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Net Margin
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Asset Growth
35th percentile
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Revenue Growth
83rd percentile
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Balance Sheet
Assets
Down$19,755
Down $1,252 (-6.0%) from 2011
Net Assets
Down$19,755
Down $1,252 (-6.0%) from 2011
Liabilities
-
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Up$158,609
Up $44,621 (+39%) from 2011
Expenses
Up$159,863
Up $49,291 (+45%) from 2011
Net Income
Down-$1,254
Down $4,670 (-137%) from 2011
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Oct 1, 2011 to Sep 30, 2012
- Signed
- Dec 15, 2012
- Return Version
- 2011v1.2
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Starfysh has determined to focus on one of the world's most desperate geographic locales and people groups: that of the island of la gonave, haiti. It is both our purpose and our expectation that we will be able to reverse the cycle of poverty there through the addressing of essential infrastructural needs (water, agriculture, health) while developing a model for sustaining those improvements (education and economic development). While working toward these goals, we will not ignore the opportunities for demonstrating christian compassion in times of urgent, immediate, and desperate need.
Filing and Contact Details
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- EIN
- 27-1976856
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| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 3 | CLEAN WATER/SANITATION - FEWER THAN ONE-HALF OF ALL PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND OF LA GONAVE HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER, AND ONLY ONE IN TEN HOMES HAS A LATRINE. ESSENTIAL TO ANY SERIOUS PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT MUST BE A PLAN FOR MAKING SURE THE WATER THAT PEOPLE DRINK AND COOK WITH IS FREE OF DISEASE- CAUSING MICROORGANISMS AND THAT EACH HOME HAS A FUNCTIONING LATRINE. DURING THE PAST YEAR, STARFYSH HAS PLACED OVER 200 POINT-OF-USE BIO-SAND FILTERS IN INDIVIDUAL HOMES ON THE ISLAND AND HAS READIED ANOTHER 100 FOR PLACEMENT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AND WE HAVE PROVIDED THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE MATERIALS FOR APPROXIMATELY 700 FAMILY LATRINES. WE ARE PLEASED THAT, AS A RESULT, A FEW SMALL VILLAGES NOW BOAST 100% LATRINE USE, A STATISTIC NEARLY UNHEARD OF IN HAITI. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 4 | GUESTHOUSE EXPENSES/BASE OF OPERATIONS - KEY TO STARFYSH'S EFFECTIVENESS ON THE GROUND IS OUR BASE OF OPERATIONS IN HAITI FROM WHICH ALL PROJECTS ARE PLANNED AND CARRIED OUT. ESTABLISHING THIS BASE WAS AN IMPORTANT, STRATEGIC FIRST STEP AS WE BUILD IN-FIELD CAPACITY FOR CARRYING OUT OUR MISSION IN THE YEARS TO COME. THE STARFYSH BASE IS LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF ANSE-A-GALETS, ON THE ISLAND OF LA GONAVE, SOME 12 MILES OFFSHORE OF MAINLAND HAITI. WE CHOSE ANSE-A- GALETS AS A GOOD TEMPORARY BASE, AS IT IS THE ONLY VILLAGE ON THE ISLAND THAT HAS BOTH AN AIRSTRIP AND A BOAT PORT. OUR BASE CONSISTS OF A SMALL HOUSE THAT WE CURRENTLY LEASE ON A YEAR-TO-YEAR BASIS. WE CONSIDER IT AS A TEMPORARY BASE THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN UNTIL WE CAN BUILD OUR OWN BASE OF OPERATIONS UP IN THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF THE ISLAND OF LA GONAVE. THE HOUSE IS SIMPLE, FURNISHED IN A VERY UTILITARIAN WAY. IT HAS A SMALL KITCHEN AND CAN SLEEP UP TO TWELVE WORKERS AT A