Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$5,726,282

Total expenses

$4,022,047

Contributions and grants received

$5,377,956

Grants paid

$2,101,719

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$322,486

Other revenue

$25,840

Total assets, end of year

$10,740,323

Total liabilities, end of year

$138,899

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$10,601,424

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,430,940

Management and general expenses

$351,455

Fundraising expenses

$239,652

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,430,940

Program services were 85.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE KOPILA VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOME, LOCATED IN SURKHET, NEPAL, HAS BEEN HOME TO 86 CHILDREN. THIS YEAR, WE WELCOMED 7 NEW KIDS INTO OUR HOME AND TRANSITIONED 9 OUT TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY WITH OUR SUPPORT. THERE ARE NOW 49 CHILDREN RESIDING IN THE HOME. A TOTAL OF 37 YOUNG ADULTS HAVE "GRADUATED" FROM THE HOME. OF THESE, 21 HAVE COMPLETED THEIR UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION AND ARE EITHER ENROLLED OR IN THE PROCESS OF ENROLLING IN UNIVERSITIES. FOUR YOUNG ADULTS FROM THE HOME ARE STUDYING OVERSEAS OR HAVE GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITIES ABROAD. THE CHILDREN ARE PROVIDED WITH A SAFE AND LOVING ENVIRONMENT AND ARE CARED FOR AS A FAMILY. OUR ADDITIONAL HOSTEL, THE BIG SISTERS' HOME, PROVIDES A SAFE HAVEN FOR AT-RISK YOUTH GIRLS WHO ATTEND KOPILA VALLEY SCHOOL. WE HAD 8 YOUNG WOMEN IN OUR CARE THIS YEAR. WE PRIORITIZE REINTEGRATION AND FAMILY HEALING WHERE IT IS APPROPRIATE AND SAFE; BETWEEN 2022 AND DECEMBER 2023, 6 GIRLS WERE REINTEGRATED WITH THEIR FAMILIES. WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON A NEW CHILDREN'S HOME IN 2023 ON LAND ADJACENT TO OUR KOPILA VALLEY SCHOOL CAMPUS.

  Expenses $1,284,540 · Grants $890,866

• THE KOPILA VALLEY SCHOOL (KVS) IN SURKHET, NEPAL, SERVES 427 STUDENTS FROM NURSERY TO 12TH GRADE, INCLUDING A MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR CLASSES 11 AND 12. KVS PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION IN MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING, AND COMPUTER SKILLS. ENRICHMENTS INCLUDE ART AND MUSIC PROGRAMS AS WELL AS NUMEROUS CLUBS AND SPORTS. KOPILA HAS EARNED A REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE REGION BASED ON NATIONAL TEST SCORES AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE. THE SCHOOL STRIVES TO CREATE A WARM, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS, SERVING NUTRITIOUS SNACKS AND LUNCHES SOURCED LOCALLY AND FROM OUR ORGANIC FARM, AND PROVIDING MEDICAL AND COUNSELING SERVICES. BLINKNOW ALSO SUPPORTS THE EDUCATION OF RECENT KVS GRADUATES WHO ATTEND 11TH AND 12TH GRADE "PLUS TWO" PROGRAMS AT SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY. KOPILA VALLEY SCHOOL HAS BEEN DEEMED "THE GREENEST SCHOOL IN NEPAL" DUE TO THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AND EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT SCHOOL CAMPUS AND PLACE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING PROGRAM. THE CAMPUS INCLUDES AN ANIMAL FARM, AN ORGANIC FOOD GARDEN, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO LESSONS, INCLUDING SOLAR ENERGY, BIOGAS, RAINWATER HARVESTING, AQUAPONICS, AND GRAY AND BLACKWATER TREATMENT. PEDAGOGICALLY, THE CURRICULUM AT KVS FOCUSES ON PLACE-BASED LEARNING, AN APPROACH THAT INVOLVES STUDENTS IN LOCAL HERITAGE, CULTURES, LANDSCAPES, AND EXPERIENCES, TYING INTO OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND VALUES. WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IF THEY HAVE SUPPORT AT HOME. OUR INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED PROGRAM FOR ALL GUARDIANS OF NEW STUDENTS AIMS TO DEVELOP THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND PROVIDE TOOLS FOR CREATING POSITIVE HOME SUPPORT. THE PROGRAM ORIENTS NEW FAMILIES AND COVERS TOPICS LIKE PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR THROUGH POSITIVE ATTENTION AND PLAY, EFFECTS OF HOUSEHOLD VIOLENCE AND STRESS ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT, WAYS OF DECREASING PARENTAL STRESS AND ANGER, EMPATHETIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS, NON-VIOLENT DISCIPLINE STRATEGIES, FAMILY FINANCES AND BUDGETING, AND NUTRITION AND HEALTH.

  Expenses $2,011,405 · Grants $1,163,553

• KOPILA VALLEY WOMEN'S CENTER UPLIFTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT SESSIONS, VOCATIONAL SKILLS, ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING AND BUSINESS START-UP FUNDS. WE OFFER A SAFE SPACE TO BUILD COMMUNITY, COMPLETE TRAINING, CONDUCT COUNSELING AND DEVELOP BUSINESS. THIS YEAR WE FOCUSED ON PROGRAMMING WHILE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN NEW KEY AREAS AND NETWORKING WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY. ALTOGETHER 148 WOMEN WERE TRAINED IN 2024: 17 IN BAKERY SKILLS, 21 IN MONTESSORI TEACHING, 20 IN ADVANCED COURSES (BEAUTICIAN AND TAILORING) AND 90 IN MICRO TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS. WE CONTINUED OUR ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS START-UP FUND AND HAVE AWARDED FUNDS TO 30 RECIPIENTS SINCE THE FUND'S INCEPTION, ALL OF WHOM HAVE STARTED THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.

  Expenses $134,995 · Grants $47,301

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

16 June 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202531819349301218

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