Kickstart-International Inc.

“Line 11a explanation - before it is filed, a draft of the 990 is presented for review to the audit committee and the board of directors.”

“Directors, officers and employees are obligated to immediately disclose to the board any possible or actual conflicts of interest. A majority vote of board members (excluding the interested person) is required to determine if a conflict exists and whether entering into the transaction involving the conflict is in the best interest of the organization. If the board determines the interested person has failed to disclose a conflict, it may nullify the transaction and take disciplinary action against the interested person, up to and including termination.”

“The organization's processes for establishing compensation of officers and key employees include: 1. Compensation committee review and deliberation 2. When appropriate, evaluation of comparability data, compensation surveys or studies 3. Recommendation for review and appproval by the board of directors”

“Financial statements are made available to the general public at the organization's website "www.kickstart.org or at "guidestar.com". The governing documents and policies of the organization are available for public inspection at the organization's website "www.kickstart.org or at the office of the organization”

“During fiscal year 2017 (fy2017), kickstart continued to implement its current strategic plan and made meaningful progress toward its core goals of lifting an additional one million people out of poverty, developing new irrigation solutions, and catalyzing broad-scale irrigation interventions across africa. Through the promotion and uptake of its moneymaker pumps and other advocacy efforts, kickstart created significant direct impacts while increasing much-needed awareness around the value and potential of small-scale irrigation. By the end of fy2017, kickstart had empowered a total of 1.1 million people to lift themselves from poverty into prosperity, impacting 67,000 in this year alone. With a significantly smaller team, kickstart had close to the same impact as in the previous year by working through its partnership-based model. With the exception of legacy programs, the donor cost per-pump-sold and per-person-out-of-poverty have declined dramatically. These gains in operational efficiency continue to validate that their shift in model is enabling kickstart to reach farmers across a wider geography, faster than ever before. Kickstart began the year by reflecting on its early experience in implementing its current strategy. Despite some teething challenges, the plan is working well. In the few years since its launch, kickstart has entered critical new markets and introduced more and more vulnerable populations to moneymaker pumps. While the organization originally charted a steeper growth trajectory during the first years of rolling out the plan, it took longer than expected to strengthen internal capacity and key global partnerships. After focusing on and investing in training, leadership, and new talent this year, kickstart is well-positioned for accelerating the organization's pace going forward. Based on this review, the organization has recalibrated its timeline and anticipates reaching the goal of 1 million more people out of poverty by 2023. Consistent with the second goal of its strategic plan, kickstart stepped up its efforts to advance systemic changes and foster an enabling environment such that millions more smallholders can benefit from irrigation. Kickstart's innovations hub in kenya continues to push forward on the edge of technology and means of implementation. This year, kickstart continued to make exciting progress developing what they believe to be the world's lowest-cost, most-efficient solar pump and moved forward with market testing their most affordable product yet- the moneymaker starter pump- in kenya. Beyond africa, kickstart is changing the conversation around small-scale irrigation as a cornerstone to achieving the united nations' sustainable development goal #2: zero hunger.”

“Deferred tax charges 459.”

“There was no change to the process from prior year.”