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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year
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(a) 2019 | (b) 2020 | (c) 2021 | (d) 2022 | (e) 2023 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf .... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2019 | (b) 2020 | (c) 2021 | (d) 2022 | (e) 2023 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal
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(a) 2019 | (b) 2020 | (c) 2021 | (d) 2022 | (e) 2023 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | 69,824 | 103,260 | 117,028 | 306,245 | 344,246 | 940,603 |
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | 78,502 | 52,274 | 96,915 | 105,370 | 131,395 | 464,456 |
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | 0 | |||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | 148,326 | 155,534 | 213,943 | 411,615 | 475,641 | 1,405,059 |
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | 0 | |||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | 0 | |||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 1,405,059 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2019 | (b) 2020 | (c) 2021 | (d) 2022 | (e) 2023 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | 148,326 | 155,534 | 213,943 | 411,615 | 475,641 | 1,405,059 |
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | 0 | |||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | 0 | |||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | 0 | |||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | 148,326 | 155,534 | 213,943 | 411,615 | 475,641 | 1,405,059 |
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2023 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2023 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2023 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2023 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2023 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2023: | ||||
| a From 2018....... | ||||
| b From 2019....... | ||||
| c From 2020....... | ||||
| d From 2021....... | ||||
| e From 2022....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2023 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2018 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2023 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2023 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2023, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2023. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2024. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2022..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2023..... | ||||
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| Software ID: | 23017517 |
| Software Version: | 2023v5.0 |
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| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b | THE GOVERNING BODY REVIEWS THE 990 PRIOR TO FILING |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c | All Board members must sign annual conflict of interest statements indicating they are aware of the organization's conflict of interest policy and will follow it. The policy indicates that Board members must disclose any potential conflicts of interest. If conflicts are disclosed or otherwise identified, the policy denotes how the Board is to evaluate that conflict and take appropriate measures. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 | No documents available to the public. |
| Statement Note 1 | The Chain Collaborative Supplemental information Schedule F 12-31-2023Region: Central AmericaNicaragua - In 2023, TCC supported Biblioteca Girasol, a community library in a coffee-growing region of Nicaragua, to offer scholarships to their youth volunteers so that they could attend high school. University scholarships were also provided to the librarys coordinators. TCC further supported the library to lead programming on leadership development for teens and after school classes for young children.Amount: $8,500.00Total Central America Amount $8,500Region: South AmericaPeru - In 2023, TCC directed relief funding to the Norandino Cooperative in northern Peru after intense flooding and landslides injured and killed members of nearby farming communities. The natural disasters also caused damage to homes, infrastructure, and crops. Funds supported the rebuilding efforts of Norandino members.Amount: $8,500.00Ecuador - In 2023, TCC supported three organizations in Ecuador. TCC first provided $1,000.00 in relief funding to Botanica, a coffee training school that experienced an unexpected break-in and subsequent robbery. TCC also provided $4,914.11 to Asoamazonas, an association of youth coffee farmers in the Ecuadorian Amazon, to support their new community library. This library offers reading and arts programming to children. Finally, TCC supported Alicia Roque Farms, an Ecuadorian social enterprise working to improve livelihoods of coffee farmers in Manab, Ecuador, with $14,200.00. This funding was used to equip Alicia Roque Farms processing center with new machinery, allowing the enterprise to improve the quality of their product and access better prices for member farmers.Amount: $20,114.11Colombia - In 2023, TCC supported AsoSeykn, an association of Arhuaco coffee farmers in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, to build a set of coffee drying beds as well as a storage space. These infrastructure developments allowed the association of farmers to improve the quality of their green coffee and access better prices. Additionally, TCC supported training provision for AsoSeykn farmers, focused on coffee quality and coffee processing.Amount: $13,000.00Total South America Amount $41,614.11Region: Sub-Saharan AfricaUganda - In 2023, TCC provided support to four different organizations in southwestern Uganda. First, TCC supported Girl Power Foundation Uganda with $32,550. The funds were used to 1) provide vocational skills training to women; 2) raise mental health awareness in the community through workshops, sports, and drama events; 3) provide mentorship to girls in primary school; and 4) improve access to menstrual hygiene supplies. Second, TCC provided $131,500 to Now Africa Initiative, a social enterprise of small-scale coffee farmers. The funds were used to 1) purchase a truck to transport coffee to market; 2) make infrastructure improvements to the farmers coffee mill; and 3) conduct income diversification training, focused on soybean production and soy by-product development. Third, TCC supported the Karama Education Center, a primary school for NAI farmers, to offer $2,164.00 in scholarships to the best-performing graduates so they could attend secondary school. Fourth and finally, TCC provided $15,000 to Kyaffe Farmers Coffee, a social enterprise dedicated to increasing economic opportunity for women coffee farmers and educational access for children. TCCs support enabled Kyaffe Farmers Coffee to launch a barista training program in order for young women who have dropped out of school to develop an employable skill and access new job opportunities.Amount: $181,214.00Rwanda: In 2023, TCC supported Abateraninkunga ba Sholi (Sholi), a coffee cooperative in Rwanda, with $15,000 to launch a project for young, single mothers in their community. The project provided land and a comprehensive training program surrounding coffee and sustainability to a group of 80 single mothers; it also trained women in artisan crafting and goat farming. Through access to land and training, the single mothers who participated in the program sought to diversify their incomes through agriculture and beyond.Amount: $15,000.00Democratic Republic of Congo: In 2023, TCC supported the FEMAC Cooperative in the Democratic Republic of Congo to build a coffee washing station and provide training to member farmers on best practices. Both initiatives sought to ensure higher coffee quality and greater opportunities for international specialty coffee market access. With more control of their value chain through processing, FEMAC hopes to retain more of their crops value and return greater income to their member farmers. Amount: $15,000.00Total Sub-Saharan Africa Amount $211,214Total: $261,328.11 |
| Software ID: | 23017517 |
| Software Version: | 2023v5.0 |