TIME. ELECTRICITY IS PROVIDED BY GENERATORS. WATER FOR SHOWERS , SINKS, AND TOILETS IS GRAVITY FED BY AN ONROOF WATER CISTERN. THE HOUSE IS GATED AND GUARDED, ALLOWING FOR US TO USE THE YARD AS A STAGING AREA FOR PROJECT EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES. WE HAVE TWO HEAVY DUTY 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCKS AND TWO 4-WHEEL ATV'S WITHOUT WHICH NAVIGATION IN THE LA GONAVE MOUNTAINS WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 5 | EDUCATION EDUCATION WILL BE A STRONG EMPHASIS AND APPROACH IN STARFYSH'S EFFORTS TO BRING TRANSFORMATION TO LA GONAVE. EARLY ON, WE HAVE RECOGNIZED A SEVERE LACK IN RESOURCES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN HAITIAN CREOLE, AND WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT WE WILL WORK TO MAKE MORE SUCH RESOURCES AVAILABLE. IN OUR FIRST SUCH EFFORT, WE HAVE WRITTEN, ILLUSTRATED, AND PUBLISHED A PRESCHOOL -LEVEL READER. WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED THEM TO SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND HAVE CONDUCTED TEACHER TRAINING IN THOSE SCHOOLS, FOCUSING ON THE TEACHING OF READING AND WRITING. ANOTHER BOOK, A 3RD-GRADE-LEVEL READER IS NEARLY COMPLETE AND WILL SOON BE SENT TO THE PUBLISHERS. ANOTHER STRATEGY FOR RAISING THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION OF THE ISLAND IS TO BRING SCHOOLS TO VILLAGES WHERE THERE ARE NONE. IN OCTOBER, AFTER NEARLY A YEAR OF PLANNING, THE FIRST OF SUCH SCHOOLS WAS OPENED, A PRIMARY GRADE LEVEL (K-3RD GRADE) SCHOOL IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN THE MOUNTAINS. TODAY, EIGHTY FIVE CHILDREN ATTEND SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY DIRECTLY EMPLOYS SIX PEOPLE. A DAILY MEAL IS PROVIDED TO THE STUDENTS. ANOTHER VILLAGE HAS HEARD OF THIS EFFORT AND HAS ALREADY ASKED US TO COME AND MEET WITH THEM ABOUT BRINGING A SCHOOL TO THEIR VILLAGE AS WELL. WE ARE VERY MINDFUL THAT OUR EFFORTS TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION ON THE ISLAND MUST IMPACT EVERY OTHER CATEGORY OF OUR WORK HERE: AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, NUTRITION AND HEALTH, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. TEACHING MUCH BE INGRAINED AT EVERY LEVEL OF OUR WORK IF WE ARE TO SEE OUR EFFORTS LAST AND OUTLIVE US. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/GeneralExplanation/Explanation | 6 | HOSPITAL PATIENT CARE & EQUIPMENT LA GONAVE HAS BUT ONE SMALL MISSION HOSPITAL, AND IT IS IN SEVERE DISREPAIR. STARFYSH RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR BASIC, YET QUALITY HOSPITAL-LEVEL CARE. THE HOSPITAL'S XRAY EQUIPMENT IS BROKEN AND UNUSABLE, AS IS THE SURGERY ROOM'S ANESTHESIA EQUIPMENT. WE WILL PROVIDE NEW ANESTHESIA AND XRAY EQUIPMENT TO THE HOPSITAL. WE WILL ALSO HELP COVER COSTS OF GENERAL OPERATIONAL COSTS (STAFF WAGES, ETC.) OF ISLAND HOSPITAL. GENERAL FUND/WHERE NEEDED MOST TO PROVIDE FOR OVERHEAD COSTS TO RUN ORGANIZATION, ALLOW STARFYSH TO DESIGNATE FUNDS TO PROJECTS THAT NEED A BIT OF EXTRA FUNDS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IF THE ISLAND OF LA GONAVE IS EVER TO TRULY RISE OUT OF DESPERATE POVERTY, IT WILL BE HER PEOPLE THAT DO THE RAISING. ONE DAY, HER PEOPLE MUST CARRY ON THE WORK WHICH WE HAVE STARTED. IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, AN ECONOMY MUST RISE UP THAT CAN SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN AND GROW THE PROJECT EFFORTS STARFYSH HELPS TO INITIATE. IMBEDDED IN ALL OUR PROJECT EFFORTS ARE IDEAS AND PLANS FOR ECONOMIC SELF-SUSTAINABILITY. