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NEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION

EIN 68-0224596 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$6,039,117
Expenses 2024
$3,718,135

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
Q330
Classification
1000
Street
1016 LINCOLN BLVD STE 222

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

WE BRING HOPE TO IMPOVERISHED NEPALI CHILDREN BY PROVIDING WHAT SHOULD BE EVERY CHILD'S BIRTHRIGHT: FREEDOM, HEALTH, SHELTER & EDUCATION

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE STATEMENT 1

  • SHELTER PROGRAMSOLGAPURI CHILDREN'S VILLAGE ("OLGA'S LITTLE OASIS") OPENED IN 2016 AS ABEAUTIFUL, PERMANENT, FAMILY-STYLE HOME FOR APPROXIMATELY 80 CHILDRENAGES 1 TO 18 WHOSE PARENTS AND EXTENDED FAMILIES ARE UNABLE TO CARE FOR THEM. THE ENCLOSED OLGAPURI CAMPUS IS STAFFED BY A DEDICATED TEAM OFPASSIONATE, LOVING PEOPLE, EACH OF WHOM BRINGS UNIQUE SKILLS ANDEXPERIENCE TO THEIR WORK. CHILDREN ENJOY FACILITIES LIKE A BASKETBALLCOURT, A LIBRARY, A SPRAWLING ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDEN, AND MORE TO ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE ONYF'S KINSHIP CARE PROGRAM KEEPS CHILDREN WITH THEIR FAMILIES BYPROVIDING LOVING, STABLE FAMILY MEMBERS WITH THE FINANCIAL SCAFFOLDINGNEEDED TO ENSURE THESE CHILDREN ARE SAFE, WELL-FED, RECEIVING ALLNECESSARY MEDICAL CARE, AND MOST OF ALL, ATTENDING SCHOOL. OUR SOCIALWORKERS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THESE FAMILIES, ENSURING THAT THE NEEDS OFTHE CHILDREN ARE BEING MET, AND MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.

    Expenses $633,759 · Grants $565,232

  • EDUCATION PROGRAMSOVER MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF OPERATION, NYF HAS GROWN INTO ONE OFNEPAL'S LARGEST NONGOVERNMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDERS. OUR EDUCATIONPROGRAMS NOW ENCOMPASS GRADES K-12, COLLEGE, MEDICAL SCHOOL, ANDGRADUATE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS ANDWORLD-CLASS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAMS.WE ARE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS FACINGDIFFICULT OBSTACLES, INCLUDING CASTEISM, SEXISM, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP,AND DISCRIMINATION BASED ON DISABILITY. OUR STUDENTS RECEIVESCHOLARSHIPS, AS WELL AS TROUBLESHOOTING SUPPORT FROM OUR SOCIAL WORKERS TO ENSURE THEY CAN SUCCEED. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O K-12 (~200 STUDENTS) COLLEGE & BEYOND (~340 STUDENTS) STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (~150 STUDENTS) TRADE SCHOOL / TECHNICAL COLLEGE (~75 STUDENTS)

    Expenses $640,686 · Grants $571,410

  • VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND CAREER COUNSELINGIN 2017, NYF OPENED OLGAPURI VOCATIONAL SCHOOL (OVS) ON THE ENCLOSEDGROUNDS OF OLGAPURI CHILDREN'S VILLAGE. OVS PROVIDES NATIONALLY CERTIFIED 3-MONTH TRAINING COURSES IN HIGH-DEMAND TRADES INCLUDING ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, WELDING, AND CARPENTRY. THOSE IN THIS PROGRAM RECEIVE INTENSIVE SKILLS TRAINING FROM EXPERT INSTRUCTORS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP GUIDANCE, SMALL BUSINESS ADMIN AND ACCOUNTING LESSONS, RESUME-BUILDING AND JOB SEARCH SUPPORT, START-UP MICROGRANTS, AND CONNECTIONS TO OTHER YOUNG ADULTS ON SIMILAR PATHS TOWARDS PERSONAL ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. SOCIAL WORKERS LINK MOTIVATED YOUNG ADULTS WITH RESOURCES AND TRAINING TO LAUNCH CAREERS IN NEPAL'S GROWING ECONOMY.

    Expenses $626,945 · Grants $559,154

  • HEALTH PROGRAMSKATHMANDU VALLEY NUTRITIONAL REHABILITATION HOME (NRH) SPECIAL CLINICS ADDRESSING PEDIATRIC MALNUTRITION THROUGHOUT NEPAL THROUGH IN-PATIENT NUTRITIONAL CARE FOR CHILDREN AND CAREGIVER TRAINING IN ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THE NUTRITION IN FOODS PREPARED AT HOME. NYF ORIGINATED THIS MODEL IN NEPAL AND RUNS THE FLAGSHIP FACILITY NRH IN KATHMANDU VALLEY, WHICH PROVIDES TREATMENT TO ABOUT 300 CHILDREN EACH YEAR, PLUS THEIR CAREGIVERS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING NUTRITIONAL CARE TRAINING TO ABOUT 350 PROSPECTIVE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN OVER 20 GOVERNMENT-RUN NRHS THROUGHOUT NEPAL.NUTRITION OUTREACH CAMPS TAKING NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION INTO REMOTE REGIONS OF NEPAL, PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY 800 - 1,400 CHILDREN AT EACH CAMP WITH NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT AND CARE WHERE NEEDED, AS WELL AS FOCUSED, PRACTICAL EDUCATION FOR CAREGIVERS, WITH EMPHASIS ON ACCESSIBLE, EASY-TO-IMPLEMENT HOME NUTRITION AND HYGIENE. FOLLOWING THE CAMPS THEMSELVES, A FIELD TEAM REMAINS IN THE VILLAGES FOR SEVERAL WEEKS TO PROVIDE TARGETED, PERSONALIZED GUIDANCE TO FAMILIES. IN FY 2024-2025, NYF CONDUCTED 5 MULTI-DAY CAMPS, REACHING APPROXIMATELY 5,500 CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. NEW LIFE CENTER (NLC) A TRANSITIONAL RECOVERY CLINIC FOR FAMILIES VISITING KATHMANDU FOR MEDICAL CARE. NYF AIMS TO CARE FOR 50 CHILDREN EACH YEAR AT THE NLC (CAPACITY IS 18 MOTHER-CHILD PAIRS AT A TIME). NURSES HAVE SPECIAL EXPERTISE IN CARING FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, WHICH IS A FOCUS HEALTH ISSUE AT THIS CLINIC.ANKUR COUNSELING CENTER NEPAL'S FIRST COUNSELING CENTER FOR CHILDREN, PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE FOR CHILDREN RECOVERING FROM TRAUMA AND THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING WORKSHOPS AND RESOURCES ON SELF-CARE, BOUNDARIES, STRESS MANAGEMENT, AND OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. (IN FY 2024-2025, ANKUR PROVIDED 1,751 INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SESSIONS FOR CHILDREN AND 56 TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR 1,297 PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS, PEER COUNSELORS, SCHOOLTEACHERS, AND OTHER CHILD-FOCUSED NGO WORKERS.)CASTE EQUALITY PROJECT (CEP) NYF'S NEWEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS INITIATIVE TO DATE, THE CEP IS A HOLISTIC, COMMUNITY-BASED PACKAGE OF PROGRAMS (BASED ON OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS AS WELL AS OUR HISTORICAL SUCCESSES) AIMING TO EMPOWER MEMBERS OF NEPAL'S DALIT CASTES (HISTORICALLY SEEN AS "UNTOUCHABLE") TO ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES NEEDED TO THRIVE AS MEMBERS OF THEIR BROADER SOCIETY, DEFEND THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS, BUILD PROSPERITY, PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POSITIVE CHANGE, AND DISMANTLE THE SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION STANDING BETWEEN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE SAFE, DIGNIFIED LIVES THAT ARE THEIR BIRTHRIGHT. WE ANTICIPATE THAT, LIKE OUR EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL INDENTURED DAUGHTERS / EMPOWERING FREED KAMLARIS PROGRAM, THE CEP WILL RUN FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE AS WE WORK WITH THESE COMMUNITIES TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE CHANGE.IN MID-2022, NYF LAUNCHED PHASE I: EDUCATING DALIT LAWYERS, AN ENRICHED LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOLERS FROM NEPAL'S DALIT COMMUNITIES. THIS PROGRAM IS SERVING 31 STUDENTS IN NEPAL'S TOP THREE LAW SCHOOLS; THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BECOME HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS WHO WILL EVENTUALLY FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF DALIT INDIVIDUALS IN NEPAL'S COURTS.IN MID-2023, NYF LAUNCHED PHASE II: SAPTARI DISTRICT. THIS PHASE REPRESENTS THE BEGINNING OF THE MAIN WORK OF THE CEP, IN WHICH WE ARE EMBEDDING IN THE COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING THE WORST CONDITIONS IN NEPAL TO BEGIN THE COMPLEX, MULTI-PRONGED PROJECT OF SUSTAINABLY EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION. OUR TEAM IS CURRENTLY PILOTING THIS WORK IN A HANDFUL OF DALIT-MAJORITY VILLAGES IN TIRHUT RURAL MUNICIPALITY, SAPTARI DISTRICT, NEPAL, WITH THE INTENTION OF GRADUALLY SCALING INTO AS MANY VILLAGES AS IS SUSTAINABLE FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.BETWEEN THE SUMMERS OF 2023 AND 2024, OUR TEAM PRESENTED MULTIPLE PROGRAMMATIC OPTIONS TO LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, LEADERS, AND BENEFICIARIES, WITH A HIGH FOCUS ON THOSE PROGRAMS WITH IMMEDIATE, VISIBLE BENEFITS, TO BUILD THE TRUST NEEDED TO ACHIEVE COMMUNITY BUY-IN AND PARTICIPATION. SO FAR, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A STREET DRAMA ACTIVISM PROGRAM (10 YOUNG WOMEN TRAINED ARE USING STREET DRAMA TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PERILS OF CHILD MARRIAGE AND THE TRADITIONAL DOWRY SYSTEM), A PEER COUNSELING PROGRAM (30 YOUNG WOMEN HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT GROUP TRAINING FROM ANKUR COUNSELING CENTER AND HAVE BEGUN LEADING MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUPS WITH 130 ATTENDEES SO FAR), AND A MASSIVE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN WHICH HAS SEEN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RISE FROM AROUND 250 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS TO OVER 820.AS WE STRENGTHENED THESE PROGRAMS IN 2024, WE BUILT TWO VILLAGE-BASED COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS WHICH WILL HOUSE MANY OF OUR CEP PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $793,616 · Grants $707,805

