2024-05-14T09:51:22-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 680258367 FRIENDS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL FRIE 5104991992 1919 Addison Street Ste 104 Berkeley CA 94704 Glen Price Member, Board of Directors 5107340471 2024-05-13 Glen Price 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X www.friendsfoundationinternational.org X X 96052 X 96052 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96052 77425 0 0 0 0 0 252 77677 18375 41191 0 59566 41191 59566 0 0 0 0 41191 59566 0 0 41191 59566 The Friends Foundation International supports environmental justice, public health projects, and efforts to sustainably meet basic human needs around the world. January, 8, 2023: $1,000 grant to Upwelling to assist in the production of a dance performance in San Jose, California to educate the public about ocean pollution and the importance to protect this valuable resource. Address: Amelia Nommenson, Upwelling, 1534 28th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122. 1000 0 January 8, 2023: $8,310 grant to Asha Rising to provide funding for a full-time therapist for the women's shelter in Kolkata, India and to provide needed medical and funeral expenses for the 19 female residents. Address: Natasha Singh, Asha Rising, 1091 Calcot Place, Apt. 405, Oakland, CA 94606. 8310 0 January 12, 2023: $3,500 to LaCrosse the Nations for the purchase of school uniforms, supplies, shoes and scholarships to 50 students in Nicaragua. The NGO provides scholarships and academic materials to student athletes in Nicaragua because many students cannot attend school because they cannot afford basic school supplies. Address: LaCrosse the Nations, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 7000, Washington, D.C., 20006. 3500 0 January 10, 2023: $4,250 to Centre Congolais pour le Droit du Développement Durable (CODED) in the Congo to continue litigation against a palm oil company to provide compensation for those injured by the pollution from the facility and a legal case against the Congolese Environmental Agency for failing to ensure a health environment. The litigation seeks to contribute to the development of Congolese jurisprudence regarding the constitutional right to a health environment. Address: Centre Congolais pour le Droit du Développement Durable (CODED) Avenue de la Gombe # 4776, Commune del la Gombe, City of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. 4250 X 0 January 13, & February 27, 2023: $8,000 to Prakash Mani Academy for Public Interest Law in Nepal to continue with public interest litigation cases that includes $3,000 to start an internship program to develop young Nepalese public interest lawyers. Legal cases include monitoring the historic Supreme Court victory stopping the largest airport proposal in Asia that would have destroyed over 2.4 million trees and habitat, preventing further air pollution in Lumbini from factories, birthplace of the Buddha and a World Heritage site, protecting forest land around Pokhara and stopping a brick kiln operation in Namobudha. Address: Prakash Mani Sharma Academy for Public Interest Law, Anamnagar Ghattekula Ward No. 19, Kathmandu, Bagmati Pradesh 44600 Nepal. 8000 X 0 January 12, 2023: $7,500 to Global Incidencia in Chile to accelerate the phase out of a coal plant, enforce clean-up of pollution of coal ash contaminating adjacent land and water in Quintero Bay, Chile and to provide legal representation seeking damages to approximately 1200 people living in the vicinity of the plant who have suffered health impacts from the emissions. Address: Miguel Fredes, Global Incidencia, Guardia Vieja 202, Officina 402, Providencia, Chile. 7500 X 0 January 13, 2023: $4,738 to Society for Legal and Environmental Analysis and Development Research ("LEADERS") in Nepal to conduct air monitoring around Lumbini to help assess the health impacts to children living in the area adjacent to numerous industries, including cement kiln factors, LEADERS is an NGO focusing on environmental health for over 15 years in areas such as testing and reducing arsenic in drinking water, distributing bio-sand filers, conducting indoor and outdoor air monitoring and leading the national clean cook stove program to reduce respiratory airway disease. Address: LEADERS, 3rd Floor Radhakuti Arcade, Putalisadeki, Kathmandu, Nepal. 