Buyamba INC

Tax-deductible

Westlake Village, CA501(c)(3)Since 2007InternationalEIN 56-2628066

The organization's mission is to support and fundraise for the ministry of buyamba outreach ministries, an ngo in kampala, uganda, through their god cares schools. Buyamba provides financial support, love, and care to the orphaned and disadvantaged children they serve in uganda. The ngo directly provides education, food, medical care, housing, clothing, and religious instruction to these needy children.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 7 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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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 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $62K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$75K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 83% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $68K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9M
+35% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$774K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2025▲ +35%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.9M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2025▲ +11%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.6M
Net assets
$774K
FY2025▲ +65%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$490K
FY2021$360K
FY2022$378K
FY2023$506K
FY2024$470K
FY2025$774K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2008.

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

Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $1.4M Management & general 4% · $65K Fundraising 8% · $127K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $75K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$75,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Presid
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Julie Dimas’s $75K as Executive Di is at the 17th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Julie Dimas$75,000$71,833——$59,900$59,900
Julie Dimas——$68,233$64,700——

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Supports and funds orphaned and disadvantaged children's education and care in Uganda.

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1 program service account for $1.4M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
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Buyamba inc's sole program service is to support the ugandan ngo in their ministry to orphaned and disadvantaged children. This effort is accomplished through education at the ngo's school system called god cares schools (nursery, primary, and high school).

$1.4Mprogram expense

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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
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.4M
Managementcol C$65K
Fundraisingcol D$127K
Owns and owesPt X
$774K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$774K
Total assetsLn 16$774K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$5K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$661K
SavingsLn 2$113K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$774K
Total assetsLn 16$774K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$774K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 67
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$470K$774K
Total assetsLn 16$470K$774K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$470K$774K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$1.3M$1.3M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$80K$34K$13K$34K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$93K$39K$15K$39K
Payroll taxesLn 10$13K$6K$2K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$20K$73$19K$73
Information technologyLn 14$7K$3K$1K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$18K$8K$3K$8K
TravelLn 17$53K$47K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$43K$6K$605$37K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.4M$65K$127K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.9M$1.6M$304K$774K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$1.4M−$36K$470K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.5M$1.3M$128K$506K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$1.4M$18K$378K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$1.5M−$131K$360K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.3M$1.2M$89K$490K 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 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,906,363 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,894,273
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$5,069
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,894,273
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $12,090$12,090
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $12,090$1,906,363
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,602,358 across 12 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $1,267,206$1,267,206
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $33,605 · Management $12,802 · Fundraising $33,605$80,012
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $39,225 · Management $14,943 · Fundraising $39,225$93,393
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,639 · Management $2,148 · Fundraising $5,640$13,427
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $2,975$2,975
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $73 · Management $19,365 · Fundraising $73$19,511
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,147 · Management $1,199 · Fundraising $3,147$7,493
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,672 · Management $2,923 · Fundraising $7,672$18,267
IX-17 TravelPrograms $47,170 · Management $6,130$53,300
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,179$2,179
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $6,016 · Management $605 · Fundraising $36,543$43,164
IX-24e All other expensesFundraising $1,431$1,431
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,409,753 · Management $65,269 · Fundraising $127,336$1,602,358
Part X · Balance sheet $774,154 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $358,202$661,003
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $111,794$113,151
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $470,149$774,154
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $392,493$662,757
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $77,656$111,397
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $470,149$774,154
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $470,149$774,154
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $774,154 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,906,363
XI-2 Total expenses$1,602,358
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$304,005
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$470,149
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$774,154

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

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