2024-04-25T22:59:42-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 450618095 IMAGINE CENTER FOR CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION IMAG 9785784341 9961 Aviary Dr San Diego CA 92131 Philip Gamaghelyan President 9785474341 2024-04-25 Philip Gamaghelyan 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z IMAGINE CENTER FOR CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION 9961 Aviary Dr San Diego CA 92131 446857 0 X www.imaginedialogue.com X 2011 VA The Imagine Center strives to 1) Transform negative attitudes of conflict-torn societies toward the conflict and each other and promote a cooperative and mutually beneficial view of the conflict; 2) generate joint learning, analysis, and ideas that take the needs, concerns, and hopes of all sides into consideration and that can be used in peace processes; and 3) create and sustain a network of professionals across conflict sides committed to peacebuilding processes. 2 0 2 0 0 0 236206 446857 0 0 0 0 0 0 236206 446857 0 0 0 0 109206 84896 0 0 0 168884 274912 278090 359808 -41884 87049 73876 160925 0 0 73876 160925 X The Imagine Center strives to 1) Transform negative attitudes of conflict-torn societies towards the conflict and each other and promote a cooperative and mutually beneficial view of the conflict; 2) generate joint learning, analysis and, ideas that take the needs, concerns, and hopes of all sides into consideration, and that can be used in peace processes; and 3) create and sustain a network of professionals across conflict sides are committed to peace-building processes. 0 0 123287 0 0 US Embassy in Yerevan, Mediation Certificate Program - The largest grant received from the US Embassy in Yerevan supported the participation of young Armenian and Azerbaijan peace builders in the "Certificate in Mediation and Conflict Resolution", a program organized by the Imagine Center in Collaboration with the Kroc School of Studies at the University of San Diego. This project aims to expand and strengthen the network of peace advocates in Armenia and Azerbaijan trained in traditional and innovative practices in peacebuilding. It helps build a cross-border professional network working to bring about sustainable peace through a long-term conflict transformation lens. 36236 0 0 US embassy in Tbilisi, 2022-2024 Multimedia Project - This project, titled "Conflict Transformation Through Storytelling and Dialogue" expands and enhances the conflict resolution and media/PR skillset of a new generation of South Caucasus peace advocates and journalists dedicated to counterbalancing the prevailing conflict-generating discourses. The expenses listed come from one of two grants received from the US Embassy in Tbilisi. 64509 0 0 US Embassy in Tbilisi, Mediation Certificate Grant - The largest grant received from the US Embassy in Tbilisi supported the participation of young Georgian peace builders in the "Certificate in Mediation and Conflict Resolution", a program organized by the Imagine Center in collaboration with the Kroc School of Studies at the University of San Diego. This project aims to expand and strengthen the network of peace advocates in Georgia. It helps build a professional network actively working to bring about sustainable peace and trained in traditional and innovative practices of peacebuilding through a long-term conflict transformation lens. 122496 0 0 Six additional service projects as described in Schedule O. 122496 0 0 346528 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 VA X Philip Gamaghelyan 9785784341 9961 Aviary Dr San Diego CA 92131 Philip Gamaghelyan Director of Programs 40 X 41564 0 0 41564 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 446857 0 0 446857 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 446857 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41564 41564 0 0 0 0 0 0 38501 38501 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4831 4825 6 0 5848 1848 4000 0 0 0 0 2009 1101 908 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39738 34858 4880 0 0 0 0 0 137096 137016 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1531 1531 Printing, publications, postage, and shipping 491 19 472 fees (state and legal, payroll, financial transfers) 3232 2105 1127 0 Accommodation 46352 44545 1807 0 Honoraria 29350 29350 0 0 9265 9265 359808 346528 13280 0 73876 160925 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73876 160925 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 73876 160925 0 0 0 0 73876 160925 73876 160925 87049 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 173003 105772 261718 236206 446857 1223556 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 173003 105772 261718 236206 446857 1223556 1223556 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1223556 1 1 X 173003 105772 261718 236206 446857 1223556 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 173003 105772 261718 236206 446857 1223556 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1223556 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 173003 105772 261718 236206 446857 1223556 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Russia and the newly independent States 0 5 Program Services Imagine Center conducts its Multimedia and dialogue programs in Tbilisi, Baku, and Yerevan as well as its activities with the United States Institute of Peace and the European Union (See Schedule O for details), with South Caucasus-based editors and employees. Expenses incurred for these programs include those for meetings, conferences, planning activities, foreign employee salaries, travel, program materials, editorial work, student and scholar contributors' honorariums, and for office expenses including internet fees. Expenses accrued from across seven different grants for foreign activities and compensation in this region total 84953 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services 1) Imagine Center Director and program directors conducted meetings in Brussels and London with partners, donors, and advocates to build a stronger network and to develop programmatic growth potential for 2024 and beyond. Expenses incurred in this region were all travel and accommodation related and totaled $2788, paid out of the Imagine Center's general operating account. 