THE MALALA FUND

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

1830 14TH ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20009-9903

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

LENA ALFI, PO BOX 73767, WASHINGTON, DC 20056

Signed the 990

LENA ALFI, CEO

Phone

(212) 705-8749

Website

WWW.MALALA.ORG

Return prepared by

GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN

Mission

WE WORK TO ENSURE ALL GIRLS CAN ACCESS AND COMPLETE 12 YEARS OF EDUCATION. BY COMPLETING 12 YEARS OF QUALITY SCHOOLING, GIRLS WILL HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE THEY NEED TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, MAKE THEIR OWN LIFE CHOICES (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) AND ENGAGE MEANINGFULLY WITH THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

Program accomplishments

• FOUNDED BY MALALA AND ZIAUDDIN YOUSAFZAI IN 2013, MALALA FUND IS WORKING FOR A WORLD WHERE EVERY GIRL CAN LEARN AND CHOOSE HER OWN FUTURE. TOGETHER WITH OUR BOARD, GRANTEE PARTNERS, YOUNG WOMEN ADVISORY COUNCIL, STAFF, LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND DONOR PARTNERS, WE ARE CREATING A MORE EQUAL, SAFER AND HEALTHIER WORLD BY ENSURING ALL GIRLS CAN ACCESS AND COMPLETE 12 YEARS OF EDUCATION. THROUGH GRANTMAKING AND ADVOCACY, WE STRENGTHEN GIRLS' RIGHT TO SECONDARY EDUCATION AND UNLOCK THE RESOURCES NEEDED FOR ALL GIRLS TO ENJOY THIS RIGHT. THIS FISCAL YEAR, MALALA FUND AWARDED $10.2 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING TO 57 ORGANISATIONS IN 10 COUNTRIES. WE AWARDED THE MAJORITY OF FUNDS THROUGH OUR EDUCATION CHAMPION NETWORK (ECN), (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)AFGHANISTAN INITIATIVE AND GIRL PROGRAMME. WE AWARDED ADDITIONAL GRANTS TO KEY PARTNERS RESPONDING TO CRISES DISRUPTING GIRLS' EDUCATION. GLOBAL ADVOCACY DRIVING GLOBAL MOVEMENTS FOR GIRLSMALALA FUND USES ITS VOICE, NETWORKS AND PLATFORMS TO SECURE THE COMMITMENTS AND RESOURCES GIRLS NEED TO CLAIM THEIR RIGHT TO EDUCATION. THIS YEAR, WE BUILT LEGAL, DIPLOMATIC AND PUBLIC MOMENTUM TOWARDS THE CODIFICATION OF GENDER APARTHEID IN INTERNATIONAL LAW, A LEGAL BREAKTHROUGH THAT WOULD ALLOW THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO HOLD THE TALIBAN ACCOUNTABLE, PROTECT AFGHAN GIRLS AND DETER FUTURE VIOLATIONS OF GIRLS' RIGHTS EVERYWHERE. WE ALSO BEGAN SHAPING A NEW ADVOCACY INITIATIVE AIMED AT REFORMING GLOBAL DEBT, WHICH COULD UNLOCK BILLIONS FOR EDUCATION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE CURRENT DEBT CRISIS IS CRIPPLING GOVERNMENTS' ABILITY TO BUILD SCHOOLS, PAY TEACHERS AND PROVIDE SAFE TRANSPORTATION FOR GIRLS. HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR WORK THIS YEAR: PROGRESS IN GUARANTEEING 12 YEARS OF EDUCATION FOR EVERY CHILDOVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, MALALA FUND AND PARTNERS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR EXTENDING EVERY CHILD'S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO EDUCATION TO INCLUDE FREE, FULL SECONDARY EDUCATION. IN JULY 2024, THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AGREED TO BEGIN EXPLORING A NEW OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - WITH THE AIM TO GUARANTEE 12 YEARS OF EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN IN INTERNATIONAL LAW. THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, LUXEMBOURG AND SIERRA LEONE ADVANCED THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS CO-SPONSORED BY 46 OTHER COUNTRIES THANKS IN PART TO ADVOCACY BY MALALA FUND AND OTHER CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERS, INCLUDING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND CHILD RIGHTS CONNECT. ADVANCING THE MOVEMENT TO END GENDER APARTHEID IN AFGHANISTAN - MALALA AND ZIAUDDIN YOUSAFZAI, ALONGSIDE OUR AFGHANISTAN INITIATIVE SENIOR DIRECTOR SAHAR HALAIMZAI, PLAYED PIVOTAL ROLES