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PANAH CHARITY FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization
PANAH CHARITY FOUNDATION (EIN 27-2637286)
Tax period
2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed
2019-11-11
IRS object ID
201943169349301479
Schema version
2018v3.0
Source
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Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2019-11-11T18:28:06-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2018-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2018-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN272637286EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name Line1PANAH CHARITY FOUNDATIONBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Business Name ControlPANABusinessNameControlTxt
Phone5107922629PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line14119 Tamayo StreetAddressLine1Txt
CityFremontCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP94536ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonRokhshana BenishPersonNm
Person TitlePresidentPersonTitleTxt
Phone5107922629PhoneNum
Signature2019-11-09SignatureDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address98.207.127.116IPv4AddressTxt
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Tax2018TaxYr
Build TS2020-03-31 21:24:44ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Principal OfficerRokhshana BenishPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14119 Tamayo StreetAddressLine1Txt
CityFremontCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP94536ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$543,632GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Website Addresspanahcharity.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation2010FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateCALegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionPanah 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.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Total Volunteers4TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI$0TotalGrossUBIAmt
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PY Grants And Similar Paid$299,721PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid$362,213CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members$0PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members$0CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$7,807PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
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PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
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CY Other Expenses$21,884CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses$329,307PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses$392,541CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses$178,043PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses$151,091CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
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Total Assets EOY$1,080,844TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$0TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$807,177NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$1,080,844NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
MissionPanah 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.MissionDesc
Significant New Program SrvcYes (1)SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change0SignificantChangeInd
Expense$150,052ExpenseAmt
Revenue$150,052RevenueAmt
DescPanah Charity in April of 2018 purchased a piece of land in Kabul, Afghanistan for the purpose of building shelters for homeless widows with young children. The land is located in Qala Ahmad Khan in Kabul and has a perfect location for this project. In the fall of 2018 Panah Charity built the surrounding walls to protect the land and the actual construction of the project will start in 2020 after receiving proper construction permit from the municipality office in Kabul, Afghanistan. Land was purchased for $122,576 US dollars. Cost of building the surrounding walls was $27,063 US dollars. Deed of the land is under Panah Charity Foundation's name and it's registered in court in Afghanistan. Panah Charity is planning to build a gated community on this land that would provide shelter to 100 homeless families plus classroom for children, and other amenities to support the families.Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expense$76,908ExpenseAmt
Revenue$76,908RevenueAmt
DescPanah Charity provided basic food supplies to 1012 poor and homeless families in Afghanistan in 2018. 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 8,400 individuals for a month for a total cost of $52,153. 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 $24,754Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

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Expense$89,325ExpenseAmt
Revenue$89,325RevenueAmt
DescPanah 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 $89324.99 in 2018.Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp (4 entries)

ExpenseExpenseAmtRevenueRevenueAmtDescDesc
$15,304$15,304Panah Charity provided heating supplies, food supplies, and blankets to hundreds of homeless families in 2018. Winter in Afghanistan is deadly and homeless families usually need lots of support in the winter season. Cost of heating supplies provided in Jan and Feb of 2018 was $15,305 US dollars.
$5,085$5,085Panah Charity provided school uniforms, shoes, school supplies, and etc to over 100 homeless children throughout the 2018. Cost of providing these items was $5085 US dollars.
$19,545$19,545Panah Charity provided humanitarian aids to many needy families throughout the year 2018. 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 $19,545 in 2018.
$5,994$5,994Panah Charity built 4 more water wells in 2018. These water wells were supporting hundreds of poor and needy families who did not have access to clean drinking water. They had to bring water from miles away in baskets but building 4 deep water wells solved their problems. Cost of building these wells was $5994 US dollars.
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Total Other Prog Srvc Grant$0TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue$45,928TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses$362,213TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3Yes (1)DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B RequiredYes (1)ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund0DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments0TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentYes (1)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec0ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst0ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssetsInd
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Include FIN48 Footnote0IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
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Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign OfficeYes (1)ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign ActivitiesYes (1)ForeignActivitiesInd
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Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServicesInd
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Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholdersInd
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Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (1)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
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Officer Mailing AddressYes (1)OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters0LocalChaptersInd
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Compensation Process CEOYes (1)CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process OtherYes (1)CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVentureInd
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Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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PersonRokhshana BenishPersonNm
Phone5107922629PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14119 Tamayo StreetAddressLine1Txt
CityFremontCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP94536ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons CompensatedYes (X)NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRtIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorIndReportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmtReportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmtOther CompensationOtherCompensationAmtOfficerOfficerIndKey EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd
Rokhshana Benish
Presiden / Founder40Yes (X)$0$0$0
Durrana Rahimi
Vice President2$0$0$0Yes (X)
Jasmine Nejat
Secretary2$0$0$0Yes (X)
Shamsullah Mehry
Project Coordinator8$0$0$0Yes (X)
Mirza Mohammad
Operating Manager and Supervisor in Afghanistan45$0$0$2,765Yes (X)
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Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt
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Total Contributions$543,632TotalContributionsAmt
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Real$0RealAmt
Personal$0PersonalAmt

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Securities$0SecuritiesAmt
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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

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Total$362,213TotalAmt
Program Services$362,213ProgramServicesAmt

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Total$6,916TotalAmt
Management And General$6,916ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

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Total$1,451TotalAmt
Management And General$1,451ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

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Total$77TotalAmt
Management And General$77ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

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Total$2,402TotalAmt
Management And General$2,402ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

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Total$4,244TotalAmt
Management And General$4,244ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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Total$4,033TotalAmt
Management And General$4,033ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

