Illinois · Nonprofit
KUZA PROJECT
KUZA PROJECT (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,000 to it, the largest being Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $85k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $51k
What Kuza Project does
Mission
Kuza Project exists to provide economic development, health services, and education to under-resourced communities in tanzania. Our model creates self-sufficiency and dignity through a holistic approach to development in the communities we serve. We support the operations of a medical clinic. We support primary and secondary education for children in igwachana and mlingali. We support women associations and coach and train other associations in neighboring villages with best practices for growth and development. We have a cow project to prosper the number of cows each year.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Economic development: we provide a structure for training and accountability for families to have a path to economic sustainability. Our goal is to give eligible applicants the tools and resources they need to provide long-term income for their families. Families and individuals who participate in our program will eventually move-on with a clear understanding and capacity for providing for their own economic needs for the future; they will become economically self-sufficient. Health services: we provide free or low-cost medical services to women and children who otherwise would not have access to high-quality care. Our clinics offer free health screenings and check-ups, as well as dental care. Access to midwifery gives local expectant mothers a safe and inexpensive place to receive care and give birth. Healthcare benefits the entire community through decreases in sickness and the infant mortality rate, as well as increased general health awareness. Education: we provide financial support for eligible families of school-age children that otherwise could not afford a primary school education. This money allows the families to purchase required uniforms and books, tuition, and in…
$72,485 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $72,485.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $10k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of KUZA PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
KUZA PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund KUZA PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
83% of KUZA PROJECT's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
KUZA PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KUZA PROJECT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KUZA PROJECT?
- KUZA PROJECT (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,000 to it, the largest being Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KUZA PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,000 in grants to KUZA PROJECT.
- Who is the largest funder of KUZA PROJECT?
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KUZA PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing