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KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT

EIN 82-5036957 PALO ALTO, CA

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Revenue 2025
$322,741
Expenses 2025
$284,773

Program services were 84.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S02
Classification
1200
Street
801 ALMA ST

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 · 2025

Mission

EDUCATE CHILDREN AND WOMEN BY UTILIZING A CULTURALLY-RELEVANT, DYNAMIC SYLLABUS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES, AND ENABLE THEM TO HAVE A LIFELONG LOVE OF LEARNING. EMPOWER THOSE IN EXTREME POVERTY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. INVEST IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES BY DELIVERING SUPPLIES AND NUTRITIOUS MEALS - ALLOWING STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO FOCUS ON LEARNING. ERADICATE THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING VALUABLE EDUCATION AND MAKING A SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE CHILDREN AND WOMEN LIVING IN POVERTY

  • THE KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT (KSP) PROVIDES HOLISTIC EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS FOR UNDERSERVED GIRLS AND FAMILIES IN CTE D'IVOIRE, ADDRESSING BARRIERS SUCH AS POVERTY, GENDER INEQUALITY, AND FOOD INSECURITY.IN 2025, KSP MAINTAINED A 100% NATIONAL EXAM PASS RATE FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR AND HAS SERVED 782 STUDENTS TO DATE. THE ORGANIZATION IMPLEMENTS A MULTIGENERATIONAL MODEL THROUGH ITS EDUCATION INCENTIVE FARMING PROGRAM, WHERE GIRLS ATTEND SCHOOL WHILE MOTHERS RECEIVE TRAINING IN LITERACY, FINANCIAL SKILLS, AND CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE. IN 2025, THE PROGRAM GRADUATED THREE COHORTS OF WOMEN AND PRODUCED 1.5 TONS OF FOOD SUPPORTING STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.KSP ALSO DELIVERED HEALTH AND GENDER EQUITY SERVICES, INCLUDING 387 COMMUNITY HEALTH SCREENINGS AND MENSTRUAL HEALTH EDUCATION FOR 1,000+ GIRLS.KSP IS EXPANDING TOWARD A PERMANENT CAMPUS WITH CAPACITY TO SERVE UP TO 500 STUDENTS ANNUALLY.PROGRAM EXPENSES: APPROXIMATELY 65.9% OF TOTAL EXPENSES (CTE D'IVOIRE PROGRAMS: SCHOOL 42.95% + WOMEN & GIRLS 22.96%).

    Expenses $112,820

  • KSP PROVIDES DIRECT SUPPORT TO UNDERSERVED FAMILIES IN SILICON VALLEY EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP.IN 2025, KSP ADAPTED SERVICES TO MEET EMERGING COMMUNITY NEEDS AND HELPED SIX FAMILIES (35 INDIVIDUALS) TRANSITION FROM VEHICLE LIVING TO MORE STABLE HOUSING. PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES SUCH AS OUTDOOR WELLNESS PROGRAMMING AND THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT STORY SUMMIT, SERVING 78 YOUTH THROUGH MENTORSHIP AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.THESE EFFORTS IMPROVE HOUSING STABILITY, EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, AND YOUTH WELL-BEING.PROGRAM EXPENSES: APPROXIMATELY 37.1% OF U.S. EXPENSES ATTRIBUTED TO MISSION-DRIVEN PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $127,518

  • KSP ADVANCES ITS MISSION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES. IN 2025, KSP HOSTED ITS FIRST DONOR EDUCATIONAL TRIP TO CTE D'IVOIRE, ENGAGING 13 PARTICIPANTS IN A VOLUNTEERING TRIP PROGRAM LEARNING AND GLOBAL AWARENESS.

    Expenses $1,320

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Sherry Auerbach

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • David Hoffman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Skip Smith

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Janis Zinn

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Evelyn Keomian

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $87,521
    From this org
    $87,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $322,741
    Expenses
    $284,773
    Contributions
    $322,722
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $313,871
    Expenses
    $253,204
    Contributions
    $313,869
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $142,678
    Expenses
    $212,317
    Contributions
    $142,654
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $335,775
    Expenses
    $281,300
    Contributions
    $335,746
    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

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $114,626
    Expenses
    $145,841
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,934

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $187,921
    Expenses
    $91,680
    Assets (EOY)
    $98,241

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
Evelyne Keomian
Mailing address
801 Alma unit 313Palo Alto CA 94301
Website
https://theksp.org/

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 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 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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.