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OLIVESEED FOUNDATION

EIN 82-1693564 PALO ALTO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$261,163
Expenses 2024
$309,677

Program services were 92.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B19
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 60713

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

OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD A POSITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOR YOUTH, MEANINGFUL LIVELIHOODS FOR WOMEN, AND CLEAN WATER TO DRINK. WE FOCUS ON THE INDIGENOUS AMAZIGH AND MAASAI COMMUNITIES OF MOROCCO AND KENYA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OLIVESEED DEVELOPS PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES IN LITERACY, CLEAN WATER, AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN GRASSROOTS COLLABORATION WITH UNDERSERVED RURAL COMMUNITIES OF KENYA AND MOROCCO.

  • LITERACY & EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT:EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH IS OUR CENTRAL PILLAR. IN KENYA, WE DEVELOP HIGH-QUALITY LIBRARIES AND SCIENCE LABS FOR SCHOOLS IN GREATEST NEED. WE DEVELOPED OUR 6TH SCHOOL LIBRARY IN THE MAASAI MARA IN 2024 AND EXPANDED OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO INCLUDE MORE STUDENTS WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL. OVER 6000 STUDENTS EACH YEAR IN KENYA DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM THESE PROJECTS. IN MOROCCO IN 2024, WE HELD A NATIONWIDE SHORT STORY COMPETITION FOR RURAL TEENS, WITH PUBLISHED BOOKS. AS AN EXTENSION OF THIS SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, WE ALSO HELD AN ESSAY COMPETITION ON "CHALLENGES FACING THE NEXT GENERATION" FOR YOUTH IN BOTH MOROCCO AND KENYA, BOOSTING LITERACY, CRITICAL THINKING, AND YOUNG LEADERSHIP. IN BOTH COUNTRIES, THE TEENS PRESENTED THEIR FINDINGS TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE OF EDUCATORS.

    Expenses $112,130 · Grants $54,158

  • CLEAN WATER INITIATIVES (MAASAI MARA, KENYA):WHERE WE WORK IN KENYA, MOST PEOPLE GET THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM OPEN PITS OR RIVERS SHARED WITH WILDLIFE AND CATTLE, AND 80% OF HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE THE RESULT OF DRINKING DIRTY WATER. IN 2024, WE COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT OF A PURIFIED WATER FACILITY READY FOR SALES TO LOCAL BUSINESSES; THIS WILL HELP FUND EDUCATION PROJECTS AND WILL EMPLOY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ALSO IN 2024, WE BUILT LARGE SOLAR-PUMPED GROUNDWATER AND WATER STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR 3 COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING CLEAN WATER TO PEOPLE RIGHT IN THEIR VILLAGE. THESE VILLAGE WATER PROJECTS PROVIDE CLEAN WATER FREE TO 10,000 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $110,795 · Grants $91,166

  • OLIVESEED WOMEN'S WORK CENTER (MAASAI MARA, KENYA):MOST ADULT WOMEN IN THE RURAL MAASAI MARA DID NOT HAVE THE CHANCE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND HAVE NO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. TO ADDRESS THIS NEED, WE BUILT A SOLAR-POWERED WOMEN'S WORK CENTER WITH INCOME-GENERATING ENTERPRISES FOR WOMEN FROM 20 FAMILIES. WE PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SUPPLIES, SALES CHANNELS, AND WORK SPACE. THE WOMEN MAKE BEADWORK TO SELL AT SAFARI CAMPS AND SEW CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS TO SELL, MAKING AN INCOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES AND SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES. IN 2024, WE EXPANDED OUR DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-QUALITY SEWN SANITARY KITS TO KEEP TEEN GIRLS IN SCHOOL. THE WOMEN PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED 1450 SANITARY KITS TO LOCAL GIRLS THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH HEALTH AND HYGIENE EDUCATION

    Expenses $39,039 · Grants $12,518

  • THESE EXPENSES ARE OUR SUPPORT FOR THE G&A COSTS OF THE GROUND OPERATION MANAGING AND IMPLEMENTING ALL OUR KENYAN PROJECTS IN LITERACY & EDUCATION, CLEAN WATER, AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT. WE ESTABLISHED A REGISTERED NONPROFIT IN KENYA CALLED OLIVESEED KENYA (OSK) FOR LOCAL STAFF TO CARRY OUT THIS PROJECT WORK. OSK ALSO PROVIDES FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTING, CONDUCTS PROJECT ASSESSMENTS, HANDLES COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND PROVIDES SECURITY FOR THE WOMEN'S CENTER AND WATER FACILITIES. IN ADDITION, OSK OWNS AND MAINTAINS NECESSARY ASSETS INCLUDING VEHICLES AND THE LAND FOR THE WOMEN'S CENTER. THE OSK BOOKS ARE INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED EACH YEAR, IN COMPLIANCE WITH KENYAN LAW.

    Expenses $22,816 · Grants $12,423

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

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.

  • Barbara Mackraz

    FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $6,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elliott Wright

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leah Kapeen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katharine Beckwith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $261,163
    Expenses
    $309,677
    Contributions
    $258,661
    Grants paid
    $170,265
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $360,989
    Expenses
    $313,713
    Contributions
    $360,919
    Grants paid
    $195,193
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $192,175
    Expenses
    $218,289
    Contributions
    $191,754
    Grants paid
    $193,813

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

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $113,642
    Expenses
    $91,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,753

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2019

Tax period
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
Principal officer
Barbara Makraz
Mailing address
4142 Baker AvenuePalo Alto CA 94306
Website
oliveseed.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.