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WFF SUPPORTED THE LAUNCH OF THE REINTEGRATION CENTER IN SOROTI, UGANDA, IN 2013 TO PROVIDE COUNSELING, LITERACY EDUCATION, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR WOMEN WITH CHILDBIRTH INJURIES, AS WELL AS TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ADVOCATES TO PROVIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION, TREATMENT REFERRALS AND SURVIVOR SUPPORT NETWORK PROGRAMS. OUR PARTNER OPENED A NEW HOSPITAL IN 2019 WHERE SURGERIES AND REINTEGRATION SERVICES ARE UNDER ONE ROOF. WFF HAS SUPPORTED 1,734 SURGERIES, REINTEGRATION TRAINING FOR 1,526 WOMEN AND REACHED 840,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH PREVENTION AND FREE TREATMENT MESSAGING. 210212 120000 WFFS FIGO CERTIFIED FISTULA SURGEON AND TRAINER LAUNCHED ARENA IN 2017 AND BEGAN PROVIDING FISTULA SERVICES. INITIALLY, WORKING THROUGH SHARED CLINICAL SPACE, EXPERT FISTULA REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AND FOLLOWED BY PREVENTION AND EDUCATION IN THE WARD. THE NEW ARENA MEDICAL CENTER OPENED IN NOVEMBER 2021 WITH SURVIVOR REINTEGRATION TRAINING (INJURY PREVENTION, INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES) AND MIDWIFE TRAINING. IN JUNE 2022, THE CENTER BEGAN OFFERING SURGERIES. ARENA CONDUCTS OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY TO EDUCATE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN TREATMENT AVAILABILITY AND PREVENTION. ARENA EMPLOYS REGIONAL AMBASSADORS TO ADVOCATE FOR SAFE CHILDBIRTH AND CONDUCT PATIENT OUTREACH. THEY BEGAN TO ORGANIZE SURVIVORS IN SOLIDARITY GROUPS FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT. TO DATE, BURKINA FASO HAS PROVIDED 484 WOMEN WITH FREE FISTULA SURGERIES, 451 WOMEN RECEIVED REINTEGRATION TRAINING, 593 DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS RECEIVED TRAINING, AND REACHED OVER 532,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH PREVENTION AND FREE TREATMENT MESSAGING. 202885 99000 WORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND (WFF) OPENED DANJA FISTULA CENTER (DFC) IN DANJA, NIGER, IN 2012 OFFERING FREE FISTULA REPAIR SURGERY, REHABILITATION, AND A REINTEGRATION/VOCATIONAL SKILLS PROGRAM. WORLDWIDE, FISTULA FUND SUPPORTS TRAINING FOR THEIR SURGEON TO BECOME A CERTIFIED EXPERT IN FISTULA SURGERY. ALL PATIENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN VOCATIONAL SKILLS THEY CAN USE TO GENERATE INCOME, BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND HELP THEM REINTEGRATE INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES. TO DATE, DFC HAS PROVIDED 2,063 SURGERIES, 989 WOMEN HAVE RECEIVED REINTEGRATION TRAINING, 300 LOCAL HEALTH WORKERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED, AND 90,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED PREVENTION AND FREE TREATMENT EDUCATION. 154440 101700 PROGRAM IN KENYA - AFTER PROVIDING OVER 1,000 FREE FISTULA SURGERIES, OUR KENYAN PARTNER SUPPORTS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND REINTEGRATION SERVICES TO SURVIVORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH SOLIDARITY GROUPS. THESE GROUPS PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES (IGAS) FOR ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY. TO DATE, 534 SOLIDARITY GROUP MEMBERS HAVE LAUNCHED 1,136 INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SMALL BUSINESSES AND REACHED 411,973 COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED PREVENTION AND FREE TREATMENT EDUCATION. 154440 101700 788796 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true false true true false false true 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 true 1 0 true 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 13 13 false true false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false IL X X WJ WEISER ASSOCIATES 8475177225 1933 N MEACHAM RD STE 450 SCHAUMBURG IL 60173 X MARY ROSE KELLER PHD CHAIR 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN DAVIS MD VICE CHAIR 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Holly E Richter PhD MD Secretary 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Julianna DAngelo CPA Treasurer 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Melissa Fleming Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Misti McDowell Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Christina Machaby Lee PT DPT Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joyce McIntyre RN CWOCN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lynn Nye PhD Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Theresa Monaco SpitznaGLE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Phillip McCreary Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eugenia Chidembo Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Lewis L Wall Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Liz