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REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY

REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY (Florida) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,256,869 to it, the largest being ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION INC ($5,187,640). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.1M
Funders on record
22
Grants received
$6.3M
Net assets
$2.3M
13/22 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Reaching U a Foundation for Uruguay does

Mission

The mission of reaching u is to promote initiatives and strengthen organizations that offer educational opportunities so that all uruguayans living in poverty can develop their full potential.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Principal and Teaching Training: The permanent and continuous training of education professionals is essential to ensure effective and innovative educational practices that result in quality learning for students. In times when changes are constant, the importance of strengthening the skills and abilities of teachers is a crucial aspect to increase the professionalization of the teaching career.

    $390,141 spentof which $323,914 as grants
    44% of program spending
  2. Others: Inclusion and diversity: Promoting access to and permanence within the education system, as well as enhancing learning for those students who are at greater risk of school exclusion. Language: These programs seek to develop the reading and writing skills of children and adolescents, with the aim of improving learning.

    $261,543 spent
    29% of program spending
  3. STEAM: Programs under this strategic area seek to boost the interest of children and adolescents in these disciplines, through the development of essential skills for the XXI century such as problem solving, creativity and critical thinking

    $105,295 spentof which $82,586 as grants
    12% of program spending
  4. Better Learning: The purpose of tutoring programs is the accompaniment and personalized guidance of students in their learning process, with the aim of ensuring permanence in the formal education system.

    $72,583 spentof which $53,404 as grants
    8% of program spending
  5. Early childhood: This stage is configured as a critical period in the integral development of the human being; paying sensitive and multidimensional attention is crucial to guarantee the current and future well-being. The programs of this strategic area aim to strengthen the experience of children in this crucial stage.

    $60,863 spentof which $47,182 as grants
    7% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $890,425.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.5M) Expenses 100 ($3.3M) Net assets 100 ($2.6M)2018 Revenue 32 ($1.4M) Expenses 85 ($2.8M) Net assets 46 ($1.2M)2019 Revenue 17 ($742k) Expenses 23 ($780k) Net assets 44 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 27 ($1.2M) Expenses 26 ($874k) Net assets 56 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 43 ($1.9M) Expenses 30 ($997k) Net assets 92 ($2.4M)2022 Revenue 41 ($1.8M) Expenses 42 ($1.4M) Net assets 108 ($2.8M)2023 Revenue 26 ($1.2M) Expenses 48 ($1.6M) Net assets 93 ($2.4M)2024 Revenue 25 ($1.1M) Expenses 37 ($1.2M) Net assets 90 ($2.3M)
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Revenue (25)Expenses (37)Net assets (90)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $2.6M to $1.2M (−54%).

$2.6M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.5M
$2.5M
$3.0M
$2.8M
$2.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

143% of REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,680 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.1M
’17
−$1.4M
’18
−$38k
’19
$317k
’20
$915k
’21
$419k
’22
−$435k
’23
−$104k
’24
11
months of
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

Aldo Polak

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Joined·+0+0+5+1+1+1+4
No longer listed·0010106
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income fell $1.1M → $234k.

9 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY’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

REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

83%
largest funder
89%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 97% · 2019 97% · 2020 36% · 2021 36% · 2022 49% · 2023 36% — diversifying over time.

“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

70% of REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 6 states in all.

IL
NY
PA
CA
DE
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $607k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,608 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve10.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−18% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,608 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 10%Fundraising 17%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

76%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

NY
CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY?
REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY (Florida) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,256,869 to it, the largest being ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION INC ($5,187,640). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY have?
IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $6,256,869 in grants to REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY?
ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,187,640 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing