CADASTA FOUNDATION

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

1775 I ST NW STE 1150, WASHINGTON, DC 20006-2435

In care of

% KELLY LIANG

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

A COUGHENOUR BETANCOURT, 1750 H STREET NW 360, WASHINGTON, DC 20006

Signed the 990

A COUGHENOUR BETANCOURT, CEO

Phone

(202) 380-9447

Website

WWW.CADASTA.ORG

990-N for 2014 filed under this EIN

Most likely by a chapter, club or affiliate (it says receipts are normally $50,000 or less). Officer: Boris Zamyatin - Dir Fin and Acct, 3112 S High St, Arlington VA 22202. Mailing address: 1224 Oronoco St, Alexandria VA 22314.

Return prepared by

GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN

Mission

CADASTA FOUNDATION AIMS TO BE THE LEADING PROVIDER OF TECHNICAL TOOLS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE DOCUMENTATION OF LAND AND RESOURCE RIGHTS TO BUILD STRONGER, MORE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES.

Program accomplishments

• PARTNER DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT:THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF CADASTA'S CHARITABLE AND HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES RELIES ON ENGAGING AND INVOLVING MOTIVATED AND TRUSTED PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS (CHARITABLE, ACADEMIC, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS) IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT MORE EFFICIENT, TRANSPARENT AND EQUITABLE LAND GOVERNANCE AND TENURE SECURITY FOR LAND HOLDERS. CADASTA ACTS AS A FACILITATOR AND NETWORK PARTNER AMONG STAKEHOLDERS, ENABLING THE COLLECTION, USE, AND MANAGEMENT OF DATA ACROSS COMMUNITIES. GEOSPATIAL AND SOCIAL DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS ENABLES RELEVANT SECTOR ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS AGRICULTURAL SERVICES, UPGRADING OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES.CADASTA ENABLES COLLECTION AND SHARING OF LAND RIGHTS DATA THROUGH DATA PORTALS, DASHBOARDS, AND STORYMAP TOOLS TO SUPPORT PARTNER AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AND DECISION-MAKING. CADASTA'S ESRI-BASED TOOLS ENABLE GOVERNMENTS, CHARITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, PEOPLES ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES TO CONFIGURE DATA COLLECTION TOOLS AND APPROACHES TO THE NEEDS OF A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY OR ORGANIZATION. THE CADASTA PLATFORM SECURELY STORES LAND AND RESOURCE RIGHTS DATA AND ALLOWS PARTNERS TO SET PRIVACY LEVELS, CONSOLIDATE THEIR LAND TENURE AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION, AND TO VISUALIZE AND SHARE DATA AS NEEDED FOR ANALYZING AND ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS.UNDER CADASTA'S GRANT PROGRAM, THE INITIATIVE AIMS TO EMPOWER LOCAL PARTNERS TO ENHANCE THEIR ABILITIES TO DOCUMENT, MAP, CONTROL AND MANAGE LAND, ITS RESOURCES AND ASSOCIATED DATA. ADDITIONALLY, CADASTA FACILITATES ACCESS TO FUNDING FOR TRAINING, CAPACIITY BUILDING AND FIELD ACTIVITIES.GOVERNMENT PARTNERS: CADASTA WORKS WITH OVER 25 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ACROSS ITS PROJECTS. GOVERNMENT LAND OFFICIALS RECEIVE TRAINING, SUPPORT DATA COLLECTION, AND ISSUE LAND DOCUMENTS TO FORMALIZE RIGHTS. CADASTA HAS SIGNED MOUS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH MINISTRIES OF LAND AND OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES AT THE DISTRICT AND LOCAL LEVELS IN UGANDA, GHANA, INDIA, RWANDA, AND OTHER COUNTRIES. LOCAL PARTNERS WORK WITH GOVERNMENT BODIES AT ALL LEVELS DURING THE RIGHTS FORMALIZATION PROCESS.
  Expenses $886,072 · grants $160,956 · revenue $13,902
• TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM:CADASTA DELIVERS TRAINING PROGRAMS ON COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF LAND RIGHTS DATA TO TRAINERS AND PARTNERS IN THE FIELD TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUAL USERS AND COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND LAND RIGHTS INFORMATION AND TO ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF THE DATA. TRAINEES INCLUDE THOSE PREPARING TO BE TRAINERS, PROJECT LEADS, PLATFORM USERS, PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LOCAL DATA COLLECTORS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY. CADASTA DELIVERS TRAINING TO RWANDAN LAND OFFICIALS AND FIELD MAPPERS THROUGH A CO-IMPACT FUNDED PROJECT WITH LANDESA, AND WITH UGANDAN OFFICIALS.THE GOAL OF CADASTA'S TRAINING IS EDUCATIONAL: TO TEACH SKILLS RELATED TO COLLECTION, DOCUMENTATION, VISUALIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION RELATED TO PROPERTY, LAND, AND RESOURCE RIGHTS AND TO FOSTER OPEN AND COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION THAT CUTS ACROSS VARIOUS DISCIPLINES AND SECTORS.CADASTA'S PLATFORM PROVIDES USER GUIDES AND TRAINING MATERIALS THROUGH DIRECT PARTNER TRAINING. CADASTA ALSO PROVIDES REMOTE AND ONSITE TRAINING, AN ONLINE DEMO ENVIRONMENT, AND A GLOBAL METRICS DASHBOARD THAT SHARES ANONYMIZED PROJECT AND GLOBAL PROJECT DATA. THESE TOOLS AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED TO SUPPORT LAND DATA COLLECTION AND USE OF DATA TO SUPPORT ADVOCACY AND INCREASED TENURE SECURITY.CADASTA ENGAGES IN THOUGHT LEADERSHIP BY PUBLISHING ARTICLES AND THOUGHT PIECES ON PROJECT RESULTS, BOTTOM-UP LAND ADMINISTRATION APPROACHES, USE OF GIS TECHNOLOGY TO ADVANCE LOCAL RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT, AND EVIDENCE OF IMPACT. CADASTA TEAM MEMBERS PRESENT AS SPEAKERS IN GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL, INDUSTRY, AND SECTORAL FORUMS TO PROMOTE ITS WORK AND APPROACHES TO CHANGE PRACTICES IN LAND ADMINISTRATION IN WAYS THAT EMPOWER COMMUNITIES AND RESULT IN SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES IN COMMUNITY RIGHTS, AGRICULTURE, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, FORESTS, WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND CLIMATE.
