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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ESHARA.

Totals

Total revenue
$236,213
Total expenses
$271,458
Contributions and grants received
$236,213
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$159,835
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,639
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$158,196
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$271,458
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$155,000

Program services were 100.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $236,213

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $42,000 · program services $42,000

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $67,953 · program services $67,953

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,784 · program services $3,784

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,050 · program services $3,050

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,178 · program services $2,178

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,283 · program services $29,283

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,989 · program services $15,989

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,692 · program services $23,692

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,102 · program services $4,102

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,804 · program services $3,804

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Youth Support

    total $25,250 · program services $25,250

  • 24b · Other expenses: Community Service

    total $18,007 · program services $18,007

  • 24c · Other expenses: Grant writing service

    total $32,366 · program services $32,366

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $197,694 · end of year $155,035

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $4,800 · end of year $4,800

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,015 · end of year $1,639

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $200,479 · end of year $158,196

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Eshara Organization is a social development organization established in 2021 with a mission to provide comprehensive advocacy and representation for New American immigrants, refugees, and people from diverse communities in Minnesota and North Dakota. The organizations name, Eshara is an acronym for Ethnic Self-Help Alliance for Refugees Assistance

Activities or mission (Part I)

Eshara Organization is a social development organization established in 2021 with a mission to provide comprehensive advocacy and representation for New American immigrants, refugees, and people from diverse communities

  • ESHARAs mission is to provide comprehensive advocacy and representation for New American immigrants, refugees, and people from diverse communities so they can get integrated into Minnesota and North Dakota very easily. To connect them to the existing resources in the community such jobs, Healthcare resources, social services and leadership opportunities with the needed skills and capacities made available by our immigrants and refugees communities, families, and youth economic developmental training and support programs.

  • Workforce development and refugee support, Such as job coaching, housing, healthcare, andemployment navigation

    Expenses $90,000

  • Youth programs, cultural events, translation, and outreach services

    Expenses $65,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ahmed Makaraan

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $42,000
    From this org
    $42,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mohamed Issa

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Hakima Shirar

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Fati Ali

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Suad Dhiisow

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349327577

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