2024-04-23T01:39:25-04:00 2021-12-31 990EZ 2021-01-01 811721571 Ezra-Uganda Assistance % Leila Berner EZRA 3018982683 402 Homewood Circle Frederick MD 21702 Leila Berner President 2024-04-23 Leila Berner XXX-XX-XXXX 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X X 90152 X 90152 0 0 0 90152 80267 1749 2080 84096 6056 4165 0 10221 4165 10221 0 0 4165 10221 0 0 4165 10221 X To Support the Jewish Community of Namutumba in Uganda COVID vaccine project -funding through the Namutumba Community Council enabled them to obtain and deliver two doses each to 450 Jewish Musim and Christian people of all faiths in village of Magada Namutumba 0 18450 Medical Aid-The people of Namutumba have ongoing medical needs requiring tests procedures and medications all ata great distance.We provide life-saving funds forclinicand doctors' fees physicianswill not treat even emergencies until theyarepaid medical tests prescription medication and gasoline for transport 0 29988 Community Life-Amid poverty sickness and food shortages the people find joy in their community religious observance.These funds make proper observance and celebration possible every week for Shabbat as well for the three Festivals eg. Passoverand other occasions eg. Hanukkah with food and ritual supplies 0 12250 Part 3 Line 31: General Support :emergency Fund for unplanned needs that arise in the year $8979; Rabbi Support stipend toRabbi Shadrach Mugoya Levi to support him in his studies and community work $3250; Food Aid funds for bulk grains in response to 2021 threat of famine in Namutumba $6350; Infrasturcutre subsidy for village internet service as an important lifeline for the community $1400; Total other program Service Expenses $19759 19579 19579 80267 Rabbi Leila Gal Berner President 15 0 0 0 Brenda Gates-Monasch Vice president 5 0 0 0 Cantor Lisa Levine Secretary 5 0 0 0 Hazan Laura Lewis Mandales Treasurer 8 0 0 0 Rabbi Avraham Bachman Director 5 0 0 0 Rabbinic Pastor Ruth Delfiner Director 3 0 0 0 Rabbi Yafa Chase Director 2 0 0 0 Hazzan Dr Randall Miller Director 3 0 0 0 Samantha Rose Mandales Director 10 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false Leila Berner 402 Homewood Circle Frederick MD 21702 3018982683 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 49552 77844 86621 90152 304169 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49552 77844 86621 90152 304169 37207 266962 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 304169 0.8777 0 X Part II - Line 10 | Year:, Amount:, Description:| 2017, 0, | 2018, 0| 2019, 0| 2020, 0| 2021, 0| RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, line 10 | Grants And Similar Amounts Paid:, Amount:| grants and similar amounts paid list in Sch O, $80267| Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Other expenses describe in Sch O air travel 2045 postage 15 automobile 20, $2080| Part I, line 20 | Explanation:, Amount:| end of year reported in 2020, $0| Part II, line 24 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| other assets, $0, $0| Part II, line 26 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| total liabilities - line 27 Part II, $0, $0| Part IV, General | Explanation:| 0 The Board of Directors of Ezra Uganda Assistance requests reasonable cause abatement and waiver of penalties associated with the late filing of our 2021 AR-990EZ. Ezra Uganda is a very small organization with no staff and a modest budget. A very small percent of our total expenditure in 2021 went toward administrative costs. All the work of the organization including filing requisite reports to the Internal Revenue Service is carried out on a volunteer basis by members of the board. In 2021 there were only six members of the board all of them clergy. 2021 was a very difficult year both for Namutumba and the Ezra Uganda board. Great demands on clergy by the COVID-19 pandemic continued in 2021 including the necessity of coping with unfamiliar technologies and serving increasing needs of congregants communities and students. These issues affected every member of the board. Our mission activity included support of the Jewish community in Namutumba a village in a rural area of northeast Uganda. The community is extremely impoverished. It has no running water or plumbing facilities no healthcare and no source of food other than what they grow. A bad growing season means famine. There are numerous families with disabled children and malaria and typhoid are endemic. We were preoccupied with these needs especially with the challenge of procuring and delivering sufficient funds to enable community-wide COVID vaccinations. We succeeded in funding the two-dose regimen for people in the village. With this preoccupation with the service aim of our mission we unfortunately put accounting and tax reporting on a back burner; Efiling and newer technology was a challenge and we did not realize that a small non profit organization like us would face issues. All of our resources go to serve the cause of non profit service except less than 5% for administrative costs. We will now be more vigilant to meet the filing and reporting as well as detailed accounting requirements. Any penalties would be disastrous as our resources depend on donors who designate all their donation for the service project. Such losses would lead to a downward spiral in our finances and the likely demise of the organization leaving the people of Namutumba without their Ezra Uganda lifeline. We hope and pray that the Internal Revenue Service will understand our honorable and sincere plea to waive the penalties and enable us to continue our work. We request that full waiver of penalties be granted to us.