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OMB No. 1545-0047 Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax Under section 501(c), 527, or 4947(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (except private foundations) 2016 ▶ Do not enter social security numbers on this form as it may be made public. Open to Public Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service ▶ Information about Form 990 and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990. Inspection A For the 2016 calendar year, or tax year beginning 10/01 , 2016, and ending 09/30 , 20 17 B Check if applicable: C Name of organization SIL LEAD INC D Employer identification number Address change Doing business as See Sch O 45-2532091 Name change Number and street (or P.O. box if mail is not delivered to street address) Room/suite E Telephone number Initial return 7500 W Camp Wisdom Rd 972-708-7412 Final return/terminated City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code Amended return Dallas, TX, 75236 G Gross receipts $ 2,321,707 Application pending F Name and address of principal officer: Paul Frank H(a) Is this a group return for subordinates? Yes No 7500 W Camp Wisdom Rd, Dallas, TX 75236 H(b) Are all subordinates included? Yes No I Tax-exempt status: ✔ 501(c)(3) 501(c) ( ) ◀ (insert no.) 4947(a)(1) or 527 If “No,” attach a list. (see instructions) J Website: ▶ https://sil-lead.org/ H(c) Group exemption number ▶ K Form of organization: Corporation Trust Association Other ▶ L Year of formation: 2011 M State of legal domicile: TX Part I Summary 1 Briefly describe the organization’s mission or most significant activities: The mission of SIL LEAD is to serve minority language communities and support the purposes and ends of SIL International, primarily through a focus on language and its role in education and development in minority language communities. 2 Check this box ▶ if the organization discontinued its operations or disposed of more than 25% of its net assets. 3 Number of voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1a) . 3 4 Number of independent voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1b) . 4 5 Total number of individuals employed in calendar year 2016 (Part V, line 2a) . 5 6 Total number of volunteers (estimate if necessary) . 6 8 Activities & Governance 7 a Total unrelated business revenue from Part VIII, column (C), line 12 . 7a b Net unrelated business taxable income from Form 990-T, line 34 . 7b Prior Year Current Year 8 Contributions and grants (Part VIII, line 1h) . 930,796 2,321,265 9 Program service revenue (Part VIII, line 2g) . 0 10 Investment income (Part VIII, column (A), lines 3, 4, and 7d) . 260 442 Revenue 11 Other revenue (Part VIII, column (A), lines 5, 6d, 8c, 9c, 10c, and 11e) . 12 Total revenue—add lines 8 through 11 (must equal Part VIII, column (A), line 12) 931,056 2,321,707 13 Grants and similar amounts paid (Part IX, column (A), lines 1–3) . 36,244 20,392 14 Benefits paid to or for members (Part IX, column (A), line 4) . 0 15 Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits (Part IX, column (A), lines 5–10) 203,691 270,084 16a Professional fundraising fees (Part IX, column (A), line 11e) . b Total fundraising expenses (Part IX, column (D), line 25) ▶ 11,109 Expenses 17 Other expenses (Part IX, column (A), lines 11a–11d, 11f–24e) . 692,431 1,429,453 18 Total expenses. Add lines 13–17 (must equal Part IX, column (A), line 25) . 932,366 1,719,929 19 Revenue less expenses. Subtract line 18 from line 12 . -1,310 601,778 Beginning of Current Year End of Year 20 Total assets (Part X, line 16) . 371,990 1,129,819 21 Total liabilities (Part X, line 26) . 82,061 238,112 Net Assets or Fund Balances 22 Net assets or fund balances. Subtract line 21 from line 20 . 289,929 891,707 Part II Signature Block Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, including accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete. Declaration of preparer (other than officer) is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge. ▲ Sign Signature of officer Date ▲ Here Jeanne Thum, Treasurer, CFO Type or print name and title Print/Type preparer’s name Preparer's signature Date PTIN Paid Check if Preparer self-employed Use Only Firm’s name ▶ Firm's EIN ▶ Firm's address ▶ Phone no. May the IRS discuss this return with the preparer shown above? (see instructions) . Yes No For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the separate instructions. Cat. No. 11282Y Form 990 (2016) Form 990 (2016) Page 2 Part III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments Check if Schedule O contains a response or note to any line in this Part III . 1 Briefly describe the organization’s mission: The mission of SIL LEAD is to serve minority language communities and support the purposes and ends of SIL International, primarily through a focus on language and its role in education and development in minority language communities. 