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Alpujarra Subud group 2020, Spain, photo courtesy Maria Gabriela Assis Camillo ANNUAL REPORT 2019 WELCOME Contents 03 | Chairperson Message 04 | Grants 09 | Liaison Program 11 | Financial Report 15 | Donations & Bequests 16 | Who We Are Photos from top to bottom: 1. Bapak's mausoleum visit, Sukamulya, Indonesia, October 2019, photo courtesy MSF team 2. International Helpers visiting Subud Manchester UK Gathering, March 2019, photo courtesy Valentin Pizzi. 3. Port Elizabeth, South Africa, April 2020, I Protect me, a SDIA supported project, photo courtesy I Protect Me team. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 2 Chairperson Message Dear Brothers and Sisters, return of MSF’s portfolio from 6.5% to 4.5%. I am pleased to present the This significantly decreased the grant funds annual report of the budgeted for 2020 and forecast for 2021 for Subud Muhammad Subuh Foundation houses, International Helpers travel, and the Subud for 2019, a year that brought Archives. However, it will better maintain and operational improvement amid protect MSF’s principal funds for the future. financial challenges, both of which have continued well into MSF, on its commitment to improving 2020 with a global health and transparency and communication with Subud economic crisis that shows few members around the world, has taken some actions and has placed all its meeting minutes signs of abating. online and has started to live stream all its It has long been a goal of MSF to enhance its regular board meetings on YouTube. collaboration and coordination with the World Subud Association (WSA). MSF’s annual meeting The Board of Trustees and staff of the Muhammad was held in October in Wisma Subud, Cilandak, Subuh Foundation are deeply grateful to individuals Indonesia concurrently with the annual meeting of who donated or left bequests to the foundation in the World Subud Council (WSC). While there, efforts the past year and always, helping to keep Bapak’s by both entities to achieve a common goal - a more mission alive. harmonious and productive relationship - were fulfilled. WSA Board of Directors and MSF approved It has been a time of incredible difficulty worldwide, a realistic budget for 2020; created a joint Trustee but we are inspired and grateful to see Subud Selection Committee charged to evaluate members rising to the challenge, finding new ways candidates to fill the vacancies on the MSF Board of to practice our Latihans in a safe and distanced way, Trustees in 2020; and debated the path of MSF and and in adapting to the new safety requirements. WSA as they navigate a global economy that was Subud members do not seem to be at all veering toward recession even before the Covid-19 relinquishing the wish to find expression of the pandemic hit. Latihan in their local communities and the world. The growth of the Net Assets for the fiscal year 2019 We join Subud members around the world, so that was 6,4% and MSF was able to provide grants together we can work to fulfill Bapak’s wish that totaling USD 128,333 for Subud houses, International Subud and the Latihan Kejiwaan be a force for good Helpers travel and WSA Archives, the main pillars of for all of humankind. MSF’s mission. In addition, MSF awarded funding from the Farkas Endowment to the Susila Dharma- With love and respect, from the entire MSF team, supported project, “I Protect Me,” based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. “I Protect Me” offers resilience and self-defense training to children under age eleven in after-school programs. Leading up to the annual meeting in Wisma Subud, MSF Trustees assessed the long-term capacity for growth, given the Foundation has been receiving Mauricio Castillo few bequests and donations. During the meeting, Chairperson 2018-2022 Trustees presented a 10-year spending and incomes projection that revealed that under the scenario where projected interest rates stay low - which leads to a decrease in dividends - and the current Grant Policy is maintained, the growth of the Foundation’s capital would be impacted. This financial reality led to decrease the 10-year target ANNUAL REPORT 2019 3 Grants During the past year the Board of Trustees has undertaken a series of major steps in further efforts to strengthen the management of our grants program as a primary goal. The Trustees reviewed the grant process for Subud houses, capital improvements and projects meticulously with the intention of supporting applications with more detailed project planning, considering the sustainability of their Subud houses, and when possible, implementing productive projects in accordance with their property potential. Current limitations regarding increasing MSF financial resources have forced the Trustees to implement a more prudent use of existing assets. Salamatan, Alpujarra Subud group, January 2020, photo courtesy Michael Alexander ANNUAL REPORT 2019 4 Subud Houses 53 Subud Houses around the world that have received grants since 1991 