The Malala Fund

“Ziauddin yousafzai, board member and co-founder, is the father of malala yousafzai, board chair and co-founder.”

“After the form 990 is prepared by the malala fund's independent audit firm, it is reviewed by the management. A final version of the form is presented to the board of directors prior to filing. The form 990 is filed with the irs following final sign off by the board of directors.”

“Every year, all malala fund board members, officers and employees in decision-making positions must sign an official statement affirming that each person has received, read and understands the organization's conflict of interest policy and fully agrees to comply with the policy. Board members, officers and key employees must disclose in writing any and all items of actual or potential conflicts of interest and this list becomes widely available to all board members and the employees necessary to track and enforce compliance. Whenever any director, officer or key employee of the organization becomes aware that the malala fund is considering a transaction that could potentially create a conflict of interest, he or she is obligated to notify the board and to disclose all material facts relating to their interest in the transaction. Malala fund representatives are not permitted to be involved in decisions that could raise conflict of interest concerns, either perceived or actual.”

“Per malala fund's compensation policy, in determining the compensation level for the ceo of the organization and other covered persons, the board of directors must defer to comparability data demonstrating the reasonableness of a proposed compensation level. This data must include documentation of compensation levels paid by similarly positioned organizations for functionally comparable positions and can be pulled from independent reports and/or information obtained from irs form 990 filings of comparable organizations. The board must document how it reached its decision regarding compensation of the ceo and similarly covered persons, including the data on which it relied. The most recent evaluation of the ceo's salary by the board took place in october 2019. In january 2022, the organization engaged an external to evaluate our ceo compensation policies and practices. Malala fund will implement a new policy based on that firm's recommendations effective in the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Malala fund employee salaries are benchmarked against multiple independent surveys from similar organizations with the objective of ensuring competitive compensation that is still reasonable and in keeping with malala fund's status as a charity. In early 2023 malala fund's leadership and human resources staff performed a formal review of compatibility data along with help from an outside consultant to inform the salary levels of all other malala fund staff.”

“The malala fund's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and audited financial statements are available to the public upon request. Its audited financial statements are also available on the organization's website.”

“Philippa lei, chief of global advocacy, and gaya butler, chief of country programs & advocacy, were paid by the malala fund uk, an independent charity registered in england and wales. The malala fund is a member of the malala fund uk, but they are not related organizations for purposes of form 990. Their compensation is disclosed in part vii for informational purposes only.”

“- 5,000 girls will join the pink box initiative's girls' clubs at five schools in tanzania's mwanza region to learn leadership skills and build confidence. The group will also establish gender-based violence desks on campuses where trained counselors can help girls escape unsafe conditions and train teachers to identify signs of abuse. Finally, pink box representatives will go out into the community to convince parents to send their daughters to school. Global advocacy/research: we advocate - at local, national and international levels - for resources and policy changes needed to give every girl a secondary education. The girls we serve have high goals for themselves - and we have high expectations for leaders who can help them. To counter the taliban's argument that there is religious reasoning for perpetuating gender discrimination, malala fund supported the egyptian center for women's rights (ecwr) publication of girls' rights to education in islam in november 2022. The research report was fully reviewed and accredited by al-azhar university, the oldest university in the world and centre of islamic scholarship. Malala fund facilitated opportunities for afghan education champions to contribute their expertise to organisations leading the international response to their country's girls' education crisis. We organised several knowledge-sharing panels with the united nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in afghanistan to help inform reports to the un human rights council. To mark 300 days of the taliban's girls' education ban, champions deema hiram and rahim jami compiled heartfelt messages from 50 afghan schoolgirls into an open letter asking world leaders, afghan allies, islamic scholars, the united nations and ingos to act on school closures. A 'twitter storm' buoyed by champions and co-founder ziauddin yousafzai helped garner broad public support and media coverage for their message.”

“Professional services - communication: program service expenses 180,638. Management and general expenses 39,187. Fundraising expenses 16,650. Total expenses 236,475. Professional services - digital: program service expenses 98,224. Management and general expenses 21,308. Fundraising expenses 9,054. Total expenses 128,586. Professional services - graphic design: program service expenses 11,240. Management and general expenses 2,438. Fundraising expenses 1,036. Total expenses 14,714. Professional services - media/content: program service expenses 49,718. Management and general expenses 10,786. Fundraising expenses 4,583. Total expenses 65,087. Professional services - human resources: program service expenses 63,568. Management and general expenses 13,790. Fundraising expenses 5,859. Total expenses 83,217. Professional services - research: program service expenses 72,367. Management and general expenses 15,699. Fundraising expenses 6,670. Total expenses 94,736. Professional services- security: program service expenses 59,993. Management and general expenses 13,015. Fundraising expenses 5,530. Total expenses 78,538. Professional services - state solicitations: program service expenses 8,820. Management and general expenses 1,913. Fundraising expenses 813. Total expenses 11,546. Professional services - in country reps: program service expenses 404,589. Management and general expenses 87,770. Fundraising expenses 37,292. Total expenses 529,651. Professional services - general: program service expenses 1,163,728. Management and general expenses 252,456. Fundraising expenses 107,264. Total expenses 1,523,448.”