2017-11-10T01:11:30-07:00 2016-12-31 990 2016-01-01 272637286 PANAH CHARITY FOUNDATION PANA 5107922629 4119 Tamayo Street Fremont CA 94536 Rokhshana Benish President 5107922629 2017-11-08 73.252.196.21 2016 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z Rokhshana Benish 4119 Tamayo Street Fremont CA 94536 471131 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. Panah Charity added one more goal to its mission and that is building individual rooms, bathrooms, classroom, and workshops for widows with young children who are living in tents in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The first project completed successfully in 2016. 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 people and children. 5 5 0 4 0 0 407109 471131 0 0 0 0 0 0 407109 471131 298254 213698 0 0 8014 8247 0 0 0 23233 26381 329501 248326 77608 222805 320849 543654 0 0 320849 543654 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's new mission in Afghanistan is to build shelters for homeless families and move them from makeshift tents to comfortable rooms with facilities. Panah Charity completed the first shelter program in 2016. 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. 0 0 25310 25310 0 Panah Charity provided heating supplies to displaced and homeless families during the freezing winter season of 2016 in Afghanistan. These families were living below the poverty level in Afghanistan and in each household there are at least 7-8 family members including young children. Winter is a deadly season for poor young children in Afghanistan. In winter 2016 Panah Charity was able to deliver heating supplies to over 1200 poor families, 500 blankets to widows, and warm clothing to 900 homeless children living in tents. 68792 68792 0 Panah Charity provided basic food supplies to 1137 poor and homeless families in Afghanistan in 2016. 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 7,960 individuals for a month for a total cost of $70,114. 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 $18,677. 13760 13760 0 In 2015 Panah Charity built 12 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. 10619 10619 0 Panah Charity built classroom for homeless children and vocational workshop for widows in the second phase of the shelter project 1. 56056 56056 0 Panah Charity provided monthly sponsorship to some 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. 3472 3472 0 Panah Charity also repaired broken homes of some very poor families. Fixed the roof, walls, windows, . . . and also help the head of households to obtain simple market jobs and work. 35689 35689 0 Panah Charity provided humanitarian aids to many needy families throughout the year 2016. Such as providing clothing and school supplies / uniforms to homeless children, humanitarian aid to orphanages, covering medical expenses including cost of surgeries/hospitalization/perscription for needy individuals, nutritional food to needy families and children, and many more. . . etc. 105836 105836 0 213698 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 X 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 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 0 X 0 0 0 Jasmine Nejat Secretary 2 0 X 0 0 0 Shamsullah Mehry Project Coordinator 15 15 X 0 0 0 Mirza Mohammad Operating Manager and Supervisor in Afghanistan 40 0 X 0 0 2640 0 0 2640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 471131 0 471131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 471131 0 0 0 213698 213698 7253 7253 994 994 0 5405 5405 14781 14781 5235 5235 960 960 248326 213698 34628 0 320849 498286 45368 320849 543654 0 0 X 320849 543654 0 0 0 0 320849 543654 320849 543654 222805 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 235063 287890 275420 407109 471131 1676613 235063 287890 275420 407109 471131 1676613 1676613 1676613 1 1 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Amount in Panah Charity' bank account in Afghanistan at the end of 2016 that was wired from US. 45368 45368 1 South Asia 1 3 Program Services Panah Charity Foundation provides Humanitarian Aid to very needy and homeless families living in Kabul, Afghanistan. Panah Charity builds shelters for homeless widows with young children, provides food supplies to starving families throughout the year, provides clothing to homeless children, provides heating supplies during harsh winter season, creates opportunities for families to work and become self-sufficient, Panah Charity works hard to reduce child-labor in the country and create opportunities for children to attend school instead, Panah Charity builds water wells in poor location, Panah Charity provides monthly sponsorship to orphans and homeless children, Panah charity helps very needy individuals with medical expenses, Panah Charity provides school supplies to needy children and many more. 232074 1 3 232074 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Panah Charity provides humanitarian aid to the most needy and deserving families in Kabul, Afghanistan. The families receiving aid are the homeless families who were forced to leave their villages and come to Kabul to seek safety as the result of ongoing war in provinces. These are families with young children living in very tragic condition in tents or clay room in Kabul, Afghanistan. Panah Charity before providing any assistant, performs complete survey of the families to determine eligibility. Each and every program is video recorded from survey process to distribution of aid. Panah Charity has complete documentation of all expenses with complete videos of each and every service provided in Kabul, Afghanistan. Panah Charity's activities in Afghanistan provides aid to over 3000 families annually via different programs throughout the year. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 The founder daughter is the Vice President. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9 The Operating Mgr of the organization by the name of Mirza Mohammad is residing in Kabul, Afghanistan and his address is: Panah Charity Foundation Nahya 10, Sarak 11, Home #2 Taimani Kabul, Afghanistan Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The president reviews form 990 with members during meetings and provide them a copy before filling. 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 organizations. The founder who is also the president of the charity comes with education and extensive finance and management background. She monitors the performance of the organization very carefully in US and as well in the branch office in Kabul, Afghanistan. She reviews every single steps, bills, documents, invoices, photos, videos, . . . etc related to charitable activities of the organization in Afghanistan to assure the accuracy of the financial statement and also monitor the programs carefully. Videos of Panah Charity's activities and services in Afghanistan are available in US headquarter. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Panah Charity Foundation's officers in US including the president in do not receive any compensation for their work. They are working voluntarily to support the needy families and children in Afghanistan. The employees of this foundation who resides and work in the branch office in Kabul, Afghanistan are receiving compensation. Their compensation is determined by comparability data and they are paid in Afghani currency. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Information can be provided upon public's request. Panah Charity was granted the extension of time until 11/15/2017 to file for 2016. The reason for the delay was illness and death in the family of the president and she needed more time to complete her detail review of each and every process and document before filling the return for the year.