Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2010.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
11 people listed on the 990.
Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Improves lives on La Gonave, Haiti by providing water, food, health, education, and economic opportunities.
Questions for Starfysh
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Agriculture few disagree that agriculture will play a critical role in the overall development picture of haiti. Re-establishing the strength and primacy of the family farm must be an emphasis in any thoughtful strategy to bring transformative change to this land. Much is heard about haitis ecologically distressed landscape.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 27-1976856) · Dispute this lineEducation all agree the most fundamental thing that must be repaired in haiti is her broken educational system. Only half of primary school-age children in haiti are enrolled in school. Only 22% of children in haiti attend secondary school. Fewer than 2% of children in haiti finish secondary school.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 27-1976856) · Dispute this lineClean water one technology we have found to be extremely effective and accepted by the people of la gonave is bio-sand filtration (WWW.CDC.GOV/SAFEWATER/SAND- FILTRATION.HTML). Though it is possible to make them out of concrete right on site in a familys home, we have found that the most time-efficient, cost-efficient way of getting…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 27-1976856) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $39K | $38K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $28K | $23K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $67K | $97K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $67K | $97K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $15K | $15K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $10K | $720 | $10K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $5K | $53 | $5K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $3K | $2K | $2K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $888 | $888 | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $10K | $10K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $319K | $306K | $12K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $28K | $28K | $50 | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $394K | $350K | $34K | $10K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 11, 2026 | $403K | $395K | $8K | $67K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 13, 2025 | $346K | $348K | −$3K | $35K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 15, 2024 | $412K | $516K | −$105K | $38K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 15, 2023 | $469K | $423K | $46K | $143K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 10, 2022 | $425K | $394K | $30K | $97K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Aug 12, 2021 | $383K | $362K | $21K | $67K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990
Part I · Summary $424,777 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 4 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $424,777 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $394,364 across 9 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $97,281 assets, 9 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $97,281 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file FY2021 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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