- Revenue 2024
- $16,606,520
- Expenses 2024
- $19,135,253
Program services were 87.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 700 N OLIVE AVE
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
TO PROVIDE AFGHAN GIRLS A RIGOROUS EDUCATION THAT PROMOTES CRITICAL THINKING, A SENSE OF PURPOSE, AND RESPECT FOR SELF AND OTHERS.
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SOLA RWANDA IS A BOARDING SCHOOL OF AFGHAN GIRLS IN GRADES PRE-6 THROUGH 10. FROM 2016 THROUGH 2021, WE OPERATED IN KABUL; SINCE 2021 AND THE TALIBAN'S RETURN, WE HAVE OPERATED IN RWANDA. WE OFFER OUR STUDENTS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN FOCUS ON THEIR EDUCATION AND POTENTIAL IN A WAY THAT CANNOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH: A PLACE WHERE THEY'LL BE CHALLENGED BY A RIGOROUS CURRICULUM AND ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES AT SCHOOL AND AMONG EACH OTHER.
Expenses $15,801,712 · Grants $15,801,712
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SOLAX IS SOLA INC.'S DIGITAL WHATSAPP-BASED PROGRAMMING. STUDENTS NEED ONLY A SMARTPHONE AND A BASIC CELLULAR CONNECTION TO TAKE PART AND ACCESS FREE, DAILY, ASYNCHRONOUS CLASSWORK IN THREE LANGUAGES (ENGLISH, DARI, AND PASHTO). WHILE OPEN TO ANY STUDENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, SOLAX WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR AFGHAN LEARNERS IN GENERAL AND AFGHAN GIRLS IN PARTICULAR, AND IS A KEY COMPONENT OF SOLA'S RESPONSE TO THE TALIBAN'S EDUCATION BAN THAT FORBIDS GIRLS FROM ATTENDING SCHOOL BEYOND 6TH GRADE IN AFGHANISTAN.
Expenses $380,741
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SCHOLARS ABROAD IS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO GIVE ACCESS TO AFGHAN GIRLS TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES AT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ACROSS THE WORLD.
Expenses $615,058 · Grants $105,752 · Revenue $110,000
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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Shabana Basij-RasikhSHABANA BASIJ-RASIKH
PRESIDENT & CO-FOUNDER
- Total calculated
- $402,082
- From this org
- $369,799
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,283
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $244,799
- Bonus
- $75,000
- Other
- $50,000
- Deferred
- $11,528
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,755
- Filer's total
- $402,082
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Elizabeth Berry GipsELIZABETH BERRY GIPS
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Deborah HazellDEBORAH HAZELL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Katherine Freed-JenningsKATHERINE FREED-JENNINGS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Matiullah AminMATIULLAH AMIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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James BullionJAMES BULLION
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ana PincusANA PINCUS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Zolaykha SherzadZOLAYKHA SHERZAD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Wendy CushmanWENDY CUSHMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Suzanne WrightSUZANNE WRIGHT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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John AustinJOHN AUSTIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Vicki CraverVICKI CRAVER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Peter QuimbyPETER QUIMBY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Janel VertzJANEL VERTZ
FINANCE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $122,456
- From this org
- $111,904
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,552
- Hours/week
- 40
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Kevin JonesKEVIN JONES
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
- Total calculated
- $126,770
- From this org
- $113,239
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,531
- 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $16,606,520
- Expenses
- $19,135,253
- Contributions
- $12,720,529
- Grants paid
- $15,907,464
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2023
- Revenue
- $2,395,484
- Expenses
- $2,291,143
- Contributions
- $1,916,208
- Grants paid
- $1,409,696
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2023
- Revenue
- $23,523,857
- Expenses
- $7,272,478
- Contributions
- $23,133,247
- Grants paid
- $4,747,970
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,929,973
- Expenses
- $2,567,297
- Contributions
- $3,811,668
- Grants paid
- $1,657,201
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2022
- Revenue
- $7,228,068
- Expenses
- $3,572,014
- Contributions
- $7,186,986
- Grants paid
- $2,115,600
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2022
- Revenue
- $5,153,284
- Expenses
- $3,504,363
- Contributions
- $5,066,491
- Grants paid
- $2,062,624
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
- $9,621,061
- Expenses
- $2,672,897
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,498,696
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,858,296
- Expenses
- $1,924,215
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,601,813
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,413,588
- Expenses
- $1,535,922
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,353,885
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,508,597
- Expenses
- $1,392,519
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,480,658
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,480,564
- Expenses
- $1,194,066
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,376,820
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,871,651
- Expenses
- $935,927
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,064,106
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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$5,260,750
2024 EDUCATION
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SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$5,200,000
2024 Education
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$1,502,500
2023 SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN RWANDA
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$503,500
2023 HUMAN SERVICES
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$147,250
2022 EDUCATION
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$100,000
2025 Education Grant
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SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$100,000
2023 Education
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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 on its 2024 return
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SOLA FOR AFGHAN GIRLS
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN KABUL · AF · controlled entity
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return
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SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP AFGHANISTAN (SOLA)
C · EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES · RW · 100% owned · share of income $15,606,399 · share of assets $11,717,631
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 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.