2024-10-25T02:33:52-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 272637286 PANAH CHARITY FOUNDATION PANA 5107922629 4119 Tamayo Street Fremont CA 94536 Rokhshana Benish President 5107922629 2024-10-25 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Rokhshana Benish 4119 Tamayo Street Fremont CA 94536 684457 0 X panahcharity.org X 2010 CA Panah is a CHARITABLE non-profit foundation helping very poor and needy families in Afghanistan. Unfortunately majority of population in Afghanistan are living below the poverty level. There is no job and no income. Panah Charity is working hard to provide food to starving families & children, shelters for homeless widows/children, self-sufficiency programs, and working non-stop toward reducing the child-labor by sponsoring poor children. Throughout the year Panah Charity delivers humanitarian aid in Kabul and provinces. This foundation also creates water wells in very dry and poor villages in Afghanistan to provide clean drinking water to needy families. Panah Charity Foundation promotes education by sponsoring poor children and helping them to attend schools. Panah Charity also provide medical support to very poor children and adults. The non-profit has an office and few employees in Kabul, Afghanistan. 3 3 0 3 0 0 830178 641814 0 0 0 42643 0 0 830178 684457 297935 281802 0 0 4496 4848 0 0 0 18133 18108 320564 304758 509614 379699 3045344 3412261 0 0 3045344 3412261 Panah is a CHARITABLE non-profit foundation with active 501c (3) status. This charity was formed in 2010 to help poor and homeless families by providing various humanitarian services. Panah Charity's mission is to provide aid via different programs to poverty-stricken families and individuals in Afghanistan. Short descriptions of Panah Charity's programs are as followings: Building homes for homeless families, building class rooms for homeless children, helping needy families to become self sufficient, building water wells, sponsoring very poor widows and orphans, providing humanitarian aid, saving children from child labor, helping very poor individuals with their medical expenses, . . . and more. 0 0 102537 102537 Panah Charity provided basic food supplies packages to 1578 poor and homeless families in Afghanistan throughout 2023. These are families with young children living below the poverty level. Panah Charity provided flour, rice, cooking oil, tea, sugar, beans, daal, & macaroni. Distribution of food packages fed 11042 individuals for a month for a total cost of $102537 US dollars. This includes supporting families in winter season as well. Total allocation cost of transportation to distribution sites, banners, and some small miscellaneous expenses included. 86606 86606 Panah Charity provided monthly sponsorship to about 113 poor widows with young children and disabled individuals who can not work. With a minimal monthly support, the families were able to buy food for their children and survive. Also Panah Charity helps some very poor college students with their school supplies, clothing, and transportation expense in order for them to continue with their college education. Total cost of monthly sponsorship program was $86605.57 in 2023. 6498 6498 Panah Charity provided warm clothing to children, and provided self-sufficiency program to women in 2023. Cost of clothing to children was $5471.68 US dollars and cost of self-sufficiency was $1466.69 . 37665 37665 Panah Charity provided humanitarian aids to many needy families throughout the year 2023 including providing meat, school supplies to poor children, covering medical expenses and many more. . . Total expense of these type of humanitarian aid to families was $37665 US Dollars. 32026 32026 Panah Charity Foundation provided emergency relief programs in 2023. Victim families of earthquake in Herat Province and victim families of flood in Baghlan Province & Ghor Province were supported. Total cost of emergency relief programs was $32026 US dollars in 2023. 16470 16470 Panah Charity Foundation in 2023 built 15 water wells in villages to create clean source of drinking water to poor families and children in those locations. Drought has caused lots of damages in villages and families are struggling finding clean source for drinking water. 86161 0 86161 281802 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AF 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X Rokhshana Benish 5107922629 4119 Tamayo Street Fremont CA 94536 X Mirza Mohammad Operating Manager and Supervisor in Afghanistan 45 45 X 0 0 2887 Masihullah Mehry Key Employee in Afghanistan 45 45 X 0 0 1850 Rokhshana Benish Presiden / Founder 36 36 X 0 0 0 Durrana Nejat Vice President 6 6 X 0 0 0 Jasmine Nejat Secretary 4 4 X 0 0 0 0 0 4737 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 641814 0 641814 0 42643 42643 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 684457 42643 0 0 281802 281802 4737 4737 111 111 5488 5488 3900 3900 4670 4670 4050 4050 304758 281802 22956 0 2922768 3247042 0 42643 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122576 