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ANETWORKTable of ContentsOUR MISSION & VISION ................. 2

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER ...... 2

THE NETWORK:MEMBER CENTERS .......................... 3

THE NETWORK:MEDIA PARTNERS ........................... 4

IMPACT TO DATE ............................. 5

STORIES THAT MATTERED:2018 HIGHLIGHTS ........................... 6

ACCELERATING IMPACT:THE GLOBAL ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSORTIUM ....... 10

STRONGER COLLABO-RATION IN RESPONSETO RISING THREATS...................... 10

PERSON OF THE YEAR .................. 11

AWARD HIGHLIGHTS .................... 12

2018 IN NUMBERS ........................ 13

BOARD OF DIRECTORS ................. 16

OUR SUPPORTERS ........................ 18

FINANCIALS................................... 19

In February 2018, I got the call that no editorever wants to receive. Pavla Holcova, an editorat the Czech Center for InvestigativeReporting, called to tell me a younginvestigative reporter she had been partneringwith had been murdered, along with hisfiancée.

Ján Kuciak was a reporter at Aktuality.sk, anoutlet in Slovakia that partnered with Holcovafor a series of investigative stories. He wasworking on a story for us about the‘Ndrangheta, a notorious Calabrian-basedmafia group that had crossed into Slovakia.Ján’s reporting showed the group had deepties to Slovakian politics and was involved inEU farm subsidy fraud. He has also worked onstories about Marian Kocner, an oligarch withties to politics, criminals and criminalactivities.

Ján was covering one of the most dangeroussituations — the nexus of organized crime andpolitics. His brazen murder came just a fewmonths after investigative journalist DaphneCaruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb forher work exposing corruption in Malta. Thesedeaths illustrate not only how the tentacles oforganized crime can reach into the highestlevels of government, but also the bravery

required to expose this growing, menacingthreat to democracy.

As we reflect on the past year, it is clear we areliving in a dark era for journalism and freedomof the press. Around the world, populistleaders are openly hostile toward the mediaand incite their followers toward hatred andviolence. Reporters in many countries areroutinely smeared, accused of terrorism andother false charges, and thrown in jail.Reporters Without Borders cites 2018 as themost dangerous year on record for journalists,calling the situation “critical.”

There is cause for alarm and sadness, but alsofor hope—the kind of hope that comes withshining a light on the truth. The deaths of Jánand Daphne are painful beyond words. We areconsoled only by the fact that OCCRP, alongwith our colleagues around the world, willcontinue their reporting, putting moreinvestigative resources on the subjects of theirstories as well as on the perpetrators whotook their lives. We are more committed thanever to delivering on our mission and will notstop until justice is served.

Drew SullivanCo-Founder and Publisher

OUR VISION

OURMISSION

A world where lives,livelihoods and democracyare not threatened bycrime and corruption.

By developing andequipping a globalnetwork of investigativejournalists and publishingtheir stories, OCCRPexposes crime andcorruption so the publiccan hold power toaccount.

Letter from the Publisher

BALKANS

NEW EASTERN EUROPE

CAUCASUS

EUROPEAN UNION

KRIK, Belgrade, Serbia

ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENTTV JOURNALISTS, Chisinau, Moldova

HETQ - ARMENIA, Yerevan, ArmeniaINVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS'TEAM iFACT, Tbilisi, GeorgiaJOURNALISTIC DATA PROCESSINGCENTRE, Tbilisi, GeorgiaSTUDIO MONITOR, Tbilisi, Georgia

DOSSIER, Vienna, Austria

CINS, Belgrade, SerbiaCIN, Sarajevo, BIH

RISE MOLDOVA, Chisinau, Moldova

BIVOL, Burgas, Bulgaria

BIRN, Priština, Kosovo

MEDIA DEVELOPMENTFOUNDATION, Kyiv, Ukraine

CESKE CENTRUM PRO INVESTIGATIVNIZURNALISTIKU, Prague, Czech Republic

SCOOP, Skopje, Macedonia

SLIDSTVO.INFO, Kyiv, Ukraine

ATLASTZO.HU, Budapest, Hungary

IRPI, Firenze, ItalyRE BALTICA, Riga, LatviaUAB15MIN, Vilnius, LithuaniaRISE PROJECT, Bucharest, Romania

