Liabilities / Assets
26th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
26th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
86th percentile
Higher net margin than 86% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
50th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 50% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.5% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
89th percentile
Faster asset growth than 89% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
56th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 56% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Up$807,177
Up $486,328 (+152%) from 2015
Net Assets
Up$807,177
Up $486,328 (+152%) from 2015
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2015
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Up$507,350
Up $100,241 (+25%) from 2015
Expenses
Down$329,307
Down $194 (-0.1%) from 2015
Net Income
Up$178,043
Up $100,435 (+129%) from 2015
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2017 to Dec 31, 2017
- Signed
- Oct 31, 2018
- Return Version
- 2017v2.0
- Gross Receipts
- $507,350
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Panah is a CHARITABLE non-profit foundation with active 501c (3) status. This charity was formed in 2010 to help poor and homeless families by providing various humanitarian services. Panah Charity's mission is to provide aid via different programs to poverty-stricken families and individuals in Afghanistan. Short descriptions of Panah Charity's programs are as followings: Building homes for homeless families, building class rooms for homeless children, helping needy families to become self sufficient, building water wells, sponsoring very poor widows and orphans, providing humanitarian aid, saving children from child labor, helping very poor individuals with their medical expenses, . . . and more.
Panah is a CHARITABLE non-profit foundation helping poor and needy families mostly in Afghanistan. More than 9 million individuals are living below the poverty level in Afghanistan. In 2016 Panah Charity added one more goal to its mission and that was building shelters for widows/children, classrooms, and workshops for families living in makeshift tents in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Also, Panah Charity's goal is to help the needy families to become self-sufficient and stand on their own feet. Panah Charity working hard toward reducing the child-labor activities by sponsoring the families of young needy children. Panah Charity also provides humanitarian aid to starving families and children such as food supplies, heating supplies during the winter season, and warm clothing. This foundation also creates water wells in very dry and poor villages in Afghanistan to provide clean drinking water to needy families.
Balance Sheet Detail
| Line | Beginning | End | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||
| Cash and Non-Interest-Bearing Accounts | $498,286 | $643,017 | ▲ $144,731 |
| Total Assets | $543,654 | $807,177 | ▲ $263,523 |
| Other Assets Total | $45,368 | $164,160 | ▲ $118,792 |
| Liabilities | |||
| Total Liabilities | $0 | $0 | → $0 |
| Net Assets / Fund Balance | |||
| Unrestricted Net Assets | $543,654 | $807,177 | ▲ $263,523 |
| Permanently Rstr Net Assets | $0 | $0 | → $0 |
| Temporarily Rstr Net Assets | $0 | $0 | → $0 |
| Total Net Assets Fund Balance | $543,654 | $807,177 | ▲ $263,523 |
| Total Liabilities and Net Assets / Fund Balance | $543,654 | $807,177 | ▲ $263,523 |
Asset Categories
| Asset | Book Value | Depreciation | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Assets Org | $164,160 | - | - |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirza Mohammad | Operating Manager and Supervisor in Afghanistan | FT | $2,764 | $2,764 |
Board Members and Trustees
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Durrana Rahimi | Vice President |
| Rokhshana Benish | Presiden / Founder |
| Shamsullah Mehry | Project Coordinator |
| Jasmine Nejat | Secretary |
Revenue and Support
Revenue Composition
- Contributions and Grants
- $507,350
- Program Service Revenue
- $0
- Investment Income
- $0
- Other Revenue
- $0
- All Other Contributions
- $507,350
- Change in Net Assets
- $178,043
Expenses and Functional Allocation
Major Expense Lines
| Line Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Grants and Similar Amounts Paid | $299,721 |
| Other Expenses | $21,779 |
| Salaries, Compensation, and Employee Benefits | $7,807 |
| Professional Fundraising Fees | $0 |
| Total Fundraising Expense | $0 |
Functional Expense Allocation
| Line Item | Program | Management | Fundraising | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign Grants | $299,721 | - | - | $299,721 |
| Office Expenses | $0 | $11,579 | - | $11,579 |
| Other Salaries and Wages | $0 | $7,111 | - | $7,111 |
| Fees for Services Management | - | $3,850 | - | $3,850 |
| Advertising | - | $3,350 | - | $3,350 |
| Occupancy | $0 | $3,000 | - | $3,000 |
| Payroll Taxes | $0 | $696 | - | $696 |
| Total Functional Expenses | $299,721 | $29,586 | $0 | $329,307 |