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.

  • Christopher Heffelfinger

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Greg Rosston

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tanya Bodde

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brian Ferrall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ron Rosano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gina Parker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Nick Prior

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Matthew Lombardi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Angela D Pal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Leilani Stritter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Normandie Ramirez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sean Murray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Edyta Ramirez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Som Paneru

    PRESIDENT- NEPAL SITE

    Total calculated
    $143,688
    From this org
    $123,065
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,623
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ryan Walls

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $233,056
    From this org
    $227,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,556
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,556
    Filer's total
    $233,056

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
    $6,039,117
    Expenses
    $3,718,135
    Contributions
    $5,869,244
    Grants paid
    $2,403,601
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,333,826
    Expenses
    $3,033,162
    Contributions
    $2,985,809
    Grants paid
    $1,948,331
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,834,896
    Expenses
    $2,600,752
    Contributions
    $2,605,880
    Grants paid
    $1,734,452

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
    $2,704,868
    Expenses
    $2,332,736
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,511,164
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,873,585
    Expenses
    $2,338,048
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,119,410
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,317,222
    Expenses
    $2,544,945
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,716,981
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,495,882
    Expenses
    $2,811,725
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,850,764
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,657,080
    Expenses
    $3,345,770
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,128,801
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,776,605
    Expenses
    $4,075,868
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,800,177
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,500,193
    Expenses
    $4,162,062
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,074,594
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,625,900
    Expenses
    $3,634,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,744,575

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.

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.