The Widernet Project: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 46-1028799)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$104K
FY2021	$122K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$125K
FY2021	$147K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	−$100K
FY2021	−$124K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2021. IRS ruling in May 2014.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

100%

Program services 100% · $125K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

1 person listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Alen Amini

Director

$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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides educational resources and digital training to underprivileged communities globally.

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1 program · $125K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

The widernet project has delivered egranary digital libraries to schools, clinics, and universities in africa, india, bangladesh, and hatti. While training approximately 5000 people on topics including policy planning, enterprise management, technician training, and classroom technology.

$125Kprogram 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 · FY2023

Amazonsmile FoundationFY2023$49

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$49

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$104K

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$96K

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8K

Investment incomeLn 3$41

Money outPt IX

$125K

Ln 25

Programscol B$125K

Owns and owesPt X

−$100K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$52K

Total assetsLn 16$55K

LiabilitiesLn 26$154K

PeoplePt VI, VII

1

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a1

IndependentVI 1b1

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$96K

Investment incomeLn 3$41

Total revenueLn 12$104K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$52K

SavingsLn 2$5

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$52K

Pledges and grants receivableLn 3−$99

Accounts receivableLn 4$421

Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$1K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K

Total assetsLn 16$55K

LiabilitiesLn 26$154K

Net assetsLn 32−$100K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 511

VolunteersI 64

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$1K	$52K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c		$1K
Total assetsLn 16	$3K	$55K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$30K	$154K
Net assetsLn 32	−$27K	−$100K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$55K	$55K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$5K	$5K
Legal feesLn 11b	$5	$5
Accounting feesLn 11c	$1K	$1K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$7K	$7K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$295	$295
Office expensesLn 13	$3K	$3K
Information technologyLn 14	$4K	$4K
OccupancyLn 16	$24K	$24K
TravelLn 17	$2K	$2K
InsuranceLn 23	$2K	$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$22K	$22K
All other expensesLn 24e	$57	$57
Total functional expensesLn 25	$125K	$125K	$0	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2021 LatestFiled with the IRS Oct 22, 2022	$122K	$147K	−$25K	−$124K	990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 15, 2021	$104K	$125K	−$21K	−$100K	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $104,036 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $24,944$8,176

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $149,746$95,819

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $12$41

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $174,702$104,036

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $94,442$59,744

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $85,481$64,815

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $179,923$124,559

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$5,221−$20,523

Part VI · Governance 1 of 1 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body1

VI-1b Independent voting members1

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $104,036 across 5 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $3,000 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$8,176

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,176

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $92,819$92,819

VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $41$41

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $95,860 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$104,036

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $124,559 across 13 lines filed

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $55,168$55,168

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,576$4,576

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $5$5

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,344$1,344

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,781$6,781

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $295$295

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,106$3,106

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,232$4,232

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $23,563$23,563

IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,885$1,885

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,671$1,671

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $21,876$21,876

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $57$57

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $124,559 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$124,559

Part X · Balance sheet $54,586 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,482$51,783

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5$5

X-3 Pledges and grants receivable−$99

X-4 Accounts receivable$421

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,467$1,467

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$1,009

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,954$54,586

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $89$37,635

X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $15,139$15,139

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $14,384$101,607

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $29,612$154,381

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$26,658−$99,795

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$26,658−$99,795

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,954$54,586

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$99,795 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$104,036

XI-2 Total expenses$124,559

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$20,523

XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$26,658

XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$52,614

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$99,795

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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