Kuza Project C/o Jeff Birch
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311829934
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Naperville, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6309269393
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,552
- Expenses
- $72,485
- Assets
- $51,042
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CRAIG SWETT (PRESIDENT/FO)
People named in this filing
- JEFFREY BIRCH (TREASURER)
- CRAIG SWETT (PRESIDENT/FO)
- GREGORY BRUNO (SECRETARY)
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
Kuza project exists to provide economic development, health services, and education to under-resourced communities in tanzania. Our model creates self-sufficiency and dignity through a holistic approach to development in the communities we serve. We support the operations of a medical clinic. We support primary and secondary education for children in igwachana and mlingali. We support women associations and coach and train other associations in neighboring villages with best practices for growth and development. We have a cow project to prosper the number of cows each year.
What it reported doing in 2025
Economic development: we provide a structure for training and accountability for families to have a path to economic sustainability. Our goal is to give eligible applicants the tools and resources they need to provide long-term income for their families. Families and individuals who participate in our program will eventually move-on with a clear understanding and capacity for providing for their own economic needs for the future; they will become economically self-sufficient. Health services: we provide free or low-cost medical services to women and children who otherwise would not have access to high-quality care. Our clinics offer free health screenings and check-ups, as well as dental care. Access to midwifery gives local expectant mothers a safe and inexpensive place to receive care and give birth. Healthcare benefits the entire community through decreases in sickness and the infant mortality rate, as well as increased general health awareness. Education: we provide financial support for eligible families of school-age children that otherwise could not afford a primary school education. This money allows the families to purchase required uniforms and books, tuition, and in some cases, transportation so their children can attend school. Children who receive an education will return to their communities and become providers for their families and contribute to the overall health of the village.
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.