Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$261,163

Total expenses

$309,677

Contributions and grants received

$258,661

Grants paid

$170,265

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$2,502

Total assets, end of year

$32,671

Total liabilities, end of year

$16,805

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$15,866

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$284,780

Management and general expenses

$19,397

Fundraising expenses

$5,500

Program service expenses (Part III)

$284,780

Program services were 92.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• LITERACY & EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT:EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH IS OUR CENTRAL PILLAR. IN KENYA, WE DEVELOP HIGH-QUALITY LIBRARIES AND SCIENCE LABS FOR SCHOOLS IN GREATEST NEED. WE DEVELOPED OUR 6TH SCHOOL LIBRARY IN THE MAASAI MARA IN 2024 AND EXPANDED OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO INCLUDE MORE STUDENTS WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL. OVER 6000 STUDENTS EACH YEAR IN KENYA DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM THESE PROJECTS. IN MOROCCO IN 2024, WE HELD A NATIONWIDE SHORT STORY COMPETITION FOR RURAL TEENS, WITH PUBLISHED BOOKS. AS AN EXTENSION OF THIS SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, WE ALSO HELD AN ESSAY COMPETITION ON "CHALLENGES FACING THE NEXT GENERATION" FOR YOUTH IN BOTH MOROCCO AND KENYA, BOOSTING LITERACY, CRITICAL THINKING, AND YOUNG LEADERSHIP. IN BOTH COUNTRIES, THE TEENS PRESENTED THEIR FINDINGS TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE OF EDUCATORS.

  Expenses $112,130 · Grants $54,158

• CLEAN WATER INITIATIVES (MAASAI MARA, KENYA):WHERE WE WORK IN KENYA, MOST PEOPLE GET THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM OPEN PITS OR RIVERS SHARED WITH WILDLIFE AND CATTLE, AND 80% OF HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE THE RESULT OF DRINKING DIRTY WATER. IN 2024, WE COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT OF A PURIFIED WATER FACILITY READY FOR SALES TO LOCAL BUSINESSES; THIS WILL HELP FUND EDUCATION PROJECTS AND WILL EMPLOY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ALSO IN 2024, WE BUILT LARGE SOLAR-PUMPED GROUNDWATER AND WATER STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR 3 COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING CLEAN WATER TO PEOPLE RIGHT IN THEIR VILLAGE. THESE VILLAGE WATER PROJECTS PROVIDE CLEAN WATER FREE TO 10,000 PEOPLE.

  Expenses $110,795 · Grants $91,166

• OLIVESEED WOMEN'S WORK CENTER (MAASAI MARA, KENYA):MOST ADULT WOMEN IN THE RURAL MAASAI MARA DID NOT HAVE THE CHANCE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND HAVE NO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. TO ADDRESS THIS NEED, WE BUILT A SOLAR-POWERED WOMEN'S WORK CENTER WITH INCOME-GENERATING ENTERPRISES FOR WOMEN FROM 20 FAMILIES. WE PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SUPPLIES, SALES CHANNELS, AND WORK SPACE. THE WOMEN MAKE BEADWORK TO SELL AT SAFARI CAMPS AND SEW CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS TO SELL, MAKING AN INCOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES AND SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES. IN 2024, WE EXPANDED OUR DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-QUALITY SEWN SANITARY KITS TO KEEP TEEN GIRLS IN SCHOOL. THE WOMEN PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED 1450 SANITARY KITS TO LOCAL GIRLS THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH HEALTH AND HYGIENE EDUCATION

  Expenses $39,039 · Grants $12,518

• THESE EXPENSES ARE OUR SUPPORT FOR THE G&A COSTS OF THE GROUND OPERATION MANAGING AND IMPLEMENTING ALL OUR KENYAN PROJECTS IN LITERACY & EDUCATION, CLEAN WATER, AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT. WE ESTABLISHED A REGISTERED NONPROFIT IN KENYA CALLED OLIVESEED KENYA (OSK) FOR LOCAL STAFF TO CARRY OUT THIS PROJECT WORK. OSK ALSO PROVIDES FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTING, CONDUCTS PROJECT ASSESSMENTS, HANDLES COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND PROVIDES SECURITY FOR THE WOMEN'S CENTER AND WATER FACILITIES. IN ADDITION, OSK OWNS AND MAINTAINS NECESSARY ASSETS INCLUDING VEHICLES AND THE LAND FOR THE WOMEN'S CENTER. THE OSK BOOKS ARE INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED EACH YEAR, IN COMPLIANCE WITH KENYAN LAW.

  Expenses $22,816 · Grants $12,423

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

15 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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