New York · Nonprofit
MALOTO INC
MALOTO INC (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,438,330 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($1,499,089). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $80k
What Maloto Inc does
Mission
Maloto, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of some of the most vulnerable women and children in northern Malawi by feeding, educating and empowering. Maloto is rooted in the belief that, through access to education and economic development activities, women and children can improve their quality of life and lift themselves out of poverty. We accomplish this by providing financial and technical assistance to three effective local organizations: Kwithu Womens Group (aka Kwithu CBO), Mzuzu International Academy, and Kwithu Kitchen. Together, these organizations provide a continuum of services that can be accessed throughout a beneficiary's lifetime and also provide a holistic solution for health, educational, social and economic needs.Against this landscape, Maloto, meaning "dreams" in the local language, was formed in 2007 by a group of Malawians living in the United States in direct response to the specific challenges facing their communities in northern
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2010, the 20 women associated with the Kwithu Womens Group, in conjunction with several Maloto Board Members, recognized that tomatoes, among the countrys most important natural resources, were not being well-utilized because of the existing agricultural systems limitations. The organization took an entrepreneurial approach to addressing the matter. Leaders of Kwithu Kitchen brought the women together with the Board Members and developed its first commercial product: a naturally preserved whole tomato product, called Garden Fresh Tomatoes. Responding to consumer demand, Kwithu Kitchen developed popular Chopped Tomato and Tomato Puree products.Since 2014, Kwithu Kitchen has built tomato and honey processing facilities and built relationships with more than 750 small-holder farmers and beekeepers. Kwithu Kitchen - ContinuedIn 2020, Kwithu Kitchen received government approval to begin selling honey products. KK quickly became the countrys largest honey processor and supplier (processing and selling more than 40 tons of honey annually). Kwithu Kitchens tomato and honey products can be found in all of the countrys major supermarket and hotel chains.The ultimate goal is to make…
$1,243,165 spent100% of program spendingKwithu Womens Group (aka Kwithu CBO)Kwithu, which translated means "home", was formed in 2005 by an inspiring group of women who came together to provide assistance to the large number of orphans living in the outskirts of Mzuzu, Malawi even though they themselves had limited means. The Kwithu Orphan Feeding Program was originally conceived to provide hot meals to these orphaned children at a temporary, make-shift community center consisting of a dirt floor and a thatched roof. In 2010, Maloto provided funding for construction of a permanent building to replace this temporary shelter. This new structure has allowed the group to greatly expand its capacity and feed many more children. The feeding program now serves hot, nutritious meals to over 300 children three times a week. For many of these children, this is the most nutritious food they will receive all week. Kwithu is a dynamic, community-based organization and has greatly expanded its activities and its reach. In addition to the feeding program, the Group now operates a number of other initiatives for vulnerable children and families in the community, including:before- and after-school tutoring and recreation programs for…
Mzuzu International AcademyIn 2003, Malotos founder, Anna Msowoya, and a group of local community leaders in northern Malawi identified the lack of educational opportunities created by the critical shortage of secondary schools as one of the most urgent challenges in the region: Malawi has lost a generation to HIV/AIDS and cannot afford to lose another generation due to a lack of education. They raised over $600,000 and, in September of 2010, Mzuzu International Academy was opened with 35 students the first internationally accredited school in northern Malawi. In 2013, Mzuzu International Academy expanded to include an international primary school. Currently there are over 375 students attending school at Mzuzu Academy. At this time, Maloto provides a small annual operating subsidy to Mzuzu Academy, which is primarily supported by tuition and boarding fees. Maloto provides scholarships to over 20 local vulnerable children to attend Mzuzu Academy. Maloto also provides some funding for capital improvement projects as needed.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,243,165.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $306k to $129k (−58%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of MALOTO INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Claire Johnston
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $84k → $201k.
9 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 MALOTO INC’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
MALOTO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
80% 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 MALOTO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 39% · 2019 46% · 2020 47% · 2021 87% · 2022 38% · 2023 49% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
60% of MALOTO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
80% of MALOTO INC'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 $496k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states 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
MALOTO INC's revenue grew 20% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MALOTO INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 11 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MALOTO INC: 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 MALOTO INC?
- MALOTO INC (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,438,330 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($1,499,089). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MALOTO INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $2,438,330 in grants to MALOTO INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MALOTO INC?
- THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,499,089 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MALOTO INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 25 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