4738 X 0 January 17, 2023: $1,500 to Le Centre D'Excellence Du Droit De L'Environment ("CEDE") in Guinea to continue their work to shut down a coal plant, conduct a national workshop with experts and international partners, providing funding for the legal team, undertake administrative or judicial action to shut the coal plant down and conduct press conferences regarding the dangers of coal. Address: Le Centre d'Excellence du Droit de l'Environnement (CEDE) Lambandji Carrefour Centre Commercial, Commune de Ratoma, Conakry, Rép. De Guinée. 1500 X 0 January 20, 2023: $3,100 to Charity Health Foundation to conduct free eye exams and distribute free eye glasses to students in western Nepal. Two school districts were screened, 27 schools visited, 5,226 students screened, 193 free glasses distributed, 364 students provided with medicine and 7 students referred to local hospital. Address: Bidya Prasad Pant, Charity Health Foundation, Nepal, Dhangadi - 4 Kalali, Sudur Paschim, Provence, Nepal. 3100 X 0 January 27 and 29, 2023: $4,500 to Ali Olshan to provide the infrastructure, including water collection devices so that remote schools in Tanzania with no drinking water now have a reliable supply of drinking water. Address: Ali Olishan, 5432 Geary Blvd., # 947, San Francisco, CA 94121. 4500 0 January 13 and 17, 2023: $6,127 for tree and organic vegetable planting in Myanmar. This project will continue to plant more trees along the Irrawaddy River and in and around eight villages to promote shade and combat global warning. Funds for the vegetable planting enabled about 30 families to grow and provide income to their families from the sale of product at local markets. Address: Thant Zin, Mingun Pagoda, Zau Saint Qutter, Sagaing Division, Mingun, Myanmar. 6127 X 0 January 8, 2023: $2,500 to help promote and distribute the film "The Cigarette Surfboard" that was partially funded by FFI. The film spreads the message of ocean pollution and the environmental and health impacts of cigarette butts on the planet. Address: Ben Judkins, The Cigarette Surfboard, 263 Bolinas Road, Fairfax, CA 94930. 2500 0 May 23, 2023: $5,000 to Planting Justice to continue an internship program with wrap around services to at risk youth ages 14-18, almost all of whom live in East Oakland near the Planting Justice Nursery. The program enabled young people to work alongside dedicated community leaders at Planting Justice to learn about organic farming, gardening, landscaping and how to operate a nursery. Gavin Raders, Planting Justice, 319 105th Ave., Oakland, CA 94603. 5000 0 April 26, 2023: $1,500 to the Borneo Project to help protect the rainforest from logging on the island of Borneo. Address: The Borneo Project, c/o Earth Island Institute, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley, CA 94704. 1500 0 August 17, 2023: $7,500 to Vostok SOS, USA for humanitarian aid to the Ukraine people to assist in the purchase of a furnace to provide heat for displaced people due to the war. Address: Vostok SOS USA, Greg Star, Treasurer, 508 N. Oak Street, Falls Church, VA 22046. 7500 0 November 27, 2023: $8,400 to Delek Children's Foundation who arranged for a vision camp in Mainpat, India that resulted in 570 free eye exams, all who received free eye glasses. 17 free cataract surgeries were performed. Address: Delek Children's Foundation, Thubten Donyo, 5600 Sutter Ave., Richmond, CA 94804. 8400 0 0 Dean Alper Chair 1 0 0 0 Jack Judkins Secretary 1 0 0 0 Michael Freund Treasurer 3 0 0 0 Glen Price Director 1 0 0 0 James Leone Director 1 0 0 0 Denise Hoffman Director 1 0 0 0 Robert Hoffman Director 1 0 0 0 John Steere Director 1 0 0 0 Sarah Price Director 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA Michael Freund 1919 Addison Street Ste 104 Berkeley CA 94704 5104991992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 28558 20867 73057 43690 96052 262224 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28558 20867 73057 43690 96052 262224 136603 125621 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 262224 262224 0.47906 0.524 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 15 The public support percentage for the prior year is an estimate based on our records as FFI was not required to file Schedule A in the preceding year. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 In support of its charitable mission, Friends Foundation International made 16 grants during the course of 2023 to support organizations working to protect the environment, deliver basic services to popululations in need, and address critical public health issues. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Friends Foundation International incurred other expenses during 2023 for a total of $252.00, which included wire fees ($160),bank fees ($17.00), Registry of Charitable Trusts ($25), and the California Franchise Tax Board ($50).