2024-11-15T17:06:57Z 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 455412088 KIPSONGO PROJECT INC KIPS 163 E Capitol Drive Hartland WI 53029 Mario Falsetti JD Treasurer 2024-11-15 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X www.thekipsongoproject.org X X 60121 57102 3019 60121 50263 1468 51731 8390 28520 -1908 35002 23902 28725 0 4618 6277 28520 35002 0 28520 35002 The Kipsongo Project works to empower the community in the Kipsongo Slum in Kenya by providing community members with the tools they need to attain a fair level of social and economic well-being. Projects include education, nutrition, health and economic empowerment. Economic Empowerment expenses for the 2023 year totaled $15,967. These expenses include salaries paid to local staff including jewelers, seamstresses, cooks and our program manager. It also includes our microfinance program, our welfare program and our farming projects. Our farming projects in 2023 included poultry projects, agricultural projects, the maintaining of a demonstration garden project, and the expansion of and maintenance of our solar irrigation project. These systems allow farmers to grow crops during the dry season which increases output and enables them to sell surplus crops at the market for income. Our welfare program assists elderly members of the community who can no longer work to earn an income and sometimes provides funds for unexpected, unpreventable expenses such as funeral expenses that have the potential to decimate savings. The women taking part in our microfinance program started and/or expanded a number of small businesses including fish and charcoal stands. 15967 Education program expenses for the 2023 year totaled 17,767. These expenses covered school related expenses for 23 children from the Kipsongo community and nearby villages. Other expenses included school fees, school materials, books, pencils, text books, notebooks, school uniforms, and personal affects and boarding fees for boarding students. 17767 Nutrition program expenses for the 2023 year totaled $5,245. These expenses include food for daily meals for all children in our nutrition program, and expenses related to preparing these meals including charcoal, jikos for cooking, utensils and plates etc. 5254 Other Schedule O programs 11275 50263 Lindsey Casagrande Founder, Director, Officer 10.00 0 0 Molly Finn Board Member, Officer, Vice President 3.00 0 0 Mario Falsetti Board Member, Officer, Treasurer 3.00 0 0 Maggie McClendon Board Member 3.00 0 0 Alyssa Kitlas Board Member 1.00 0 0 Jen Rook Board Member 1.00 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false WI Lindsey Casagrande President 4708 59th Place Woodside NY 11377 4019327633 false true KE false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 54045 40891 53382 46589 57102 252009 8037 741 5681 6007 3019 23485 62082 41632 59063 52596 60121 275494 0 0 0 275494 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62082 41632 59063 52596 60121 275494 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X Part 1, Line 20 -$1908 represents transfers from checking account to savings account not accounted for in expenses totaled. Part III, Line 31 (1) Program related Admin expense - $1,561.95 (2) Bank Charges - $946.03 (3) COGS/Materials - $2,883.12 (4) Health Program Expenses - $1,935 (5) Other Misc Bank Expense - $59 (6) Local Transport Expense - $1,337 (7) Local Travel Expense - $1,023 (8) Rent Local Office - $857 (9) Sales Tax Merchandise - $567.35 (10) Shipping, Freight and Delivery - $105.75 The return was extended and then filed timely on 11/15/2024 for tax year 2023.