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" for the same period of disclosure as set forth in irc section 6104(d). 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”

“Kickstart introduces africa's small-scale farmers to irrigation technologies that enable them to make more money, year-round, and thereby take a major step out of poverty. Since 1998, kickstart has been designing and mass-marketing high-quality, low-cost, "moneymaker" branded irrigation pumps and building farmers' capacity to leverage these technologies for growth. In fy18 (july 1 2017-june 30 2018), approximately 76,000 people used the pumps to take a major step out of poverty, bringing the number of people who have climbed into prosperity using kickstart's technologies to a cumulative total of more than 1.2 million. Small-scale farmers who acquire and use moneymaker pumps turn their subsistence farms into highly profitable year-round businesses. With irrigation, they grow multiple cycles of high value fruits and vegetables that they harvest and sell year-round, and especially in the long dry "hungry seasons" when food is scarce and prices are high. They increase their yields per acre by an average of 2.5 times and their net annual income per acre by on average three to five times. This enables them to further expand their farms by buying improved inputs, and investing in other farm enterprises such as dairy, poultry, pigs, fish ponds and shops to sell their produce. In fy18, a total of 15,200 thriving farming businesses were created with kickstart's moneymaker pumps. They are now generating $13m/year in new profits and wages. These businesses are contributing significantly to local food security - producing enough fruits and vegetables to feed 760,000 people each year. In 2015 kickstart launched a strategic plan to 1) lift another million people out of poverty over an eight year period; and, 2) to develop new irrigation solutions and catalyze broad-scale irrigation interventions that benefit millions more. The plan entailed a major pivot from selling pumps via retail sales to partnerships sales through like-minded organizations working with large communities of small-scale farmers, including non-governmental organizations (ngos), un agencies, governments, and microfinance institutions. Kickstart recruits private-sector distributors to buy and on-sell pumps to these partners; and to scale pump promotion and sales in 16 priority countries across east, west, and southern africa. The cost-effectiveness of this strategic shift has been evidenced by the significant reduction in our total donor-cost per person-moved-out-of-poverty. This indicator is drawn from kickstart's total organization expenditures, including the cost of implementing outreach and market development among farmers and partners, as well as our costs for product and marketing r&d, impact monitoring, advocacy, management and fundraising, finance, it and administration. It excludes the income earned from pump sales. At the end of fy18, the average donor cost to lift one person out of poverty was $50, representing a 37% decrease from $80 in fy15 - the last fiscal year prior to our pivot. Kickstart has developed an innovative training program that focuses not only on how to use and maintain moneymaker pumps, but also on business skills and agricultural best practices-or agropreneurship. Kickstart offers agropreneurship trainings on business skills and agricultural and irrigation best practices as a complement to our innovations and partnership sales. By training lead farmers, farmers, and partners' staff/trainers, we build the capacity of farmers to increase crop yields and income, and we increase kickstart's value proposition to our partners. Kickstart conducted trainings in seven out of our 16 focus countries in fy18, building the capacity of more than 6,500 people, the majority of whom were women and youth. In fy18, kickstart increased our focus on catalyzing broad-scale irrigation interventions and championing policies and investments to "irrigate africa". Kickstart has been engaging thought leaders in sustainable agriculture, climate change, and food security and”

“Deferred tax charges 570.”

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