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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $244,149 | $821,680 | $674,414 | $5,824,135 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 23% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action FoundationNairobi | Disabled Mobility | $12,000 | 2016 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachael Knapp Richards | Executive Dir. | 30.00 | $163,062 |
| Erik Schultz | Treasurer | 1.00 | $0 |
| Tale Finnanger | Chairman | 1.00 | $1,500 |
| Shanu Bashuna | Director |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $5,812,959 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $321,955 | $756,248 | $866,321 | $6,402,599 | $6,390,486 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $515,854 | $853,948 | $829,439 | $6,861,610 | $6,824,779 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $314,011 | $639,565 | $865,603 | $7,176,005 | $7,162,876 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $3,037,281 | $523,747 | $493,041 | $7,496,207 | $7,488,431 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $868,212 | $350,660 | $767,600 | $4,977,878 | $4,974,895 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $1,746,256 | $362,873 | $294,768 | $4,464,029 | $4,428,614 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $141,493 | $377,855 | $311,768 | $3,079,572 | $3,075,569 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $102,749 | $377,375 | $201,317 | $3,306,557 | $3,303,712 |
| Womens Empowerment -The Sewing Our Futures Project provides technical sewing skills training, entrepreneurship, and life skills training to young women living in Kampala slums |
| $12,000 |
| 2018 |
| The Action FoundationNairobi | Disability Mobility - Providing mobility devices and occupational therapy for children with disabilities in Kibera slum, and vocational training for their caregivers | $11,500 | 2018 |
| Ascated | Promoting the Inclusion of Children and Young people with physical disabilities in community and school through teacher education, school modifications, and physical therapy. | $11,500 | 2024 |
| Bulogo Women's Group | Equip girls and women in Kamuli district with education, tools, and skills to access development opportunities and become agents of change within their communities. Specific project will target 200 women | $11,500 | 2020 |
| Ascated | Inclusive education teacher training, PT-OT classroom preparedness | $11,500 | 2023 |
| Girl Up InitiativeSanta Barbara, CA | Vocational and entrepreneurial skills training for economic empowerment of vulnerable young women | $11,500 | 2020 |
| WISER InternationalMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Durham, NC | Womens Empowerment | $11,000 | 2016 |
| CBIDO | Multiple disability inclusion and mobility support initiatives | $11,000 | 2023 |
| Gulu Persons Disabled Network | Empowering PWDs to lead dignified lives. Providing wheelchairs, complementary health services, and econ empowerment activities | $11,000 | 2020 |
| Nurturing MindsNewtonville, MA | Supporting girls with disabilities to attend SEGA, a high quality secondary boarding school for girls in Morogoro, TZ | $10,900 | 2023 |
| Youth With Physical DisablitiesKampala | Disability Mobility | $10,750 | 2017 |
| Child Support - Take My Friends to School | Inclusive education school, including training materials assistive devices | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Maranyundo InitiativeMansfield, MA | Womens Empowerment | $10,000 | 2016 |
| Abaana Community Outreach Africa | Adolescent girls empowerment w/school scholarships economic empowerment projects | $10,000 | 2022 |
| Jifindishe | Alternative secondary school program for previously uneligible students | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Young Strong Mothers Foundation | Teen mothers empwerment program covering leadership, mentorship, education vocational training | $10,000 | 2021 |
| ACO Africa | To improve the quality of life of disadvantaged girls in Kityana and Rakai-Kyotera Districts by the year 2022 through educational opportunities and income generating activities for their caregivers | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Abaana Community Outreach Africa | Advancing Girls' Education Project which supports 50 girls in Mityana and Rakai-Kyotera District with school fees, internship expenses, and income generating training & activities. | $10,000 | 2024 |
| The Action Foundation | children w/ disabilities and caregivers in Kibera re mobility device procurement, physiotherapy, education, and econ empowerment | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Child Support - Take My Friends to School | support inclusive education in CSTZ school | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Transitions FoundationMill Valley, CA | Disability Mobility - building 25 high quality, durable wheelchairs for people with disabiltities in Guatemala. | $10,000 | 2019 |
| Omawa | Grandmothers empowerment program providing training resources for piggery project, agriculture, mushrooms, sewing | $10,000 | 2022 |
| Kibera Girls Soccer AcademySt Paul, MN | Womens Empowerment - secondary school education for girls living in Kibera slums, with ABSF grant supporting teacher salaries and food program for students | $10,000 | 2018 |
| Ascated | Inclusive education teacher training, PT/OT classroom preparedness | $10,000 | 2022 |
| 1.00 |
| $1,500 |
| Preben Schultz | Director | 1.00 | $0 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202433119349101918
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202323109349101617
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202202789349100615
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202112879349100946
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202001969349101225
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201921359349102067
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201831359349103873
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201721359349102437
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.