2025-11-13T13:57:12-05:00 2024-12-31 990PF 2024-01-01 843804239 Friends of Kowak FRIE 3038182175 1104 ZODO AVE Erie CO 80516 James R Montgomery Treasurer 3038182175 2025-11-14 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X 59890 X 64637 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64737 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 113 44216 0 0 44216 44329 0 0 44329 44799 44799 89128 0 0 89128 -24391 0 0 56185 59890 59890 28096 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84281 59890 59890 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 84281 59890 0 0 0 0 84281 59890 84281 59890 84281 -24391 59890 59890 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 0 0 false false false false false true CO true true true false false true http: www.friendsofkowak.org James Montgomery 3038182175 PO Box 234 Ouray CO 81427 false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false Thomas W Scott 5729 Woodward St Merriam KS 66202 President 16.00 0 0 0 Kathy Montgomery 1104 Zodo Ave Erie CO 80516 Secretary 8.00 0 0 0 Henry Lachowski 1263 Chandler Dr Salt Lake City UT 84103 Board member 6.00 0 0 0 James Montgmery PO Box 234 Ouray CO 81427 Treasurer 15.00 0 0 0 NONE NONE In the field of Education Assistance Friends of Kowak FOK partners with private and public schools in Northwest Tanzania to provide financial aid volunteer support and communication assistance. The main objective is to help underprivileged students access educational opportunities. By working closely with school leaders and community members FOK identifies students in need assesses their eligibility for aid and ensures support reaches them effectively. FOKs committed team oversees fund distribution monitors academic performance and offers mentorship to recipients. Regular communication is upheld to provide continuous guidance. During the reporting period FOK assisted 45 students in schools like Kowak Girls School Baraton Girango and Angel House. This holistic approach guarantees that disadvantaged students receive quality education and the necessary tools to excel academically. 25170 Kowak Hospital Support: FOK assists Kowak Hospital administrators and staff to identify equipment and infrastructure needs to design and construct or contract for construction of facilities. This program also administers monthly payments to purchase and distribute nourishment supplements including milk and cereal to infants and children approx 90 children enrolled in the program exposed to HIV or who have been diagnosed with AIDS through the hospitals regional HIV AIDS outpatient clinic. 19500 Friends of Kowak provides funds and volunteer time to provide financial assistance to needy families and children including health and education support. A small stipend is paid to a local administrator to manage such funds and to mentor supported students and monitor their school performance. Masubi managed students 17798 In 2024 Friends of Kowak initiated a program to provide rain water collection systems to households that had no source of clean drinking water. Mostly the women and children were tasked with walking long distances to collect water from public watering holes which are often contaminated and the source of serious and even fatal water-borne illnesses. With funds and volunteer help from FoK a local committee of villagers and personnel from a secondary school in Kowak Village were able to purchase and to assist villagers with construction and operation of 28 water tanks and piping and gutter systems. The program is ongoing with another 30 systems to be constructed by the end of 2025. 18000 0 0 0 0 0 65694 0 65694 0 0 65694 985 64709 3235 X 89128 0 0 0 0 89128 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89128 64732 56728 85100 295688 0 0 0 0 0 89128 64732 56728 85100 295688 0 0 0 61304 61304 0 0 0 61304 61304 2157 0 0 0 2157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas Scott James Montgomery None Friends of Kowak 1104 ZODO AVE ERIE CO 80516 3038182175 kowakfriends@comcast.net Request Application form from Friends of Kowak at the telephone number email address or mailing address above. December 31 of each year Recipients generally reside in or near the Village of Kowak in the Rorya District Mara Region of Tanzania. Financial need and qualification are decided in consultation with local volunteer coordinator and school community and or church leaders. Angel House School PO Box 175 Tarime Mara Region TZ 00000 No Relationship NC To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students as administered by school personnel. 1240 St Brigita Catholic Church Kowaki Road Rorya District Kowak Village Mara Region TZ 00000 No Relationship NC Payment of fuel supplement for use of automobile for ministers to visit outlying churches Church Building Renovations and Youth Retreats 1735 Sengerema Health Training Inst Box 3 Sengerema Mwanza Region TZ 00000 No Relationship NC Financial assistance for a medical training college to be used for an indigent student for tuition room board and purchase of school supplies. 543 Baraton School Ltd Box 383 Utegi Tarime District TZ 00000 No Relationship NC To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent primary school students as administered by school personnel. 4472 Sister Tasiana Maliana Mkolani Health Sciences Training In PO Box 2739 Mwanza Mwanza Region TZ 00000 No Relationship I Financial assistance for member of a womens religious order for nursing training. 1573 Various Individuals Village of Kowak Rorya District Kowak Mara Region TZ 00000 No Relationship I Grants to assist with poverty relief health and education of indigent students and individuals referred by school officials church leaders and community leaders. 4021 Kowak Hospital Box 250 Tarime Tarime District TZ 00000 No Relationship NC Advancing public health in the form of financial assistance for indigent pediatric patients of Kowak Hospital financial and volunteer support for hospital infrastructure maintenance and improvements. 12300 Loreto Secondary School 1 Nyamagana Mwanza Tanzania TZ 00000 No Relationship NC To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students chosen by school administration based on need. 1177 Kowak Girls Secondary School PO Box 89 Tarime Rorya District TZ 00000 No Relationship NC To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students chosen by school administration based on need. 17738 44799 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 3 All interest earned on bank deposits are held and used for conduct of charitable purposes of the foundation. false false false false false false false false false false X X 1 Kathleen and Timothy Doran 512 Windsor Drive Fairbanks AK 99709 5000 X 2 Ruth and William Merkey Foundation 4270 Foutain Ln Plymoutn MN 554463402 9350 X 3 St Daniel the Prophet Catholic Church PO Box 565 Ouray CO 81427 7200 X 4 Thomas Scott 5729 Woodward Street Merriam KS 66202 5045 X 5 James and Kathy Montgomery 1104 ZODO AVE Erie CO 80516 9367 X 6 Mark MacKenzie 911 Pikes Peak Ln Louisville CO 80027 5000 X Bank Service Charges 13 0 0 13 Licenses and Permits; Colorado State Registration 35 0 0 35 Tax Filing Fees 771 0 0 771 Expenses & Stipend for Student Mentor Program Managing Payments & Communication w Schools Students 858 0 0 858 Expenses payment to Masubi 015 acct for poverty relief & education expense of various individuals 16940 0 0 16940 Operation of child nourishment program in HIV Aids clinic at Kowak Hospital 7200 0 0 7200 Operation of Alara Water Project: Rainwater Harvest Systems for Needy Households 18000 0 0 18000 Administrative Office Expense and Website Maintenance 276 0 0 276 Bookkeeping Adjustment to Correct 2003 Error 123 0 0 123