION FUND, INC. FOR THE YEARS PRESENTED: - SATURDAY BRIDGES, A LARGELY VOLUNTEER-RUN PROGRAM THAT TAKES A WHOLE FAMILY, AGE-TAILORED APPROACH TO PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL, ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL ENRICHMENT EACH WEEK THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR (FOR APPROXIMATELY 24 SATURDAYS); - A TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM OFFERING COMPUTER INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT; - A MODEST ACADEMIC GRANTS PROGRAM THAT WAS THE BACKBONE OF SEF'S EARLY YEARS, AND WHICH HAS RECENTLY EMPOWERED APPROXIMATELY 60 YOUNG PEOPLE PER YEAR TO ACCESS HIGHER EDUCATION;- A CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO FOSTER AND PROTECT SOUTH SUDANESE ARTISTIC AND LINGUISTIC EXPRESSION AND DOCUMENTATION-ESPECIALLY OF THE OF THE JOURNEY MADE BY THIS MULTI-CULTURAL COMMUNITY AND OF THEIR DIVERSE EXPERIENCES AS NEW AMERICANS- SUMMER CAMPERSHIPS ENABLING CHILDREN TO ATTEND SLEEP-AWAY, ACADEMIC AND DAY CAMPS; - A WOMEN'S FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM; AND - A COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATED IN ARLINGTON, WHICH HAS SERVED AS A HUB FOR DROP IN TUTORING, MEETINGS, SAVINGS AND LOANS GROUPS, WOMEN'S DISCUSSIONS, GAMES AND RELAXATION, VOTING DURING THE MONUMENTAL INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM, AND SKILLS-BUILDING SPEAKERS' SERIES.RECENTLY SEF HAS INCREASED FOCUS ON JOB READINESS FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AND ON THE URGENT EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SUPPORT NEEDS OF SOUTH SUDANESE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. SEF IS PARTICULARLY MINDFUL OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACING A GROWING GROUP OF ADOLESCENTS. SEF IS COMMITTED TO BOLSTERING SOUTH SUDANESE LEADERSHIP ACROSS ALL ITS PROGRAMS. 186741 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 MA X CARL BERKE PRESIDENT 7816410063 339 PLEASANT STREET MALDEN MA 02148 CARL BERKE 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ANNE HILDRETH 2.00 X 0 0 0 KATHRYN LENOX 2.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID CHANOFF 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ELLEN MORGAN 2.00 X 0 0 0 PAMELA BATOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 YAR AYUEL 2.00 X 0 0 0 MANGOK BOL 2.00 X X 0 0 0 SARAH RIAL 2.00 X 0 0 0 PETER CHAMBANG 2.00 X 0 0 0 J GARRETT PARKER JR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DANIEL MATHIANG BUL 2.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN WINSHIP KOENIG 40.00 X 37500 0 0 LEAH JONES 40.00 X 12820 0 0 50320 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162795 162795 56196 55082 1114 1114 1114 79595 18848 60747 60747 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 900099 23 23 23 224679 1137 0 60747 48548 48548 50320 12580 15096 22644 50568 26303 22774 1491 13015 5016 4886 3113 13760 13760 5344 5344 18943 18943 25675 12958 5776 6941 1550 1550 38341 38341 21282 21282 366 366 784 784 MISCELLANEOUS 1879 70 1809 290375 186741 64101 39533 185707 199051 242500 177417 6564 4917 3721 3537 550 184 11800 11800 447121 393369 11944 0 11944 X 107600 156798 339521 224627 447121 381425 447121 393369 -65696 0 X 1 X 0 0 0 X 353716 398077 246206 444061 162795 1604855 353716 398077 246206 444061 162795 1604855 876702 728153 3500 3000 23 6523 1611378 180814 0.45190 0.40680 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X CULTURAL EXPRESSION 0 3721 3537 184 184 X PART III, LINE 1A: THE FUND MAINTAINS A COLLECTION OF ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE ARTWORKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND MATERIAL OBJECTS WHOSE VALUE IS NOT READILY DETERMINABLE. ART ACQUISITIONS ARE REPORTED AS EXPENSES WHEN PURCHASED AND, ACCORDINGLY, HAVE NOT BEEN CAPITALIZED AND ARE NOT REPORTED ON THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. THE COLLECTION, WHICH IS A COLLABORATION WITH BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, IS DEVOTED TO DOCUMENTING, PRESERVING AND ACHIEVING THE VARIOUS FORMS OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION CREATED BY THE REFUGEE AND RESETTLEMENT COMMUNITY FROM SOUTHERN SUDAN. PART III, LINE 4: THE FUND MAINTAINS A COLLECTION OF ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE ARTWORKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND MATERIAL OBJECTS WHOSE VALUE IS NOT READILY DETERMINABLE. ART ACQUISITIONS ARE REPORTED AS EXPENSES WHEN PURCHASED AND, ACCORDINGLY, HAVE NOT BEEN CAPITALIZED AND ARE NOT REPORTED ON THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. THE COLLECTION, WHICH IS A COLLABORATION WITH BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, IS DEVOTED TO DOCUMENTING, PRESERVING AND ACHIEVING THE VARIOUS FORMS OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION CREATED BY THE REFUGEE AND RESETTLEMENT COMMUNITY FROM SOUTHERN SUDAN. DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48: PART X, LINE 2: TAX POSITION: THE ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY EVALUATES ALL TAX POSITIONS, AND MAKES A DETERMINATION REGARDING THE LIKELIHOOD OF THOSE POSITIONS BEING UPHELD UNDER REVIEW. THE PRIMARY TAX POSITIONS MADE BY THE FUND ARE THE EXISTENCE OF UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX AND THE FUND'S STATUS AS A TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. FOR THE YEARS PRESENTED, THE FUND HAS NOT RECOGNIZED ANY TAX BENEFITS OR LOSS CONTINGENCIES FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS BASED ON THIS EVALUATION. ALL TAX PERIODS PRIOR TO 2009 ARE NO LONGER SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY TAX AUTHORITIES. GALA EVENT 79595 0 79595 50 3263 15535 79595 79595 50 3263 15535 18848 60747 1 TUITION AND BOOKS FROM GRANTS AND WOMEN'S PROGRAM 57 45548 COMPUTERS 8 3000 PROCEDURE FOR MONITORING GRANTS IN THE U.S.: PART I, LINE 2: SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2: THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SUDANESE EDUCATION FUND, INC. REVIEWS EACH APPLICATION TO ENSURE THAT EACH APPLICANT MEETS THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA SET FOR THE GRANTS PROVIDED: EACH APPLICANT MUST BE A SOUTH SUDANESE STUDENT WITH PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS IN MASSACHUSETTS. EACH APPLICANT MUST BE ENROLLED INA BONA FIDE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION/PROGRAM. EACH APPLICANT MUST HAVE A GPA OF 2.5 OR ABOVE, AND MUST SUBMIT THEIR TRANSCRIPT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE PRESIDENT/TREASURER OF THE ORGANIZATION REVIEW THE INFORMATION PRIOR TO FILING THE FORM 990. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALL NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND NEW EMPLOYEES ARE SCREENED BEFORE JOINING THE BOARD OR THE ORGANIZATION, AND POLICIES ARE EXPLAINED TO THEM ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO JOIN THE ORGANIZATION. EACH PERSON SHALL FILE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OF AN ANNUAL BASIS IN WRITING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY WAS DELIBERATED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 INFORMATION IS PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.