Shadhika Project Inc

“An outside cpa prepares the 990 and the state tax returns and sends them to the staff and current board treasurer. The treasurer may elect to have the past treasurer review the return if the past treasurer was in office during the year of the tax return. The staff and the treasurer review the documents and send their comments, corrections and suggestions to the cpa for any revisions. The final tax documents are presented at a board meeting for approval. The current board president signs the returns, and the cpa files them with the irs and the state of california.”

“Members of the board of directors are annually required to review the conflict of interest policy and disclose any potential conflicts of interest.”

“Compensation for the president/ceo is set by the board of directors based upon research regarding compensation from similar organizations in the denver area.”

“Governing and financial documents are available on the shadhika project website, on guidestar.org, and upon request.”

“Shadhika intends to abate gender-based discrimination and violence in the social systems surrounding each person by focusing on three core areas of intervention: 1) shadhika provides multi-year scholarships for young women to pursue post-secondary education. Combined with the local accompaniment by our partners, each young woman can build self-confidence, acquire the tools, and achieve the financial independence necessary to control their own bodies and determine their own goals; 2) shadhika provides multi-year, unrestricted funding to give grassroots leaders the security, the time, and the resources to identify determining factors of vulnerability and incubate community-centric, sustainable solutions; and 3) shadhika funds initiatives that engage men and boys-and other power holders-to champion gender justice and recalibrate power structures in their own communities. Shadhika also supports convenings for its partners, scholars and alum, and its advisory council to learn and co-create together, ensuring local voices are central to effecting change in india. In order to conduct these activities, shadhika is structured to have its management and fundraising staff in the u.s. While the majority of its program staff are based in india. Because of the difference in living costs between the two countries, the personnel expenses dedicated to management and fundraising are higher than the personnel expenses dedicated to programs despite the fact that the majority of staff time across the organization is spent on program-related activities. In 2022, shadhika built the infrastructure to support and advance the desired programmatic growth presented in the organization's new 2023-2030 strategic plan. These efforts included recruiting a program team and expanding the board to be more representative of and better serve the diverse communities in india, including gender, sexuality, caste, ethnic, and religious identities. Other major structural investments were the streamlining of grantmaking systems and the development of monitoring, evaluation, and learning framework to respectively increase efficiency and measure the impact of shadhika's work more effectively. These activities enabled shadhika to support 76 scholars - the most in the organization's history - and expand its partership network to provide more opportunities for dalit and devadasi girls to escape child marriage and intergenerational sex work. Finally, shadhika resumed in-person activities, including the scholar's summit, site visits to partner organizations, and fundraising events.”

“Contract services:other contr 25,678 407 162 program contract services 61,205 4,160 2,952 less legal in-kind 0 -16,522 0 professional fees 3,269 17,660 594 total 90,152 5,705 3,708”