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← ORKEESWA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ORKEESWA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,246,581
Total expenses
$1,822,057
Contributions and grants received
$2,237,581
Grants paid
$1,229,385
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$9,000
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$861,223
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,942
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$814,281
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,426,841
Management and general expenses
$102,311
Fundraising expenses
$292,905
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,426,841

Program services were 78.3% 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

    $2,237,581

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $52 · excluded $52

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $8,948

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $8,948

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $8,948 · related or exempt $8,948

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,229,385 · program services $1,229,385

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $252,500 · program services $80,800 · management and general $27,775 · fundraising $143,925

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $116,568 · program services $36,705 · management and general $11,178 · fundraising $68,685

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $73,405 · program services $23,326 · management and general $10,631 · fundraising $39,448

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,950 · management and general $11,950

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,612 · program services $19,083 · management and general $14,029 · fundraising $7,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,681 · program services $580 · fundraising $6,101

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,849 · program services $16,823 · management and general $2,350 · fundraising $9,676

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $161 · fundraising $161

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $478 · management and general $478

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,053 · management and general $2,053

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $17,108 · program services $4,026 · management and general $2,017 · fundraising $11,065

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $15,858 · program services $13,842 · management and general $189 · fundraising $1,827

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND MERCHANT FEES

    total $10,104 · management and general $10,104

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $8,632 · program services $2,033 · management and general $2,082 · fundraising $4,517

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,713 · program services $238 · management and general $7,475

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $219,779 · end of year $236,754

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $206,029 · end of year $616,412

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,424 · end of year $8,057

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $478

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $39,953 · end of year $46,942

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $374,630 · end of year $737,485

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,127 · end of year $76,796

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

AT ORKEESWA, WE CULTIVATE THOUGHTFUL DECISION-MAKERS AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVERS PREPARED TO ACHIEVE THEIR OWN VISION FOR IMPACT. WE STRIVE FOR A WORLD WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EQUIPPED TO PROACTIVELY SOLVE PROBLEMS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WHILE PRESERVING THEIR SHARED CULTURAL VALUES AND PRACTICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THROUGH ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY, COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ORKEESWA CULTIVATES THOUGHTFUL DECISION-MAKERS AND CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS PREPARED TO ACHIEVE THEIR OWN VISION FOR IMPACT.

  • SINCE 2008, ORKEESWA HAS DEVELOPED A TRANSFORMATIVE MODEL OF GIRLS-FOCUSED, YOUTH-DRIVEN, COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT. EVERY YEAR, WE EDUCATE, DEVELOP, AND LAUNCH OVER 6,000 YOUNG LEADERS INTO COMMUNITY ACTION IN NORTHERN TANZANIA. OUR MODEL CONSISTS OF THREE CORE PROGRAMS: OUTREACH, SCHOOL, AND INCUBATOR.

    Expenses $1,426,841 · Grants $1,229,385

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Holly Habimana

    MNG DIR AND

    Total calculated
    $105,000
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Peter Luis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $82,500
    From this org
    $82,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Craig Graves

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $65,000
    From this org
    $65,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Katie Bunten-Wamaru

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Keller

    BOARD TREASU

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chilande Kuloba-Warria

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim McMullen

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gina Perini

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurie Sales

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Saing'Orie Sangau

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Seher

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Seher

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Walker

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Wamaru

    BOARD SECRET

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
28 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202622409349301672

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