OSTRO, Ljubljana, Slovenia

ASOCIATIA ATLASZO ERDELYEGYESULET, Cluj Napoca, RomaniaFUNDACJA REPORTEROW,Warsaw, Poland

DIREKT 36, Budapest, Hungary

CITIZENS' ASSOCIATION INVESTIGATIVEREPORTING LAB IRL, Skopje, Macedonia

MANS, Podgorica, Montenegro

ASSOCIATION FOR DEMOCRACYIN AZERBAIJAN, Berlin, Germany

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The Network:Member CentersOur rapidly-expanding membercenter network grew to 46 in 2018,with the addition of centers inKyrgyzstan, Kenya, Poland,Macedonia, and Romania.

Mostly, small, nonprofit mediaoutlets, we value our membercenters and the local information,data, contacts, and sources theybring into our global network. We

support our member centers witha range of services, includingresearch assistance, pro bonolegal support, tech tools, physicaland information security, andbusiness training. By partneringlocally and working globally,together we gain more insightsinto the giant web of worldwidecorruption.

The Network:Media PartnersIn addition to our independent mediamember centers, OCCRP collaborates withan array of publishing partners around theworld, helping to increase the impact ofour reporting and its reach. Our publishingpartners change every year along with thefocus of our stories. We value ourrelationship with this mix of international,national, and local outlets across the worldwho help us reach millions of viewers.

Impact to Date

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CRIMINALINVESTIGATIONS ANDGOVERNMENT INQUIRIES

CALLS FORACTIONBY CIVIL, PUBLIC ORINTERNATIONAL BODIES

ARRESTWARRANTSISSUED

MAJOR SACKINGS,INCLUDING A PRESIDENT,PRIMEMINISTER AND CEOsOFMAJOR INTERNATIONALCORPORATIONS

OFFICIAL ACTIONSTAKEN BYGOVERNMENTS

OCCRPʼs primary basis formeasuring impact isincreased accountability.Since we began recordingimpact in 2011, ourinvestigations havecontributed to:

Stories thatMattered:2018 Highlights

Members of South Africa’s controversialGupta family have long been implicated in aseries of corrupt political connections andillegal deals that have earned them millions,often in government funds. The Guptabrothers—Atul, Ajay, and Rajesh, whoimmigrated to South Africa from India in the1990s—used their money and influence toenrich themselves at the expense oftaxpayers, with the help of South AfricanPresident Jacob Zuma.

OCCRP previously reported how Gupta-linked firms and operators extractedmoney from a state transport infrastructurecompany, profited from a corrupt locomotivetender, and exploited a compliant bank. The

total amount of money allegedly stolen bythe Guptas and their associates reaches intothe hundreds of millions of dollars.

After OCCRP’s stories were published, policeraided the Gupta family home inJohannesburg in February 2018—resulting inthree arrests—and again in April 2018. SouthAfrican president Jacob Zuma was alsoforced to resign in February 2018, facingnumerous corruption allegations, and inAugust, a special commission investigatedthe Gupta family’s “state capture,” in whichtheir private interests significantly influencedthe government’s decision-making processfor their own advantage.

In February 2018, a former policemanslipped into the home investigative journalistJán Kuciak shared with his fiancée, MartinaKušnírová, and shot them both at closerange.

But bullets could not kill their legacy.

Thousands of the couple’s fellow Slovaksflooded the streets of Bratislava to demandjustice. Prime Minister Robert Fico and threeof his ministers were among those whoresigned amid public accusations that thestate was either negligent or complicit in thedeaths.

Within a week of his murder, OCCRP andmember centers IRPI and Investigace.cz

rushed to continue Jan’s reporting andpublish his stories to minimize the danger tohis colleagues. The published stories honorhis memory and set the record straight, withnew findings about organized crime inSlovakia and its ties to politics and lawenforcement.