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Total$7,005TotalAmt
Management And General$7,005ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Total$4,200TotalAmt
Management And General$4,200ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

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Total$392,541TotalAmt
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Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

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BOY$643,017BOYAmt
EOY$958,268EOYAmt
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EOY$122,576EOYAmt

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BOY$164,160BOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

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BOY$807,177BOYAmt
EOY$1,080,844EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$807,177BOYAmt
EOY$1,080,844EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

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BOY$807,177BOYAmt
EOY$1,080,844EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

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EOY$1,080,844EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
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Investment Expense$0InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments$0PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
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Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited0FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$275,420CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$407,109CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$471,131CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$507,350CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$543,632CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$2,204,642TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$275,420CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$407,109CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$471,131CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$507,350CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$543,632CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$2,204,642TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170$2,204,642PublicSupportTotal170Amt
Total Support$2,204,642TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1701PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1701PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

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ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

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Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$122,576OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$122,576BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

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Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$0DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

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Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$0DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

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Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$0DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

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Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$0DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$122,576TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$543,632TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$0NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Recoveries Prior Year Grants$0RecoveriesPriorYearGrantsAmt
Other Revenue$0OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$0RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$543,632RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$0InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included$0OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$543,632TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$392,541TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Prior Year Adjustments$0PriorYearAdjustmentsAmt
Losses Reported$0LossesReportedAmt
Other Expenses Included$0OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$392,541ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$0InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included$0OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$392,541TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionSouth AsiaRegionTxt
Offices1OfficesCnt
Employee3EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities ConductedProgram ServicesTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services ProvidedPanah Charity Foundation has an office and three full time employees working 6 days a week in Kabul, Afghanistan. Their job is to deliver the program services and help the homeless and neediest families, widows, and orphans in Kabul, Afghanistan. In 2018 Panah Charity spent $377,681 in Afghanistan in total. Out of this amount, $362,213 was directly toward program services that each has described separately in this return, and $15,468 was for maintaining the office in Afghanistan including payroll of employees, rent, transportation, and all other related expenses.SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures$377,681RegionTotalExpendituresAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Office1TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee3TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Spent$377,681TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

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Form And Line ReferenceSchedule F, Part I, Line 2FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationPanah Charity Foundation in Kabul Afghanistan provide assistant to the neediest homeless families, widows, and orphans. Assistant is mostly non monetary. Panah Charity Foundation provides food supplies, heating supplies, clothing to homeless children, school supplies, warm food, and etc. Also Panah Charity Foundation builds shelters for homeless families and builds water wells in very poor locations that families have no access to clean drinking water. The procedure includes conducting a complete survey of each family to determine their eligibility. When we purchase the goods, we keep all the invoices by date and also when we provide the good to needy families, we take videos and photos. Panah Charity Foundation maintain record of each dollar we spent in Kabul, Afghanistan in a very organized way. By the way, Panah Charity Foundation is fully registered in Ministry of Economics and Ministry of Finance in Afghanistan and their representatives usually observe our activities and we need to submit complete by annually and annually reports to both ministry offices. Each program service that Panah Charity Foundation provides, helps thousands of homeless children and their families throughout the year.ExplanationTxt

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Form 990, Part III, Line 2Panah Charity in April of 2018 purchased a piece of land in Kabul, Afghanistan for the purpose of building shelters for homeless widows with young children. The land is located in Qala Ahmad Khan in Kabul and has a perfect location for this project. In the fall of 2018 Panah Charity built the surrounding walls to protect the land and the actual construction of the project will start in 2020 after receiving proper construction permit from the municipality office in Kabul, Afghanistan. Land was purchased for $122,576 US dollars. Cost of building the surrounding walls was $27,063 US dollars. Deed of the land is under Panah Charity Foundation's name and it's registered in court in Afghanistan. Panah Charity is planning to build a gated community on this land that would provide shelter to 100 homeless families plus classroom for children, and other amenities to support the families.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2Founder's daughter is also a volunteer board member.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9The Operating Mgr of the foundation by the name of Mirza Mohammad who is an employee of Panah Charity Foundation is residing in Kabul Afghanistan.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bCEO discloses everything to board member and employees. Normally form 990 will be reviewed prior to filling during the meetings.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cThe organization totally performs according to the policies and regulations of 501 c(3) on non profit organizations. The president has extensive financial and management background and she personally monitors each function of the non profit very closely and she constantly reviews the financial data and backup documents. She reviews every single invoice, bills, documents, and etc. Panah Charity Foundation is a registered charity in Afghanistan and has legal permit for operation from the Ministry of Economics. By annually Panah Charity Foundation needs to report each and every activity in detail to the Ministry of Economics there and annually has to report to the Ministry of Finance in Afghanistan.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15All officers and board members in USA are volunteers and do not receive salary or any monetary or non monetary benefits from Panah Charity Foundation. They are working as volunteers to support the neediest children and families in Afghanistan. Only the employees of the charity whom are residing in Kabul, Afghanistan are receiving compensation in Afghani currency. Their compensation is determined based on comparability data.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19All and any information can be provided upon request.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9Panah Charity Foundation in 2018 purchased a piece of land in Kabul, Afghanistan for the purpose of building shelters for homeless families and children. Majority of these families are widows with young orphan children living in makeshift tents in the most tragic condition. Panah Charity is in the process of receiving the proper permit for the construction of the shelter units. This will be a great project that could save homeless children.

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ExplanationPanah Charity requested an extension of time and extension was granted until 11/15/19. The return will be filled before that day and it's not late.ExplanationTxt

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