2 Did the organization undertake any significant program services during the year which were not listed on the prior Form 990 or 990-EZ? . Yes No If “Yes,” describe these new services on Schedule O. 3 Did the organization cease conducting, or make significant changes in how it conducts, any program services? . Yes No If “Yes,” describe these changes on Schedule O. 4 Describe the organization's✔ program service accomplishments for each of its three largest program services, as measured by expenses. Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations are required to report the amount of grants and allocations to others, the total expenses, and revenue, if any, for each program service reported. 4 a (Code: ) (Expenses $ 1,426,036 including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ 0 ) During FY17, SIL LEAD participated as a subcontractor on ten language development projects funded by USAID. SIL LEAD continued its work in Ethiopia and Nepal as a subcontractor to RTI International and in Afghanistan as a subcontractor to Creative Associates International. In addition, SIL LEAD began work on two new projects: a four-year project in Senegal with Chemonics International and a two-year project in Ghana with FHI360. SIL LEAD also participated as a subcontractor on several shorter-term and multi-year fixed price contracts funded by USAID involving work with Chemonics International, RTI International, Creative Associates International, the International Rescue Committee, and University Research Co. Each of these projects is designed to support the corresponding Ministries of Education in their efforts to improve the quality of education in their nations. SIL LEAD's involvement in these projects generally involves technical assistance in curriculum review, evaluation, and design; policy review and support; enhancement of local capacity through training and consultation; development and production of instructional materials; the training of writers, teachers, and trainers; and facilitation and support of workshops in each of these areas. Specific FY17 accomplishments include: 1) Afghanistan ACR (Creative Associates): completed revision of grade 1&2 materials in Dari and (Continued on Schedule O, Statement 2) 4b (Code: ) (Expenses $ 26,027 including grants of $ 20,392 ) (Revenue $ ) International Community-Based Programs ($9,727): SIL LEAD has a vision to assist community-based organizations in their language development efforts through charitable donations received on their behalf. Fundraising for a pilot project in Peru began in 2015 and the first transfer of funds to our Peruvian partner took place later that year. To date, these funds have been used to provide 21 scholarships to indigenous teachers and aspiring teachers who are committed to teaching children in their own language. All funds raised for this pilot project have now been committed to individual scholarships and disbursements will continue during FY18. In 2017, SIL LEAD began to invest more heavily to further develop this type of work and hired a Community-Based Program Director to lead these efforts. In 2017 relationships were established with a non-profit organization in northern Ghana working in early childhood education. After agreements were formalized, disbursements began in FY18 to support this mother tongue based multilingual education effort impacting almost 1,600 pupils in 50 rural schools. Ongoing conversations with additional community based organizations that share SIL LEAD's mission and vision are underway to identify other potential partners. To support such community-based programs, SIL LEAD is strengthening its fundraising from individual donors and (Continued on Schedule O, Statement 3) 4 c (Code: ) (Expenses $ 7,644 including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ ) SIL LEAD continued to develop and promote its capacity to provide Bloom training workshops and support. To this end, SIL LEAD has continued to work on developing Bloom training materials, Bloom trainer certification curricula, additional localization, and to provide training and support to projects using Bloom. In FY17, SIL LEAD also expended funds on pro bono work related to Bloom software and collaboration in the Global Book Alliance. With regard to Bloom, SIL LEAD provided training and facilitation without charge in the use of Bloom to USAID headquarters staff. Service was also provided to a local community college as part of a student service activity using Bloom software to develop books. The Executive Director also donated considerable time to the coordination of a Technical Working Group of the Global Book Alliance. 4d Other program services (Describe in Schedule O.) (Expenses $ including grants of $ 0 ) (Revenue $ ) 4e Total program service expenses ▶ 1,459,707 Form 990 (2016) Form 990 (2016) Page 3 Part IV Checklist of Required Schedules Yes No 1 Is the organization described in section 501(c)(3) or 4947(a)(1) (other than a private foundation)? If “Yes,” complete Schedule A .