- Revenue 2024
- $328,540
- Expenses 2024
- $638,513
Program services were 72.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- Q33
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 498 E 10000 S
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Projects at World of Difference are focused on one or more of our three program pillars - agriculture, education and health -- in communities in Africa that are under-served. Many of our projects involve volunteers from the U.S. partnering in-country with our African neighbors to accomplish specific goals and objectives for sustainability. Having acquired land in Malawi in 2022, WOD has spent time and resources designing and implementing plans for how this land will be used to accomplish our strategic objectives. Many of our objectives directly impact individuals and families in the 14 villages that surround us.
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Land development and staple crops: WOD desires to build capacity in our Malawi team for them to lead out in the various initiatives where we hope to have impact. WOD added two key members to our Malawi management team in 2024 including an administrative officer, and a macadamia / agricultural specialist. WOD again employed local community members in short-term / temporary assignments to assist in the implementation of these agricultural projects. The harvest from staple crops of ground nuts, soya, and maize (500 lbs, 1.8 tons, and 2.2 tons respectively) were used in feeding programs with several of our partner organizations and schools, as well as supplementing the resource needs of our agriculture team. The macadamia tree farm was expanded by preparing additional acreage by clearing trees and vegetation and leveling the soil. Holes were dug for an additional 4000+ tree seedlings which will be planted during the rainy season. The goal remains that this will become our source of operational sustainability in the outyears.Agriculture projects: Malawi is ranked 174 out of 189 countries in terms of poverty and relies heavily on agriculture, which employs over 80% of the population. We seek to provide immediate support to local farmers and community members by improving soil health, crop rotation, and teaching the fundamental principles of sustainable crops.WOD hosted three additional agriculture trainings with 50+ participants in each. Each was a 5-day course covering topics such as: swales, water management, zoning, companion planting, soil regeneration, and how to increase crop yields. Participants came from Madesa, Mpunda, Mchiliko, Chitsindo, Mandala, Mchepa, and walked away equipped with basic knowledge and approaches to increase food security at a low cost. A 1 acre parcel was used to establish a demonstration garden which will be used in the agricultural trainings to provide examples of: crop diversification, higher yield crops, companion planting, water management, etc.Education projects: As indicated in the demographic characteristics reported in our 2023 baseline survey, 62.3% in Msundwe, Malawi catchment area have not completed primary education, while only 3.7% have completed secondary education.? Donated over 500 lbs of educational supplies to Mingongo, Mkanga, Maliwa and Mzobwe primary and secondary schools, as well as Thrive and Agape organizations.? Eighteen Malawi volunteers and WODs community senior manager surveyed educationstakeholders in the area, and as a result hosted the first ever inter-school competition. School performance improved as students prepared, and awards of much needed educational resources were given for most accomplished students, and school with the overall best score. The schools have enthusiastically requested help in facilitating another competition in 2025.? As in 2023, again in 2024 our volunteer expedition team, along with 15 Malawi volunteers and our Malawi leadership team, hosted a variety of educational workshops touching on the following topics: women empowerment, male mentorship, agriculture, and jewelry making. We partnered with Eunice Banda, the official Days for Girls representative in Malawi, to deliver a workshop for young girls and women on menstrual hygiene and provided 300 hygiene kits that had been purchased through Zayane Creations, infusing funds into the local economy. More than 350 people from the community participated in these combined workshops.? We finalized designs and drawings, and launched the construction of the community resilience center.Health Projects: In partnership with Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, WOD hosted faculty and students as part of our volunteer expedition team. They donated over 400 lbs of medical supplies to: Malawi College of Health Sciences, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Nthondo and Mingongo rural clinics, and Child Legal International Hospital.The medical team also accomplished the following:? Continued partnership with Thrive, which provides rehabilitation services, specialized equipment, special education and nutrition support for children with disabilities. The team created learning resources to support the organizations leadership and care providers. Also completed assessments to the ENT department at Kamuzu Central and Audiology at ABC.? ER doctor and DNP taught BCLS / ACLS training for 50+ providers at ABC clinic, as well as emergency room assessments.? PT faculty Collaborated with Kamuzu Centrals physio therapy department to assess needs and priorities and how we might assist in 2025.? Optometrist completed assessments, exams, surgeries and treatments at Eyes for Africa located at Child Legacy Hospital.? Partnered with Child Legacy Hospital providers to host rural health campaign. Completed screenings, and preventative assessments for over 300 participants (men, women, and children under 5 yrs) from surrounding communities. Those with urgent needs referred to Child Legacy or St. Gabriels for treatment and care. This was a huge success and will be repeated in 2025.
Expenses $463,202
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Alycesun ClareALYCESUN CLARE
Director
- Total calculated
- $100,000
- From this org
- $100,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jodi NielsenJODI NIELSEN
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Richard P NielsenRICHARD P NIELSEN
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Jeff RogersJEFF ROGERS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Tim WeeksTIM WEEKS
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Tanya SnelsonTANYA SNELSON
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Dr Mary Jane HarrisDR MARY JANE HARRIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Chris TambascoCHRIS TAMBASCO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Sam BandaSAM BANDA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Malla Kaiya KawaleMALLA KAIYA KAWALE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $328,540
- Expenses
- $638,513
- Contributions
- $130,211
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,689,426
- Expenses
- $463,160
- Contributions
- $1,645,204
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,093,475
- Expenses
- $314,604
- Contributions
- $1,093,475
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $26,627
- Expenses
- $224,888
- Assets (EOY)
- $396,851
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $586,322
- Expenses
- $69,930
- Assets (EOY)
- $591,288
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $200,880
- Expenses
- $214,798
- Assets (EOY)
- $74,896
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$1,500,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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$1,000,000
2022 UNCLASSIFIABLE
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2023 TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE, INC ORGANIZATION.
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2024 TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE, INC ORGANIZATION.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared as related by
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WORLD OF DIFFERENCE HANSEN SUPPORT FOUNDATION
On its 2024 return
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
- Exemption revoked 15 May 2010, reinstated 15 September 2011.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.