Totals
- Total revenue
- $164,760
- Total expenses
- $164,355
- Contributions and grants received
- $164,139
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $621
- Total assets, end of year
- $14,435
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $14,435
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $164,335
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
Far Away Friends exists to transform access to quality education in rural Uganda alongside local leaders.
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Far Away Friends supports access to education and basic needs for children in rural Uganda through its partnership with Global Leaders Primary School. In 2025 the organization provided daily meals educational resources and operational support to approximately 450500 students including both boarding and day scholars.The program helps reduce barriers to school attendance by ensuring students receive consistent nutrition access to trained teachers and a safe learning environment. Support also includes teacher salaries school supplies and ongoing improvements to facilities and learning conditions.Through these efforts the organization works to improve educational outcomes and long-term opportunities for children in the Amolatar District.
Expenses $164,335
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Jayme Ward
Co-Founder & Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Dennis OConnor
Board Chair Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jen Smith
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Camela Giraud
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Carl Spetzler
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Ritah Omia
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 7 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202600979349200705
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