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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by KAKENYAS DREAM.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,100,044
Total expenses
$2,028,824
Contributions and grants received
$2,063,466
Grants paid
$1,192,706
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$36,578
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,464,871
Total liabilities, end of year
$45,347
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,419,524
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,566,423
Management and general expenses
$263,389
Fundraising expenses
$199,012
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,566,423

Program services were 77.2% 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

    $2,063,466

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $18,634

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36,578 · excluded $36,578

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,192,706 · program services $1,192,706

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $272,997 · program services $176,513 · management and general $38,523 · fundraising $57,961

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $318,799 · program services $106,706 · management and general $123,920 · fundraising $88,173

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,467 · program services $4,494 · management and general $4,940 · fundraising $4,033

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,974 · program services $12,678 · management and general $22,358 · fundraising $6,938

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,012 · program services $21,313 · management and general $12,479 · fundraising $11,220

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,331 · management and general $14,331

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $35,962 · program services $16,617 · management and general $8,890 · fundraising $10,455

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,124 · program services $1,816 · management and general $1,166 · fundraising $142

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,260 · program services $8,803 · management and general $12,016 · fundraising $5,441

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $856 · program services $236 · management and general $590 · fundraising $30

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,249 · program services $11,867 · management and general $7,142 · fundraising $6,240

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,726 · program services $6,595 · management and general $1,773 · fundraising $2,358

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,145 · program services $3,608 · management and general $553 · fundraising $1,984

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,734 · management and general $5,734

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $12,895 · program services $2,471 · management and general $6,387 · fundraising $4,037

  • 24b · Other expenses: STATE REGISTRATION FEES

    total $2,587 · management and general $2,587

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,596,743 · end of year $764,757

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $808,605 · end of year $1,422,561

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $415,573 · end of year $674,799

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,074 · end of year $8,769

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $475,455 · end of year $557,320

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,266 · end of year $36,665

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,989 · end of year $12,772

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $32,575

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,240,417 · end of year $1,958,930

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,048,310 · end of year $1,460,594

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

INVEST IN GIRLS FROM RURAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH, AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES TO CREATE AGENTS OF CHANGE. WE DREAM OF A WORLD WHERE AFRICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE VALUED AND RESPECTED AS LEADERS AND EQUAL IN EVERY WAY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INVEST IN GIRLS THROUGH EDUCATION AND HEALTH INITIATIVES TO CREATE AGENTS OF CHANGE.

  • CENTERS FOR EXCELLENCE: THE BOARDING SCHOOLS, THE KAKENYA CENTERS FOR EXCELLENCE (KCE I AND II), SERVED 352 GIRLS IN 2023 IN GRADES 4-12 IN A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION, THE HOLISTIC PROGRAMMING ENSURES EACH AND EVERY GIRL'S UNIQUE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS ARE MET SO THAT SHE CAN ACHIEVE HER FULL POTENTIAL. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROGRAM SERVICE.

    Expenses $650,761 · Grants $490,865

  • HEALTH AND LEADERSHIP: WITH EXTREMELY LIMITED HEALTHCARE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION IN THE REGION, MOST COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW LITTLE ABOUT THEIR BODIES OR RIGHTS. THIS LACK OF SEXUAL HEALTH AND RIGHTS-BASED EDUCATION LEADS TO INCREASED RATES OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM), CHILD MARRIAGE, UNPLANNED TEENAGE PREGNANCY, AND CYCLICAL INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY. TO COMBAT THESE PROBLEMS, WE EQUIP BOYS AND GIRLS IN PARTNER SCHOOLS ACROSS RURAL KENYA WITH COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION, INFORMATION ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FGM AND CHILD MARRIAGE, KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS, AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING THROUGH THE HEALTH AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM. WE HAVE REACHED NEARLY 25,000 GIRLS AND BOYS IN 162 SCHOOLS WITH THESE VITAL TRAININGS. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROGRAM SERVICE.

    Expenses $564,037 · Grants $432,349

  • NETWORK FOR EXCELLENCE: OUR COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS DOES NOT END WHEN THEY LEAVE THE BOARDING SCHOOLS. WE SUPPORT THEM AS THEY CONTINUE ON TO HIGH SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH THE NETWORK FOR EXCELLENCE PROGRAM. WE HAVE PROVIDED OVER 500 STUDENTS WITH MENTORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIPS, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, CONTINUED LEADERSHIP TRAINING, AND VOCATIONAL COUNSELING. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROGRAM SERVICE.

    Expenses $351,625 · Grants $269,492

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Pamela Reeves

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mike O'Kane

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathy Hall

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tara Bunch

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amy Blackwood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Bonk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leslie Calman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Craven

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Crockett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Denson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Folake Fabunmi

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL JULY 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne-Marea Griffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betty Hudson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marlene Johnson

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL DECEMBER 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jean Milbauer

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anisa Tootla

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kakenya Ntaiya

    FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $175,760
    From this org
    $166,429
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,331
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,000
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $6,429
    Deferred
    $8,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,331
    Filer's total
    $175,760
  • Jessica L Hammond

    CHIEF OPERATING OFF. (UNTIL 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $97,237
    From this org
    $92,314
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,923
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 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 1A
KD PROVIDES TRAVEL FOR COMPANIONS BENEFITS. THIS BENEFIT IS INCLUDED IN TAXABLE WAGES TO THE EMPLOYEE.
PART I, LINE 7
KAKENYA NTAIYA IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A PRESUMPTIVE TARGET BONUS OF $15,000, TO BE AWARDED AT THE END OF EACH YEAR BASED ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'S ASSESSMENT OF HER CONTINUED GOOD PERFORMANCE AND THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF KAKENYA'S DREAM.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202431299349304663

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