Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,154,768

Total expenses

$1,160,873

Contributions and grants received

$1,154,768

Grants paid

$1,124,493

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$430,277

Total liabilities, end of year

$371,083

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$59,194

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,124,493

Management and general expenses

$36,380

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,124,493

Program services were 96.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Local Initiatives for Education provided educational resources for a primary school in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Liberia. Tuition and scholar- ships were provided to students whose parents were not able to provide school fees in the countries of South Sudan and Kenya. Higher education and training opportunities were provided in university settings in Ghana, Uganda and South Sudan. Long-term objective is to provide opportunities for all individuals and increase economic opportuities. Accountability through on-site monitoring, receipted expenses and partner reporting. Individuals served - 2,500

  Expenses $418,874 · Grants $418,874

• Local Initiatives for Education provided health and sustainability resources, including food and water, for refugees, internally dis- placed, and residents in South Sudan, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Somalia Kenya, Mexico and Liberia. The resources provided immediate aid in severly drought-stricken areas where food supplies and water were non- existent. Local Initiatives also provided food supplements to local food pantries. Accountability through on-site monitoring, receipted expenses and partner reporting. Individuals served - 6,500

  Expenses $316,166 · Grants $316,166

• Local Initiatives for Education provided medical training (ortho- plasties) for the Orthopedic Departments of Kenyatta Teaching Hospital Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya and Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Medical training in arthoplastic surgery as well as the devices and implants were provided to doctors at both the Kenya and Uganda hospitals for indigent patients. The training enhanced the surgeon's skills to appropriately provide medical treatment. Medical camps were conducted in South Sudan through the provision of medicines to local doctors to administer in areas with limited healthcare. Accountability through receipted expenses and partner reporting. Individuals served - 1,300

  Expenses $312,071 · Grants $312,071

• Local Initiatives provided financial resources and training for micro- enterprise projects in Djibouti. Individuals served - 260

  Expenses $61,548 · Grants $61,548

• Local Initiaves provided physcial therapy and training materials for disabled in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Individuals served - 130

  Expenses $15,834 · Grants $15,834

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• We Care

  — no cash amount reported

  Health Sustainability

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

24 April 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202401159349301025

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