Totals
- Total revenue
- $437,155
- Total expenses
- $1,030,725
- Contributions and grants received
- $436,945
- Grants paid
- $511,048
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $210
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,078,800
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $96,964
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,981,836
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $783,294
- Management and general expenses
- $195,445
- Fundraising expenses
- $51,986
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $783,294
Program services were 76.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$436,945
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11a · Other revenue: EXCHANGE GAIN
total $210 · excluded $210
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11e · Other revenue, total
$210
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $511,048 · program services $511,048
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $245,692 · program services $175,529 · management and general $24,571 · fundraising $45,592
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $18,608 · program services $13,665 · management and general $1,745 · fundraising $3,198
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11b · Fees: legal
total $57,395 · management and general $57,395
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $47,965 · management and general $47,965
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11g · Fees: other
total $91,313 · program services $58,991 · management and general $30,322 · fundraising $2,000
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13 · Office expenses
total $15,230 · program services $4,929 · management and general $10,301
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14 · Information technology
total $7,785 · management and general $7,785
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16 · Occupancy
total $6,210 · program services $4,822 · management and general $1,388
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17 · Travel
total $15,395 · program services $10,315 · management and general $3,884 · fundraising $1,196
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,024 · management and general $1,024
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23 · Insurance
total $13,060 · program services $3,995 · management and general $9,065
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,672,206 · end of year $1,010,839
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $600,000 · end of year $234,945
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $11,143 · end of year $8,202
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $317,871
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $68,015 · end of year $824,814
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $28,511 · end of year $32,613
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $64,548 · end of year $64,351
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,976,176 · end of year $1,881,891
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $600,000 · end of year $99,945
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
ESSENTIAL IMPACT CREATES BREAKTHROUGH SOLUTIONS TO TACKLE MALNUTRITION AND TRANSFORM FOOD SYSTEMS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. WE LEVERAGE ADVANCES IN FERMENTATION TO CREATE AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND CLIMATE-RESILIENT PROTEINS THAT CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO FOOD PRODUCTS TO PREVENT AND TREAT MALNUTRITION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SEE PART III, LINE 1
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IN 2024, ESSENTIAL IMPACT LAUNCHED A 7,000-SQUARE-FOOT BIO MANUFACTURING PLANT IN NAIROBI, ONE OF EAST AFRICA'S LEADING BIOSCIENCE LABS, AND PRODUCED THE FIRST BIO-MANUFACTURED PROTEIN FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. THE TEAM COMPLETED 19 PRODUCTION RUNS, SECURED OPERATING LICENSES AND PERMITS, AND WORKED WITH THE KENYA BUREAU OF STANDARDS TOWARD FOOD-SAFETY CERTIFICATION. SCIENTIFIC OPERATIONS SCALED FROM 5L TO 500L BIO REACTORS, COMPLETING OVER 30 FERMENTATION EXPERIMENTS AND DEPLOYING NEW IN-HOUSE TOOLS FOR COST AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION. ESSENTIAL ALSO BEGAN JOINT R&D WITH A KENYAN FOOD MANUFACTURER TO DEVELOP A PROTEIN-FORTIFIED PORRIDGE AND ADVANCED DISCUSSIONS WITH FOUR ADDITIONAL PARTNERS. POLICY PARTNERSHIPS AND ADVOCACY HELPED INCLUDE FERMENTED PROTEINS IN ETHIOPIA'S NATIONAL BIOECONOMY STRATEGY AND LAUNCHED A COLLABORATION WITH THE WORLD BANK AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY ON A REPORT ABOUT FERMENTATION AND FOOD SECURITY.
Expenses $783,294 · Grants $511,048
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Grant GordonGRANT GORDON
CEO & CO-FOUNDER
- Total calculated
- $113,032
- From this org
- $102,917
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,115
- Hours/week
- 40
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Firehiwot TacheaFIREHIWOT TACHEA
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, VICE PRESIDENT,
- Total calculated
- $150,994
- From this org
- $143,490
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,504
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $135,417
- Bonus
- $8,073
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,504
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $150,994
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Karen LevyKAREN LEVY
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jan-Paul BruinsJAN-PAUL BRUINS
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 7
- MERIT BASED BONUS PAYMENTS ARE DISCLOSED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN BII
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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ESSENTIAL IMPACT LIMITED
C · PRODUCTION OF FERMENTED PROTEINS · KE · 100% owned · share of income $427,121 · share of assets $872,173 · controlled entity
Directly controlled by ESSENTIAL IMPACT
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 9 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202610689349300646
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