International Activity
International Summary
- Offices
- 1
- Employees
- 3
- Spending
- $314,688
International Compliance
- Foreign grant records maintained
- Yes
- Activity in boycott countries
- No
- Foreign corporation ownership
- No
- Foreign partnership interest
- No
- Interest in foreign trust
- No
- Passive foreign investment company interest
- No
- Transfers to foreign corporations
- No
International Activities
| Region | Activity | Services | Offices | Employees | Spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Asia | Program Services | Panah Charity has an office in Kabul, Afghanistan and delivering humanitarian services to the neediest and homeless families throughout the year under different program services. Total expenditure in Panah Charity's office in 2017 in Kabul, Afghanistan was $314,688. Out of this amount, $299,721 was directly toward program services and $14,967 was cost of maintaining the office including utilities, payroll for the employees, computer exp, transportation exp, and etc. | 1 | 3 | $314,688 |
Fundraising, Events, and Gaming
- Fundraising activities
- No
- Gaming activities
- No
- Professional fundraiser used
- No
Fundraising and Gaming Totals
| Line Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Professional Fundraising Fees | $0 |
Political and Lobbying Activity
- Political campaign activity
- No
- Lobbying activity
- No
- Subject to proxy tax
- No
Governance and Compliance
Governance Checklist
- Compiled or reviewed by an accountant
- No
- Annual disclosure for covered persons
- Yes
- Backup withholding compliance
- No
- Business relationship with family members
- No
- Business relationship with organization members
- No
- Material changes to governing documents
- No
- Compensation from other sources disclosed
- No
- CEO compensation reviewed
- Yes
- Other officer compensation reviewed
- Yes
- Conflict-of-interest policy
- Yes
- Audited financial statements prepared
- No
- Key decisions subject to board approval
- No
- Management duties delegated
- No
Governance Explanations
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2
“The Founder's daughter is the Vice President.”
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9
“The Operating Manager of Panah Charity Foundation by the name of Mr. Mirza Mohammad is residing in Kabul, Afghanistan and he can't be reached at the address in the United States. Panah Charity Foundation's office address in Kabul, Afghanistan is as following: Panah Charity Foundation, Nahya 10, Sarak 11, Home #2, Taimani, Kabul, Afghanistan”
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B
“Form 990 were reviewed completely before filling during a meeting.”
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12C
“The organization completely performs according to the policies and regulations of 501 c (3) of non profit organization. The Founder who is also the President has extensive financial and management background and she monitors the financials and performance of the foundation very closely and with significant details at all time. She also monitors the activities, program services, and financials of Panah Charity in Afghanistan very carefully. She reviews every single invoice, documents, bills, contract, and etc to ensure the accuracy of work and financial data. Also she maintains all backup including complete sets of bills and invoices for each and every expense throughout the year plus photos and videos of program services as back ups.”
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15
“Panah Charity Foundation's officers in USA including the president do not receive any type of compensation or benefit for their services. They are working 100 percent voluntarily to support the neediest families and children in Afghanistan. Only the employees of this foundation who resides in Kabul, Afghanistan are receiving compensation in Afghani currency. Their compensation is determined based on comparability data.”
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19
“Information can be provided upon request.”
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Panah Charity Foundation
- EIN
- 27-2637286
- Phone
- 5107922629
- Address
- 4119 Tamayo Street, Fremont, CA 94536
Signing Officer
- Name
- Rokhshana Benish
- Title
- President
- Phone
- 5107922629
- Signed
- 2018-10-31
Organization Details
- Principal Officer
- Rokhshana Benish
- Formed
- 2010
- Legal Domicile
- CA
- Voting Board Members
- 5
- Independent Board Members
- 5
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 4
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9
“A wire transfer from Panah Charity's bank account in USA to Panah Charity's bank account in Afghanistan for a total of $65,000 was made late in December of 2016 and wire didn't post in Panah Charity's account in Afghanistan until beginning of January 2017. The $65,000 plus $20,480 balance remaining in Panah Charity's bank account in Afghanistan from prior years requires an adjustment of $85480 in 2017 in order to completely report balances in both accounts to the penny.”
