2026-02-05T18:06:20-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 844956061 WITH WOMEN KISOBOKA WITH 9787295321 PO Box 391522 CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 Amelia Koch Treasurer 8578916884 2026-01-20 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X https://wwkisoboka.org/ X X non profit organization 82869 X 82869 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82869 65620 0 0 10125 0 0 0 75745 7124 21019 0 28143 21019 28143 0 0 0 0 21019 28143 0 0 21019 28143 With Women Kisoboka focuses on gender equity, women's economic empowerment, and change in their community as a solution to the longstanding poverty in Uganda. Through women's entrepreneurship, we help women grow their business knowledge, community-awareness, resources and networks. This allows them to make financially responsible decisions in their businesses and social enterprises which will improve the health and well-being, education, environment, and resiliency of their community. Mission: To inspire upward economic mobility and self-sufficiency, and sustainability of Uganda's marginalized women living at the lowest income level who are motivated to spark change in their community. With Women Kisoboka's program service accomplishments for each of its three largest program services, as measured by expense (services provided, # of persons benefited, other relevant info: Supporting Women's Entrepreneurship [expense: % or program lead, program coordinator, technology, expansion, NGO ED and PD]: With Women Kisoboka introduced interest-free capital as a bridge to financial inclusion for marginalized women in Uganda.This capital is not microfinance, but rather it is a simple, easily understood system that is locally managed, nurtures trust, mutual support, collaboration and growth. In just under 4 years, we have provided $16,710 in interest-free loans has transformed 782 lives of women and their families, promoting financial stability, and inspiring entrepreneurial initiatives. In 2021, With Women Kisoboka will expand through partnerships to include village savings and loans (VLSAa), digitization, and the connection with a local bank to establish a straight path from no savings to informal financial inclusion to formal financial inclusion. Community Systems Change [expense: Education/Trainings, % or program lead, program coordinator,NGO ED and PD]: With Women Kisoboka furthers the literacy, business and essential learning of With Women Kisoboka women members, many who did not benefit from beyond public primary schooling. We have offered 385 hours of education in functional adult literacy, business education, as well as locally-led workshops in family planning, nutrition, and healthcare that has improved the 20 new businesses the women have developed, half of which are collaboratives and are increasingly addressing community systems change. These bold, resourceful Ugandan women are improving access to clean water and better sanitation, clean energy, and electricity, health, agricultural innovation, arts, education, nutrition. They are tackling the effects of gender inequity, extreme poverty, climate change while simultaneously improving their financial stability and transforming gender equity in Ugandan culture. Peer-driven collaborative change [expense: collaborative businesses; % or program lead, program coordinator,NGO ED and PD]: With Women Kisoboka is committed to shared leadership and peer-driven change. At the core of our approach to the work are cultural humility and a commitment to shared leadership. With Women Kisoboka is a Uganda-U.S.-based partnership that listens to local women who are the experts of their own lives. Our role is to leverage resources, provide tools, training, and opportunities for the women to realize their entrepreneurial vision. The 2021 collaborative business selected to date by our women members include poultry rearing, kitchen gardening and clean water access, bee keeping and honey production, bookmaking, fish farming, and renewable waste briquette making. 85791 0 0 April Stone Founder and President 30 0 0 0 Amelia Koch Treasurer 0.1 0 0 0 Michael Epstein Clerk 3 0 0 0 Marge Houy Board Member 1 0 0 0 Eliza Epstein Board Member 0.2 0 0 0 Ronda Zawel Board Member 0.1 0 0 0 Rebecca N Ssemambo Board Member 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA Amelia S Koch PO Box 391522 CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 9787295321 1 UG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 0 47145 61076 86991 82869 278081 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47145 61076 86991 82869 278081 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 278081 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47145 61076 86991 82869 278081 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Grants comprise the bulk of our activity and fund salaries and equipment for projects The organization that provides services under grants from WWK were in chaos and confusion making it impossible to fully understand whether funding would be returned to us. In the end the we will be closing in FY 2024 which I will work to complete when 2023 is filed. We are all very sad about the way this has ended and apologize for the failure to file this return on the proper dates.