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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VALENTINO ACHAK DENG FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$368,263
Total expenses
$403,021
Contributions and grants received
$367,050
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,213
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$853,366
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$853,366
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$289,486
Management and general expenses
$61,022
Fundraising expenses
$52,513
Program service expenses (Part III)
$289,486

Program services were 71.8% 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

    $367,050

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,213 · excluded $1,213

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $93,750 · program services $84,375 · fundraising $9,375

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $79,993 · management and general $39,997 · fundraising $39,996

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $193 · program services $193

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,065 · program services $10,227 · management and general $1,135 · fundraising $2,703

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,311 · management and general $9,311

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $67,284 · program services $66,661 · management and general $184 · fundraising $439

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $281 · management and general $281

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,262 · program services $787 · management and general $2,475

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,862 · management and general $3,862

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,821 · program services $2,821

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,947 · program services $18,947

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,777 · management and general $3,777

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXPENSES

    total $105,475 · program services $105,475

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $97,485 · end of year $106,205

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $1,613

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $969,331

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $398,633

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $589,645 · end of year $570,698

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $158,121 · end of year $174,850

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $845,251 · end of year $853,366

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE VALENTINO ACHAK DENG FOUNDATION (VAD) IS A US-BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WORKING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN POST-CONFLICT SOUTH SUDAN BY CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, TEACHER-TRAINING INSTITUTES, AND COMMUNITY (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) CENTERS. BEYOND TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM EDUCATION, THE FOUNDATION OFFERS A VARIETY OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE INCLUDING: STUDENT GOVERNMENT, DRAMA AND DEBATE CLUBS, COMPETITIVE SPORTS PROGRAMS, AND SOCIAL ACTION GROUPS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO AID THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN SUDAN BY IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

  • IN 2024, THE VAD FOUNDATION SPONSORED A TOTAL OF 381 GIRLS ENROLLED IN ITS ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. KNOWN AS VADF GIRL SCHOLARS, THE GROUP INCLUDES 189 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND 192 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE STUDYING IN A SECURE, SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AT CORNERSTONES VISION ACADEMY IN AWEIL, NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL STATE. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION SPONSORED 15 LEARNERS PURSUING VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT THE AFFILIATED DON BOSCO CENTER IN WAU, WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL. THESE STUDENTS ARE TRAINING IN ESSENTIAL FIELDS SUCH AS CARPENTRY, MASONRY, MECHANICS, ELECTRICAL WORK, AND ICT. ALL VOCATIONAL LEARNERS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUATE IN DECEMBER 2025, AFTER WHICH SOME WILL BE ENGAGED BY THE FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT ITS EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $289,486

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Valentino Achak Deng

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $93,750
    From this org
    $93,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dave Eggers

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Goldblatt

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Tiffanie Debartolo

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Klemmer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Reece Hirsch

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mascha Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Herlihy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Larson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Schumaker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Oscar Van Gelderen

    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349304267

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