IN ADVANCING JUSTICE FOR AFGHAN GIRLS AND WOMEN. THEIR ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE TERM GENDER APARTHEID BY THE U.N., LEGAL EXPERTS, ACTIVISTS AND GLOBAL MEDIA. MALALA AND SAHAR LED HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOMACY WITH KEY U.N. MEMBER STATES, SECURING ALBANIA'S PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CODIFICATION OF GENDER APARTHEID. THEY CONVENED SENIOR LEADERS AT THE U.K. PARLIAMENT AND URGED MUSLIM LEADERS TO REJECT TALIBAN POLICIES. IN RECOGNITION OF THIS WORK, MALALA ACCEPTED THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW'S CHAMPION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW AWARD ON BEHALF OF MALALA FUND AND OUR AFGHAN PARTNERS. FOLLOWING OUR ADVOCACY, THE U.K. ISSUED POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE CASE AGAINST THE TALIBAN. ZIAUDDIN AMPLIFIED THE VOICES OF AFGHAN FATHERS ADVOCATING FOR GIRLS' EDUCATION. - THROUGH GRANTMAKING, CONVENINGS AND COALITION-BUILDING, OUR AFGHANISTAN INITIATIVE IS STRENGTHENING LEGAL PATHWAYS TO HOLD THE TALIBAN ACCOUNTABLE, PROTECTING GIRLS' EDUCATION AND ELEVATING AFGHAN WOMEN IN THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. WE SUPPORTED ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMMES CAPABLE OF REACHING MORE THAN 2 MILLION GIRLS INSIDE AFGHANISTAN. WE LED HIGH-LEVEL ENGAGEMENTS AT THE U.N., STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND IN SOUTH AFRICA, CONVENING LEGAL EXPERTS AND POLITICAL LEADERS TO PUSH FOR CODIFICATION. OUR SUSTAINED DIPLOMACY HELPED MOVE THE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY TREATY INTO FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS. OUR CAMPAIGNS MARKING 1,000 DAYS OF THE SECONDARY EDUCATION BAN AND FATHER'S DAY AMPLIFIED AFGHAN VOICES GLOBALLY, GENERATING MILLIONS OF VIEWS AND DEEP ENGAGEMENT. LAUNCHING GIRLS' VISION FOR EDUCATIONMALALA FUND LAUNCHED ITS "GIRLS' VISION FOR EDUCATION" REPORT IN MARCH 2025, PRESENTING INSIGHTS FROM MORE THAN 800 GIRLS IN 30 LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES. CENTRING THE VOICES OF MARGINALISED GIRLS AND PARTNERING WITH GIRLS AND GIRL-FOCUSED ORGANISATIONS, WE HEARD A CLEAR MESSAGE: GIRLS WANT AN EDUCATION THAT EMPOWERS THEM, TO LEARN IN SCHOOLS FIT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WHERE THEY ARE RESPECTED, AND GOVERNMENTS TO DELIVER ON PROMISES TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO THEIR EDUCATION. GIRLS ALSO SHARED PERSISTENT ECONOMIC, SECURITY AND HEALTH OBSTACLES TO THEIR EDUCATION. WE WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY THESE INSIGHTS AND GIRLS' VOICES THROUGH OUR GLOBAL ADVOCACY, PUSHING FOR BETTER-RESOURCED EDUCATION SYSTEMS THAT TRULY DELIVER FOR GIRLS.UNLOCKING BILLIONS FOR EDUCATION THROUGH DEBT REFORMMALALA FUND BEGAN SHAPING ITS ADVOCACY INITIATIVE AIMED AT ACHIEVING DEBT JUSTICE FOR GIRLS. WE FOCUSED ON ADVOCATING FOR REFORM OF THE G20 COMMON FRAMEWORK FOR DEBT TREATMENTS, CURRENTLY THE ONLY COORDINATED MECHANISM TO RESOLVE GOVERNMENT DEBT, TO UNLOCK RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION IN LOWER-INCOME COUNTRIES. WE SUPPORTED U.K. PARLIAMENTARY ACTION TO BRING PRIVATE LENDERS INTO G20-LED RELIEF EFFORTS, AND BUILT COALITIONS LINKING ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND GIRLS' RIGHTS. WE RAISED PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE DEBT CRISIS THROUGH OUR CONTENT AND PLATFORMS, MAKING GLOBAL FINANCING ISSUES AND DEBATES RELEVANT TO GIRLS' RIGHTS AND EDUCATION. WE ESTABLISHED KEY RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS GOVERNMENTS, MULTILATERALS AND CIVIL SOCIETY, POSITIONING MALALA FUND AS A LEADING VOICE FOR GIRLS IN GLOBAL FINANCIAL REFORM. FOCUS COUNTRIESSHIFTING POWER TO LOCAL LEADERSMALALA FUND SUPPORTS LOCAL EDUCATION ADVOCATES CHANGING EDUCATION SYSTEMS FROM THE GROUND UP IN COMMUNITIES, REGIONS AND