Crawford Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false WJ WEISER&ASSOCIATES 1933 N MEACHAM RD STE 450 SCHAUMBURG IL 60173 MANAGEMENT SERVICES 444935 1 815284 815284 0 208 208 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 2800 2800 2800 818292 2800 208 0 0 466400 466400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 444935 266961 66740 111234 0 0 0 0 0 41867 2400 33467 6000 0 1678 1678 5271 110 5161 0 0 13644 13609 13 22 0 0 0 0 39352 39352 6781 6781 Printing and Publications 5571 2692 2879 Miscellaneous 2437 2437 Postage and Shipping 2431 74 836 1521 0 1030367 788796 114754 126817 336694 348106 223752 73958 0 88604 59833 0 0 0 0 2500 2500 1702545 671371 1070526 1031174 0 0 0 0 890450 897526 2612526 2413097 121897 127467 121897 127467 X 1575882 1338807 914747 946823 2490629 2285630 2612526 2413097 X -212075 7076 X false true X true false X 1159407 2180599 885869 976145 815284 6017304 0 0 1159407 2180599 885869 976145 815284 6017304 1786754 4230550 67 102 112 224 208 713 0 2800 2800 6020817 0.70270 0.71880 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1544325 515723 1028602 14656 12084 2572 143564 143564 1031174 Benefit Interest in Assets Held by Other 897526 897526 X 825368 7076 7076 818292 818292 1030367 1030367 1030367 Part X : FIN48 Footnote FIN 48 - THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501 (C) (3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; THEREFORE, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DO NOT INCLUDE A PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES. THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWS INCOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN INCOME TAX RETURNS TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY INCOME TAX UNCERTAINTIES. THIS INCLUDES POSITIONS THAT THE ENTITY IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES OR NOT SUBJECT TO INCOME TAXES ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. THE ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES TAX BENEFITS FROM UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS ONLY IF IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THE TAX POSITION WILL BE SUSTAINED ON EXAMINATION BY TAKING AUTHORITIES, BASED ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITIONS. THE ORGANIZATION FILES INFORMATION RETURNS AS A TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. SHOULD THAT STATUS BE CHALLENGED IN THE FUTURE, ALL YEARS SINCE INCEPTION COULD BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE IRS. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 CHANGE IN VALUE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST $7076 true SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 0 112 PROGRAM SERVICES TREATMENT/EDUCATION 788796 112 112 788796 788796 AFRICA-BURKINA TREATMENT/EDUCATION 120000 WIRE FMV AFRICA-KENYA TREATMENT/EDUCATION 101700 WIRE FMV AFRICA-NIGER TREATMENT/EDUCATION 99000 WIRE FMV AFRICA-UGANDA TREATMENT/EDUCATION 145700 WIRE FMV 4 false false false false false false Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US THE ORGANIZATION REQUIRES BUDGETS AND NARRATIVES OF ANTICIPATED PROGRAMMING AND THEN QUARTERLY NARRATIVES AND FINANCIAL REPORTS ON PROGRAM PROGRESS, SPENDING AND OUTCOMES. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 3 MANAGEMENT SERVICES ARE PERFORMED BY AN ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT FIRM AND INCLUDE: STAFFING, OFFICES, MEETING ROOM FACILITIES, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BOARD MEETINGS, WEBSITE DESIGN & HOSTING, FUNDRAISING & DONOR MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, PRINT & DESIGN SERVICES, AND OTHER GENERAL SERVICES. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNING BODY FOR REVIEW ANDCOMMENTS PRIOR TO FILING. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c THE POLICY IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD AND MONITORED FOR COMPLIANCE. ALL BOARD MEMBERS COMPLETE AND SIGN AN ANNUAL DISCLOSURE FORM WHICH IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REFERRING ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES TO THE BOARD CHAIR. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY IS INCLUDED IN THE MANAGEMENT FEE WHICH ISNEGOTIATED BY THE ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY CONDUCTS SALARY COMPARISONS FOCUSED ON COMPARABLENONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BENCHMARK THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR THEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INCLUDED IN THEIR FEE. BOARD OFFICERS ARE NOTCOMPENSATED. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE ANNUAL AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE WFFUND.ORG. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Change in Beneficial Interest = $7076