Pamoza International

Tax-deductible

Lansdowne, PA501(c)(3)Since 2011InternationalEIN 27-5366830Revenue $404K in FY2025

On file with the IRSpamoza.org13 Hilldale Cir, 19050-2308 · Lansdowne, PATax-exempt since Aug 2011Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Pamoza exists to unite priviledged and underpriviledged communities to improve the lives of people living in rural malawi by providing christian outreach, health care, education, economic empowerment, and agriculture.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
58¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 32 volunteers and 4 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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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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $11K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
58%
of spending
Worth a look: 58% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$40K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 65% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $43K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$10K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$404K
+19% vs prior year
Spent
$367K
To programs
58%
Net assets
$112K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$404K
FY2025▲ +19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$168K
FY2021$211K
FY2022$228K
FY2023$308K
FY2024$340K
FY2025$404K
Expenses
$367K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$199K
FY2022$240K
FY2023$303K
FY2024$328K
FY2025$367K
Net assets
$112K
FY2025▲ +49%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$29K
FY2021$41K
FY2022$29K
FY2023$62K
FY2024$75K
FY2025$112K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 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 Aug 2011.

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

Where the money goes

58 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 58% · $214K Management & general 28% · $104K Fundraising 13% · $49K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $40K 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
Executive Director
$39,967Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member & 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
Board Member & Co- Founder
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Temwa Wright’s $40K as Executive Director is at the 35th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Temwa Wright$39,967$35,150$35,150$35,334$24,632$26,871

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Improves rural Malawian lives through Christian outreach, health, education, economic, and agricultural programs.

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1 program · $214K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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In FY24-25, pamoza's programs reached approximately 45,000 people across 10,000 households in more than 400 villages in malawi. Key accomplishments included more than 6,300 patient visits at our clinic in zowe, 1,059 students receiving school breakfast, 42 church leaders and pastors enrolled in our four-year theological training program…

$214Kprogram expense

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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$43K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$404K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$378K
Other incomeLn 4–11$23K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$367K
Ln 25
Programscol B$214K
Managementcol C$104K
Fundraisingcol D$49K
Owns and owesPt X
$112K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$122K
Total assetsLn 16$122K
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$378K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Other incomeLn 4–11$23K
Total revenueLn 12$404K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$122K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$122K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$181
Total assetsLn 16$122K
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K
Net assetsLn 32$112K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 632
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$85K$122K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$242$181
Total assetsLn 16$87K$122K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K$10K
Net assetsLn 32$75K$112K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$210K$210K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$40K$12K$28K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$63K$60K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$10K$4K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$7K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$7K$1K$5K
TravelLn 17$8K$4K$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$61$61
InsuranceLn 23$1K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$8K$330$4K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$367K$214K$104K$49K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $404K$367K$37K$112K 990 PDF
FY2024 $340K$328K$13K$75K 990 PDF
FY2023 $308K$303K$5K$62K 990 PDF
FY2022 $228K$240K−$12K$29K 990 PDF
FY2021 $211K$199K$12K$41K 990 PDF
FY2020 $168K$29K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $403,779 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $303,754$377,696
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,555$2,898
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $34,152$23,185
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $340,461$403,779
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $209,811$209,889
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $70,803$113,657
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $46,891$43,629
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $327,505$367,175
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $12,956$36,604
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $403,779 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$377,696
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$377,696
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,898$2,898
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $19,843$19,843
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $3,342$3,342
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,342 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $22,741$403,779
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $367,175 across 11 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $209,889$209,889
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $11,838 · Fundraising $28,053$39,891
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $60,039 · Fundraising $3,227$63,266
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $3,810 · Fundraising $6,690$10,500
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $13,030$13,030
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $7,003$7,003
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $1,472 · Fundraising $5,395$6,867
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,820 · Management $1,810 · Fundraising $2,130$7,760
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $61$61
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,359$1,359
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $330 · Management $3,929 · Fundraising $3,290$7,549
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $214,039 · Management $104,351 · Fundraising $48,785$367,175
Part X · Balance sheet $121,815 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $85,365$121,634
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $242$181
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $86,682$121,815
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $9,230$5,200
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,425$4,984
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,655$10,184
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $44,148$84,186
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $30,879$27,445
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $75,027$111,631
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $86,682$121,815
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $111,631 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$403,779
XI-2 Total expenses$367,175
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$36,604
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$75,027
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$111,631

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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