Build Tanzanian Family Futures Inc

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2018 · Form 990EZ · revenue $66K · expenses $77K · assets $0

EIN
45-2938830
Address
54 Danbury Road 306, Ridgefield, CT 06877
Website
https://serengetischolars.org
NTEE code
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Exempt type
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Ruling date
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Mission

Build Tanzanian Family Futures (BTFF) is a non-profit corporation registered in the United States. It was founded to reduce existing illiteracy, poverty and early mortality through education, and health outreach for families, parents, and young children in Northern Tanzania.BTTFs mission is first and foremost to provide education in one of the poorest countries in the World. It is our belief that only through education will the people of Northern Tanzania rise above their current circumstance.In 2015, we began the Serengeti Scholars, a project of BTFF. BTFF sponsors 50 students in 13 different government schools, whose families cannot afford a government school education. The students, or Scholars, must demonstrate academic excellence to be selected for the project. It is BTFF's goal to make this first group of 50 families be self sufficient, then another group of 50 families will be selected for BTFF to sponsor. The 50 Scholars, 39 of which are women, and all are learning STEM (Scienc

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Ayubu Gadiye (former) Director2015-2017 $17,510$55,473 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

7 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Barbara Poole President2013-2018 15 $0 reported 1
Norman Weinstein Treasurer2013-2018 5 $0 reported 1
Patrick Bower Director2015-2018 5 $0 reported 1
Douglas Picirillo Director2016-2018 5 $0 reported 1
Merrikay Hall (former) Secretary2013-2016 5 $0 reported 1
Kim Barnes Kimball (former) Director2013-2016 5 $0 reported 1
Andrew M Maganga (former) Director2013 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2018 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Barbara Poole President15 $0-- $01
Norman Weinstein Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Patrick Bower Director5 $0-- $01
Douglas Picirillo Director5 $0-- $01
2017 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $18K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Ayubu Gadiye Director30 $0-$17,510 $17,5101
Barbara Poole President15 $0-- $01
Norman Weinstein Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Patrick Bower Director5 $0-- $01
Douglas Picirillo Director5 $0-- $01
2016 · 7 people listed · 1 paid, $21K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Ayubu Gadiye Director30 $0-$21,221 $21,2211
Barbara Poole President15 $0-- $01
Norman Weinstein Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Merrikay Hall Secretary5 $0-- $01
Patrick Bower Director5 $0-- $01
Kim Barnes Kimball Director5 $0-- $01
Douglas Picirillo Director5 $0-- $01
2015 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $17K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Ayubu Gadiye Director30 $0-$16,742 $16,7421
Barbara Poole President15 $0-- $01
Norman Weinstein Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Merrikay Hall Secretary5 $0-- $01
Patrick Bower Director5 $0-- $01
Kim Barnes Kimball Director5 $0-- $01
2014 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Barbara Poole President15 $0-- $01
Norman Weinstein Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Merrikay Hall Secretary5 $0-- $01
Kim Barnes Kimball Director5 $0-- $01
2013 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Barbara Poole President15 $0-- $01
Norman Weinstein Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Merrikay Hall Secretary5 $0-- $01
Andrew M Maganga Director5 $0-- $01
Kim Barnes Kimball Director5 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-10-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$66,314$76,892 $0$0 $66,313- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$83,675$98,047 $10,578$10,578 $83,672- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$92,333$77,547 $24,950$24,950 $92,332- ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$53,727$48,758 $10,164$10,164 $53,727- ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$49,541$46,877 $5,195$5,195 $49,541- ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$28,844$31,348 $2,531$2,531 $28,844- ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $177,531 in all, tax years 2014 to 2018. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2016-2017 2$155,500 2017$91,500
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MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2014 1$16,283 2014$16,283
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PURE INC DAF sponsor Exact 2018 1$5,748 2018$5,748
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2018 · Form 990EZ · $76,892 spent · pay $0 · grants $45,802 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $45,802 59.6%
Fees to independent contractors $28,435 37.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,483 3.2%
Printing, publications, postage $172 0.2%
Total$76,892100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $98,047 spent · pay $0 · grants $54,803 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $54,803 55.9%
Fees to independent contractors $22,306 22.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $20,530 20.9%
Printing, publications, postage $408 0.4%
Total$98,047100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $77,547 spent · pay $0 · grants $29,569 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $29,569 38.1%
Fees to independent contractors $25,221 32.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $22,715 29.3%
Printing, publications, postage $42 0.1%
Total$77,547100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $48,758 spent · pay $0 · grants $14,812 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $17,637 36.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $16,286 33.4%
Grants and similar amounts paid $14,812 30.4%
Printing, publications, postage $23 0.0%
Total$48,758100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $46,877 spent · pay $0 · grants $26,873 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $26,873 57.3%
Fees to independent contractors $10,433 22.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,559 20.4%
Printing, publications, postage $12 0.0%
Total$46,877100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $31,348 spent · pay $0 · grants $18,435 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $18,435 58.8%
Fees to independent contractors $6,801 21.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $5,919 18.9%
Printing, publications, postage $193 0.6%
Total$31,348100%

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Trademarks

1 US trademark, 0 live.

MarkSerialFiledStatusSource
BUILD TANZANIAN FAMILY FUTURES INC.856231392012-05-11Registration cancelledTRCFECO2, file of 2024-03-27

The newest marks of the trademark owners above, matched to this record by name (and state).

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