2025-01-22T07:57:29-05:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 461582355 SIAMAK POURZAND FOUNDATION % Azadeh Pourzand SIAM 8578699929 11300 ROCKVILLE PIKE STE 712 North Bethesda MD 20852 Glebs Zukovs Treasurer 2025-01-22 2024 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X Azadeh Pourzand 4515 Willard Ave Unit S2220 Chevy Chase MD 208153664 374715 false X https: www.pourzandfoundation.org X 2012 MD To promote freedom of expression to offer skill-building educational and knowledge-sharing platform for creative minds who struggle against censorship and repression to enhance and strengthen the cutlural educational charitable civic and community infrastructure around the world to promote democratic values and civil and human rights principles around the world to defend the rights of amateur and professional journalists authors and artists. 3 3 0 0 0 0 228246 374715 0 0 0 0 0 0 228246 374715 0 0 0 0 93802 191280 0 0 0 180425 227200 274227 418480 -45981 -43765 133811 90046 0 0 133811 90046 To promote freedom of expression to offer skill-building educational and knowledge-sharing platform for creative minds who struggle against censorship and repression to enhance and strengthen the cutlural educational charitable civic and community infrastructure around the world to promote democratic values and civil and human rights principles around the world to defend the rights of amateur and professional journalists authors and artists. false false 255297 0 0 The project uses a train-the-trainer model to empower grassroots human rights defenders to more effectively advocate for the human rights and dignity of their local communities. 148460 0 0 The project aims to improve the ability of freshly emerged young HRDs from Gen Z to resiliently sustainably and professionally advocate for the protection of and advance respect for human rights. 1950 0 0 Project objectives are 1 to enhance capabilities of professional and citizen journalists as well as anti-corruption and accountability activists by improving their skills and knowledge and increasing their access to tools to investigate cases of governmental wrongdoing on local regional and national levels more efficiently and securely and and 2 to increase peoples access to uncensored government accountability-focused media content. 227 0 0 Tax filings 143 0 0 Soundcloud 2030 0 0 Laptop for Executive Director 10000 0 0 Mehrangiz Kar contract on advocacy 305 0 0 Wix website 68 0 0 Bank fees 12773 0 0 418480 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 false false false 3 3 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true false false true true true false MD X Glebs Zukovs 8578699929 11300 Rockville Pike Ste 712 North Bethesda MD 20852 Leila Mansouri BOD Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Swathi Massar BOD Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Taimoor Aliassi BOD Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Azadeh Pourzand Executive Director 24.00 0.00 X 80556 0 0 Glebs Zukovs Vice President Treasurer and Secretary 24.00 0.00 X 110724 0 0 191280 0 0 1 false false false 1 0 0 0 0 374715 0 0 374715 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 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 374715 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 191280 191280 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 221950 221950 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1706 1706 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 Bank transfer fees 522 522 0 0 Supplies and equipment - non-capital 2030 2030 0 0 Supplies and equipment - email and social media 765 765 0 0 Admin 227 227 0 0 0 0 0 0 418480 418480 0 0 0 0 0 0 133811 90046 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 133811 90046 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 133811 90046 133811 90046 133811 90046 -43765 0 0 0 0 0 X false false false X 161435 246791 222675 228246 374715 1233862 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161435 246791 222675 228246 374715 1233862 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1233862 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 161435 246791 222675 228246 374715 1233862 1 1.0000 0 X Part III - Line 12 | Year:, Amount:, Description:| 2020, , | 2021, | 2022, | 2023, | 2024, | RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part VI, Line 11b The BOD members have been advised that copies of our foundations tax forms and underlying financial records and supporting documentation are available to them through foundations Treasurer. Part VI, Line 15 As required our foundation has an Executive Director and Vice President who also plays a role of Treasurer and Secretary. As per their contracts they are not getting paid for these position. All contracts for foundations officers and key employees have be to be approved by the board - the process which is included in our bylaws. Part VI, Line 19 Required governing documentation is publicly available through the website of Maryland tax authority. Our policies have been shared with various stakeholders SPF has been interacting with and are generally available upon request from the foundations Vice President. Part IX, Line 11g Independent contractors for projects described in this form: $221,950 incl. $179,031 for Stories That Matter project and $49,469 for YARI.