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Mara Vision Outreach Programs

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Addy, WA501(c)(3)International EIN 45-5170388Revenue $610K in FY2024

On file with the IRSPo Box 240, 99101-0240 · Addy, WATax-exempt since Aug 2012Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Mara Vision Outreach Programs is an organization with a mission to positively impact the masai people of kenya and bangladesh. IT is made up of compassionate men and women with a desire and enthusiasm to help build and provide churches and schools for the masai Mara community of kenya and supporting orphans and widows of bangladesh.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
98¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $115K a year · 19% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
98%
of spending
Looks good: 98% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
19 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 19.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $12K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$610K
-17% vs prior year
Spent
$568K
To programs
98%
Net assets
$899K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$610K
FY2024▼ -17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$166K
FY2021$340K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$731K
FY2024$610K
Expenses
$568K
FY2024▼ -21%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$88K
FY2021$219K
FY2022$923K
FY2023$715K
FY2024$568K
Net assets
$899K
FY2024▲ +14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$300K
FY2021$421K
FY2022$719K
FY2023$790K
FY2024$899K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2012.

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

Where the money goes

98 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 98% · $554K Management & general 2% · $13K

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

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Anita Jepson
Founder / Chair Person
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Barry Jepson
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Debra Tesser
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Builds churches and schools for Kenyans, supports orphans and widows in Bangladesh.

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3 programs · $554K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Mara vision outreach programs purpose is to help build churches and to provide members of the masai mara community of kenya support in the form of health, education and by providing classroom supplies. Mara vision outreach supports pastors and teachers by providing compensation, housing assistance and transportation.

$349Kprogram expense
02

In 2024 mara vision outreach program donated funds to the bangladesh adventist union mission. The donated funds provided for the operation of a "be well center" that provides health education for bangladesh people.

$177Kprogram expense
03

Mara vision outreach donated funds to sda church central rift conference to provide support to maasai community widows and orphans by proving funding for widows sheep, orphan housing, orphan support and support for the underpriviledged students in the form of uniforms and clothing, andproviding education materials.

$29Kprogram 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
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$12K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$12K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$610K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$610K
Investment incomeLn 3$335
Money outPt IX
$568K
Ln 25
Programscol B$554K
Managementcol C$13K
Owns and owesPt X
$899K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$907K
Total assetsLn 16$908K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a0
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$610K
Investment incomeLn 3$335
Total revenueLn 12$610K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$654K
SavingsLn 2$253K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$907K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K
Total assetsLn 16$908K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
Net assetsLn 32$899K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$790K$907K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$1K
Total assetsLn 16$792K$908K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K$9K
Net assetsLn 32$790K$899K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$525K$525K
Accounting feesLn 11c$150$150
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$1K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$942$942
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$35K$29K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$654$654
Total functional expensesLn 25$568K$554K$13K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $610K$568K$42K$899K 990 PDF
FY2023 $731K$715K$16K$790K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$923K$318K$719K 990 PDF
FY2021 $340K$219K$121K$421K 990 PDF
FY2020 $166K$88K$78K$300K 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 $609,841 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $730,776$609,506
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $334$335
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $731,110$609,841
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $605,000$525,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $110,344$42,658
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $715,344$567,658
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $15,766$42,183
Part VI · Governance 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body0
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $609,841 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$609,506
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$609,506
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $335$335
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $335 · Excluded from tax $0$609,841
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $567,658 across 7 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $525,000$525,000
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $150$150
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $4,495$4,495
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $1,373$1,373
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $942$942
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $29,428 · Management $5,616$35,044
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $654$654
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $554,428 · Management $13,230 · Fundraising $0$567,658
Part X · Balance sheet $908,117 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $604,067$653,949
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $185,640$252,831
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,279$1,337
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $791,986$908,117
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,452$9,209
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,452$9,209
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $789,534$898,908
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $791,986$908,117
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $898,908 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$609,841
XI-2 Total expenses$567,658
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$42,183
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$789,534
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$67,191
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$898,908

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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