Though four people are awaiting trial oncharges related to the murders, themasterminds have gone unpunished. Nowjoined by the newly-formed InvestigativeCentre of Ján Kuciak, an OCCRP membercenter, the network will continue toinvestigate the circumstances surroundingthe deaths of Ján and Martina until justice isserved.

STATECAPTUREKILLINGTHE JOURNALISTWILLNOTKILL THE STORY

GuptaLeaksAMurdered Journalist’s Last Story

OCCRP reporters went undercover to learnhow millions are made smuggling the world’smost trafficked commodity—endangeredrosewood trees, prized for its use intraditional Chinese furniture. In Madagascar,more than 80 percent of the flora and faunaon the island can be found nowhere else onearth. But instead of protecting naturalresources, Madagascar’s governmentcolluded with the timber barons who profitfrom the illegal trade—and who helppoliticians rise to power—and prosecutesenvironmental activists who try to stop it.

In our investigation, reporters talked tolocals, examined secret governmentdocuments, and posed as representatives ofa Chinese buyer. They pieced together how

the rosewood trade works, how it’s protectedby powerful insiders, and how its operatorsevade detection. For example, reportersfound that rosewood sometimes leavesMadagascar disguised as vanilla, the island’sother key cash crop, which is unregulated.

Several environmental media sitesmentioned our undercover investigation,such as Mongabay and Yale Environment360. Shortly after publication, theConvention on International Trade inEndangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora(CITES)—the main environmental body thatprotects endangered plants and animals—rejected the Malagasy government’s plan tosell off its stockpiles of illegally harvestedrosewood.

Two years after the Panama Papers rockedthe offshore financial system, a freshdocument leak from Panamanian law firmMossack Fonseca revealed new financialdetails about an array of global elites,including soccer superstar Lionel Messi, thefamily of the Argentine president, and aformer senior Kuwaiti official convicted oflooting his country’s social security system.

To analyze and report on the new data, theInternational Consortium of InvestigativeJournalists (ICIJ) once again organized acollaborative investigation which includedthe Organized Crime and CorruptionReporting Project (OCCRP) and its membercenters.

The new leak consisted of 1.2 milliondocuments which mostly covered the years2016 and 2017. Thus, they offered an almostfirst-hand account of the meltdownexperienced by Mossack Fonseca in the wakeof the unprecedented investigation thatbrought its practices to light in the first place.

The investigation of these new documentsenabled journalists to tie many loose ends,to uncover even more wrongdoing, and toreveal new twists and turns in what was oncea hermetically closed world of offshoredealings.

CORRUPTIONANDTHE ENVIRONMENTCRIMINALSERVICES INDUSTRY

The Fate ofMadagascar’sEndangered RosewoodsThe Panama Papers: The Aftermath

OCCRP’s investigation revealed an in-depthlook at how a modern kleptocracy works.Tajikistan is Central Asia’s smallest, poorestcountry and is ruled by an authoritarianpresident, Emomali Rahmon, who has beenin power since 1994.

The president's son-in-law, ShamsulloSohibov, controls a vast amount of wealth inTajikistan through his company, Faroz. Thegrowth of Faroz’s was made possible, in largepart, by the government creatingopportunities for it to flourish and ensuring

that no competitor posed a threat. The statehas been used for the good of the company,not the other way around.

Our series put a spotlight on corruption atthe highest levels in a country with nofreedom of expression; a place where ajournalist sent a letter to the presidentcalling for him to address the country’scorrupt government and was convicted oftrumped up charges of embezzlement andmisuse of state funds.

Maldives tourism isn’t all swaying palm treesand white sand beaches. The truth issomething far uglier.

Thanks to a trove of leaked files, OCCRPreporters uncovered the details of anaudacious multi-million-dollar scheme thatsaw dozens of Maldivian islands leased outto developers in no-bid deals—and themoney then stolen. While local tycoons andinternational investors cashed in, the peopleof this island paradise in the Indian Oceansaw precious little.

For the first time, reporters tracked thedeals, finding what was handed out, towhom, and for how much. At least $79million is believed to have been lost in thecorrupt island leases.

The revelations also included fresh evidencethat implicated the Maldives’ authoritarianpresident, Abdulla Yameen, in the scandal. Aweek after our investigation was published,the Maldives held its national elections andYameen was voted out of power.

