Totals
- Total revenue
- $702,683
- Total expenses
- $828,471
- Contributions and grants received
- $690,322
- Grants paid
- $475,935
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $346
- Other revenue
- $12,015
- Total assets, end of year
- $439,558
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,637
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $434,921
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $633,484
- Management and general expenses
- $109,649
- Fundraising expenses
- $85,338
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $633,484
Program services were 76.5% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$690,322
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3 · Investment income
total $346 · excluded $346
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$16,518
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$4,503
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $12,015 · unrelated business $12,015
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $475,935 · program services $475,935
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $102,600 · program services $66,690 · management and general $15,390 · fundraising $20,520
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $125,100 · program services $61,890 · management and general $42,590 · fundraising $20,620
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $10,501 · program services $5,323 · management and general $3,418 · fundraising $1,760
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $16,868 · program services $9,482 · management and general $4,348 · fundraising $3,038
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $21,426 · management and general $21,426
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $1,333 · management and general $1,333
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11g · Fees: other
total $2,389 · fundraising $2,389
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $53,434 · management and general $16,423 · fundraising $37,011
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13 · Office expenses
total $9,229 · program services $6,922 · management and general $2,307
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14 · Information technology
total $9,656 · program services $7,242 · management and general $2,414
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $258,795 · end of year $280,300
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $55,025 · end of year $7,614
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $1,500
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $201,638 · end of year $109,863
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $450 · end of year $450
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $40,656 · end of year $39,831
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,946 · end of year $4,637
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $479,121 · end of year $405,089
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $73,997 · end of year $29,832
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Kula exists to eradicate poverty through the development of entrepreneurs in Rwanda's coffee communities. We operate at the intersection of economic development, environmental sustainability, and gender equality, providing a poverty (continued on Schedule O) graduation model that joins regenerative agriculture support with entrepreneurial development and business coaching, empowering coffee farmers to increase their household income and move out of extreme poverty and into a life of prosperity, vision, agency, and hope.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Kula exists to eradicate poverty through the development of entrepreneurs (continued on Schedule O) in Rwanda's coffee communities. We operate at the intersection of economic development, environmental sustainability, and gender equality, providing a poverty graduation model that joins regenerative agriculture support with entrepreneurial development and business coaching, empowering coffee farmers to increase their household income and move out of extreme poverty and into a life of prosperity, vision, agency, and hope.
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KULA Fellowship: The Kula Fellowship joins regenerative agriculture, household entrepreneurship, and personal coaching to equip coffee farming families to move out of extreme poverty and into a life of prosperity, vision, agency, and hope.
Expenses $633,484 · Grants $475,935
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Nicholas Lauten
Board Chair and Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $102,600
- From this org
- $96,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,600
- Hours/week
- 45
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Rebecca Pape
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Zane Wilemon
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Laura Peterson
Board Member
- 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.
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.
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Kula Project Inc
To develop entrepreneurs in Rwanda through a 15-month training course. · RW
Directly controlled by Kula Project Inc
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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KPI Investments LTD
C · Coffee processing and export · RW · 100% owned
Directly controlled by KPI Project Inc
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 9 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202601949349301145
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