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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 93-1207351

Spirit in Action

A private foundation in Santa Cruz, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 36 grants and $140,874 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending May 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Email
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Mailing address
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Deadlines
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Restrictions
Awards are only given to organizations and individuals in developing countries

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Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $140,874

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $922,791

  • Tax year 2023

    $149,971

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $1,016,161

  • Tax year 2022

    $146,397

    Grants listed
    49
    Assets, end of year
    $1,061,257

  • Tax year 2021

    $128,459

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $1,097,975

  • Tax year 2020

    $146,868

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $1,102,471

  • Tax year 2019

    $76,794

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $933,536

  • Tax year 2018

    $88,285

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $624,306

Grants paid in 2024

36 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Flaming Chalice InternationalOttowa, Canada

    Office support and youth entrepreneurship program.

    $13,153
  2. Cap AIDS UgandaKampala, Uganda

    Support for eighty 7th grade students from vulnerable families in rural uganda, and support for the cap-aids uganda office

    $11,790
  3. ApdeiCommune Bujumburamukaza, Burundi

    Office support and organic garden program for school children and families

    $10,300
  4. Ubuntu Community-Based OrganizationNairobi, Kenya

    Empower 80 young mothers with skills in hairdressing, beauty and nail art.

    $7,060
  5. Empowering Communities as Actors for Transforming Societies (e-Cats)Nairobi, Kenya

    Office support, rent, and hosting listening circle peacebuilding workshops

    $7,000
  6. Adolescent Psychosocial Support and Resource Centre (apsarc)Kampala, Uganda

    Support for salaries and office rent, and running mental health and livelihood development programs

    $6,500
  7. Reach GirlsSalima, Malawi

    Support for office support and office equiptment, and running vocational training programs for young women

    $6,500
  8. Kiserem Epilepsy FoundationNairobi, Kenya

    To hold a specialized medical camp for people with epilepsy in kenya, designed to provide free diagnosis, treatment, and education to individuals in underserved areas.

    $4,300
  9. Teri FarmEldoret, Kenya

    Beekeeping on organic farm

    $4,300
  10. Manyamula Comsip CooperativeMzimba, Malawi

    Administrative support for savings and loans cooperative and oil processing machine

    $4,000
  11. Burundi Bridges to JusticeBujumbura, Burundi

    Provide legal support to vulnerable members of society and raise awareness about access to justice.

    $3,800
  12. Community Initiatives for Rural Development (ciford)Maua, Kenya

    Sewing program for young mothers

    $3,800
  13. Kiini Sustainable InitiativeNyeri, Kenya

    Honey production room

    $3,800
  14. One Soul MattersEldoret, Kenya

    Empowerment program for young women, including anti-fgm awareness

    $3,800
  15. Universal Love Alliance (ula)Kampala, Uganda

    Men for women's empowerment workshops for couples

    $3,800
  16. Tubunganire AssociationBujumbura, Burundi

    The project consists of growing potatoes and then forming a distribution center of selected seeds to help the population of this community no longer travel many kilometers to obtain the selected seeds.

    $3,600
  17. Rural Initiatives Development Programme (ridep)Marimanti, Kenya

    Formation of three more savings and loans groups

    $3,500
  18. Transformers Mathare Community Based OrganizationNairobi, Kenya

    Providing carpentry and tailoring skills to youth, as well as financial literacy training.

    $3,500
  19. Charite Sans Frontier (CSF)Bujumbura Mairie, Kenya

    To implement a soap manufacturing business enabling those with disabilities living in poverty to self-finance their needs. The project will include 50 women and men living with disabilities.

    $3,300
  20. Forum Pour La Mmoire Vigilante (FMV)Muhanga, Rwanda

    Office support for peacebuilding and refugee support programs

    $3,300
  21. Tai CboMaua, Kenya

    The project will introduce agroecology farming techniques that increase productivity and protect the soil from erosion.

    $3,300
  22. Visionary Women's Centre (VWC)Turbo, Kenya

    To empower vulnerable women through sustainable agricultural practices and financial inclusion by implementing subsistence farming and table banking systems.

    $3,300
  23. Visionary Women's Centre (VWC)Turbo, Kenya

    To empower vulnerable women through sustainable agricultural practices and financial inclusion by implementing subsistence farming and table banking systems.

    $3,000
  24. Consortium Des Coopratives de Dveloppement Intergnrationnel (ccdi)Gitega, Burundi

    To build a hostel for those recovering from trauma

    $2,819
  25. Cercle Des Ducateurs Spcialiss Ami de la Personne Handicape (cesaph)Bujumbura, Burundi

    Sewing training program for disabled women and girls.

    $2,800
  26. Great Lakes Peace Centre (GLPC)Kasese, Uganda

    Goat-rearing project for flood-affected families

    $2,800
  27. Blessed HandsEldoret, Kenya

    To start a fruit seedling farming project for young women

    $1,800
  28. Bridge of SolidarityKampala, Uganda

    To implement a computer/social media skills empowerment project for refugees in kampala.

    $1,800
  29. Kakuuto Development Initiative (kadi)Kampala, Uganda

    To tackle food insecurity and economic instability through a comprehensive agricultural program centred around cassava and pineapple cultivation.

    $1,800
  30. Brothers of St Joseph (centre de Formation Rural de Giheta)Gitega, Burundi

    To continue the construction of an agro-food processing workshop and training room.

    $1,300
  31. Great Lakes Peace Centre (GLPC)Kasese, Uganda

    Food and emotional support for victims of flooding

    $1,030
  32. Tai CboMaua, Kenya

    Support for people with hiv/aids

    $1,000
  33. Tai CboMaua, Kenya

    Fiscal sponsorship; grant from all the sky foundation

    $1,000
  34. Tai CboMaua, Kenya

    Fiscal sponsorship; grant from all the sky foundation

    $1,000
  35. Transformers Mathare Community Based OrganizationNairobi, Kenya

    Workshop for young women with hiv/aids

    $767
  36. Empowering Communities as Actors for Transforming Societies (e-Cats)Nairobi, Kenya

    Food relief

    $255

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Diane BushVICE PRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
  • Kathleen KingPRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
  • Terry SilverthornSECRETARY/TREASURER Hours 3Pay $0
  • Tanya CothranEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 30Pay $45,006
  • Becky SutherlandDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Danny ThomasDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Greg ColemanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Tawanda MutasahDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Amber PicouDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

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