KLEPTOCRACY101GOVERNMENTNO-BIDDEALS

Tajikistan:Money byMarriageParadise Leased: TheTheft of theMaldives

Accelerating Impact: The GlobalAnti-Corruption Consortium

Stronger Collaboration inResponse to Rising Threats

Now in its second year, the Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (GACC) continues tomake significant impact in spotlighting andpushing for policy change in response tomoney-for-influence scandals and globalmoney laundering.

This groundbreaking partnership acceleratesthe global fight against corruption bybringing together OCCRP’s investigativejournalism and advocacy driven byTransparency International (TI), the globalanti-corruption movement. OCCRP’s globalnetwork of local journalists and TI’s 100+national chapters and internationalsecretariat share data and knowledgegenerated through cross-borderinvestigations, informing anti-corruptionpolicy advocacy and contributing to legalaction.

For example, in Europe, visa policy changeswere implemented after OCCRP’s “Gold forVisas” investigations revealed how EUcitizenship and residency were being sold ona vast scale to the ultra-rich around theworld. Armed with cases from across thecontinent, TI and partner Global Witness

successfully campaigned to raise awarenessabout the risks inherent in these schemesamong European governments. Thiscombination of continent-wide revelationsand sustained advocacy significantly elevatedthe issue for policymakers, puttinggovernments under new pressure to modifytheir schemes.

In the Middle East, OCCRP’s first majorinvestigation in the region exposed Dubai’sglobal role as a safe haven for moneylaundering, terrorist financing, andkleptocracy. Using the property ownershipdata underpinning the findings, TIcampaigned for Dubai to clean up its realestate sector and called out the city for beinga money laundering paradise in its analysisfor the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018.

In the next year, the GACC will continue tobuild ties with the advocacy, legal, media andtech industry to further its reach and impact.We are grateful to our supporters whohelped us establish this unique partnership:the governments of Argentina, Australia,Denmark, Norway, and the United States.

Journalists continue to be the targets ofphysical threats and violence in attempts tosilence them. A bright spot in an otherwisedark year was the growing collaboration andadoption of OCCRP’s networked journalism.

In 2018 OCCRP spearheaded andcontributed to projects that continued thestories of reporters who were silenced andinvestigated their deaths. After the murderof reporter Jan Kuciak in February inSlovakia, OCCRP network reporterscompleted his stories to show the assassinsthat killing the journalist would not kill thestory and to protect the other reporters whohad collaborated with him.

In April, OCCRP worked with the nonprofitForbidden Stories to launch The DaphneProject, in which 45 journalists from 18 newsorganizations and 15 countries cametogether to continue and completemurdered reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia’sinvestigations, once again showing the killersthat the murder of a journalist would neitherbenefit them nor stop the story.

And in October, OCCRP and ForbiddenStories partnered with reporters in LatinAmerica to investigate and complete thereporting of two Ecuadorian journalists fromEl Comercio who were abducted andmurdered, along with their driver, near theborder of Ecuador and Colombia this year.The project, Death on The Border, traced thelast days of the kidnapped journalists andshed light on the failure of the Ecuadoriangovernment to negotiate their release. Theproject also revealed a secret communicationchannel between an Ecuadorian police majorand the Oliver Sinisterra Front guerilla group,and the challenges faced by the people livingin the border region amid a drug war andincreased militarization by the governmentsof Ecuador and Colombia.

Person of the YearA €230 billion money launderingscandal put Danske Bank ahead of arecord 22 other contenders to win the2018 Corrupt Actor of the Year awardfrom the Organized Crime andCorruption Reporting Project.

A globe-spanning panel of nine expertson organized crime, corruption andterrorism settled on Danske Bank forthe role its Estonian branch played inallowing billions of dollars to be

laundered over the past decade. In oneoperation, billions of dollars flowedthrough Danske’s Estonian branch fromAzerbaijan to offshore companies, high-ranking officials, and even Europeanpoliticians who praised the nation’sregime despite its chronic human rightsabuses, according to an OCCRP report.

