| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description |
OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Remote Temperature Monitoring of Vaccines (continued):administered, the vaccines can become less potent or completely ineffective.Our sensor combines a commercially available Android smartphone or other wireless technologies, an inexpensive plug-in temperature sensor, and a software application running on Android. The system makes it possible to wirelessly upload temperature data through the mobile phone from almost any location and immediately deliver SMS alerts about vaccines reaching critical temperatures and equipment failures to the cell phones of clinic managers or other healthcare system officials. These alerts allow managers the opportunity to repair the refrigerator or move the medicines to a safer location, thereby reducing vaccine wastage and increasing the overall number of vaccine doses available for immunizations.Our service accomplishments include: (1) designing and testing sensor hardware and software and server system software for an advanced second version of the sensor in anticipation of larger field-testing in health clinics and vaccine storage centers; (2) conducting further laboratory and field tests to determine the accuracy of the system; (3) successfully installing and maintaining temperature sensors to collect data in over 150 test locations in Mozambique, Kenya, India, The Philippines, and other countries in Asia; (4) working with local and regional ministries of health, health officials and NGOs in those countries and organizations such as UNICEFs Regional Office for East Asia and the Pacific (EAPRO) on those installations and field tests; (5) preparing reports for those health officials and agencies regarding the collected data and how it shows where improvements to vaccine management might be made; (6) integration of sensor data with an electronic logistics management information software (eLMIS) system that is currently used by the Government of India in multiple Indian states and in other countries, which will make it easier for health agencies and health providers to access and use the collected data. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Air Pollution and Clean Cookstove Monitoring (continued):Those technologies are needed in areas such as rural India, where it is common for meals to be cooked over open fires. Using improved cookstoves to prepare meals can eliminate much of this pollution. However, the cost of owning such cookstoves is a hurdle that limits the number of people who use them. In order to address this issue, we have developed a cookstove monitor that is aimed at helping reduce the cost of owning a cookstove by creating a mechanism whereby families can earn money for their continued use of the cleaner burning technology.Our service accomplishments include: (1) further developing and refining sensor technology that can collect and measure data regarding certain air pollution, including analytic tools to evaluate such data; (2) further developing and improving sensor technologies that can track clean cookstove usage; (3) design and implementation of a system that allows people to receive payments for their use of clean cookstoves, which reduce carbon pollutants; (4) testing of sensors in remote villages in northern India and other local areas; (5) training rural residents on issues pertaining to household air pollution its environmental impact as well as how to use the sensors to monitor their cookstoves; (6) continued studies in rural India to determine the usage patterns of clean cookstoves by local residents as well as to gather measurements of atmospheric black carbon pollution reduced as a result thereof. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et |
During 2016, NexLeaf Analytics rented office space from the spouse of the organization's president. During 2016, NexLeaf Analytics employed the sister of the organization's president. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process |
FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE TAX PROFESSIONAL. THE FORM IS THEN REVIEWED BYTHE ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT AND A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS DISCUSSES THE CONTENTS OF THE RETURN WITH THE OUTSIDE TAX PROFESSIONAL. AFTER A FULL REVIEW, THE FINAL VERSION OF THE TAX RETURN IS PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S VOTING BODY. A REPRESENTATIVE OF MANAGEMENT AUTHORIZES THE FINAL FORM 990 WHICH IS THEN E-FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts |
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR REVIEW ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ATLEAST ANNUALLY. ALL PERSONNEL AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE (INWRITING) POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND ANY RELATED PARTY AFFILIATIONS. LOANS BETWEEN THEORGANIZATION AND MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. THEORGANIZATION SEEKS FULL TRANSPARENCY ON ALL RELATIONSHIPS. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS (IN FACT OR APPEARANCE) ARE DISCUSSED OPENLY AND RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management |
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW THE COMPENSATION OF ALL HIGH-LEVEL PERSONNEL PERIODICALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS RULES AND REGULATIONS. EFFORTS ARE MADE TO SECURE COMPENSATION DATA FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES IN ORDER TO DETERMINE COMPETITIVENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF SALARIES. EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS IS THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS GUIDELINES AND THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees |
COMPENSATION OF OTHER PERSONNEL AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS REVIEWED PERIODICALLY BY MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT. EFFORTS ARE MADE TO SECURE COMPENSATION DATA FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES IN ORDER TO DETERMINE COMPETITIVENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF SALARIES AND ALL RELATED BENEFITS. ALL DECISIONS ARE THEN DOCUMENTED IN PERSONNEL FILES. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available |
ALL OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER LEGALFILINGS ARE MAINTAINED IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT AND HELD AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BYTAX AUTHORITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. TAX RETURNS ARE POSTED ANNUALLY TOWWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG (WHERE THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AS ELECTRONIC COPIES) AND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR A PHYSICAL INSPECTION AT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.