COUNTRIES WHERE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF GIRLS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL OR AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT. THROUGH OUR GRANTMAKING, WE SUPPORT THEM IN SCALING THEIR INFLUENCE AND IMPACT, SHIFTING POWER AND RESOURCES TO THOSE BEST POSITIONED TO DISMANTLE GIRLS' EDUCATION BARRIERS. COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTSWE SHARE A SMALL SELECTION OF OUR IMPACT AND OUR PARTNERS' INCREDIBLE WORK IN OUR SIX FOCUS COUNTRIES BELOW. IN ADDITION TO GRANTMAKING IN NIGERIA AND PAKISTAN, WE ADVOCATE DIRECTLY ALONGSIDE PARTNERS FOR STATE, PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL POLICY REFORMS THAT ENABLE MORE GIRLS IN EACH COUNTRY TO COMPLETE SECONDARY SCHOOL. NIGERIADRIVING EDUCATION REFORM THROUGH BUDGET ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY-LED ACTION: IN NIGERIA, OUR PARTNERS ARE SPEARHEADING EFFORTS TO ADVANCE GIRLS' EDUCATION THROUGH GENDER-RESPONSIVE BUDGETING AND POLICY REFORM. THEY ARE BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY AND MEDIA CAPACITY, FOSTERING ACCOUNTABILITY AND CENTRING COMMUNITIES IN THEIR PUSH FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION. - IN KANO STATE, BRIDGECONNECT AFRICA INITIATIVE (BCAI)'S ADVOCACY LED TO THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF THE GENDER RESPONSIVE EDUCATION BUDGETING (GREB) FRAMEWORK, TRAINING MORE THAN 50 GOVERNMENT STAKEHOLDERS AND ESTABLISHING A 15-MEMBER GREB COMMITTEE. THESE EFFORTS CONTRIBUTED TO AN INCREASE IN THE EDUCATION BUDGET FROM 19% TO 35% FOR GIRLS' EDUCATION, AND RESULTED IN THE REOPENING OF 15 GIRLS' SECONDARY SCHOOLS, EXPANDED ACCESS TO FREE TRANSPORTATION AND UNIFORMS AND RECRUITMENT OF MORE FEMALE TEACHERS.- IN ADAMAWA STATE, CENTER FOR ADVOCACY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE (CATAI) PARTNERED WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO LAUNCH THE STATE'S FIRST COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION POLICY. THIS POLICY ADDRESSES GENDER DISPARITIES THROUGH MENTORSHIP, SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS, GENDER-SENSITIVE LEADERSHIP AND STRONG PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT.
  Expenses $18,855,020 · grants $13,095,096

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

81-1397590

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2016

Accounting year ends

March

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Education (B12)

Assets (IRS master file)

$94,969,077

Income (IRS master file)

$64,118,403

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 81-1397590).

Questions about THE MALALA FUND

What is the EIN of THE MALALA FUND?

The employer identification number (EIN) of THE MALALA FUND is 81-1397590.

Is THE MALALA FUND tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2016.

Are donations to THE MALALA FUND tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does THE MALALA FUND file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of THE MALALA FUND due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending March 31, 2027) is due August 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did THE MALALA FUND last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2025.

Who is the principal officer of THE MALALA FUND?

The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 names LENA ALFI.

Who are the officers and directors of THE MALALA FUND?

The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 lists 15 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $333,103 (LENA ALFI, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER).

How much revenue does THE MALALA FUND have?

On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $15,332,511, expenses of $22,953,149 and total assets of $54,521,948 at year end.

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