“Danske Bank is a worthy recipient ofthis prize. It highlights the role of thecriminal services industry in enabling

international corruption and crime,”said OCCRP co-founder and editor DrewSullivan.

In early 2019, Estonia’s financialregulator shut down Danske Bank’sEstonian branch, saying the money-laundering scandal has seriouslydamaged the credibility and reputationof Estonia’s financial environment. Thebank also ceased operations in Russia,Latvia, and Lithuania.

The OCCRP “Person of the Year” award acknowledges thosewho best promote Uncivil Society.

Every year since 2012, OCCRP has accepted nominationsfrom the public, journalists and law enforcement andchosen from them the individual or organization who hasdone the most in the world to advance transnationalcriminal activity and the political collusion that goes alongwith it.

ABOUTOCCRP’S PERSONOFTHEYEARAWARD

WINNER WINNER

FIRSTPRIZE

WINNERWINNER

DIG Award, “Killing Pavel” (Italy)for OCCRP and member centerSlidstvo.info

Investigative Reporters andEditors Medal, “Killing Pavel”(USA) for OCCRP and membercenter Slidstvo.info

Best Use of Media 3.0Technologies from “Tvapatum(Digistory)” for member centerHetq (Armenia)

CEI SEEMO Award forOutstanding Merits inInvestigative Journalism forOCCRP journalists StevanDojcinovic and Dragana Pecoand member center CINBosnia and HerzegovinaJournalist Nino Bilajac

Investigative Journalism Awardfrom the IndependentJournalists Association ofSerbia and US Embassy formember center KRIK journalistBojana Pavlovic

Award Highlights for OCCRPand the OCCRP Network

In 2018 OCCRP and its partners won almost 20 awards and a number ofnominations. The documentary “Killing Pavel,” about Belarusian journalistPavel Sheremet’s murder by a car bomb in Kyiv in July 2016, garnered twoawards. For this story, reporters from OCCRP and OCCRP member centerSlidstvo.Info conducted their own investigation for more than ninemonths — both into the murder and into the police probe. In exclusivefootage and interviews, the film reveals crucial details about the murderthat were never included in the official investigation — and asks why.

2018 in NumbersAVERAGEDISTRIBUTIONOFVISITORSWORLDWIDE

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Russia4.9%

Germany7.0%

France17.9%

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Board of DirectorsMAR INA GORB I S

AND E R S A L E X AND E R SON

SU E GARDN E R

V I C TOR J ACOB S SON

DAV I D BOARDMAN

Gorbis is the executive director of the Institute for the Future (IFTF).She created the Global Innovation Forum, a project comparinginnovation strategies in different regions, founded the GlobalEthnographic Network (GEN), and led IFTF’s Technology HorizonsProgram, focusing on interaction between technology and socialorganizations. She has authored publications on internationalbusiness and economics, with an emphasis on regional innovation.

Anders Alexanderson is Executive Vice President at StockholmSchool of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga). He is one of the founders ofThe Centre for Media Studies at SSE Riga, which provide furthereducation in investigative reporting for journalists from formerSoviet republics and Russia.

He has a background in the media in Sweden and has heldmanagement positions at several newspapers. He is a mediaentrepreneur and was the founder of one of the first internetconsulting companies in western Sweden and one of the firstprivate radio stations in Sweden. Before his position at SSE Riga heworked in public affairs positions in Scandinavia, the Balticcountries and in Russia.

Sue Gardner is a special advisor to the Wikimedia Foundation, thenon-profit that operates Wikipedia. From 2007 until 2014 she wasits Executive Director. Previously Sue was head of CBC.CA, thewebsite for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and beforethat she was a journalist working in multiple media including theinternet, newspapers, magazines, radio and TV. In 2011 Forbesmagazine named Sue one of the world’s 100 most powerfulwomen. Sue serves on boards and advisory committees for a half-dozen global non-profit, educational and grantmakingorganizations, primarily related to technology, media, gender anddigital freedoms.

Jacobsson is an entrepreneur and investor with 10 years ofexperience in the finance and technology sector. In 2005 he co-founded the online payments company Klarna and gained valuablehands-on experience from scaling the organization. Heading up riskmanagement, he was also exposed to some of the challengesfacing both businesses and journalists dealing with big datasets.