  Expenses $753,516 · revenue $432,256
• PLATFORM AND MOBILE APPS FOR LAND TENURE DOCUMENTATION, FORMAL RIGHTS RECOGNITION, LAND AND RESOURCE MONITORING, AND DATA MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE:CADASTA'S CORE ACTIVITY TO FURTHER ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES IS OUR GLOBAL PLATFORM AND MOBILE DATA COLLECTION APPLICATIONS, DEPLOYED AS EASY TO USE, COST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT ESRI-BACKED TOOLS TO RECORD LAND AND RESOURCE RIGHTS RELATED INFORMATION. THIS GLOBAL PLATFORM ENABLES RECORDATION OF RIGHTS, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE LEFT OUT OF FORMAL LAND SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION, THE PLATFORM HAS THE ABILITY TO SAFELY AND SECURELY STORE DATA RELATED TO LAND AND RESOURCES BASED ON OUR PARTNER NEEDS. THE PLATFORM IS SCALABLE AND SECURE, ENSURING PREVENTION OF DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES OF THIS WORK ARE DISADVANTAGED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITH INADEQUATE OR LACK OF LAND TENURE SECURITY. CADASTA MAKES THE PLATFORM AVAILABLE TO PARTNERS AND USERS IN SUCH COMMUNITIES AS PART OF A PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES SYSTEM ACCESS THROUGH LOG-INS AND CADASTA TRAINING AND SERVICES. THE PLATFORM ALSO SERVES AS A REPOSITORY OF RELATED RESOURCE DATA, SUCH AS SATELLITE IMAGERY, A LIVING ATLAS, DATA LAYERS, ANALYSIS AND REPORTING TOOLS, AND OTHER GEOSPATIAL DATA, WHICH HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN DIFFICULT TO ACCESS FOR NON-STATE ACTORS. ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO ENABLE GOVERNMENTS, COMMUNITIES, AND INDIVIDUALS IN LOWER RESOURCE CONTEXTS TO INTERACT WITH AND CONTRIBUTE DATA THROUGH FIT-FOR-PURPOSE APPROACHES TO SECURING LAND AND RESOURCE RIGHTS. MOBILE AND SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN ESTABLISHING FIT-FOR-PURPOSE TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES TO IMPROVE LAND GOVERNANCE IN REMOTE AND UNDERRESOURCED COMMUNITIES. CADASTA ALSO SUPPORTS DATA MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION FOR PARTNERS AND GOVERNMENTS TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR DATA INTO CADASTA'S HIGH-QUALITY PLATFORM WITH A BROAD SET OF FUNCTIONS AND TO VISUALIZE OTHER RELEVANT DATA SETS IN MAPS, DASHBOARDS AND OTHER FORMATS.TO DELIVER THE PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY, CADASTA WORKS WITH INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM PARTNERS THAT WORK IN THE AREA OF LAND GOVERNANCE, PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES AND RESOURCE RIGHTS, CONSERVATION, CLIMATE, AND UPGRADING OF INFORMAL URBAN SETTLEMENTS. SOME OF THE PARTNERS ARE BASED IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, RRI AND LANDESA, WHILE OTHER NGOS ARE BASED OUTSIDE OF UNITED STATES, SUCH AS TENURE FACILITY, COOL EARTH AND OTHERS. PARTNER AGENCIES ARE GENERALLY EITHER SECTION 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITIES, INTERNATIONAL CHARITIES, NATIONAL CHARITIES, OR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.CADASTA'S KEY DELIVERY PARTNERS ARE LOCAL AND NATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ORGANIZATIONS, NGOS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WORKING IN RURAL, URBAN, AND FOREST AREAS AROUND THE WORLD, SUCH AS ARCH VAHINI, PRADAN, COLANDEF, CONFENIAE, UNIPA, VSG, FUNDAPAZ AND MANY OTHERS.
  Expenses $365,990 · revenue $479,670

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

47-2326975

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2015

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

International, foreign affairs and national security (Q30)

Assets (IRS master file)

$2,308,648

Income (IRS master file)

$2,169,575

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 47-2326975).

Questions about CADASTA FOUNDATION

What is the EIN of CADASTA FOUNDATION?

The employer identification number (EIN) of CADASTA FOUNDATION is 47-2326975.

Is CADASTA FOUNDATION tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2015.

Are donations to CADASTA FOUNDATION tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does CADASTA FOUNDATION file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of CADASTA FOUNDATION due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did CADASTA FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Who is the principal officer of CADASTA FOUNDATION?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names A COUGHENOUR BETANCOURT.

Who are the officers and directors of CADASTA FOUNDATION?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $196,944 (AMY COUGHENOUR BETANCOURT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER).

How much revenue does CADASTA FOUNDATION have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,169,575, expenses of $2,975,330 and total assets of $2,308,648 at year end.

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