The Global Forum on Msm & Hiv (Msmgf)

“Management services: the organization pays fees to apla health & wellness, a related organization, for management services provided.”

“Power to appoint members of governing body: apla health & wellness (apla health), a related organization, is entitled to designate a majority of the directors of the organization per the mpact bylaws. The remaining directors are designated by the organization's steering committee, subject to approval by the apla health board of directors.”

“Form 990 review process: the form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm based on the audited financial statements and information provided by the accounting department of the organization. The executive committee of mpact reviews a draft version of the form 990. Once the committee has accepted the draft version of the form 990, it is sent to all members of the board of directors for their comments. Following the review by the board of directors, the form 990 is filed with the irs.”

“Monitoring compliance with conflict of interest policy: prior to entering into a proposed financial relationship with a director or officer, or a business controlled by a director or officer, the organization refers to and complies with the organization's conflict of interest policy. The organization requires annual disclosure statements to be completed by all directors and officers. The operations & board coordinator is responsible for ensuring all disclosure statements are submitted by the board members.”

“Executive compensation policy: mpact board of directors approves the compensation for the executive director. As part of the review, comparability data of similar type organization is evaluated. The compensation of the ceo and cfo of the related organization, apla health & wellness, is reviewed and approved by its respective board of directors, without participation of interested parties. As part of the review, comparability data of similar type organizations is evaluated. The process is then documented by its respective board of directors.”

“Public disclosure: the governing documents, financial statements, and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request.”

“Board member compensation: board member robyn goldman receives compensation from related party apla health & wellness for her services as cfo of the organization. No compensation is received for her services as board member for the global forum on msm & hiv.”

“Bridging the gaps: in 2020, mpact continued partnerships with 14 counterpart organizations in africa, south east asia and eastern europe and central asia. In 2020, we executed partnerships with ishtar and maaygo (kenya), galz and src (zimbabwe), ceperhg (ghana), cedep (malawi), affirmative action(cameroon), men for health (botswana), g-link, lighthouse (vietnam), gwl-ina, inti muda (indonesia), alliance global (ukraine), and phhr (tajikistan). Mpact designed and implemented a wide range of community-based programs providing funding, technical support and linkage to global advocacy mechanisms. Mpacts technical assistance also included national level and regional-level trainings on organizational development; pre-exposure prophylaxis; pepfar and global fund, advocacy, community-based participatory action research and stigma-free service delivery for healthcare workers. Additionally, mpact conducted virtual training for healthcare providers in kenya, botswana, tanzania and zimbabwe.”

“Robert carr fund: technical assistance focusing on a range of organizational needs including work planning, budget planning and development, grant reporting, information exchange and information services, linkage and referral at various levels (international ngos, national/local ngos, government, un/multilateral), funding mechanisms (local, regional and international) and organizational and network development. Mpact manages a global website and facilitates information exchange through the proactive use of social media as well as coordinating the joint research effort throughout this granting period.”

“Elton john aids foundation: advocacy and other community tactics (project act) is a 2-year demonstration project to reduce stigma and discrimination and eliminate violence impeding access to hiv health care for gay and bisexual men and transgender women. Funded by the elton john aids foundation through its lgbt fund and led by mpact global action for gay mens health and rights, based in oakland, california, usa, the project pilot-tested community-led advocacy initiatives in seven african and caribbean countries: burundi, cameroon, cote divoire, dominican republic.”

“Other program services: in a partnership with the global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria, mpact provides technical support and resources to strengthen capacity of regional and country-based key population constituencies to more effectively engage in and contribute to the development and implementation and oversight of global fund supported programs. Mpact and the consortium of msm and transgender networks work to support country-level affiliates in effectively engaging global fund and related national aids planning processes, with the following objectives: 1) well-supported key population membership on county-coordinating mechanisms (ccm); 2) stronger engagement in concept note development; 3) development and implementation of hiv-related programs tailored to the needs of men who have sex with men, transgender people and other key populations; 4) ongoing monitoring of program implementation to ensure alignment with normative guidance; and 5) transition and sustainability readiness. We will accomplish these objectives through a series of activities. Mpact and the consortium will focus on 23 countries across 6 regions: asia and the pacific (cambodia, indonesia, nepal, vietnam); central and western africa (cameroon, cote d'ivoire, ghana); eastern africa (botswana, tanzania, zimbabwe); eastern europe and central asia (georgia, kyrgyzstan, moldova); latin america (bolivia, honduras, el salvador, paraguay); and the middle east and north africa (algeria, egypt, mauritania, morocco, tunisia). Egypt, mauritania, morocco, tunisia).”