Jacobsson currently serves on Klarna’s Board of Directors and actsas a private investor and advisor to Founders and Managementteams. He holds an MSc in Accounting and Financial Managementfrom the Stockholm School of Economics.

Boardman is the dean of the Temple University School ofJournalism. He is the former executive editor at The Seattle Timesand served as Senior Vice President 2010-2013. He is also VicePresident of the American Society of News Editors.

He sits on several boards in addition to that of OCCRP, including theCenter for Investigative Reporting, and the Reporters’ Committeefor Freedom of the Press. He is a former two-time president ofInvestigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. Under his leadership TheSeattle Times won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reportingand the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news.

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TREASURER

DIRECTOR

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ATANA S TCHOBANOV

DR EW SU L L I VAN

PAU L RADUAtanas Tchobanov is co-founder of the Bulgarian investigativewebsite Bivol.bg, exposing the State-Mafia nexus in Bulgaria. Bivolpublications triggered most of the major corruption scandals inBulgaria in the last 6 years. Tchobanov has contributed to manycross-border investigation cases concerning hidden assets inBulgaria by foreign officials and abuse of EU money. He holds aPhD in computational linguistics from Paris Ouest University andworks as a senior research engineer in CNRS. In his journalisticactivity he is also interested in big data harvesting and exploring,forensic methods, and encryption techniques for protecting thecommunications and the journalistic sources. Tchobanov is a co-recipient of the Serbian National Award for InvestigativeReporting.

Drew Sullivan is a social entrepreneur and co-founder andpublisher of OCCRP. He founded the organization in 2007 withPaul Radu. Before that, in 2004, he founded and edited the Centerfor Investigative Reporting, the leading investigative center inBosnia-Herzegovina. Under his direction, OCCRP has wonnumerous awards, including the Daniel Pearl Award, the OnlineJournalism Award, the Global Shining Light Award, the Tom Renneraward for Crime Reporting, and the European Press Prize. OCCRP’swork on the Panama Papers with the International Consortium ofInvestigative Journalists won a 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism.Before becoming a journalist, he was a structural dynamicist onthe space shuttle project for Rockwell Space Systems. He has adegree in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Paul Radu is co-founder and chief of innovation at OCCRP. Hefounded the organization in 2007 with Drew Sullivan. He leadsOCCRP’s major investigative projects, scopes regional expansion,and develops new strategies and technology to expose organizedcrime and corruption across borders. Paul initiated and led theaward-winning Russian, Azerbaijani, and Troika Laundromatinvestigations, and coined the term “laundromat” to define largescale, all-purpose financial fraud vehicles that are used to launderbillions of dollars. He is a co-creator of Investigative Dashboard —a research desk that sifts through datasets to help journaliststrace people, companies, and assets — and the VisualInvestigative Scenarios software, a tool that lets reporters sketchout the people, institutions, and connections in criminal networksso people can easily follow complex investigations. He is also aco-founder of RISE Project, a platform for investigative reportersin Romania. Paul is a winner of the Daniel Pearl Award, the GlobalShining Light Award, the European Press Prize and was part ofthe Panama Papers team that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize inJournalism. He has also authored or contributed to handbooksand digital guides such as “Against Corruption: a collection ofessays,” “The Data Journalism Handbook,” and “Follow the Money— A Digital Guide to Tracking Corruption.

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COMBINED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITIONAS OF DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalentsAccounts receivableGrants receivable (Notes 2 and 6)Prepaid expensesFixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation of $2,266

And $1,816 for 2018 and 2017, respectively

TOTAL ASSETS 6,773,288

2018 2017

$ $ 2,787,314

1,926,133187,716

4,620,52317,576

21,340

$ $ 991,691130,844

1,659,3145,391

74

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Accounts payable and accrued expensesDue to sub-recipientsRefundable advance (Note 6)

Without donor restrictionsWith donor restrictions (Note 3)

