To reduce the Incidence of HIV/AIDS in Rural Kenya and Eswatini and improve the lives of those infected by HIV/AIDS.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$45K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $17K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$45K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $62K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$55K
37% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 37% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$284K
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$338K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$93K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$284K
FY2025▼ -13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$321K
FY2022$486K
FY2023$151K
FY2024$327K
FY2025$284K
Expenses
$338K
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$264K
FY2022$297K
FY2023$270K
FY2024$313K
FY2025$338K
Net assets
$93K
FY2025▼ -37%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$64K
FY2022$253K
FY2023$134K
FY2024$148K
FY2025$93K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending March 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2003.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $249K Management & general 16% · $55K Fundraising 10% · $33K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $45K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Operations Manager
$44,769Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee / Chair of Development Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair/Founder
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee / Chair of Development Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Pooja Rachewad MD’s $45K as Operations Manager is at the 32nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Jenny Brady————$56,616
Dr Pooja Rachewad MD$44,769————
Caroline Phelps—$35,574$37,587——
Jenny Brady Resigned 102121———$34,869—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Combats HIV/AIDS in rural Kenya and Eswatini, improving lives.

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3 programs · $226K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Soteni Kenya Soteni Inc. provides resources to build the capacity of both the staff of Soteni Kenya and the staff and local leaders of the three Soteni villages of hope. As a major indicator of such activity building, the Soteni staff on the ground in Kenya either managed or obtained project grants and contributions from a variety of…

$171Kprogram expense
02

Clear Water Project

SOTENI, Inc continued the Soteni-Childrens safe drinking water project, which enables in-home purification of drinking water for about 2,100 people living with HIV/AIDS. Funded by one of our partners, the Proctor and Gamble Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation in the 2020- 2021 fiscal year.

$56Kprogram expense
03

SOTENI Inc. also strengthened support for the dispensary at SVH-Mbakalo, which provides essential medical services including a laboratory, child wellness services, deliveries of newborns, family planning services and HIV testing, to an underserved area near a rural slum in Western Province.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$284K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$279K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Investment incomeLn 3$438
Money outPt IX
$338K
Ln 25
Programscol B$249K
Managementcol C$55K
Fundraisingcol D$33K
Owns and owesPt X
$93K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$138K
Total assetsLn 16$148K
LiabilitiesLn 26$55K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$279K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$117K
Investment incomeLn 3$438
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Total revenueLn 12$284K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$138K
SavingsLn 2$603
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$138K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5K
Other assetsLn 15$5K
Total assetsLn 16$148K
LiabilitiesLn 26$55K
Net assetsLn 32$93K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$192K$138K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4K$5K
Total assetsLn 16$201K$148K
LiabilitiesLn 26$54K$55K
Net assetsLn 32$148K$93K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$152K$152K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$45K$36K$4K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K$2K$685$342
Management feesLn 11a$120K$59K$38K$23K
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$247$247
Information technologyLn 14$161$129$16$16
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$7K$7K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$2K$2K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$216$216
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4K$515$1K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$410$1K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$338K$249K$55K$33K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $284K$338K−$54K$93K 990 PDF
FY2024 $327K$313K$14K$148K 990 PDF
FY2023 $151K$270K−$119K$134K 990 PDF
FY2022 $486K$297K$189K$253K 990 PDF
FY2021 $321K$264K$57K$64K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $283,526 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $300,647$278,613
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$453$438
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $26,750$4,475
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $326,944$283,526
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $214,169$151,671
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $38,403$48,194
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $60,488$138,052
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $313,060$337,917
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $13,884−$54,391
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $283,526 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$278,613
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$117,015
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$278,613
VIII-3 Investment income$438
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$4,475
VIII-12 Total revenue$283,526
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $337,917 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $151,671$151,671
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $35,815 · Management $4,477 · Fundraising $4,477$44,769
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,398 · Management $685 · Fundraising $342$3,425
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $58,507 · Management $38,481 · Fundraising $23,402$120,390
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $247$247
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $129 · Management $16 · Fundraising $16$161
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $7,104$7,104
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestManagement $1,500$1,500
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $216$216
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $515 · Management $1,065 · Fundraising $2,895$4,475
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $410 · Management $1,376 · Fundraising $2,173$3,959
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $249,445 · Management $55,167 · Fundraising $33,305$337,917
Part X · Balance sheet $148,400 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $191,447$137,840
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $434$603
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,365$4,634
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,829$5,323
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $201,291$148,400
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $53,538$55,038
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $26,290$70,857
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $121,463$22,505
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $147,753$93,362
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $201,291$148,400
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $93,362 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$283,526
XI-2 Total expenses$337,917
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$54,391
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$147,753
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$93,362

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