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| IRS990/MissionDesc | 0 | Panah is a CHARITABLE non-profit foundation with active 501c (3) status. This charity was formed in 2010 to help poor and homeless families. Since 2010 Panah Charity has been helping the war-torn country of Afghanistan. Panah Charity builds shelters for homeless families and move them from makeshift tents to comfortable rooms with facilities. Panah Charity also creates the self-sufficiency opportunity for poor families, builds water wells in poor and very dry villages in Afghanistan, and delivers basic food supplies and heating supplies to the families of young children in order for them to survive. Panah Charity is also supporting homeless and poor orphans with clothing and school supplies. Panah Charity also helps the poor families with their medical bills, cost of surgery, and hospitalization. Panah Charity is expanding it's mission and helping more and more families every year. |
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| IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp/Desc | 0 | Panah Charity provided basic food supplies to 1031 poor and homeless families in Afghanistan in 2017. These are families with young children living below the poverty level. Panah Charity provided flour, rice, cooking oil, tea, sugar, onion, potato, and salt. This humanitarian aid fed 7,900 individuals for a month for a total cost of $51,084. Also, Panah Charity in Eid celebration provided sheep meat to thousands of poor people who can't afford to eat meat on a regular basis. The total cost of serving meat to families and children was $23,666. |
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| IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp/Desc | 0 | In 2017 Panah Charity built 11 water wells in many different villages and locations where poor and homeless families are living. In those locations children had to walk miles to bring drinking water from other water wells and this was very difficult particularly during the summer and winter seasons. By building these water wells Panah Charity helped needy families and also saved children from transportation of water in buckets from miles away. Cost of building 11 water well was $15,829 in 2017. |
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| IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp/Desc | 0 | Panah Charity provided monthly sponsorship to over 100 poor widows with young children and disabled individuals who can not work. With a minimal monthly support, the families were able to buy food for their children and survive. Also Panah Charity helps some very poor college students with their school supplies, clothing, and transportation expense in order for them to continue with their college education. Total cost of monthly sponsorship program was $79,530 in 2017. |
| IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp/Desc | 1 | Panah Charity delivered clothing to homeless children twice in 2017. These kids were living in tents and needed clothing and shoes. Panah Charity based on their size and gender provided clothing to 1850 homeless children. Cost of purchasing these clothing from Kabul, Afghanistan was $16,600 in 2017. |
| IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp/Desc | 2 | Panah Charity provided humanitarian aids to many needy families throughout the year 2017. Such as providing food supplies, meat, school supplies to poor children, humanitarian aid to orphanages, covering medical expenses including cost of surgeries/hospitalization for needy individuals, nutritional food to needy families and children, and many more. . . etc. Total expense of these type of humanitarian aid to families was $38,932 in 2017. |
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| IRS990ScheduleF/AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp/SpecificServicesProvidedTxt | 0 | Panah Charity has an office in Kabul, Afghanistan and delivering humanitarian services to the neediest and homeless families throughout the year under different program services. Total expenditure in Panah Charity's office in 2017 in Kabul, Afghanistan was $314,688. Out of this amount, $299,721 was directly toward program services and $14,967 was cost of maintaining the office including utilities, payroll for the employees, computer exp, transportation exp, and etc. |
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| IRS990ScheduleF/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | Panah Charity Foundation supports the neediest and homeless families in Kabul, Afghanistan. Panah Charity conducts a complete survey of their living condition before any aid has been delivered to them. We maintain complete videos of the surveys, receipts of every items we purchase for them, and videos of distributing the aid. Panah Charity Foundation is registered in Afghanistan as a charity and based on regulation of charities in Kabul, we always need to inform the ministry of Economics before any service program we conduct and at least one representative from the ministry of Economics would be present during our program. At the end of every six months we need to submit a very detail report of every penny we spend in the region with all backup receipts and invoices to ministries of Economics and Finance in Kabul. They each maintain a complete folder on Panah Charity's activities in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | The Founder's daughter is the Vice President. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 1 | The Operating Manager of Panah Charity Foundation by the name of Mr. Mirza Mohammad is residing in Kabul, Afghanistan and he can't be reached at the address in the United States. Panah Charity Foundation's office address in Kabul, Afghanistan is as following: Panah Charity Foundation, Nahya 10, Sarak 11, Home #2, Taimani, Kabul, Afghanistan |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 2 | Form 990 were reviewed completely before filling during a meeting. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 3 | The organization completely performs according to the policies and regulations of 501 c (3) of non profit organization. The Founder who is also the President has extensive financial and management background and she monitors the financials and performance of the foundation very closely and with significant details at all time. She also monitors the activities, program services, and financials of Panah Charity in Afghanistan very carefully. She reviews every single invoice, documents, bills, contract, and etc to ensure the accuracy of work and financial data. Also she maintains all backup including complete sets of bills and invoices for each and every expense throughout the year plus photos and videos of program services as back ups. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 4 | Panah Charity Foundation's officers in USA including the president do not receive any type of compensation or benefit for their services. They are working 100 percent voluntarily to support the neediest families and children in Afghanistan. Only the employees of this foundation who resides in Kabul, Afghanistan are receiving compensation in Afghani currency. Their compensation is determined based on comparability data. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 5 | Information can be provided upon request. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 6 | A wire transfer from Panah Charity's bank account in USA to Panah Charity's bank account in Afghanistan for a total of $65,000 was made late in December of 2016 and wire didn't post in Panah Charity's account in Afghanistan until beginning of January 2017. The $65,000 plus $20,480 balance remaining in Panah Charity's bank account in Afghanistan from prior years requires an adjustment of $85480 in 2017 in order to completely report balances in both accounts to the penny. |
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2017 • Form 990Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $807,177
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $807,177
- Revenue
- $507,350
- Expenses
- $329,307
- Net income
- $178,043