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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by KULA PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$899,916
Total expenses
$828,996
Contributions and grants received
$897,053
Grants paid
$474,566
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$11,738
Other revenue
$14,601
Total assets, end of year
$548,779
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,641
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$547,138
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$624,972
Management and general expenses
$103,195
Fundraising expenses
$100,829
Program service expenses (Part III)
$624,972

Program services were 75.4% 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

    $897,053

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,740 · excluded $1,740

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $82,584

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $96,062

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$13,478

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$13,478 · excluded -$13,478

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $135,277

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $120,676

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $14,601 · unrelated business $14,601

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $474,566 · program services $474,566

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $147,410 · program services $73,705 · management and general $73,705

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $71,762 · program services $45,630 · management and general $3,384 · fundraising $22,748

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,600 · program services $6,860 · management and general $4,432 · fundraising $1,308

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,249 · program services $8,847 · management and general $5,715 · fundraising $1,687

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,876 · program services $4,438 · management and general $4,438

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $597 · management and general $597

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,482 · program services $1,241 · management and general $1,241

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $75,086 · fundraising $75,086

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,375 · program services $5,688 · management and general $5,687

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,993 · program services $3,997 · management and general $3,996

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $248,302 · end of year $140,225

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $150,002

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $96,000 · end of year $114,707

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $100,472 · end of year $82,807

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $450

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $60,588

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,437 · end of year $1,641

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $439,337 · end of year $547,138

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Kula Project is eradicating poverty through the development of entrepreneurs in Rwanda's coffee communities. Through our 15 month business fellowship providing industry training, life and leadership skills, and business investment, (continue on schedule O) fellows are equipped with the skills and resources to increase their income and create new futures for their families.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Kula Project is eradicating poverty through developing entrepreneurs in (continue on schedule O) Rwanda's coffee communities.

  • KULA Fellowship: A holistic 15 month program designed to eradicate poverty through the development of entrepreneurs. Provides industry training, life and leadership skills, and business investment to coffee and artisan fellows in coffee communities in rural Rwanda. FELLOWSHIP COMPONENTS: Industry training, farmer field school, tailoring, weaving.DEVELOPMENTAL TRAINING: Financial literacy, family health and nutrition, business self-esteem and gender equality, all paired with one-on-one mentorship.

    Expenses $624,972 · Grants $474,566

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sarah Buchanan-Sasson

    Executive Director (until 3/2022)

    Total calculated
    $84,200
    From this org
    $80,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,200
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ryan Pernice

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wade Preston

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tara Clapper

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nic Lauten

    Executive Director (since 3/2022)

    Total calculated
    $84,455
    From this org
    $67,410
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,045
    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.

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.

  • 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.

  • KPI Investments LTD

    C · Coffee processing and export · RW · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by KPI Project Inc

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333199349320733

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