FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA

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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

2142 FLAGSHIP CT, FRISCO, TX 75036-1456

In care of

% JOHN MOORE

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

DEBRA J LOWERY, 2142 FLAGSHIP COURT, FRISCO, TX 75036

Signed the 990

DEBRA J LOWERY, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - PRESIDENT

Phone

(303) 507-1167

Website

HTTP://HANDINHANDINAFRICA.COM

Return prepared by

EIDE BAILLY LLP

Mission

TO ASSEMBLE A NETWORK OF TRUSTWORTHY NATIONAL PARTNERS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE MOST VULNERABLE NATIONS ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT WHO SHARE A PASSION OF THE TIRELESS WORK OF COMBATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC AND ITS ERADICATION.

Program accomplishments

• NAPELO COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION (NALEPO) RIFT VALLEY PROVINCE, NAROK & KAJIADO, MAASAI MARA, KENYA ESTABLISHED IN 2022, NALEPO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION IS A KENYA-BASED NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO ERADICATING HIV/AIDS ACROSS SOUTHERN KENYA. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES AND EXPANDS THE VISION INITIALLY CHAMPIONED BY OSECBO (OCHORRO SIDAI ENKARE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION), ITS EARLIER SISTER ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 2015. WHILE HIHIA CONCLUDED ITS FUNDING OF OSECBO AT THE END OF 2024, MANY OF ITS DEDICATED LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE SINCE TRANSITIONED TO SERVE WITH NALEPO, BRINGING WITH THEM INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND DEEP COMMUNITY TRUST.NALEPO FOCUSES ON AREAS OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL MAASAI MARA REGION, WITH TEACHING CENTERS NOW EXTENDING FROM AMBOSELI TO THE TRANS-MARA, REACHING DEEPLY INTO UNDERSERVED MAASAI COMMUNITIES. PROGRAMS ARE DELIVERED IN MAA, SWAHILI, AND ENGLISH, USING INTERACTIVE METHODS THAT ADDRESS THE CULTURAL AND BEHAVIORAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS. KEY MESSAGES FOCUS ON ABSTINENCE BEFORE MARRIAGE, FAITHFULNESS WITHIN MARRIAGE, AND MAKING SAFE, INFORMED LIFE CHOICES.TRAINED LEADERS TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES ACROSS VAST AND RUGGED TERRAIN USING MOTORBIKES AND SAFARI VEHICLES TO REACH SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND VILLAGES. WITH CONTINUED FINANCIAL SUPPORT, LEADERSHIP MENTORING, AND ANNUAL OVERSIGHT FROM HIHIA, NALEPO HAS BECOME A REGIONAL FORCE FOR HEALTH TRANSFORMATION.THE LOCAL POPULATION HAS EMBRACED THE MESSAGE ENTHUSIASTICALLY, AND EACH YEAR, THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE ARE CONTRIBUTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. TEACHING CENTERS HAVE NOW BEEN ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE MAASAI MARA, RIFT VALLEY, NAROK, TRANS-MARA, AND AMBOSELI, HELPING NALEPO REACH A GROWING POPULATION OF MAASAI YOUTH AND FAMILIES WITH CULTURALLY RESONANT, LIFE-SAVING EDUCATION.
  Expenses $240,716 · grants $230,465
• OCHORRO SIDAI ENKARE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION (OSECBO) - MAASAI MARA AND SW KENYA: THIS KENYA-BASED NON-PROFIT, ESTABLISHED IN 2015, AIMS TO ERADICATE HIV/AIDS AMONG THE MAASAI, A COMMUNITY OF AROUND 1,000,000 PEOPLE. OSECBO HAS BECOME A LEADING FORCE IN EDUCATING AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT HIV/AIDS. THEY ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS CONTRIBUTING TO THE VIRUS THROUGH INTERACTIVE RALLIES AND CLASSES CONDUCTED IN MAA, PROMOTING SAFE LIFE CHOICES. THEIR EFFORTS INVOLVE MAASAI LEADERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE MAASAI MARA ON MOTORBIKES AND SAFARI VEHICLES TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMED CHOICES AND THE RAPID SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS. KEY MESSAGES INCLUDE ABSTINENCE BEFORE MARRIAGE AND FAITHFULNESS TO ONE PARTNER. AS THEIR WORK EXPANDS THROUGHOUT THE MAASAI MARA AND NEAR THE TANZANIA BORDER, NEW TEACHING CENTERS ARE ESTABLISHED ACROSS MAASAI LANDS. DUE TO THIS RAPID GROWTH, A SECOND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION, NALEPO, WAS LAUNCHED IN 2022. HIHIA SUPPORTS OSECBO WITH FINANCIAL AID AND LEADERSHIP MENTORING, AND BOARD MEMBERS VISIT ANNUALLY. THE COMMUNITY IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE MESSAGE, WITH MANY VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTING THOUSANDS OF HOURS EACH YEAR.
