2019-11-11T18:28:06-07:00 2018-12-31 990 2018-01-01 272637286 PANAH CHARITY FOUNDATION PANA 5107922629 4119 Tamayo Street Fremont CA 94536 Rokhshana Benish President 5107922629 2019-11-09 98.207.127.116 2018 2020-03-31 21:24:44Z Rokhshana Benish 4119 Tamayo Street Fremont CA 94536 543632 0 X panahcharity.org X 2010 CA 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. 5 5 0 4 0 0 507350 543632 0 0 0 0 0 0 507350 543632 299721 362213 0 0 7807 8444 0 0 0 21779 21884 329307 392541 178043 151091 807177 1080844 0 0 807177 1080844 X 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. 1 0 150052 150052 Panah 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. 76908 76908 Panah 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 $24,754 89325 89325 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 $89324.99 in 2018. 15304 15304 Panah 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. 5085 5085 Panah 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. 19545 19545 Panah 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. 5994 5994 Panah 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. 45928 0 45928 362213 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 CA X Rokhshana Benish 5107922629 4119 Tamayo Street Fremont CA 94536 X Rokhshana Benish Presiden / Founder 40 X 0 0 0 Durrana Rahimi Vice President 2 X 0 0 0 Jasmine Nejat Secretary 2 X 0 0 0 Shamsullah Mehry Project Coordinator 8 X 0 0 0 Mirza Mohammad Operating Manager and Supervisor in Afghanistan 45 X 0 0 2765 0 0 2765 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 543632 0 543632 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 543632 0 0 0 362213 362213 6916 6916 1451 1451 77 77 2402 2402 4244 4244 4033 4033 7005 7005 4200 4200 392541 362213 30328 0 643017 958268 122576 0 122576 164160 807177 1080844 0 0 X 807177 1080844 0 0 0 0 807177 1080844 807177 1080844 X 151091 0 0 0 0 122576 X 0 0 0 X 275420 407109 471131 507350 543632 2204642 275420 407109 471131 507350 543632 2204642 2204642 2204642 1 1 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 122576 122576 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122576 543632 0 0 0 0 0 543632 0 0 0 543632 392541 0 0 0 0 0 392541 0 0 0 392541 1 South Asia 1 3 Program Services Panah 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. 377681 1 3 377681 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Panah 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. Form 990, Part III, Line 2 Panah 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 2 Founder's daughter is also a volunteer board member. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9 The 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 11b CEO 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 12c The 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 15 All 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 19 All and any information can be provided upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Panah 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. Panah 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.