Totals
- Total revenue
- $833,408
- Total expenses
- $1,048,935
- Contributions and grants received
- $833,408
- Grants paid
- $584,672
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $899,954
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $899,954
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $788,754
- Management and general expenses
- $260,181
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $788,754
Program services were 75.2% 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
$833,408
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3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $584,672 · program services $584,672
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $231,844 · program services $140,675 · management and general $91,169
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $14,532 · management and general $14,532
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $3,291 · management and general $3,291
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $0
-
24a · Other expenses: Outside Services
total $178,164 · program services $53,450 · management and general $124,714
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24b · Other expenses: Travel Expenses
total $12,638 · program services $1,330 · management and general $11,308
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24c · Other expenses: Bank Service Charges
total $9,153 · program services $8,627 · management and general $526
-
24d · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions
total $7,495 · management and general $7,495
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24e · All other expenses
total $7,146 · management and general $7,146
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,116,487 · end of year $899,954
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,006
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $332,410 · end of year $612,983
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $783,071 · end of year $286,971
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
As a charitable fund, we vet and support grass-roots organizations that are doing impactful work on the ground in Afghanistan and with Afghan refugees around the world. We monitor, evaluate, and audit organizations for the purpose of connecting compassionate, impact-driven donors with community-led initiatives and grassroots organizations they can trust. Our team serves as experts with eyes and ears on the ground to assess critical areas of need, and work to ensure a sustainable future for Afghans and Afghan refugees worldwide. Our work is divided into seven sectors of support: 1) Humanitarian Relief; 2) Refugee Resettlement; 3) Education; 4) Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion; 5) Preservation of Afghan Knowledge, Expertise, & Art; 6) Environmental Protection & Sustainability; 7) Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To vet, fund, and build capacity for community-led initiatives and grassroots organizations doing impactful work within our sectors of support in Afghanistan and with Afghan refugees worldwide.
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Uplifts Humanitarian Relief Fund provides emergency response in the form of food, water, shelter, healthcare, and livelihood resources to Afghanistans most vulnerable populations (women, children, elderly, disabled, and internally displaced persons).
Expenses $260,901 · Grants $200,374 · Revenue $69,441
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Uplifts Cultural Preservation Fund provides fellowships and scholarships to Afghan artists and cultural producers to continue their work, build upon their countrys knowledge, and preserve its cultural heritage. This fund supports projects aimed at documenting and archiving Afghan cultural practices and narratives that preserve cultural memory.
Expenses $138,605 · Grants $63,126 · Revenue $38,506
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Uplifts Education Fund supports access to education through curriculum development, teacher training and salaries, educational technology platforms, and collaborative partnerships between local and international organizations.
Expenses $138,472 · Grants $75,171 · Revenue $93,482
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Uplifts Refugee Resettlement Fund provides evacuation and resettlement services for at-risk Afghans. These services include sustainment, housing, transportation, visas, and resettlement and acculturation support once they reach their host country.
Expenses $127,825 · Grants $125,851 · Revenue $19,279
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Uplifts Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Fund supports organizations committed to protecting and empowering Afghan women/girls, children/adults with disabilities, and ethnic/religious minorities within the Afghan population. Projects in the current year focused on menstrual hygiene, mental health services, womens shelter, livelihood support and training, and support for women-led NGOs.
Expenses $122,951 · Grants $120,150 · Revenue $78,274
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Ilaha Omar
President
- Total calculated
- $80,000
- From this org
- $80,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Mousqa Katawazi
Director
- Total calculated
- $80,000
- From this org
- $80,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Hossein Moiin
CFO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Ayscha Hamdani
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Hila-Nawa Alam
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- 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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523219349324457
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