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← AFGHAN GIRLS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AFGHAN GIRLS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$908,900
Total expenses
$627,074
Contributions and grants received
$908,800
Grants paid
$568,194
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$100
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,099,834
Total liabilities, end of year
$34,088
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,065,746
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$610,579
Management and general expenses
$14,995
Fundraising expenses
$1,500
Program service expenses (Part III)
$610,579

Program services were 97.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $908,800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $100 · excluded $100

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $568,194 · program services $568,194

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $26,300 · program services $23,670 · management and general $2,630

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,354 · program services $2,118 · management and general $236

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,363 · management and general $2,363

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,908 · program services $200 · management and general $2,708

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,041 · management and general $1,041

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,862 · management and general $2,862

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,897 · program services $6,897

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,655 · management and general $1,655

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUMMER STIPENDS

    total $6,750 · program services $6,750

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATIONAL SERVICES/ F

    total $3,000 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $1,500

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRADUATION GIFTS

    total $2,750 · program services $2,750

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $752,897 · end of year $1,063,534

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $32,107 · end of year $36,300

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,144 · end of year $5,178

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $28,910

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $781,860 · end of year $1,065,746

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AGFAF HELPS SECURE SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL, ACADEMIC AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO QUALIFIED AFGHAN WOMEN SEEKING A COLLEGE EDUCATION. AGFAF WILL PROVIDE A SCHOLARSHIP TO QUALIFIED MALE STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO GENDER, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EQUALITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN. WE SUPPORT STUDENT-LED PROJECTS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN AND AFGHAN REFUGEES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AGFAF PROMOTES GENDER, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EQUALITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN AND AFGHAN REFUGEES THROUGH EDUCATION AND IMPACT PROJECTS.

  • SINCE 2008, AGFAF HAS LEVERAGED OVER $15 MILLION TO HELP FUND 90 STUDENTS' GRADUATE SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONS AT US INSTITUTIONS AND ABROAD. AGFAF EMPOWERS THE YOUNG SCHOLARS IN OUR PROGRAM WITH EDUCATION, THAT WILL SUPPORT THEIR COMMITMENT TO BECOME THE AGENTS FOR GENDER, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND EQUALITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN, AND FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES, AGFAF IDENTIFIES QUALIFIED AFGHAN STUDENTS AND HELPS MATCH THEM TO GRADUATE SCHOOL COLLEGES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. AGFAF HELPS TO SECURE FULL TUITION, ROOM AND BOARD AT THESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. AGFAF THEN COVERS ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT THE STUDENT AND THEIR FAMILY ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD SUCH AS BOOKS, HEALTH INSURANCE, TRAVEL, PHONE AND COMPUTERS WHEN NEITHER THESE INSTITUTIONS OR THIRD PARTIES CAN PAY ONE OR MORE OF THESE COSTS.

    Expenses $610,579 · Grants $568,194

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • WILLIAM GODFREY

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOSEPH HIGHLAND

    PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SHAHARZAD AKBAR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PALWASHA KAKAR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PHYLLIS VAN HOOK

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $24,558
    From this org
    $24,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
28 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521209349301952

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