2025-10-30T13:35:10-07:00 2024-12-31 460829756 URQUIDEZ & ASSOCIATES CPAS INC 444 W OCEAN BLVD STE 707 LONG BEACH CA 90802 990 2024-01-01 271907027 KENYA KEYS KENY 5038877033 15875 Boones Ferry Rd 2348 LAKE OSWEGO OR 97035 Mark Friess Executive Dir. 2025-10-30 true true KATHLEEN P URQUIDEZ CPA P00285924 5622161561 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Mark Friess 15875 Boones Ferry Rd 2348 LAKE OSWEGO OR 97035 819690 false X www.kenyakeys.org X 2010 OR Kenya Keys provides educational sponsorship, support & resources to empower disadvantaged students in rural Kenya to improve their lives & communities. 11 10 6 58 0 809716 802492 0 645 17198 0 810361 819690 629403 646562 0 168340 194199 0 27841 119490 89805 917233 930566 -106872 -110876 780135 648592 9229 3358 770906 645234 X Kenya Keys provides educational sponsorship, support & resources to empower disadvantaged students in rural Kenya to improve their lives & communities. false false 321314 340333 266544 Sponsorship and Education Supports: More than 435 students from rural Kenya are sponsored to go to high school & post secondary school programs.As well as tuition & fees, we cover basic necessities: clothing, food, toiletries, female sanitary kits, transportation etc & support in terms of mentor ship, conferences & access to libraries with books & laptops. 281851 98291 111647 Program Operations: Grants to our Kenyan NGO affiliate include: Hope Springs - 4 mentors who offer after school mentor ship to at-risk middle schoolers; Library support of books & funds to 10 primary & 4 secondary school libraries & a community library staffed & stocked with books; GED classes for adults inc. teachers, study materials, lunch & test fees covered; Special Needs school financial support & annual Special Olympics; & funds raised to build classrooms, desks & latrines. 120971 111933 154735 Infrastructure Program: We are in the process of building a Community Education Center next to the headquarters which will include a library, computer lab/classroom, conference space, football pitch etc that will be open to the community as a free resource for all. 117430 108727 74400 The KK NGO Operation Program: Included in grants to our Kenyan NGO affiliate are expenses for 13 program staff salaries, capacity-building, rent, utilities, transportation, office equipment, phones & building maintenance etc.Volunteers - Kenya Keys had 58 volunteers in 2023 contributing 5001 hours of service. Thirty-six staff and students from Weber State University donated 3240 hours of service toward the design and building of the Community Education Center (CEC). A volunteer provided hours of consultation on the construction of the CEC. Two board members provided in-kind legal services, while other members managed a book drive for the library, made feminine hygiene kits for students, managed sponsor renewals, and shopped for and prepared student laptops for dissemination. Other volunteers traveled to Kenya to support staff efforts, evaluate programs, and help with student interviews. 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ANNUAL VISITS ARE MADE BY KENYA KEYS(US) TO REVIEW THE BOOKS OF ACCOUNTING AND EVALUATE THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. A SELECTION OF DISBURSEMENT TRANSACTIONS ARE RECONCILED. THESE RECORDS, BOTH IN THE US AND KENYA, ARE MAINTAINED IN DETAIL, TRANSPARENT, AND OPEN TO REVIEW AT ANY TIME. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Founder, Rinda Hayes, is married to J Brent Hayes, a Board Member. The President, Bill Allen, is married to Linda Allen, a Board Member. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 is reviewed by the Board of Directors before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The written conflict of interest policy is reviewed annually and with each new director as they join the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, policies and financial statements are made available upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Unlocated Difference = -$97 Form 990, Part XII, Line 1 The organization changed from Cash Basis to Accrual Basis of Accounting as an overall accounting method change for period ended December 31, 2024. This is only for Tax-exempt Purposes. The organization does not have any Unrealated Taxable Business Income. The organization will have Reviewed Financial Statements with Accrual Basis method of accounting moving forward.