Americares Foundation Inc.

“990 review process the form 990 was prepared by a nationally renowned accounting firm in conjunction with the organization's financial department. The form 990 is subject to a detailed review by the chief financial officer and americares' legal counsel prior to its submission to the audit committee. The form 990 is presented to the audit committee of the board of directors by management and its external accounting firm; once reviewed and accepted by the audit committee, the 990 is distributed to the full board of directors for their review and comment.”

“Conflict of interest policy section 1. Policy. A director or officer shall disclose to the board of directors any potential conflicts of interest in connection with proposed actions of the corporation. When any such conflict of interest is relevant to a matter requiring action by the board of directors, or a committee thereof, such interested director or officer shall not vote on the matter. Moreover, the interested director or officer shall retire from the room in which the board of directors (or the committee) is meeting and shall not participate in the final deliberation or decision regarding the matter under consideration. However, the interested director or officer shall provide the board of directors or committee with any and all material information. Section 2. Disclosure. The minutes of the meeting of the board of directors or committee shall reflect that a conflict of interest was disclosed and that the interested director or officer was not present during the final discussion or vote and did not vote. When there is a doubt as to whether a conflict of interest exists, the matter shall be resolved by a vote of the board of directors, or the committee, excluding the interested director or officer concerning whose situation the doubt has arisen. Section 3. Review of policy. This policy shall be reviewed annually for the information and guidance of directors, officers and staff members; and any new directors, officers or staff members shall be advised of the policy and furnished a disclosure statement upon undertaking the duties of such office.”

“Process for determining compensation americares pursues a rigorous process to ensure that the compensation it pays is commensurate with the not-for-profit industry in which it operates. Americares has a compensation committee in place that determines the president & ceo's compensation based on compensation survey results conducted by an independent third party consultant. With the onboarding of a new president & ceo, americares commissioned a fresh compensation study in october of 2020 to align compensation with the current market. The compensation committee of the board of directors ultimately ratified the president and ceo's compensation. For all other individuals reported on the 990 (as well as all americares staff), the president & chief executive officer, in consultation with the chief people officer, determines compensation utilizing available market data, salary survey results and other available tools to substantiate decisions. Americares, likewise, commissioned a separate compensation study in october of 2020 to cover all staff.”

“Public disclosure of documents the foundation makes its form 990 available to the public by retaining a copy at its place of business and on its website. The form 990 is likewise published on the internet at www.guidestar.org. The organization's financial statements are available on its website and by request. The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are not ordinarily made available to the public, but, if requested, will be provided at management's discretion.”

“The foundation is amending its form 990 to correct the over-reporting of certain non-taxable benefits disclosed in both form 990, part vii, column (f) and schedule j, part ii, column (d) for various officers and highly compensated employees. No other sections of the form 990 have been modified. Organization mission continuation we respond to people affected by poverty or disaster with life-changing health programs, medicine & supplies.”

“As the world's leading nonprofit provider of donated medicines and supplies, americares reached 88 countries in fy22 with medicine, medical supplies, support and technical assistance valued at more than $1.38 billion through our access to medicine, emergency programs and clinics to communities health programs. Americares mission is to saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster so they can reach their full potential. To accomplish this, americares invests in local health centers: when local health centers thrive, so do people in their communities with better health, more opportunities and increasingly productive lives. Americares reaches an unrivaled network of 4,000 local, national and international health care institutions and facilities that include hospitals, clinics, local health centers, ministries of health and nonprofit health care networks and providers. Working through this network, americares has three core programs: medicine security: increasing access to critical medicine and medical supplies; emergency programs: helping communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters; and health services improving and expanding clinical services and promoting good health and disease prevention in vulnerable communities. In each program area, we work to address five key health themes: women's and children's health, infectious disease, non-communicable disease (such as diabetes and hypertension), mental health and health system strengthening. Through collaboration with our extensive worldwide partner network, we committed over $30.8 million to implement health projects in 44 countries that directly or indirectly benefited an estimated 13.6 million people. In addition, we leveraged more than $1.22 billion worth of donated and procured commodities to support projects and activities and to relieve shortages of medicines and supplies through our health partners, including enough medicine to fill more than 14.7 million prescriptions and more than 5.24 million units of supplies. Through medicine alone, we estimate that we improved the health of 3.09 million people.”

“Medicine security americares improves health outcomes for patients in under-resourced communities by increasing access to quality medicines and supplies for local health providers and the people and communities they serve. A strong and expanding network of over 200 pharmaceutical and medical supply corporations donate these medicines, medical supplies, personal care products, medical equipment and technology. We distribute these donations to our global partner network through two initiatives: the global access to medicine program, which distributes high-quality medicines directly to a network of partners in 33 countries. Partners are selected for their capacity to securely and effectively process and utilize americares medical and supply donations. Americares also supports volunteer medical teams as they provide primary care, perform surgeries, respond to health emergencies and strengthen local health care capacity in communities where basic medical care is often non-existent or inaccessible. Last year americares provided these teams with $78.3 million in donated medicines and supplies as well as medical training tools and resources which they used to provide care in 34 countries. The u.s. Program, which last year served a network of 972 safety net health care providers throughout the continental u.s. And puerto rico. Again, partners are selected for their capacity to securely and effectively process and utilize americares medical and supply donations. In all, americares provided aid valued at $1.29 billion through our medicine security program, including enough medicine to fill 10.7 million prescriptions and 3 million medical supplies. We estimate that 2 million people benefited from the medicine provided by americares medicine security program.”