  Expenses $59,611 · grants $57,073
• MAASAI EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION OF TANZANIA (MEAT), REGIONS ARUSHA, KILIMANJARO, MANYARA, & TANGAFOUNDED THE END OF 2023 AND LAUNCHED IN EARLY 2024, THE MAASAI EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION OF TANZANIA (MEAT) BEGAN WITH A SINGLE TEACHING CENTER IN NANJA VILLAGE, MONDULI DISTRICT, ARUSHA REGIONFUELED BY A BOLD VISION TO COMBAT THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS ACROSS THE MAASAI COMMUNITIES OF TANZANIA. IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR, THIS GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE EXPERIENCED EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH: BY THE END OF 2024, 32 FULLY OPERATIONAL TEACHING CENTERS HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED ACROSS FOUR TANZANIAN REGIONS, SUPPORTED BY A DEDICATED TEAM OF 33 VOLUNTEER TRAINERS (11 FEMALES & 22 MALES).TOGETHER, THESE LEADERS REACHED OVER 27,000 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING LARGE NUMBERS OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN IN GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS. MEAT'S PROGRAMS CONFRONT THE CULTURAL AND BEHAVIORAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO HIV/AIDS BY OFFERING INTERACTIVE EDUCATION IN SWAHILI (DOMINANT), MAA, AND ENGLISH, EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE INFORMED AND LIFE-AFFIRMING CHOICES.TRAINERSMOST LOCAL MAASAITRAVEL VAST DISTANCES BY SHARED MINIBUSES, MOTORCYCLE TAXIS, WALKING & LONG-DISTANCE COACHES. SHARING VITAL HEALTH MESSAGES FOCUSED ON ABSTINENCE BEFORE MARRIAGE AND FAITHFULNESS WITHIN MARRIAGE. THESE TEACHINGS ARE DELIVERED WITH CULTURAL SENSITIVITY AND SPIRITUAL COMPASSION, DEEPLY RESONATING WITH THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.HIHIA PROUDLY SUPPORTS MEAT THROUGH FINANCIAL RESOURCES, LEADERSHIP MENTORING, AND ANNUAL OVERSIGHT VISITS. THE PASSION OF LOCAL VOLUNTEERS, WHO CONTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF HOURS IN 2024 ALONE, REFLECTS THE OVERWHELMING GRASSROOTS EMBRACE OF MEAT'S LIFE-SAVING MESSAGE. WHAT BEGAN AS ONE HUMBLE CENTER HAS QUICKLY BECOME A REGIONAL MOVEMENT, BRINGING HOPE, EDUCATION, AND TRANSFORMATION TO SOME OF TANZANIA'S MOST UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
  Expenses $24,694 · grants $23,643
• SHIELDS FOR LIFE PROGRAMTHE SHIELDS FOR LIFE INITIATIVE PROVIDES REUSABLE HYGIENE KITS AND HEALTH EDUCATION TO ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. MODELED AFTER THE DAYS FOR GIRLS NONPROFIT PROGRAM, THESE KITS ARE DISTRIBUTED ALONGSIDE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS FOCUSED ON MENSTRUAL HEALTH, HYGIENE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, AND PREVENTION OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. THE HYGIENE KITS ARE EITHER DONATED BY U.S.-BASED PARTNERS AND HAND-CARRIED DURING ANNUAL OVERSIGHT VISITS OR LOCALLY PRODUCED BY AFRICAN PARTNERS. HIHIA CURRENTLY PARTNERS WITH LOCAL SEWING INITIATIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA AND KENYA, SUPPORTING SMALL-SCALE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND PROVIDING A SUSTAINABLE LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN.THE PROGRAM CONTRIBUTES TO HIGHER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AMONG GIRLS BY ENSURING THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE TO MANAGE MENSTRUATION WITH DIGNITY. STAYING IN SCHOOL ALLOWS GIRLS TO ACCESS REGULAR MEALS, AVOID EXPLOITATION, AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND FUTURE. SHIELDS FOR LIFE DIRECTLY SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL CONTINUITY AND GENDER EQUALITY, WITH LONG-TERM BENEFITS IN POVERTY REDUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.TRUE LOVE WAITS (TLW)TRUE LOVE WAITS IS A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, ABSTINENCE-CENTERED HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE BEHAVIORAL FACTORS FUELING THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. IT ENCOURAGES YOUTH TO VALUE THEMSELVES AND MAKE INFORMED CHOICES BY WAITING FOR SEXUAL INTIMACY UNTIL WITHIN A FAITHFUL MARRIAGE. TLW USES PARTICIPATORY LEARNING TO EXPLORE HOW CULTURAL NORMSSUCH AS HAVING MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERSCONTRIBUTE TO HIV TRANSMISSION. HIHIA SUPPORTS TLW THROUGH PROGRAM DELIVERY, FUNDING, AND TRAINING FOR FACILITATORS IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.ONE LOVE PROGRAMTHE ONE LOVE CURRICULUM, DEVELOPED BY SAMARITAN'S PURSE AND SUPPORTED BY USAID, IS A MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT INITIATIVE AIMED AT REDUCING HIV TRANSMISSION BY PROMOTING FAITHFULNESS AND MUTUAL RESPECT AMONG COUPLES. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING MARRIAGES THROUGH PRINCIPLES OF COMPASSION, COMMUNICATION, AND COMPROMISE. PARTICIPANTS ARE EMPOWERED TO MODEL AND TEACH THESE VALUES TO OTHERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. HIHIA FUNDS AND FACILITATES ONE LOVE SESSIONS AS PART OF ITS BROADER HIV/AIDS PREVENTION STRATEGY.EDUCATION AND TRAINING: HIV/AIDS PREVENTIONHIHIA PROVIDES TARGETED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AIMED AT PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS. THESE INCLUDE "BASICS OF HIV/AIDS," "TRUE LOVE WAITS," "ONE LOVE," "THERE IS HOPE, AND HEALTH EDUCATION INTEGRATED INTO THE SHIELDS FOR LIFE SESSIONS. EACH PROGRAM IS TAILORED TO EQUIP LOCAL LEADERS, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT HIV PREVENTION, BEHAVIORAL RISKS, AND HEALTHY DECISION-MAKING. OUR APPROACH EMPHASIZES TRAINING COMMUNITY INFLUENCERS WHO CAN EDUCATE OTHERS, EXPANDING THE REACH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR WORK.ORPHAN AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVC) PROGRAMHIHIA SERVES ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVCS) IN RURAL COMMUNITIES BY OFFERING AFTER-SCHOOL SUPPORT IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. SERVICES INCLUDE DAILY NUTRITIOUS MEALS, HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE, SCHOOL FOLLOW-UP, AND LIFE-SKILLS TRAINING SUCH AS HYGIENE AND SELF-CARE. THESE INTERVENTIONS HELP CHILDREN REMAIN IN SCHOOL, IMPROVE THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND BUILD RESILIENCE. THE PROGRAM OFFERS EMOTIONAL STABILITY AND EDUCATIONAL CONTINUITY TO CHILDREN WHO MAY OTHERWISE FACE NEGLECT OR DROP OUT OF SCHOOL DUE TO POVERTY OR LACK OF PARENTAL SUPPORT.
  Expenses $1,942

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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

83-0432560

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

2006

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T11)

Assets (IRS master file)

$224,517

Income (IRS master file)

$276,499

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 83-0432560).

Questions about FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA

What is the EIN of FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA?

The employer identification number (EIN) of FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA is 83-0432560.

Is FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2006.

Are donations to FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA tax-deductible?

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

Which annual return does FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA 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 FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names DEBRA J LOWERY.

Who are the officers and directors of FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 9 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does FOUNDATION FOR HIV AIDS RELIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $275,819, expenses of $345,174 and total assets of $224,517 at year end.

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