2015-11-06T04:00:50-07:00 2014-12-31 990 2014-01-01 272637286 PANAH CHARITY FOUNDATION PANA 5107922629 4119 Tamayo Street Fremont CA 94536 Rokhshana Benish President 5107922629 2015-11-05 2014 2016-03-07 17:11:31Z Rokhshana Benish 4119 Tamayo Street Fremont CA 94536 275420 0 X panahcharity.org X 2010 CA Panah is a CHARITABLE non-profit foundation helping poor and needy families mostly in Afghanistan. Currently nine million people are living below the poverty level in Afghanistan. Panah Charity's main mission is to help the needy families to become self-sufficient and stand on their own feet. Panah is creating job opportunities for needy women and men and providing them the small tools they need to work. Panah also provides humanitarian aid to starving families and children such as food supplies, heating supplies during the winter season, and clothing to children. Panah also places makeshift tents for homeless families of young children. This foundation also creates water wells in very dry and poor villages in Afghanistan to provide clean drinking water to needy people and children. 3 0 0 3 0 0 287890 275420 0 0 0 0 0 0 287890 275420 185091 188560 0 0 0 7720 0 0 0 39948 20497 225039 216777 62851 58643 184598 243241 0 0 184598 243241 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 mission in Afghanistan is to help poor families to find work and stand on their own feet via Panah Charity's self-sufficiency programs. Panah Charity also 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. 0 0 37382 38500 Panah Charity provided heating supplies to displaced and homeless families during the freezing winter season of 2014 in Afghanistan. These families are living below the poverty level in Afghanistan and in each family there are at least 7-8 family members including young children. Winter is a deadly season for poor young children in Afghanistan. In winter 2014 Panah Charity was able to deliver heating supplies to 1,935 poor families and this helped over 13,545 individuals. Total expense of $37,382 for winter expense includes $5,700 that was used for purchasing warm clothing for children and blankets for widows. 88528 90000 Panah Charity provided basic food supplies to 1364 poor and homeless families in Afghanistan in 2014. These are families with young children living below the poverty level. Panah Charity provided flour, rice, cooking oil, tea, sugar, onion, and potato. This humanitarian aid provided food to 9,548 individuals enough for a whole month. 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 $14,208 that is included in the total. 5600 5600 In 2014 Panah Charity built 5 water wells in 5 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. 7500 7500 Panah Charity helped 12 families by creating job opportunities for them and make them become self-sufficient. Panah Charity provided all the tools the families needed to work and earn money. This is a popular program of Panah Charity in Afghanistan. 35050 35000 Panah Charity supported the residence of Badakhshan Province during deadly earthquake. Over 200 people lost their life and thousands of people lost their home. Panah provided food supplies, warm clothing, cooking supplies, pots and pans, tents, and some other small items to help them survive. 14500 14500 Panah Charity provided monthly sponsorship to some poor widows with young children and disabled individuals who could not work. With a minimal monthly support, the families were able to buy food for their children and survive. 57050 0 57000 188560 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 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 5.00 X 0 0 0 Jasmine Nejat Secretary 5 X 0 0 0 Shamsullah Mehry Agent in Afghanistan 40 X 0 0 1000 0 0 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 275420 0 275420 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 275420 0 0 0 188560 188560 6720 6720 1000 1000 5650 5650 11272 11272 1575 1575 2000 2000 216777 188560 28217 0 184598 243241 184598 243241 0 0 X 184598 243241 0 0 0 0 184598 243241 184598 243241 58643 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 46179 58180 235063 287890 275420 902732 46179 58180 235063 287890 275420 902732 902732 902732 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED South Asia 1 4 Program Services Panah Charity Foundation has a branch and maintains an office in Kabul, Afghanistan. The permission to open up the branch was obtained from US Department of States in Washington DC and the branch is also registered in Afghanistan. From that branch office Panah Charity is helping homeless families who are living below the poverty level by providing them basic food supplies, heating supplies in the winter season, clean drinking water by building water wells, providing monthly assistant to widows with young children, creating self sufficiency programs, providing tents, . . . etc. The President of Panah Charity monitors the fund that the charity transfers to Afghanistan for program services very carefully and maintains all documentations and video of each and every program. 188560 1 4 188560 0 0 0 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 The President of the organization and the Vice President of the organization are related to each other and they both don't receive any compensation from the charity. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The President discusses form 990 in the meetings with the officers in US and agent of the charity in Afghanistan. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The organization performs according to the policies and regulations of 501c(3) of non profit organization. The founder who is also the president of the organization is coming with an extensive finance and management background and she monitors the operation and performance of the organization every step through in US and in the branch office in Afghanistan. She obtains and carefully reviews all records, bills, invoices, and other supporting documents from the branch office in Afghanistan to assure accuracy of the financial statements. The branch office also maintains video recordings from all activities of this charity and copies of the videos available in US home office as well. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization can provide to the public upon request. Panah Charity Foundation has obtained an extension up to 11/15/15 for filling the return.