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SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP-AFGHANISTAN INC

EIN 80-0967564 WEST PALM BCH, FL

Largest nonprofits in Florida

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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Shabana 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
  • Elizabeth Berry Gips

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Deborah Hazell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Katherine Freed-Jennings

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Matiullah Amin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • James Bullion

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ana Pincus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Zolaykha Sherzad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wendy Cushman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Suzanne Wright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Austin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vicki Craver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter Quimby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janel Vertz

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,456
    From this org
    $111,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,552
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kevin 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $16,606,520
    Expenses
    $19,135,253
    Contributions
    $12,720,529
    Grants paid
    $15,907,464
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,395,484
    Expenses
    $2,291,143
    Contributions
    $1,916,208
    Grants paid
    $1,409,696
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $23,523,857
    Expenses
    $7,272,478
    Contributions
    $23,133,247
    Grants paid
    $4,747,970
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,929,973
    Expenses
    $2,567,297
    Contributions
    $3,811,668
    Grants paid
    $1,657,201
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,228,068
    Expenses
    $3,572,014
    Contributions
    $7,186,986
    Grants paid
    $2,115,600
  • 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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,621,061
    Expenses
    $2,672,897
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,498,696
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,858,296
    Expenses
    $1,924,215
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,601,813
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,413,588
    Expenses
    $1,535,922
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,353,885
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,508,597
    Expenses
    $1,392,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,480,658
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,480,564
    Expenses
    $1,194,066
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,376,820
  • 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

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

  • 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

  • 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.