Accountability Lab Inc.

“The organization's form 990 was prepared by an outside accountant. The return was reviewed by the executive director and staff and made available to the board before filing.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy requires disclosure of potential conflicts of interest among board members and officers and sets forth a process for the board, or duly authorized committee of the board, to manage conflicts of interest, including requiring recusal by the conflicted individual from the deliberations and vote on the matter, consistent with irs recommendations and prevailing best practices for nonprofit organizations. Board members and officers are required to complete and sign a conflict of interest disclosure form annually and to disclose any conflicts arising during the year.”

“Compensation for the executive director and key employees was determined not to exceed fair market value based on periodic reviews of compensation levels paid by similarly situated tax-exempt organizations for functionally comparable positions in similar geographic areas. The last compensation review took place november 2022.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and its financial information available on its website.”

“Decisions benefit everyone fairly, and people lead secure lives. Accountability lab is a translocal network ngo that works as a collective of local organizations that have a shared purpose and understanding of the challenges we face and what the innovative solutions required to solve them. We do this by: 1. Shifting norms and behaviors - around issues of accountability to ensure that integrity becomes the expected behavior within societies (campaigns); 2. Equipping reformers for collective action - inside and outside government - with the knowledge and tools they need to push for better governance through training and learning (knowledge); and 3. Influencing policies, processes and practices - around critical accountability issues, through growing coalitions and advocating for change (communities).”

“Integrity icon's media and social media reach increases annually as campaigns gain traction in countries and our network of partners expands. Our social media reach exceeded 2 million views in 2019 and more than 4 million viewers in 2020. Additionally, coverage by respected international media outlets increases annually along with coverage at national levels. Impact - campaigns in 12 countries with over 9,000 nominations and 60 winning icons; this project has contributed to good governance reforms in the civil service in the following ways: in a number of countries, icons have been escalated to higher positions with more oversight, influence and decision-making power as a result of their participation. Icons, such as jude k. From the drc, build networks of reformers who are working together to push for change. Judge daniel is mentoring young civil servants in an effort to create change from the inside, and to instill integrity in service delivery. Accountability lab is also connecting these icons to cso, the media and communities to strengthen dialogue on integrity, and increasing reformers' skills through training targeted at helping them identify avenues for change in their agencies. Rap2rep/voice2rep - our music campaigns search for underground and undiscovered music artists who support greater representation, participation, and accountability. The goals of our music campaigns are: - to find ways to engage young people through music around issues of accountability and integrity; and, - to change the approach that the industry as a whole takes to these challenges through positive messaging and engagement. Impact in 2022, the project was implemented in liberia, nigeria and zimbabwe, and in mexico for the first time. In mexico, the project focused on centering the voices and experiences of incarcerated women. The content across the 4 target countries reached upwards of 10 million listeners via social media and local radio stations. In 2023, this project will also be launched in drc for the first time. Film fellowships and schools aim to develop a generation of socially-conscious filmmakers who have the skills and knowledge to tackle accountability issues through visual storytelling. Through the production and distribution of short films in local languages, we also hope to engage communities in conversations and actions on inclusion and governance issues. Impact in addition, to valuable local screenings that generate conversations and shine a light on social accountability issues, film fellows have also been able to access international audiences and gain recognition for their storytelling. In 2022 the film "my passion" - directed by djelika mama traore from mali won the first prize at the clap ivoire international festival in ivory coast, and was also screend at the cannes film festival. Accountability incubator - helps young civil society change-makers (or "accountapreneurs") to develop the tools, skills, networks, outreach efforts and funding streams they need to build sustainable, effective programs for accountability, integrity and open governance. Selected accountapreneurs receive 12 months of hands-on, comprehensive support including: training and knowledge-building, mentoring, network building, media outreach, and storytelling support. The goals of the incubator are threefold: - to allow us to re-balance assistance for civil society in the accountability space towards bottom-up, localized ideas for change; - to support individuals, who can take advantage of opportunities to build accountability; - to build "unlikely networks and diverse coalitions who can find new ways to create change. Impact more than 300 accountapreneurs have passed through this program. In 2022, it was launched in south africa for the first time, and included accountapreneurs such as moepi setona, creator of the let's talk app. Let's talk is citizen progress which enables citizens to monitor and report on the implementation of government projects in”

“- we are beginning to roll-out the civacts in new sectors such as public services (nepal); and security/justice (mali). We feel there are other areas where the process could be relevant, including gender rights (potentially in south africa); - we have seen an increase in interest from organizations who would like to integrate citizen feedback into their work, such as multilateral organizations (un and world bank) and will look to see how we might adapt the civacts model to support greater accountability within their work. Coalition-building, policy change, and advocacy we will actively work to participate in and build relevant coalitions and communities around accountability, transparency and open government at the local, national and international levels. We have both excellent networks in communities and access to rooms where policy decisions are made, and we want to make sure we use these together and effectively. The goal of this work is to channel upwards the ideas we are surfacing from the bottom-up to inform and influence policies, practices, and procedures, and ultimately shift power. Impact we are leading or supporting coalitions - such as the open government partnership (ogp in nigeria, liberia, and pakistan) and anti-corruption related groups (liberia); - we are also building working groups - such as voice coalitions (mali and niger); and with the private sector through the world economic forum's partnering against corruption initiative (paci); - we are supporting donor collaboratives or initiatives - such as the liberia accountability and voice initiative (liberia); the world bank's work on citizen engagement (both formally through the expert advisory council) and informally. We are part of the ogp steering committee and have led the ogp process in liberia, leading to key commitments from the government including the deployment of information officers in counties and greater transparency around issues of natural resource management; - we have built a coalition of organizations across mali and niger focusing on citizen voice and inclusion, who have been pushing for greater equality and accountability in decision-making. Hackcorruption in 2022, we launched the hackcorruption project aimed at creating regional networks of governance practitioners and technologists who are working together to create new solutions to corruption challenges. Impact we hosted the first regional hackathon in south africa with 100 participants from south africa, namibia, lesotho, zambia, botswana, and kenya. After a rigorous judging process, 5 promising ideas were selected and those teams have been supported through mentorship, seed funding and technical support to build out their solutions. The project also centers on building networks that are diverse. During the first hackathon, 40% of participants were women, which is above the industry standard in the technology space. We are committed to upholding this balance as we launch new cohorts in south asia and latin america in 2023.”

“Adjustment to net assets due to conversion to full accrual accounting 323,776.”