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE VILLAGE WHERE WE HAVE STARTED THE SCHOOL, A MICRO-ENTERPRISE PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, BRINGING SMALL FAMILY BUSINESSES (WITH ONGOING TRAINING) TO THE VILLAGE. IN ADDITION TO THE MICRO-ENTERPRISE MODEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STARFYSH ALSO VALUES THE IMPORTANCE OF HELPING QUALIFIED AND PROMISING INDIVIDUALS TO ESTABLISH LARGER BUSINESSES. ONE SUCH BUSINESS WE STARTED IN THE PAST YEAR WAS A WHOLESALE BAKERY THAT NOW DIRECTLY EMPLOYS FIVE PEOPLE. IN ADDITION, SOME TWENTY-FOUR VENDORS PURCHASE QUANTITIES OF BREAD AT WHOLESALE AND THEN SELL IT AT MARKET. WE ARE PLEASED THAT TWENTY-NINE FAMILIES HAVE AN INCOME AS A RESULT OF THIS BAKERY. ANOTHER BUSINESS, CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT, IS A SOLAR-POWERED CHICKEN HATCHERY. THE HATCHERY IS UP AND RUNNING AND WILL BRING MANY BENEFITS TO THE ISLAND, PROVIDING INCOME AND FOOD TO THOUSANDS. AGRICULTURE IN THE PAST YEAR STARFYSH HAS PURCHASED 2,400 BANANA TREES AND SO FAR DISTRIBUTED SOME 1,000 OF THEM TO PEASANT FARMERS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 1,400 BANANA TREES MATURING OUT IN POTS AND THESE WILL BE READY FOR DISTRIBUTION IN MARCH, 2013. WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF VEGETABLE SEEDS TO PEASANT FARMERS. OUR PLANS FOR 2013 ARE TO DEVELOP AN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH GARDEN WHERE VARIOUS SPECIES OF PLANTS AND TREES WILL BE GROWN AND STUDIED. WE HAVE PURCHASED AND DELIVERED MANY SEEDS AND CUTTINGS TO THE ISLAND ALREADY AND ARE DEVELOPING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS TO ASSIST IN THIS WORK. WE HOPE AND EXPECT THAT MANY OF THE BUSINESSES THAT SPRING UP THROUGH OUR MICRO- AND MEDO-ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS WILL BE CENTERED AROUND THE FAMILY FARM. TEAMS ONE IMPORTANT WAY THAT STARFYSH CAN SHARE THE STORY OF ITS WORK ON LA GONAVE IS TO RECEIVE AND HOST GUESTS WHO COME TO EXPERIENCE LIFE ON THE ISLAND FOR THEMSELVES AND TO SEE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE WORK WE ARE DOING, IN FISCAL YEAR 2011-12 WE HOSTED DOZENS OF SUCH GUESTS, MOST OF THEM IN TEAMS OF 3 TO 10, WHO CAME AND STAYED WITH US AT OUR OPERATIONS BASE AND HELPED US WITH ONE OR MORE OF OUR PROJECTS. ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT SEE THE WORK OF VISITING TEAMS AS ESSENTIAL TO INDIVIDUAL PROJECT SUCCESS, WE DO PLACE GREAT IMPORTANCE ON THEM AS A KEY WAY TO MOBILIZE FUTURE FINANCIAL AND VOLUNTEER PARTNERS. OUR MODEL FOR FINANCING GUEST AND TEAM VISITS IS THAT EACH GUEST/TEAM FULLY PAYS FOR ALL COSTS OF HOSTING THEM, INCLUDING FOOD, FUEL, TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS THE COSTS OF HAVING A PERSONAL HOST WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THEIR ON-FIELD LOGISTICS. THIS MODEL HAS WORKED WELL AND WE HAVE RECEIVED HIGH MARKS FROM EVERY GUEST WE HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO HAVE VISIT US. CHURCH/VILLAGE PARTNERSHIP ONE OF THE STARFYSH MODELS FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IS TO BRING IN SPONSORING PARTNERS WHO WILL ADOPT AND UNDERWRITE THE PROJECT. ONE SUCH EXAMPLE, AND OUR FIRST LARGE-SCALE EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE CREATED BETWEEN A STATESIDE CHURCH (BERKLEY HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN) AND THE REMOTE VI |
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2012 • Form 990EZFacts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.
- Assets
- $19,755
- Liabilities
- -
- Net assets
- $19,755
- Revenue
- $158,609
- Expenses
- $159,863
- Net income
- -$1,254