Friends of Children of Zimbabwe Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 862444876
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Fairfax, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7032253477
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,467
- Expenses
- $12,695
- Assets
- $2,009
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- TRACY LUKWANI-BODZO (DIRECTOR)
- ZANELE MALABA (DIRECTOR)
- SEPPO OLAVI AINAMO (ACTING CHAIRMAN)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Friends of children of zimbabwe society, inc. Is an independent charitable entity incorporated in Virginia and whose principal activities are: 1) to raise public awareness in the united states of the chronic shortage of resources to support basic, secondary and tertiary levels of education, health and welfare of orphans and vulnerable children in and around harare, zimbabwe; and 2) to raise funds in the united states to support the above-described and ongoing charitable and educational efforts of the zimbabwe AIDS orphans society, a registered charitable organization in finland and recognized in the uk as an approved charitable organization, which works pursuant to a memorandum of understanding and agreement of cooperation with the dzikwa trust fund, a charitable private trust fund established in zimbabwe to provide resources for the basic education, health and welfare and the social, psychological and spiritual needs of orphans and vulnerable children in and around harare, zimbabwe
What it reported doing in 2025
The funds raised by the friends of children of zimbabwe society in the united states will be distributed pursuant to the independent decisions and directives of the board in response to specific funding requests and/or grant applications submitted by the society for use solely in connection with the following educational and charitable programs and activities:1. Providing for the basic educational needs of students at the primary and secondary levels of education who are zimbabwe orphaned and otherwise vulnerable gifted children in state and municipal schools, including: a. Compulsory school fees, exam fees and levies; b. Compulsory uniforms, shoes and sports apparel for physical education; c. School textbooks, exercise books, and other school-related needs; d. Digital literacy training, it lessons and coding skills classes, remedial lessons and tutoring; e. Nutrition from monday through and including saturday (a balanced hot lunch); f. Basic health care; g. Birth certificates and passports and other forms of identification; h. Athletic activities and programs, including annual sports competitions; i. Performing arts training and education (music, dance, drama, poetry, choir) and performance activities; j. Empowerment clubs for girls and the development of other hobby clubs; k. Assistance with food security for extended families as needs may arise; l. Environmental education, including organizing and conducting special environmental needs and clean-up campaigns and activities. 2. Providing advanced education for upper secondary school (high school) students who are zimbabwe orphaned and otherwise vulnerable children in state and municipal schools, including all of the above referenced activities aligned with the primary and secondary level students. 3. Providing guidance, food, education/training supplies, vocational training and assistance to orphaned and otherwise vulnerable zimbabwe youth at the tertiary education level, including: a. Hands-on guidance and assistance in applying for apprenticeships and scholarships and securing placement in tertiary study institutions; b. Assistance with the payment of registration fees for vocational training centers, colleges, polytechnic schools or universities; c. Textbooks, school supplies, it equipment and other study materials and learning tools; d. Assistance with access to internet connections to facilitate learning and participation; e. Nutrition, personal health and hygiene; f. Assistance with obtaining study-related internships; g. Domestic and international traveling expenses directly in support of internship participation and studies.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.3%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.8%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -18.5% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 37.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.3% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.