2024-11-08T10:13:55-05:00 2023-12-31 030340114 MUDGETT JENNETT & KROGH-WISNER 141 MAIN ST STE 2 MONTPELIER VT 05602 990EZ 2023-01-01 030515558 DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL INC DIRE 8025225285 PO BOX 394 NORTHFIELD VT 05663 JONATHAN HOFFMAN PRESIDENT 8025225285 2024-11-08 true true ERIN J PACKIE CPA P01442458 8022299193 2024-11-08 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X WWW.DIRECTAIDINTERNATIONAL.ORG X X 35811 X 35785 26 35811 36900 2696 18120 57716 -21905 27467 5562 X 26567 5562 900 27467 5562 27467 5562 TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID IN CRISIS SITUATIONS DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN AID IN AFGHANISTAN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS, AND EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR FOOD AND SHELTER. 36900 X 54014 54014 JONATHAN HOFFMAN PRESIDENT 8.00 0 CHRIS BRADLEY SECRETARY 0.12 0 LYNN VERA DIRECTOR 1.00 0 SHARON CRAWFORD DIRECTOR 0.12 0 GEORGE SCHENK DIRECTOR 0.12 0 KRENAR KOMONI DIRECTOR 0.12 0 MARY JANE ABBIT SHUSHKA DIRECTOR 0.12 0 false false false false false false false false false PHILIP STEVENS 77 BLACKWELL ST BARRE VT 05641 8022722809 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 44643 35785 80428 44643 35785 80428 65390 15038 65 26 91 80519 0.18680 X DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL RAISES FUNDS FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN RURAL AREAS OF AFGHANISTAN THROUGH PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, IN SCHOOLS, THROUGH SISTER SCHOOL DIALOGUES, AND IN INTERVIEWS WITH THE MEDIA. ANYONE CAN GO TO DIRECTAIDINTERNATIONAL.ORG AND MAKE A DONATION THROUGH PAYPAL. DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL FUNDS THESE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BY PAYING FUNDS DIRECTLY TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHERE A SCHOOL IS BEING BUILT. DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL HAS A VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE WITH OUTREACH, BUDGET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT. DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL IS INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION. DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL RECEIVES FUNDING FROM A RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS. THE PUBLIC SUPPORT PERCENTAGE FOR 2023 IS AFFECTED BY LARGE ANNUAL DONATIONS FROM ONE OR TWO UNRELATED PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, A PORTION OF WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXCLUDED AS PUBLIC SUPPORT PER THE EXCESS CONTRIBUTION CALCULATION ON PART II, SECTION A, LINE 5 OF SCHEDULE A. THESE LARGE FOUNDATION DONATIONS MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE SUPPORT FOR DIRECT AID, BUT THESE FOUNDATIONS ARE IN NO WAY RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION OR ITS VOLUNTEER BOARD. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO RECEIVES MANY SMALLER DONATIONS EACH YEAR FROM A VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION. PART II, LINE 17A DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL RAISES FUNDS FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN RURAL AREAS OF AFGHANISTAN THROUGH PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, IN SCHOOLS, THROUGH SISTER SCHOOL DIALOGUES, AND IN INTERVIEWS WITH THE MEDIA. ANYONE CAN GO TO DIRECTAIDINTERNATIONAL.ORG AND MAKE A DONATION THROUGH PAYPAL. DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL FUNDS THESE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BY PAYING FUNDS DIRECTLY TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHERE A SCHOOL IS BEING BUILT. DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL HAS A VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE WITH OUTREACH, BUDGET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT. DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL IS INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION. DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL RECEIVES FUNDING FROM A RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS. THE PUBLIC SUPPORT PERCENTAGE FOR 2023 IS AFFECTED BY LARGE ANNUAL DONATIONS FROM ONE OR TWO UNRELATED PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, A PORTION OF WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXCLUDED AS PUBLIC SUPPORT PER THE EXCESS CONTRIBUTION CALCULATION ON PART II, SECTION A, LINE 5 OF SCHEDULE A. THESE LARGE FOUNDATION DONATIONS MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE SUPPORT FOR DIRECT AID, BUT THESE FOUNDATIONS ARE IN NO WAY RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION OR ITS VOLUNTEER BOARD. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO RECEIVES MANY SMALLER DONATIONS EACH YEAR FROM A VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION AS A RESULT OF AN IRS EXAMINATION CONDUCTED IN 2022, WITH A FINAL DETERMINATION LETTER DATED 9/8/2023, DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL (DAI) WAS RECLASSIFIED AS A PRIVATE OPERATING FOUNDATION EFFECTIVE FOR THE 2020 TAX YEAR. AS A RESULT OF THIS DETERMINATION, DAI FILED 990-PF RETURNS FOR 2020, 2021, 2022 AND 2023. ON 9/16/2024, DAI WAS NOTIFIED BY LETTER THAT THE IRS HAD REVERSED THIS DETERMINATION AND RESTORED DAI'S PUBLIC CHARITY STATUS. ON 9/23/2024 DAI WAS NOTIFIED THAT IT WAS REQUIRED TO FILE A 990 OR 990-EZ FOR THE 2023 TAX YEAR. 990-PF RETURNS WERE FILED FOR THE 2020, 2021 AND 2022 TAX YEARS, WHICH IS WHY THOSE COLUMNS OF THE 2023 SCHEDULE A ARE NOT COMPLETED. THE ORGANIZATION DID FILE A 990 FOR 2019 AND IS NOW FILING AN AMENDED RETURN TO CHANGE ITS 2023 RETURN FROM A 990-PF TO A 990-EZ PER THE IRS INSTRUCTIONS. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PAGE 1, ITEM B AS A RESULT OF AN IRS EXAMINATION CONDUCTED IN 2022, WITH A FINAL DETERMINATION LETTER DATED 9/8/2023, DIRECT AID INTERNATIONAL (DAI) WAS RECLASSIFIED AS A PRIVATE OPERATING FOUNDATION EFFECTIVE FOR THE 2020 TAX YEAR. AS A RESULT OF THIS DETERMINATION, DAI TIMELY FILED 990-PF RETURNS FOR 2020, 2021, 2022 AND 2023. ON 9/16/2024, DAI WAS NOTIFIED BY LETTER THAT THE IRS HAD REVERSED THIS DETERMINATION AND RESTORED DAI'S PUBLIC CHARITY STATUS. ON 9/23/2024 DAI WAS NOTIFIED THAT IT WAS NOW REQUIRED TO FILE A 990 OR 990-EZ FOR THE 2023 TAX YEAR. SINCE DAI HAD ALREADY TIMELY E-FILED A 2023 990-PF ON 7/8/2024, IT IS NOW NECESSARY TO FILE AN AMENDED 990-EZ TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN IRS NOTICE CP259A DATED 9/23/2024. NO LATE FILING PENALTIES SHOULD BE ASSESSED FOR THIS 990-EZ FILING SINCE A 2023 990-PF WAS TIMELY FILED IN JULY 2024 WHICH WAS BEFORE THE IRS NOTIFIED DAI THAT ITS STATUS AS A PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CHARITY HAD BEEN RESTORED. COPIES OF THE TWO DETERMINATION LETTERS AND THE NOTICE MENTIONED ABOVE ARE ATTACHED TO THIS RETURN. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 CASH CONTRIBUTION: 35,900 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES CELL PHONE 1,509 TRAVEL 16,611 TOTAL 18,120 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 LOAN TO BOOKKEEPER 900 0 TOTAL 900 0