“Emergency programs from july 2021 to june 2022, americares responded to 37 natural disasters and humanitarian crises in 34 countries, including the united states, with technical assistance, shipments of medicines and emergency supplies as well as preparedness, response and recovery projects. Americares emergency response team began a comprehensive response to russia's february 2022 invasion of ukraine with support for hospitals and first responders in ukraine as well as refugees who fled to poland, romania and slovakia. By june 30, americares had delivered more than 110 tons of medicine and medical supplies into ukraine and provided $1 million in funding to local partners in poland, romania, slovakia and ukraine. Across all emergencies in fy22, americares emergency programs delivered $59 million in emergency and disaster aid, including shipments of medicines and relief supplies; through medicine alone, americares emergency programs reached an estimated 1 million people. In emergency settings, americares provided grants and support for 128 projects, which directly benefited 111,00 people. Americares comprehensive program to provide primary care services to venezuelan migrants and colombian returnees in colombia continued in fy22. Americares operated fixed and mobile clinics and, from july 2021 to june 2022, conducted 233,466 patient consultations, including 62,000 prenatal consultations and 115,000 mental health consultations between fixed facilities and mobile clinics. Country list 1. Afghanistan: crisis evacuation 2. Bahamas: hurricane dorian 3. Bangladesh: rohingya refugee crisis, covid-19 4. Brazil: covid-19 5. Colombia: regional crisis 6. El salvador: hurricane eta, hurricane iota 7. Guatemala: hurricane eta, hurricane iotal 8. Haiti: earthquake 9. Honduras: hurricane eta, hurricane iota 10. India: maharashtra flooding, covid-19 11. Indonesia: sumatra and sulawesi earthquakes 12. Iraq 13. Jordan: syria political conflict 14. Lebanon: financial crisis, syria political conflict 15. Liberia: covid-19 16. Madagascar: tropical cyclone batsirai 17. Malawi: tropical storm ana, covid-19 18. Mozambique: tropical storm ana, cyclone eloise 19. Nepal: covid-19 20. Nicaragua: hurricane eta, hurricane iota 21. Nigeria: complex crisis 22. Palestine: conflict escalation in gaza and west bank 23. Philippines: typhoon odette, covid-19 24. Poland: invasion of ukraine 25. Romania: invasion of ukraine 26. Saint vincent and the grenadines: volcano eruption 27. Sierra leone: fuel tanker fire 28. Slovakia: invasion of ukraine 29. Sri lanka: economic collapse, covid-19 30. Syria: syria political conflict 31. Tanzania: covid-19 32. Ukraine: invasion of ukraine 33. United states -- 13 disasters, including: hurricane ida, wildfires, severe storms and extreme weather (tropical storm fred, heat, tornadoes) 34. Yemen: complex emergency americares emergency programs rely on the close partnerships we share with our broad network of health care providers. By investing in local capacity, is americares ensuring that communities can respond effectively to emergencies, engage in long-term recoveries and integrate disaster preparedness into their ongoing operations.”

“Health services americares supports the capacity of local health delivery partners and promotes health and disease prevention in low-income communities across the u.s. And worldwide. This work is paramount to protecting health during the global covid-29 pandemic. Through work in our own clinics and that of our partners, americares provided more than $3 million in our health services work. In 2021 - 2022, americares clinic in el salvador, clinica integral de atencion familiar, provided 29,804 people with 60,398 clinical consultations. In addition, our partners americares india and americares free clinics, in connecticut, provided an additional 244,707 clinical consultations. In fy22, americares supported nearly 4,500 surgeries performed by u.s.-based medical volunteers on 180 short-term medical outreach trips to 30 countries. Twenty-five teams also brought 119 pulse oximeters to their partner and trained an estimated 390 local medical staff on pulse oximetry and the use of the donated devices. Responding to a survey after donation of the pulse oximeters, 100 percent of in-country staff stated that they always/most of the time use pulse oximeters during surgery. Prior to the donation, 72 percent used the oximeters regularly during surgery. In addition, teams placed 177 surgical-safety checklists in operating and recovery rooms in 24 countries. Americares also provides resources and training so health workers can better serve their communities and improve the health of low-income patients. In fy22, americares capacity-building training reached 10,078 health care workers and 2,775 non-health care workers in 14 countries. In our health services program, we address the root causes of illness and disease, employing an integrated approach that links treatment services to disease prevention efforts and health education. All programs promote evidence-based best practices and are designed to the highest standards of project planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation. In fy22, americares community health programs spanned a range of health themes including women's and children's health, infectious disease, non-communicable disease (such as diabetes and hypertension), mental health and health system strengthening. Examples include: - to reduce the incidence and risks of hypertension and diabetes in fy22, americares managed seven projects in four countries. In el salvador, americares clinica integral de atencion familiar hypertension/diabetes management and prevention project entered its third year, reaching more than 600 affected individuals from the surrounding rural communities with one-on-one training by the clinic's community health workers. Over social media, the clinic delivered more than 4,000 text messages with educational content related to chronic disease prevention and proper management. - to help local health centers prevent, treat, and protect against infectious diseases, 26 health projects in 11 countries included support for infection prevention and control. In malawi, for example, americares provided webinars, education sessions and training-of-trainer sessions covering infection prevention and control practices, covid-19, and transmission of disease from animals to humans. Then, after tropical storm ana, americares worked in communities to prevent the spread of cholera, bringing supplies, training for health workers and public hygiene promotion and an awareness campaign with messages that reached more than 25,000 people. - in the united states, americares is working to strengthen free and charitable clinics' use of data to ensure equitable health outcomes through the collaborative roadmap to health equity project. In fy22, 33 pilot clinics from 21 states reported data across 13 clinical measures, representing 34,359 unique patients.”

“Changes in split-interest agreements -859,657. Loss on foreign currency -76,666.”