eduKenya provides high quality transformational educational opportunities to children and families living in abject poverty in the Mathare slum of Nairobi Kenya. These programs currently exist in the form of schools skills training and community support ministry.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 4 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $88K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$165K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $80K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$113K
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$929K
+17% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
69%
Net assets
$448K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$929K
FY2024▲ +17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$719K
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$679K
FY2023$794K
FY2024$929K
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2024▲ +36%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$619K
FY2021$723K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$821K
FY2024$1.1M
Net assets
$448K
FY2024▼ -30%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$110K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$666K
FY2023$639K
FY2024$448K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2010.

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Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $774K Management & general 16% · $182K Fundraising 15% · $164K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $165K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$90,000Pt VII · Sec A
Administrative Director
$75,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Adam Gould’s $90K as Executive Director is at the 77th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $100K–1M international 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Adam Gould$90,000$90,000$90,000$75,417$59,583
Emilie Goggans$75,000$75,000$75,000$63,662$46,916

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

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  • 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 II3 listed

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Provides quality education and support to children and families in Nairobi's Mathare slum.

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2 programs · $774K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Mawewa and Chelezo Schools

In 2024 331 students were educated in our schools ranging from Pre-School through Grade 12. Students participated in music and drama festivals went on field trips and continued to be challenged academically in the classroom while being encouraged emotionally and spiritually.

$732Kprogram expense
02

Community Sustainability Program

eduKenya students and their families continued to face challenges in 2024 as Kenya experienced excessive rainfalls leading to devastating flooding. Many of the eduKenya students were impacted by these floods and lost their homes and belongings.

$42Kprogram expense

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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
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$80K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$929K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$887K
Investment incomeLn 3$45K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$774K
Managementcol C$182K
Fundraisingcol D$164K
Owns and owesPt X
$448K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$527K
Total assetsLn 16$562K
LiabilitiesLn 26$113K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$887K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$12K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$45K
Gains on assetsLn 7$25K
Total revenueLn 12$929K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$134K
SavingsLn 2$393K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$527K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$562K
LiabilitiesLn 26$113K
Net assetsLn 32$448K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$717K$527K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$5K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$4K
Total assetsLn 16$751K$562K
LiabilitiesLn 26$112K$113K
Net assetsLn 32$639K$448K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$702K$702K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$240K$54K$80K$106K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$37K$0$16K$21K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$11K$0$11K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$21K$4K$7K$10K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$0$14K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$49K$12K$15K$22K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$574$0$115$459
Office expensesLn 13$18K$806$14K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$865$4K$722
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$3K$0$3K$12
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$0$231$1K
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$0$1K$0
InsuranceLn 23$431$0$431$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$14K$60$14K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$774K$182K$164K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $929K$1.1M−$191K$448K 990 PDF
FY2023 $794K$821K−$27K$639K 990 PDF
FY2022 $679K$1.0M−$345K$666K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.6M$723K$900K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $719K$619K$100K$110K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $928,800 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $772,180$887,282
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $21,547$44,542
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0−$3,024
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $793,727$928,800
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $432,217$701,860
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $275,049$309,560
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $113,340$108,120
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $820,606$1,119,540
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$26,879−$190,740
Part VI · Governance 9 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $928,800 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,925
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$868,530
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$12,299
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$887,282
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$19,277
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$25,265
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0−$3,024
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$928,800
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,119,540 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $701,860$701,860
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $54,000 · Management $79,500 · Fundraising $106,500$240,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $16,100 · Fundraising $20,900$37,000
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $11,369 · Fundraising $0$11,369
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,131 · Management $7,314 · Fundraising $9,746$21,191
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $14,441 · Fundraising $0$14,441
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $12,000 · Management $15,250 · Fundraising $21,600$48,850
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $115 · Fundraising $459$574
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $806 · Management $14,294 · Fundraising $3,150$18,250
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $865 · Management $4,094 · Fundraising $722$5,681
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $2,983 · Fundraising $12$2,995
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $231 · Fundraising $1,093$1,324
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $1,210 · Fundraising $0$1,210
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $431 · Fundraising $0$431
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $60 · Management $14,304 · Fundraising $0$14,364
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $773,722 · Management $181,636 · Fundraising $164,182$1,119,540
Part X · Balance sheet $561,682 assets, 24 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $18; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $140,459$133,813
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $576,092$393,182
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $25,496$25,496
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$4,235
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$4,938
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $9,281$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $751,328$561,682
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $37,168$34,159
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $112,168$113,262
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $19,264$48,708
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $619,896$399,712
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $639,160$448,420
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $751,328$561,682
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $448,420 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$928,800
XI-2 Total expenses$1,119,540
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$190,740
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$639,160
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$448,420

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