0 122576 122576 3045344 3412261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3045344 3412261 0 0 0 0 3045344 3412261 3045344 3412261 379699 0 0 0 -12782 0 X 0 0 0 X 624448 758519 964194 834178 641814 3823153 624448 758519 964194 834178 641814 3823153 3823153 13028 42644 55672 3878825 0.98565 0.99651 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 122576 0 122576 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122576 South Asia 1 2 Program Services Panah Charity Foundation has been provides humanitarian aid in Afghanistan for years where poor families and children in that region are in dire need for support. The program services conducts are including activities such below: 1- providing food packages to poor & homeless families (mainly widows and children). 2- providing heating supplies in the winter season 3- providing clothing to homeless children 4- building shelters for homeless families with young children. 5- building water wells in villages 6- creating self-sufficiency opportunities that people can work & have income 7- supporting widow families with monthly sponsorship in order for their children to attend school and keep them away from working on the street 8- providing meat, powdered milk, vitamins, school supplies and much more to very poor children 9- creating educational opportunities for children 10- supporting very poor families with their medical expenses. Panah Charity maintains complete financial records. 289760 1 2 289760 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) Panah Charity Foundation due to banking problems was not able to send wires as before directly from USA to Afghanistan in 2023. In order to continue the mission and deliver humanitarian aid to the poorest families and children in Afghanistan, Panah Charity Foundation with the help and through Omed Foundation GGMBH which is a tax exempt non-profit foundation in Germany was able to deliver fund to Panah's branch in Kabul, Afghanistan. That enabled Panah Charity Foundation to still support thousands of families and young children in Afghanistan in 2023 via its program services. such as: providing food packages to starving children & families; providing monthly sponsorship to over 700 orphan children monthly; providing heating supplies in the freezing winter season, warm clothing, and blankets to children; Providing meat, powdered milk, school supplies and etc to kids; building water wells in villages; medical support to poor individuals; and providing emergency relief & more. 263281 Wire Transfer 0 The Fund wired was used to fulfill Program Services of Panah Charity Foundation. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Panah Charity Foundation has been provides humanitarian aid in Afghanistan for years where poor families and children in that region are in dire need for support. The program services conducts are including activities such below: 1- providing food packages to poor & homeless families (mainly widows and children). 2- providing heating supplies in the winter season 3- providing clothing to homeless children 4- building shelters for homeless families with young children. 5- building water wells in villages 6- creating self-sufficiency opportunities that people can work & have income 7- supporting widow families with monthly sponsorship in order for their children to attend school and keep them away from working on the street 8- providing meat, powdered milk, vitamins, school supplies and much more to very poor children 9- creating educational opportunities for children 10- supporting very poor families with their medical expenses. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 The president and vice president are related to each other. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9 Mirza Mohammad the Operating Manager and Masihullah Mehry his assistant whom are managing the operation of the charity in Afghanistan, are both living in Kabul, Afghanistan. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Annually return will be reviewed and discussed in a meeting before it's filled. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Panah Charity Foundation follows the policies related to non-profits 501c (3) at all time. The president of the non-profit holds meetings regularly with office team in Kabul, Afghanistan and during these meetings the policies are reviewed and discussed to make sure that all Program Services are conducted according to the policies and procedures. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The president, vice president, and secretary are working as volunteers and do not receive any compensation from the non-profit. The operating Manager and the admin residing in Kabul, Afghanistan are receiving compensation based on salary paid for the comparable jobs in Afghanistan. Their compensations are paid in Afghani currency. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All documents are available upon request. Panah Charity Foundation obtained an extension of time from IRS and reports are due by 11/15/2024