Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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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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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.") . | 52,013 | 51,895 | 85,723 | 66,575 | 105,630 | 361,836 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | 52,013 | 51,895 | 85,723 | 66,575 | 105,630 | 361,836 |
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 361,836 | |||||
Calendar year
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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... | 52,013 | 51,895 | 85,723 | 66,575 | 105,630 | 361,836 |
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | 52,013 | 51,895 | 85,723 | 66,575 | 105,630 | 361,836 |
| 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: | ||||
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| 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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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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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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| Part I, line 16 | | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Money transfers to ULA in Uganda plus transfer fees and sales tax., $107496| |
| Part II, line 24 | | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| Inventory, $, $| Prepaid Expenses, $, $| Organization's share of assets, $, $| |
| Part II, line 26 | | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| Accounts Payable, $, $| Grants Payable, $, $| Mortgages or other loans payable, $, $| Misc, $, $| |
| Part III, General | | Explanation:| Universal Love Alliance ULA is an NGO in Uganda. ULA promotes human rights and provides assistance to marginalized people. Universal Love Alliance Foundation ULAF is a charity in the U.S. that receives donations on behalf of ULA in Uganda. The funds that ULAF wires to ULA are sent quarterly and on an as needed basis. The ULAF Board serves as informal consultants to ULA to help ULA meet new potential grant organizations and to assist in writing grant proposals as well as important correspondence that ULA conducts. Board members serve as volunteers so ULAF bears no labor costs. There is also no ULAF office. Board members work out of their respective homes. Email and Facebook Messenger are the most common forms of communication but sometimes there are Board meetings in Zoom. ULA and ULAF share a Website: https: www.universallovealliance.org . ULA and ULAF have a separate presence in Facebook. Indeed because ULA is in Uganda Facebook won't allow it to do fundraising directly. |
| Part III, General | | Explanation:| ULA does receive some donations directly that don't go through ULAF. And ULA has grants where funds are sent directly to Uganda and not through ULAF. Those funds are not considered here. We only look at funds that do go through ULAF. Given the structure described above the main costs for ULAF are in receiving funds from PayPal and in wiring funds to Uganda from the ULAF bank account. In our accounting the PayPal receipts are the net payment that the donors make. The costs of wire transfers are a set fee of $45 and then a state sales tax of $4.02 per transfer irrespective of the amount being wired to Uganda. In mid 2023 the set fee was reduced to $25 and the sales tax to $2.17.. We try to balance economizing on these transfer costs and meeting ULA's needs for funding. Our solution is not perfect but it is workable. There is also a modest fee for registering ULAF with the state of New Mexico. That is the entirety of the costs on line 16 of F990EZ. The letter from the IRS saying that ULAF was approved as a charity is dated January 18 2018. We take this as the first day of operation for ULAF. Some of the functions described above were happening informally before that date. That matters some in what follows. For years 2020 - 2023 the above structure is fully accounted for in ULAF bank statements which we have used to calculate both the revenue and cost numbers. Things were somewhat different in 2019 and 2018 because of the following. Rather than wire transfer we primarily relied on Western Union as the means for transferring funds to Uganda. We switched totally to wire transfer near the end of 2019 after we had some serious problems with Western Union. Until that time however we could use Western Union out of the ULAF bank account but we could also use Western Union out of a personal bank account that Lanny Arvan Vice-President and Treasurer of ULAF had set up for this purpose prior to the existence of ULAF. In those early years some of the funds sent to Uganda came out of this personal bank account rather than the ULAF account. This was more convenient to facilitate the transaction but was less convenient for doing the accounting. Unfortunately this personal bank account doesn't have statements that go back to those years. So instead we went back to the email receipts for each transaction to construct a record of Western Union use out of this personal account. In Schedule A Form 990 2022 Part II Section A Public Support line 1 this explains how we computed the yearly entries. |
| Part II, General | | Explanation:| Now another point that is important to note with this return. We don't provide any itemization at all for how ULA uses the funds. They have a very wide variety of activities indeed and we are certainly not giving an activity based budgeting for them. But this is important for another reason as well. Sometimes the ULA Executive Director Turinawe Samson would make a request for funds that he thought was necessary though entirely outside the scope of ULA work. For example in 2021 the wife of Bishop Senyonjo passed away. The Bishop had been Samson's mentor before he retired. Samson requested some funds to pay for the funeral and other funds to cover the Bishop's care immediately thereafter. Lanny Arvan agreed to pay for that and the funds were sent - using the same wire transfer mechanism as for other transfers. In each year of ULAF's operation there have been some transfers of this sort that really are private exchanges but leveraged the money transfer mechanism that already was in place. This matters because starting in 2021 we have filed form 990EZ while in 2018 2019 and 2020 we filed form 990-N the email postcard. By what we have written in Schedule A it seems we were slightly over the limit in 2019 and 2020 while well under the limit in 2018. In fact we were under the limit in each of these years. We chose to report the full amount transferred during the year rather than try to break out the transfers that were of a personal nature. Indeed sometimes those were bundled with money intended for ULA work. We would estimate that in the last 4 years somewhere in the ballpark of $3,000-$6,000 per year went to transfers for personal use. We recognize that if the recipient of the transfers were also a U.S. organization then these should have been broken out fully. But with the recipient in Uganda having a transfer mechanism that is functional counts for a lot. We felt it better to use that than to experiment with some other way of getting funds to Uganda. If needed we can back out the individual transactions that arose from these personal requests. It is laborious to do so as it requires going through rather extensive Facebook Messenger threads to find the appropriate messages. But it can be done if necessary. |
| Part III, General | | Explanation:| Let's close by noting that much of what ULAF Board members do is entrepreneurial work as individuals or as a group to identify new donors or new organizations that might make grants in support of ULA work. And then time is spent getting these people comfortable with the ULA leadership and the ULAF Board. Some of this effort goes for naught of course. But even if successful it might be hard to tell from the information reported in this form. Individual donations get bundled with all the other donations that come or might be sent directly to ULA in Uganda. Grants don't get bundled in this same way but they too might go directly to ULA in Uganda. For others to understand how effectively ULAF functions they really need to see the full picture of ULA funding. |
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