Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2006.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
91 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
15 people listed on the 990; $606K paid to officers and key staff.
Jaya Tiwari’s $239K as VP/Chief Imp is at the 44th percentile of top reported officer pay among 345 $10–100M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaya Tiwari | $238,739 | $220,374 | $217,751 | $190,715 | $138,767 | $123,480 |
| Stephen J Kelly | $236,008 | $217,988 | $215,508 | $180,898 | $137,836 | $127,165 |
| John T Stephens | — | — | $107,708 | $234,090 | $174,006 | $150,000 |
| Anna Mecagni | — | $189,198 | $186,945 | — | — | — |
| Anjum Khalidi | $173,349 | $154,335 | — | — | — | — |
| Brenda Schuster | — | — | $140,637 | — | — | — |
| Robert Irven | — | $128,874 | — | — | — | — |
| Janine Blemberg | $110,852 | — | — | — | — | — |
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.
See The Boma Project INC executive salaries →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
Empowers African drylands with economic programs to build resilience against shocks.
Questions for The Boma Project INC
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The rural entrepreneur access project ("reap") is an innovative, data driven, high-impact, gender focused poverty graduation program that targets ultra-poor women at the epicenter of extreme poverty, climate change and the true "last mile" of economic and social-isolation.
Technical Advisory
As a strategic partner and technical advisor to non- governmental organizations, boma leverages its expertise and conclusive evidence of impact to embed the graduation approach into humanitarian response systems in fragile states and regions.
Education and Advocacy
Boma has a strong commitment to expand the knowledge of poverty graduation, livelihoods, gender programming, financial inclusion, and savings models by collaborating with research institutions and partners that can help us advance global knowledge of the unique challenges in the arid lands of africa.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
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By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $12.2M | $8.7M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $1.0M | $1.0M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $13.6M | $10.6M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $106K | $73K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $13.5M | $10.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $3.7M | $3.7M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $119K | $44K | $58K | $16K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $241K | $89K | $119K | $33K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $18K | $8K | $7K | $2K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $16K | $5K | $9K | $2K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $16K | $6K | $8K | $2K |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $117K | $64K | $29K | $24K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $3K | $693 | $2K | $338 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $64K | $59K | $2K | $3K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $7K | $7K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $26K | $5K | $20K | $684 |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $20K | $2K | $17K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $3K | $950 | $1K | $1K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $16K | $1K | $2K | $13K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $4.4M | $4.0M | $282K | $98K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 17, 2026 | $7.3M | $10.2M | −$2.9M | $6.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 13, 2025 | $10.7M | $10.3M | $352K | $9.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 | $12.2M | $13.8M | −$1.7M | $8.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 28, 2023 | $10.7M | $9.8M | $859K | $13.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 29, 2022 | $15.1M | $5.0M | $10.1M | $12.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jun 17, 2021 | $4.8M | $3.3M | $1.5M | $2.6M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,399,712 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,399,712 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,365,147 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $10,648,272 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,575,346 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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