Beneficent Technology Inc DBA Benetech

“Two benetech directors, james fruchterman and james kleckner, are also directors and have financial interests in raf technology, inc., a for-profit company located in redmond, wa.”

“At least one week prior to filing return, the 990 is emailed to all Board Members with requests for comments or questions. CFO also meets with the CEO Board for further 990 review prior to filing.”

“Employees and Directors receive Benetechs Conflict of Interest Policy annually and must submit an acknowledgment to Human Resources. CEO and CFO submit additional annual written Conflict of Interest letters to the Board of Directors.”

“CEO and CFO salaries are determined by the Board of Directors based on performance and comparable data from: CompData, Guide Star, Non-Profit Times Salary Survey, Professionals for Non-Profits Salary Range Survey and Consultant-Supplied Hi Tech Data. The comparable data is also used for key employee salary guidelines. All employee salaries other than CEO and CFO are approved by CEO and Vice President of Human Resources.”

“Annual audited financials are made available to the public by posting to Benetech's website after Board approval. Available upon request are: Audited financials, governing documents and conflict of interest policy.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Route 66 Literacy: Route 66 Literacy is a web-based program that makes it easy for any literate person to teach adolescent and adult beginning readers with developmental disabilities to read. The program combines engaging, age-appropriate lessons, exercises and effective feedback with a unique teacher-tutor modelone that requires no special training. By incorporating expert pedagogy and one to one interaction, Route 66 Literacy creates new pathways for beginning readers to gain independence and to pursue further educational and vocational opportunities. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Benetech Labs: Benetech Labs was established in order to create new technology enterprises for social impact. In partnership with communities of field leaders and stakeholders, technologists, and social entrepeneurs, the Labs is where the Benetech team openly catalyzes high-impact solutions that change lives.SocialCoding4Good: SocialCoding4Good, created in 2011, is aimed at dramatically reshaping the tech volunteer landscape. There are many nonprofits and social-good programs in the world that need the help of professional technologists, but their resources dont often allow for it. As a result, the causes theyre working on from civic engagement and education, to poverty alleviation and the environmentsuffer. At the same time, professional technologists are eager to help work on these important social challenges, but often struggle to find the right match for both their passion and skills. Using a web-based platform, SocialCoding4Good collects information on both volunteer technologists and programs with need so that our community managers can connect these professionals with opportunities that are the right fit. In this way, volunteers get to work on the humanitarian open source software projects that would most benefit from their time and talent. By bridging the corporate, nonprofit and technology communities, SocialCoding4Good brings together the best and brightest to generate meaningful and sustainable collaborations for social good.Tools for Clean Water Organizations: Water is one of the most basic requirements for life. All too often, however, we struggle to deliver clean, safe water to communities. This is especially true in the developing world, where access to clean, safe water is one of the most pressing environmental and health issues of our time. Why do some communities, even in poor, rural areas, succeed at delivering clean water and implementing sanitation systems while others fail? Benetech, in partnership with Fundacin Avina, began exploring this question, focusing on rural communities in Latin America. Currently Benetech is integrating an assessment methodology developed by Avina with an open source data collection platform for mobile devices and desktop computers that will work both online and offline and is straightforward and easy to use. By collecting survey data digitally and constructing a profile for each organization in an intuitive dashboard format, the tool will provide immediate feedback and will reduce the resources required for data collection and modeling. Looking forward, this information will enable the customized delivery of digital training materials, which will make training materials already developed by Avina more accessible and relevant to specific communities.”

“Services provided by companies primarily for design engineering, financial audit and tax preparation, data entry, and temporary accounting and administration assistance.”

“Rent, telephone, office supplies, equipment, liability insurance, postage, freight, receptionist, hr, and it services.”

“Fundraising expenses in column D represents costs incurred for seeking general support funding. Foundation research and bid and proposal expenses of $731,955 are included in column C, Management and general expenses, as part of the organization's overhead costs.”