Zaf Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
834041763
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Los Altos, CA, USA
Phone
6502836624
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,911
Expenses
$18,052
Assets
$79,051

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CLEOPATRA KIROS (President)

People named in this filing

  • LISA OLSON (Director)
  • AMBER STIME (Director)
  • NOAH TESFAYE (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

Our mission is to the break cycle of poverty and low expectations through education and service. We aim to empower youth in rural ethiopia through education and skill acquisition, while also inspiring inner-city students in the united states to expand their horizons and make a positive impact in the world by participating in service trips to ethiopia.

What it reported doing in 2025

Zaf foundation (previously wajirat foundation) assessed and studied the immediate needs of students in rural northern ethiopia tigray region. The foundation will fundraise to build a restroom and kitchen to create an environment thus the young men and specially the young women in school participate in schooling.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.5%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 43.6%; rating input score 44

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -128.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.38; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.4% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -60.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -30.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.5% of revenue deployed · 43.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K 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: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.