Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,682,875

Total expenses

$3,956,050

Contributions and grants received

$3,676,199

Grants paid

$951,216

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$694

Other revenue

$5,982

Total assets, end of year

$2,201,066

Total liabilities, end of year

$815,149

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,385,917

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,725,642

Management and general expenses

$580,787

Fundraising expenses

$649,621

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,725,642

Program services were 68.9% 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 · 2024

• IN 2024, NURU NIGERIA WORKED WITH 5,355 AGRIBUSINESS MEMBERS TO BUILD RESILIENCE CAPACITIES IN REMOTE RURAL COMMUNITIES OF NORTHEAST NIGERIA. THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED OFFERING AGRIBUSINESS MEMBERS ACCESS TO IMPROVED SOYBEAN AND GROUNDNUT INPUT PACKAGES ON LOANS, TAILORED EXTENSION SERVICES, AND GOOD AGRONOMIC PRACTICES (GAP) FOR INCREASED CROP PRODUCTION. FURTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDED TRAINING FARMER ORGANIZATIONS ON CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE (CSA) PRACTICES, ESTABLISHING 4,209 NUTRITION GARDENS, AND DISTRIBUTING 1,071 LAMBS (SMALL RUMINANTS) FOR WOMEN'S INCREASED INCOME GENERATION. SURVEYS OF YIELDS AND INCOMES FROM THE PRIOR 2023 IMPACT ASSESSMENTS DETERMINED THAT AVERAGE AGRIBUSINESS MEMBERS EXPERIENCED A NET INCOME OF $145 USD, OVER A BASELINE OF $13 USD, OR AN INCREASE OF $132 ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION. IN 2024, NURU ETHIOPIA WORKED WITH 28,805 AGRIBUSINESS MEMBERS TO STRENGTHEN RESILIENCE AND ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA. THE ACTIVITIES FACILITATED ACCESS TO DIGITAL BLENDED LEARNING TOOLS, PROVIDED GOOD AGRONOMIC PRACTICES (GAP) TRAINING FOR MUNGBEANS AND GROUNDNUTS, AND TAILORED EXTENSION SERVICES ACROSS 209 PRIMARY COOPERATIVES AND 5 UNIONS. ADDITIONALLY, NURU ETHIOPIA SUPPORTS SHEEP AND GOAT FATTENING AS PART OF ITS LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION EFFORTS FOR WOMEN, AIMING TO INTEGRATE GENDER-TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACHES AND ENHANCE HOUSEHOLD INCOME GENERATION. IN 2024, UNIONS SUPPORTED BY NURU ETHIOPIA ACHIEVED AN AVERAGE PROFIT MARGIN OF 5%, UP FROM 3.1% IN 2021, REFLECTING IMPROVED PROFITABILITY AND INCREASED PROFESSIONALISM WITHIN THE UNIONS.IN 2024, NURU KENYA'S INTEGRATED SOCIAL IMPACT ACTIVITIES CONTINUED TO SUPPORT AGRIBUSINESS MEMBERS IN INCREASING THEIR INCOMES AND CROP YIELDS WHILE STRENGTHENING SUSTAINABLE AGRIBUSINESSES. NK-SUPPORTED COOPERATIVES INCLUDED 6,130 AGRIBUSINESS MEMBERS IN 61 COOPERATIVES WITH ACCESS TO INPUT LOANS FOR CROP AND DAIRY PRODUCTION, TAILORED EXTENSION SERVICES, AND SAVINGS BEHAVIOR PROMOTION. IN 2024, NURU KENYA CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS OPERATIONS IN BARINGO COUNTY, SUPPORTING 28 COOPERATIVES ENGAGED IN DIVERSE VALUE CHAINS, INCLUDING BEEKEEPING, LIVESTOCK (SHEEP, GOATS, AND DAIRY), FODDER PRODUCTION, MEAT PROCESSING, AND CROP FARMING. AN INITIAL SCOPEINSIGHT ASSESSMENT OF 18 COOPERATIVES IN THE AREA YIELDED AN AVERAGE PROFESSIONALISM SCORE OF 2.6 OUT OF 5.0, HIGHLIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH. NURU KENYA AIMS TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATIVE CAPACITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, ENABLING THEM TO EFFECTIVELY SERVE THEIR MEMBERS. IN 2024, NURU BURKINA FASO WORKED WITH AGRIBUSINESS MEMBERS TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUILD RESILIENCE THROUGH INCREASED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY. THE INTERVENTION CONTINUED OPERATIONS IN 3 MUNICIPALITIES IN CENTRAL BURKINA FASO, WORKING WITH 2,610 AGRIBUSINESS MEMBERS THROUGH 20 AGRIBUSINESS COOPERATIVES. NURU BURKINA FASO ESTABLISHED SOYBEAN AND GROUNDNUT DEMONSTRATION PLOTS DEMONSTRATING GOOD AGRONOMIC PRACTICES (GAP) AND CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE (CSA) PRACTICES. NBF REFRESHED TRAINING TO COOPERATIVES ON GOOD AGRONOMIC PRACTICES (GAP) AND CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE (CSA) OF GROUNDNUT AND SOYBEAN CROPS, COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL INCLUSION, AND HEALTHY BEHAVIORS. ADDITIONALLY, 72% OF GROUNDNUT AND SOYBEAN FARMERS REPORTED THAT THEY ADOPTED 3 OUT OF 5 OF CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, WHICH CAN LEAD TO IMPROVED OVERALL SOIL HEALTH AND INCREASED YIELDS.IN 2024, NURU GHANA LAUNCHED ITS FIRST YEAR OF IMPACT ACTIVITIES IN THE UPPER EAST REGION OF GHANA. NURU GHANA SUPPORTED 1,170 FARMERS BY REGISTERING THEM FOR WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES AND ENGAGING IN DEMONSTRATION PLOTS THAT SHOWCASED INCREASED SOYBEAN YIELDS THROUGH GOOD AGRONOMIC PRACTICES (GAP). ADDITIONALLY, NURU GHANA ESTABLISHED 5 DEMONSTRATION PLOTS, WHICH SHOWED AN AVERAGE YIELD OF 827 KG/HA COMPARED TO SOYBEAN FARMER YIELDS OF 278 KG/HA. THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE YIELD GAP THAT NURU GHANA AIMS TO CLOSE THROUGH SCALING UP THEIR INTERVENTION AND OFFERING AN IMPROVED CROP PACKAGE AND ACCESS TO GAP AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING IN 2025. IN 2024, NURU NIGER WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE DOSSO REGION OF NIGER. IN SEPTEMBER 2024, NURU NIGER FACILITATED A CATTLE DEWORMING INITIATIVE, DEWORMING 814 CATTLE AND TRAINING PASTORALISTS IN BEST PRACTICES FOR EFFECTIVE DEWORMING. THE NURU NIGER TEAM IDENTIFIED TWO INTERVENTION COMMUNITIES TO BEGIN IMPACT ACTIVITIES IN 2025 THROUGH AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORALIST COOPERATIVES. IN 2025, IMPACT ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE WORKING WITH BOTH AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES AND PASTORALIST COOPERATIVES THROUGH DEMONSTRATION PLOTS AND OFFERING DEWORMING TREATMENT PACKAGES ON LOAN. WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF LAUNCHING ACTIVITIES IN BENIN AND TOGO. IN 2025, NURU BENIN WILL BEGIN IDENTIFYING COMMUNITIES AND ENGAGING LOCAL LEADERS TO DESIGN IMPACT ACTIVITIES FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. TOGO IS EXPECTED TO BE FULLY REGISTERED THIS YEAR, IDENTIFYING COMMUNITIES AND ENGAGING LOCAL LEADERS IN 2026.

