Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2019.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
4 people listed on the 990.
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
Shares God's love and fosters reading through education in rural Kenya.
Questions for Kanken Connect
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Book pods-four pod container libraries containing thousands of books each along with learning materials have been placed in four locations in rural kenya by Kanken Connect. Students read with the help of reading coaches and on their own. Reading coaches also conduct reading training at schools local to the book pods.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 84-1787445) · Dispute this lineLand was purchased in 2023 to build a library in kenya. The goal of the library is to have an even greate rimpact on literacy in the region. Kanken paid for a bore hole to be dug on the library land in 2023 and a guest house was constructed there too. Construction on the library has commenced.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 84-1787445) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $440K | $58K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $446K | $58K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $439 | $2K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $445K | $57K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $357K | $357K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $325 | $325 | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $56K | $56K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $17K | $17K | ||
| All other expensesLn 24e | $135 | $135 | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $431K | $431K | $0 | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 10, 2025 | $51K | $58K | −$7K | $50K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 | $42K | $431K | −$389K | $57K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 10, 2023 | $518K | $167K | $350K | $445K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Sep 13, 2022 | $98K | $95K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
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Part I · Summary $41,941 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 4 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $41,941 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $430,738 across 5 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $58,389 assets, 7 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $56,506 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file FY2023 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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