2) A portion of a grant from the US Embassy in Baku was also used towards $10,459 in expenses for student accommodations in Madrid, Spain for a certificate in mediation course at the University of San Diego's satellite program site. 13247 0 5 98200 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 The organization hires program representatives in each country where it performs its activities. They are all responsible for weekly filing of expense reports and detailed receipts that are verified by the US-based Director of Programs and the accountant. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Other program services include: 1) "Advancing Human Security Agenda in Peacebuilding" - A project funded through a grant by the European Union EU4Peace funding scheme that aims to empower civil society actors to take an active role in public debate, prioritize human security provisions, and work to re-legitimize peace as a value. The project helped organize a number of cross-border dialogues, followed by a series of webinars and op-eds focused on invigorating the peace agenda in the South Caucasus (total expenses were $32364); 2) Peacebuilding Resource Translation project - This was a collaborative project between the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Imagine Center. Imagine's team reviewed existing online Global Campus courses offered by USIP in English; selected courses for translation into Armenia and Azerbaijani, reviewed the existing scripts and edited the scripts for relevance in the South Caucasus, gathered supplemental materials for the courses, draft a glossary of technical peacebuilding terms for translation, identify lecturers to serve as speakers in the Armenian and Azerbaijani course videos, review translated scripts for accuracy and make necessary translation edits. The result of the project was the launch of Armenian and Azerbaijan versions of the "Introduction to Peacebuilding" course by USIP (total expenses were $23835); 3) US Visiting Scholars program - a project funded by the US Embassy in Yerevan that brought scholars from the Caucasus region to the United States for intellectual exchange (total expenses were $13558); 4) The "Conflict Transformation Through Storytelling and Dialogue" Multimedia project is funded through the US Embassy in Baku and aims to expand and enhance the conflict resolution and media/PR skillset of a new generation of South Caucasus peace advocates and journalists dedicated to counterbalancing the prevailing conflict-generating discourses. (Total expenses were $20,146) ; 5) "Dialogue and Conflict Resolution Training" was funded through a grant from the US Embassy in Yerevan and improved the dialogue and conflict resolution skills for Armenian and Azerbaijani peacebuilders (total expenses were $11,742); 6) US Embassy in Baku contribution to the Mediation Certificate Program - an additional grant through the US Embassy in Baku was used to support the participation of 6 young Armenian and Azerbaijan peace builders in the "Certificate in Mediation and Conflict Resolution", a program organized by the Imagine Center in Collaboration with the Kroc School of Studies at the University of San Diego. This project aims to expand and strengthen the network of peace advocates in Armenia and Azerbaijan trained in traditional and innovative practices in peacebuilding. It helps build a cross-border professional network working to bring about sustainable peace through a long-term conflict transformation lens (total expenses from this grant were $20,859). Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A completed copy of this form 990, including all schedules, was provided to all members of the governing body for review, and two weeks were allowed for questions and comments before the form was filled. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Imagine Center has a written conflict of interest policy in its bylaws, and any potential conflicts of interest are disclosed and discussed at its annual meetings. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 All of Imagine's salaried employees, including its directors, are only paid by grant funds, which necessitates that the granting agency, acting as an impartial, independent body, approves all salary figures as appropriate before approving the grant. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization makes its reports and other documents available to anyone upon request. In 2021, a journalist requested several documents from the center and was provided with a complete copy of governing documents and tax reports. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Additional Expenses shown in this line are the amount of funds returned to Imagine Center's donor contributors at the end of 2023. This amount equals to $9,265.25