Total liabilities

Total net assets

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

LIABILITIES

NET ASSETS

6,773,288$ $ 2,787,314

230,972238,15247,171

377,5655,879,428

516,295

6,256,993

$ $ 178,765118,89546,071

403,6492,039,934

343,731

2,443,583

Financials


COMBINED STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETSFOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

Grants and contributions (Notes 5 and 6)U.S. GovernmentPrivate foundationsIndividuals

Consulting and other revenueIn-kind contributions from sub-recipientsNet assets released from donor restrictions (Note 3)

Program ServicesManagement and General

Funds returned to donorCurrency gain (loss)

Changes in net assets

Net assets at beginning of year

Changes in net assets before other items

Total revenue

Total expenses

NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR

REVENUE

EXPENSES

OTHER ITEMS

377,565

WithoutDonor

Restrictions

WithDonor

Restrictions

2018

Total

$ $ $5,879,428 6,256,993

3,709,323-

170,66635,862

-2,566,936

5,669,126842,993

-3,248

6,482,707

6,512,119

(26,084)

(29,332)

403,649

$ $ $-6,479,236

--

36,530(2,566,936)

--

(43,297)(66,039)

3,948,830

-

3,839,494

3,948,830

2,039,934

3,709,3236,479,236170,66635,86236,530

-

5,669,126842,993

(43,297)(62,791)

10,431,617

6,512,119

3,813,410

3,919,498

2,443,583

Grants and contributions (Notes 5 and 6)U.S. GovernmentPrivate foundationsIndividuals

Consulting and other revenueIn-kind contributions from sub-recipientsNet assets released from donor restrictions (Note 3)

Program ServicesManagement and General

Funds returned to donorCurrency gain (loss)


Net assets at beginning of year

Changes in net assets before other items

Total revenue

Total expenses

NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR

REVENUE

EXPENSES

OTHER ITEMS

403,649

WithoutDonor

Restrictions

WithDonor

Restrictions

2017

Total

$ $ $2,039,934 2,443,583

2,068,693-

123,11351,860

-1,617,987

3,431,423312,732

-2,241

3,861,653

3,744,155

119,739

117,498

283,910

$ $ $-2,327,573

---

(1,617,987)

--

(200)94,144

709,586

-

803,530

709,586

1,236,404

2,068,6932,327,573123,113,51,860

--

3,431,423312,732

(200)96,385

4,571,239

3,744,155

923,269

827,084

1,520,314


COMBINED STATEMENTS OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSESFOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

Personnel costsContract servicesFacilities and equipmentDonationsTravel andmeetingsOperationsInsurance expenseProgram expenses and subgrants

Personnel costsContract servicesFacilities and equipmentDonationsTravel andmeetingsOperationsInsurance expenseProgram expenses and subgrants

2,604,478439,97653,954

-754,247287,44359,478

1,469,550

2,011,947238,32548,676

-463,936232,46251,825384,252

373,211102,94421,857120,000118,10287,50219,377

-

178,47744,80013,683

-27,56937,15911,044

-

2,977,689542,92075,811120,000872,349374,94578,855

1,469,550

2,190,424283,12562,359

-491,505269,62162,869384,252

5,669,126

3,431,423

842,993

312,732

6,512,119

3,744,155

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

TOTAL

TOTAL

ProgramServices

ProgramServices

Managementand General

Managementand General

TotalExpenses

TotalExpenses

2018

2017


COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWSFOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES


Purchase of fixed assets

Adjustments to reconcile changes in net assets to netcash provided (used) by operating activities:

Depreciation

Net cash provided (used) by operating activities

Net cash used by investing activities

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Increase (decrease) in:

Increase (decrease) in:

Accounts receivableGrants receivablePrepaid expensesAdvances to sub-recipients

Accounts payable and accrued expensesDue to sub-recipientsRefundable advance

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR 1,926,133

2018 2017

$ $ 991,691

3,813,410

449

956,157

(21,715)

(21,715)

934,442

991,691

(56,872)(2,961,209)

(12,185)-

52,207119,2571,100

$ $ 923,269

377

(218,901)

-

-

(218,901)

1,210,592

(101,562)(897,603)(4,360)19,943

92,71999,572

(351,256)

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