Half the Sky Foundation

“Gaetano Russo and Deanne Bevan - Family relationship”

“OneSky staff gathers the required tax information necessary to complete the return and prepares the initial draft. The accounting firm reviews the initial draft with the finance team. Recommended changes are reflected in the final return and then sent to the board of directors before the final 990 is filed with the IRS.”

“A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY COVERS ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD. All new and existing board members and officers are required to update the conflict of interest form annually. These are reviewed by the board as well as the executive director. If a conflict of interest exists, the director shall leave the meeting while the transaction is discussed and shall not vote on the issue. the minutes of the meeting shall indicate that the interested officer or director disclosed the interest of involvement in the matter being considered by the board and recused himself/herself from voting on that matter.”

“THE BOARD MEMBERS CONDUCT AN ANNUAL REVIEW BY INTERVIEWING BOARD AND DIRECT REPORTS. THE BASIS FOR SALARY COMPENSATION IS DERIVED FROM TWO SOURCES: CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION & BENEFITS SURVEY AND CHARITY NAVIGATOR OR CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY SURVEYS. AFTER THE BOARD VOTES ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE MEETS WITH THE EMPLOYEE, SHARES THE REVIEW AND CONVEYS THE BOARD-APPROVED COMPENSATION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. THIS took place in DECEMBER of 2019.”

“Using the same process as described in the narrative for Part VI, line 15a.”

“THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE FORM 990 ARE POSTED ON ONESKY's WEBSITE, WHILE THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.”

“In 2019, we focused on preparing for the establishment of the new P. C. Lee OneSky Global Centre for Early Childhood Development in Hong Kong. Utilizing best practices in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), the new Centre will serve vulnerable young children in Hong Kong. In addition, the Centre will be a training hub for local and regional caregivers, taking OneSky's programs to low-resource settings and vulnerable children across Asia, and eventually, to the entire developing world.”

“(Expenses $ 110,754 including grants of $) Mongolia: We began our work in Mongolia with a small project in a state-run day nursery where we brought the OneSky Approach to benefit 180 very young children who were failing to thrive. The nursery, which previously focused only on providing nutritional support to vulnerable young children, had no programs to address children's social and emotional needs or healthy development. Besides fitting out the rooms with age-appropriate developmental toys and furnishings, we hired additional caregivers and trained them, along with existing caregivers, in providing responsive care. Now, building upon the needs of that initial venture into Mongolia, OneSky began cooperating with the public Kindergarten No. 83 in the Chingeltei District. We will also soon launch an initiative to expand caregiver training for vulnerable children in Ulaanbaatar. We are further exploring the feasibility of training local women to provide the care that children living in the ger districts so desperately need.”

“(Expenses $ 20,389 including grants of $) Hong Kong: OneSky has spent considerable effort in 2019 preparing for the 2020 opening of the P. C. Lee OneSky Global Centre for Early Childhood Development in Sham Shui Po. Our new home in Hong Kong will feature a Family Centre serving as a community gathering place where children (0-6 years old) and their parents and caregivers play and learn together and a Training Hub for local and regional caregiver training. The Family Centre will also offer facilitated play sessions and parenting skills workshops as well as consultation and referral services for families. Meanwhile, the D. H. Chen Foundation Training Hub will offer training programs for both professionals and paraprofessionals using cutting-edge theory on early brain development and teaching methods that put the child at the centre of his or her own learning.”

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