Europe 9 Spain Germany Órgiva Munich Asia 12 Bosnia Indonesia France Thailand Banja Luka Mayenne North America 6 Bangkok MSC, Rungan Sari Ukraine United Kingdom Palangkaraya Cherkasy Malaysia Adi Puri Lewes Kuala Lumpur United States Dnipro Bogor Durham Portugal Menteng, Jakarta Portland Italy Lisbon Malang Seattle Florence Kulon Progo Sonoma Purwokerto Spokane Wisma Subud, Cilandak Washington DC Surabaya Germany Ukraine United Kingdom France Bosnia Portugal Spain United States Italy Lebanon Mexico Central Colombia Thailand America Nigeria Ecuador Suriname Malaysia Indonesia 2 Peru Middle Brazil DR Congo Mexico East Puebla 1 Tlaxcala Chile Lebanon Argentina Beirut South Africa Australia South America Africa 14 7 Oceania 2 Australia DR Congo Chile Canberra Colombia Providencia, Matadi Perth Amanecer Santiago Kinshasa Cali La Florida, San- Kingantoko Bogota tiago Popayán Armenia South Africa Brazil Istmina Johannesburgh Sao Paulo Cape Town Ecuador Argentina Quevedo Nigeria Mina Clavero Quito Calabar Suriname Lagos Peru Accaribo Lima ANNUAL REPORT 2019 5 Alpujarra Subud Center GRANT AWARDED USD 17,316 To purchase land adjacent to the Subud house which would allow a Conference space. When opportunity and decision come together, by Raymond Aitken, Subud Alpujarra Chair. What is the purpose of the purchase? This purchase will now allow us to move forward and apply for the hall to be designated as a place where public events can legally take place and where we can have proper insurance for those events, and not least of all be able to have municipal water. The purchase also gives us authority over the Southland itself, allowing us to choose what goes on there and how it is developed. How the purchase of the land has renewed dynamism in the group? Already, since the purchase of the land, the Group has experienced a renewed dynamism, and a corresponding influx of new members and applicants. Mem- bers are brainstorming about what we could do with this new plot of land. One idea that is attracting a lot of enthusiasm, is to convert a small agricultural buil- ding on this land for the provision of camping/yurt facilities; such as a kitchen, toilets, showers, laundrette, valuables and equipment storage. However, our application for the Subud Centre to be designated as a venue for public events is likely to take 18 months to complete. During this time we cannot take any practical initiatives that could be considered by the authorities to be outside the scope of our present legal designation. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 6 Subud Portland GRANT AWARDED USD 8,000 Capital improvement partial replacement of the Subud house roof. Subud Portland house, photo courtesy Subud Portland group MSF supported part of the cost of the project that complemented funds collected by the group. Subud Portland is currently using their premises to generate income for the maintenance and sustainability of the group. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 7 Grants to WSA and Projects USD 62,000 INTERNATIONAL HELPERS TRAVEL One of the main objectives of MSF is to support the travel of the International Helpers around the world. The 18 International Helpers travel to work alongside with national, regional and local Helpers, supporting the kejiwaan needs of the members. The grant was transferred to the WSA budget. International Helpers visiting Subud group Capetown, South Africa Gathering, January 2020, photo courtesy Valentin Pizzi. USD 33,896 WSA ARCHIVES PRESERVATION Many Subud members around the world have supported the preservation of Bapak's and Ibu Rahayu's talks through donations to MSF earmarked for Archives preservation. The grant was transferred to the WSA budget. Suyono Sumohadiwidjojo, WSA Executive Chair and Amalijah Tompson, WSA archives team, photo courtesy Suyono Sumohadiwidjojo USD 4,600 Project Awarded: I Protect Me From Farkas Fund “I Protect Me,” a Susila Dharma supported project based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. “I Protect Me” offers resilience and self-defense training to children under age 11 in after-school programs. Port Elizabeth, South Africa, April 2020, I Protect me, a SDIA supported project, photo courtesy I Protect Me team ANNUAL REPORT 2019 8 Liaison Program MSF Liaison Reflections build trust between members and MSF. Members Sandra Egege, Australia have to trust me and what I say. While reflecting on my role Of course, to build trust you have to trust yourself. As as an MSF Liaison and MSF liaisons, we need to have trust in MSF and its thinking about what staff. We are fortunate that the new MSF team, I wanted to say in this chaired by Mauricio Castillo, believes it is essential to report, I realised I had been have a strong and trusting relationship with their on a personal journey; that liaisons, and they have been more than willing to where I was and where work with us to build that relationship. Mauricio is I am now are not the same place. This was a journey very open and transparent about MSF and about trust.