2024-05-03T16:18:57-04:00 2022-12-31 990EZ 2022-01-01 811721571 Ezra-Uganda Assistance % Leila Berner EZRA 3018982683 402 Homewood Circle Frederick MD 21702 Leila Berner President 2024-05-03 Leila Berner XXX-XX-XXXX 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X 107186 X 107186 0 0 0 107186 103171 821 67 7003 111062 -3876 10221 6345 10221 6345 0 0 10221 6345 0 0 10221 6345 To Support the Jewish Community of Namutumba in Uganda; provide food aid medical assistance,sustainable agricultural and enterprise development and education assistance. Medical equipment and supplies as well as Covid booster vaccination for the community in Uganda villages of Magada Namatumba 41865 41865 Community Life sustenance Project to alleviate distress from famine food shortage s well as enable community building social activities.Agricultural and enterprise development 49150 49150 emergency relief grants and assistance for community infrastructure building; grants and scholarship for education 12156 12156 103171 Rabbi Leila Gal Berner President 15 0 0 0 Brenda Gates Monash Vice President 5 0 0 0 Cantor Lisa Levine Secretary 5 0 0 0 Hazzan Luara Lewis Mandeles Treasurer 10 0 0 0 Rabbi Avraham Bachman Director 5 0 0 0 Rabbinic Ruth Delfiner Director 3 0 0 0 Rabbi Yafa Chase Director 2 0 0 0 Hazzan Randall Miller Director 3 0 0 0 Samantha Rose Mandeles Director 10 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false Leila Berner 402 Homewood Circle Frederick MD 21702 3018982683 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 49552 77844 86621 90152 107186 411355 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49552 77844 86621 90152 107186 411355 60000 351355 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 411355 0.8541 0.8777 X Part II - Line 10 | Year:, Amount:, Description:| 2018, 0, | 2019, 0| 2020, 0| 2021, 0| 2022, | RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, line 10 | Grants And Similar Amounts Paid:, Amount:| Uganda Community emergency relief Fund, $4117| Assistance for infrastructure, $2159| Food aid famine relief, $4500| Education scholarships and grants, $5880| Medical equipment and supplies funding, $31865| Agricultural and similar business enterprise support grant, $18595| covid booster vaccination for community, $10000| Community Life Project, $26055| Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| travel for project work, $7003| Part II, line 24 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| other assets, $0, $| Part II, line 26 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| total liabilities - line 27 Part II, $0, $| The Board of Directors of Ezra Uganda Assistance requests reasonable cause abatement and waiver of penalties associated with the late filing of our 2022 990ez. Ezra Uganda is a very small organization with no staff and a very minimal modest budget for administration costs. Volunteers help for book keeping and tax filing. When Covid pandemic hit and for the subsequent 2 financial years the board consisting mainly of clergy were severely affected by illness and hampered by communication difficulties in the areas they served their mission and vision. Our mission activity included support of the community in Namutumba a village in a rural area of northeast Uganda. The location is extremely impoverished. It has no running water or plumbing facilities no healthcare and no source of food other than what they grow. A bad growing season means famine. With this preoccupation with the service aim of our mission we unfortunately put accounting and tax reporting on a back burner; Efiling and newer technology was a challenge and we did not realize that a small non profit organization like us would face issues. Due to lack of internet access in the service area we were unable to file the e postcard or form 990 EZ. We are now trying to get into compliance by filing all past years and being current in the IRS filing requirements. We called several times and discussed the situation regarding our filing with IRS representatives; As per their directive we are now filing 990 Ez for year 2022 so that we can stay in compliance. We will now be more vigilant to meet the filing and reporting as well as detailed accounting requirements. Any penalties would be disastrous as our resources depend on donors who designate all their donation for the service project. Such losses would lead to a downward spiral in our finances and the likely demise of the organization leaving the people of Namutumba without their Ezra Uganda lifeline. We hope and pray that the Internal Revenue Service will understand our honorable and sincere plea to waive the penalties and enable us to continue our work. We request that full waiver of penalties be granted to us.