PANAH CHARITY FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
PANAH CHARITY FOUNDATION (EIN 27-2637286)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-11-07
IRS object ID
201303129349300510
Schema version
2012v2.0
Source
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Timestamp2013-11-07T18:40:48-07:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type990ReturnType
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Phone5107922629Phone

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Address Line14119 Tamayo StreetAddressLine1
CityFremontCity
StateCAState
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Officer Officer

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NameRokhshana BenishName
TitlePresidentTitle
Phone5107922629Phone
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Form 990 IRS990

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Activity Or Mission DescriptionPanah 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.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Mission DescriptionPanah 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.MissionDescription
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DescriptionPanah Charity provided heating supplies to displaced and homeless families during the freezing winter season of 2012 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 and Panah Charity also provided warm clothing to over 100 homeless kids. In winter 2012 Panah Charity was able to deliver heating supplies to 1,030 poor families and this helped over 7,000 individuals.Description

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DescriptionPanah Charity provided basic food supplies to 1,004 poor and homeless families in 2012. These are families with young children living below the poverty level. Panah Charity provided flour, rice, cooking oil, tea, and sugar. This humanitarian aid provided food to 7,028 individuals enough for a whole month.Description

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DescriptionIn 2012 Panah Charity built a large water well in a poor village by the name of "Dara Noor" where 1,530 homeless families are living. In this village there was not enough water source and children had to walk miles to the next village to bring drinking water from a very dirty water pond. According to the information from village, near 200 children were loosing their lives each year due to usage of dirty water. The water well Panah Charity built took care of all the problem and brought lots of hope to this poor village. Aside from water well, Panah Charity also built a large water reserve for the needy families in this village in order for them to use this huge water reserve for growing food and vegetables in the available lands and support themselves. Total cost was $28,045. Panah Charity helped over 100 women and men to become self-sufficient for a total of $10,075. Panah Charity paid for the heart surgery of a young girl, provided school supplies to an entire school for girls, and food supplies to 95 widows for a total of $13,371.Description
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (4 entries)

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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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General ExplanationPanah Charity is a publicly supported organization. Income received in this charity is from public donation. Panah Charity does not receive income from investment or any other sources.GeneralExplanation

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

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Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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Specific Services ProvidedPanah Charity maintains a small office in Afghanistan and Panah's agent who is a volunteer runs this office. In Afghanistan Panah Charity delivers humanitarian aid to the most needy and poor families living below the poverty level. Panah Charity had the following activities in Afghanitan in 2012: 1- Provided two months worth of food supplies to 1,100 families. 2- Provided heating supplies in the freezing winter season to 1,030 families and warm clothing to young children. 5- Built a big water well plus water reserve in a poor village where over 1,000 poor families are living and there was no source for clean drinking water. 5- Created work opportunity for over 100 poor and needy women and men. Panah Charity provided them the tools and put them to work. Now these women and men are earning money and feeding their poor children.SpecificServicesProvided
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Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV

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Return ReferenceSchedule F, Part I, Line 3ReturnReference
ExplanationPanah Charity maintains Cash Accounting Method. The book of the charity was reconciled weekly throughout 2012 and it was always balanced to the penny. The president of the charity, Rokhshana Benish, has over 30 years of experience in Accounting and Finance and she has developed a very detail financial book for Panah Charity.Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0A_L02Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2The founder of the organization and the vice president of the organization are related to each other. They both work as volunteers.
F990_P06_S0B_L11bForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bThe president brings a copy of the form to the meeting and discuss withe others.
F990_P06_S0B_L12cForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cThe organization completely performs according to the policies and regulations of 501c(3) non profit organization. The founder who is also the president of the organization is coming with an extensive finance and management background and she reviews the performance of the organization every step through. She obtains and records all supporting documents and makes sure that the financials and all other records of the organization are accurate and balanced. The financials of Panah Charity is clean and accurate to the penny.
F990_P06_S0C_L19Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19The organization can provide to the public upon request.

Reasonable Cause Explanation ReasonableCauseExplanation

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ExplanationThe founder and president of the charity who has extensive financial back ground and degree in Accounting is the person responsible for filling the annual return. She had some illness in her immediate family and was not able to complete the return on time. She applied for an extension up to 11/15/13 and the request for extension was approved and the approval letter was received from IRS.Explanation

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