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FLYING KITES INC

EIN 20-5946832 BOSTON, MA

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Revenue 2024
$2,844,274
Expenses 2024
$2,450,651

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q33
Classification
1000
Street
25 DORCHESTER 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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AT FLYING KITES, WE ARE TRANSFORMING PRIMARY EDUCATION IN RURAL KENYA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AT FLYING KITES WE ARE TRANSFORMING PRIMARY EDUCATION IN RURAL KENYA

  • 1. INVESTING IN GIRLS: FLYING KITES INVESTS IN GIRLS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY. ITS MODEL FOR SCHOOL-BASED GIRLS UNITED CLUBS LED BY TRAINED FEMALE TEACHERS, ENSURES THAT EVERY GIRL HAS ACCESS TO CRITICAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCES RELATED TO HER HEALTH AND IS PROVIDED WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO EXERCISE HER TALENTS AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN A WAY THAT IS MOST RELEVANT TO HER. 2. UPSKILLING TEACHERS: FLYING KITES PROVIDES EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL LEADERS FROM ACROSS ITS NETWORK WITH A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO CAPACITY BUILDING & ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY THAT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR EFFECTIVE, STUDENT-CENTERED INSTRUCTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF 21ST (CONTINUES ON SCH O)

    Expenses $2,016,716 · Revenue $41,970

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.

  • Leila Chambers

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,000
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Pamela Norley

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jarrett Collins

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathryn Winters

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alyne Cistone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meredith Beaton-Starr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katherine Douglas-Martel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Victoria Knox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Lapierre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vivian Onano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Muriithi Laichena

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leila Chambers

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    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
    $2,844,274
    Expenses
    $2,450,651
    Contributions
    $2,739,432
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,803,669
    Expenses
    $2,303,017
    Contributions
    $2,607,687
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,898,925
    Expenses
    $1,549,596
    Contributions
    $1,920,427
    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

    Revenue
    $2,149,472
    Expenses
    $1,530,535
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,343,533
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,040,527
    Expenses
    $1,621,512
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,697,021
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,032,225
    Expenses
    $1,669,022
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,276,063
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,111,734
    Expenses
    $1,549,620
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,996,412
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,073,024
    Expenses
    $1,240,635
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,367,674
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,761,941
    Expenses
    $867,913
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,520,800
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $633,232
    Expenses
    $676,216
    Assets (EOY)
    $626,772
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $524,326
    Expenses
    $402,634
    Assets (EOY)
    $502,859
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $377,974
    Expenses
    $356,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $436,839
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $524,510
    Assets (EOY)
    $265,476

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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 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.