Friends of the Kenya Communitydevelopment Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204187788
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Princeton, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 2403742638
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $106,075
- Expenses
- $105,581
- Assets
- $2,071
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Victor Odwori (Board Chair)
- Carolyn Musyimi (Director)
- Irene Mugambi (Director)
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
The primary purpose of Friends of the Kenya Community Development Foundation (Friends of KCDF) as a 501(c)(3) organization is to operate exclusively for charitable purposes, specifically to support and promote charitable, educational, and community development activities in Kenya through partnerships and grants. More specifically, Friends of KCDF is organized to raise funds and awareness in the United States to support the work of the Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), a Kenyan nonprofit organization focused on empowering communities and promoting sustainable development in Kenya. Friends of KCDF typically accomplish this by: soliciting tax-deductible donations from US individuals, foundations, and corporations; disbursing grants and resources to KCDF and related charitable projects in Kenya; and educating US donors and the public about community development needs and opportunities in Kenya.
What it reported doing in 2025
FOKCDF received a donation from the Dubuis Foundation, which is $100,000, was granted to KCDF for women empowerment to support 800 women in Kajiado and Siaya counties with Livelihood Grants
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.9%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 51.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 46% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $106K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.