  Expenses $2,566,843 · Grants $951,216

• NURU'S AWARENESS PROGRAM HOSTS EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND ONLINE THROUGH PUBLISHED VIDEOS AND EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM EDUCATES AUDIENCES ON THE VALUE OF LOCALLY-LED DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE, AND RESILIENCE BUILDING AS A WAY TO ADDRESS EXTREME POVERTY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND STATE FRAGILITY. NURU TEAM MEMBERS SHARED NURU'S STORY WITH OVER 1,800 PEOPLE AT OVER 25 VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON VENUES AROUND THE WORLD. LASTLY, NURU PROMOTED AWARENESS ABOUT ENDING EXTREME POVERTY AND CULTIVATING COMMUNITY PROSPERITY THROUGH PRESS RELEASES, UPDATES, BLOG POSTS, PHOTOS, AND VIDEOS VIA EMAIL AND ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND LINKEDIN. AS A RESULT, OVER 12,200 PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK, OVER 740 FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM, AND OVER 5,800 PEOPLE ON LINKEDIN ARE MORE AWARE OF NURU'S WORK.

  Expenses $158,799

As filed on the 2024 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. 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

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• NURU INTERNATIONAL SELF HELP GROUP

  AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION · KE

• NURU INTERNATIONAL ETHIOPIA

  AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION · ET

• NURU INTERNATIONAL NIGERIA

  AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION · NI

• NURU INTERNATIONAL BURKINA FASO

  AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION · UV

• ASSOCIATION NURU COLLECTIVE

  AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION · SP

• NURU GHANA

  AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION · GH

• NURU NIGER

  AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION · NG

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

15 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

202541359349311609

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