Nonprofit · EIN 52-2070442
FRIENDS OF BURKINA FASO INC
Tax-exempt · BLOOMFLD HLS, MI 48303
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990-EZ | $86,500 | $79,492 | $7,008 | $83,878 | – | $83,878 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990-EZ (amended) | $37,870 | $11,549 | $26,321 | $76,869 | – | $76,869 |
| December 31, 2022 | 990-EZ | $69,359 | $151,799 | -$82,440 | $50,548 | – | $50,548 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $85,325
- Membership dues
- $1,175
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $74,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Professional fees and payments to contractors
- $1,111
- Printing, publications and postage
- $2,109
- Other expenses
- $2,272
- Program services (functional)
- $74,000
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $76,870
- Total assets, end of year
- $83,878
- Total liabilities, end of year
- –
- Net assets, end of year
- $83,878
- Cash, savings and investments
- $83,878
- Gross receipts
- $86,500
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-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristen Combs-Bicaba | President | 5 | $0 |
| Souleymane Diallo | Vice President | 2 | $0 |
| Kristin Lavoie | Treasurer | 3 | $0 |
| Caroline Chambre Hammock | Projects Chair | 5 | $0 |
| Leslie Berger | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Brad McKim | At-Large Legal Counsel | 1 | $0 |
| Jennica Betsch | Technology Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Etienne Yonly | Membership Chair | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2023: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristen Combs-Bicaba | President | 5 | $0 |
| Souleymane Diallo | Vice President | 2 | $0 |
| Kristin Lavoie | Treasurer | 3 | $0 |
| Caroline Chambre Hammock | Projects Chair | 5 | $0 |
| Leslie Berger | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Brad McKim | At-Large Legal Counsel | 1 | $0 |
| Jennica Betsch | Technology Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Etienne Yonly | Membership Chair | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2022: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristen Combs-Bicaba | President | 5 | $0 |
| Aaron Buchsbaum | President Emeritus | 5 | $0 |
| Souleymane Diallo | Vice President | 2 | $0 |
| Faissal Ouedraogo | Vice President Emeritus | 2 | $0 |
| Kristin Lavoie | Treasurer | 3 | $0 |
| Suzanne Plopper | Treasurer Emeritus | 3 | $0 |
| Caroline Chambre Hammock | Project Chair | 5 | $0 |
| Leslie Berger | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Brad McKim | At-Large Legal Counsel | 1 | $0 |
| Jennica Betsch | Technology Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 33212, BLOOMFLD HLS, MI 48303-3200
- In care of
- % KRISTEN COMBS BICABA
- Signed the 990-EZ
- Kristen Combs Bicaba, President
- Website
- friendsofburkinafaso.org
Mission
Friends of Burkina Faso maintains a network of returned Peace Corps Volunteers and friends of Burkina Faso living primarily in the United States to support and empower communities in Burkina Faso through humanitarian aid and community development program funding and oversight.
Program accomplishments
- Creating a Framework to Train Civilians to Identify and Respond to Life-Threatening Bleeding North North-Central Central and Central Plateau Regions This project is sponsored by Pull for Progress an organization founded by a Burkinabe physician and a US surgeon and whose purpose is supporting sustainable development through initiatives in health education and social and economic development in underserved areas. As Burkina Faso has experienced an alarming increase in firearm injuries due to extremist violence this has resulted in preventable deaths from hemorrhage as there is no formal emergency response system in the country. This project will bring the evidence-based Stop the Bleed training to critical provinces around Ouagadougou and Ouahigouya including rural areas and IDP camps. Using a train-the-trainer model a total of 18 instructors and 4,320 individuals will receive education on how to respond to life-threatening hemorrhage before the arrival of first responders.Expenses $15,000 · grants $15,000
- Supporting Market Gardening Production Sanguie and Boulkiemde Provinces Center-West Region This project is sponsored by Action Micro-Barrages an organization founded in 1987 to support community development efforts by constructing micro-dams. This project aims to improve the socio-economic status of beneficiaries by implementing market gardening production activities and the food security of the larger population through a greater supply of market gardening products. Working in four villages and targeting 25 individuals 2 3 of whom are women in each this project will increase the capacity of 100 producers through training infrastructure improvements irrigation pumps tillage and enhanced seed access.Expenses $15,000 · grants $15,000
- Improving Yam Production Systems for Greater Food Security Sissili Province Center-West Region This project is sponsored by Nekene Douane a cooperative representing yam farmers a research team from the Institute of the Environment and Agricultural Research INERA and the agricultural extension service in Leo. Yams are highly nutritious and contribute to food security in many parts of West Africa including Burkina Faso. However yam farmers face many challenges including low yields poor quality planting material disease pest and weeds low rainfall and declining soil fertility. The aim of this project is to build on 6 years of research on new yam production methods that contribute to sustainable land use while improving yam yields. A total of 420 farmers 50% women from the commune of Leo will be selected to participate.Expenses $15,000 · grants $15,000
- Improving Living Conditions for Internally-Displaced Women through Sheep Fattening Zoundweogo Province Center-West Region - This project is sponsored by the Croix Rouge du Zoundweogo which provides relief and assistance to those impacted by disasters and also permanently supports the elderly and persons with disabilities. FBF has partnered with the Croix-Rouge de Zoundweogo on several projects since 2020. Large numbers of IDPs continue to arrive in the province most of whom are originally from the Sahel and East regions where women notably were involved in sheep fattening activities. In order to help regain financial agency this project will provide 20 women with sheep as well as access to savings accounts.Expenses $10,000
- Helping Internally Displaced Persons Regain Essential Civil Documents North and East Regions - When individuals are forced to flee their homes and villages due to terrorist activity they often lose essential civil documents such as national identification cards or birth certificates. In some areas municipal buildings have been destroyed along with vital records. Regaining lost documents is often a necessary first step to starting a life in a new location within Burkina Faso. FBF partnered with Tabital Lobal who worked with over 300 displaced persons in the North and East regions to coordinate with the National Office of Identification in acquiring these important civil documents.Expenses $10,000
- Providing Agricultural Extension and Advice to Vulnerable Producers Zoundweogo Province Central Region - This project is sponsored by Appui aux Initiatives pour la Valorisation Durable du Potentiel Local AIVDPL with whom FBF has partnered since 2017. AIVDPL builds the technical capacity of local producers including women with a goal of increasing agricultural production and combating food insecurity. Past efforts have resulted in increased yields and greater income generation and funds will support training an additional 225 individuals of whom 60% are female.Expenses $9,000
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.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990-EZ on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 52-2070442
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1998
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q20Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $83,878
- Income (IRS master file)
- $86,500
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | December 2024 | $86,500 | $79,492 | $83,878 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2023 | $37,870 | $11,549 | $76,869 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2022 | $69,359 | $151,799 | $50,548 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 52-2070442).
Questions about FRIENDS OF BURKINA FASO INC
- What is the EIN of FRIENDS OF BURKINA FASO INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FRIENDS OF BURKINA FASO INC is 52-2070442.
- Is FRIENDS OF BURKINA FASO INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
- Are donations to FRIENDS OF BURKINA FASO INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FRIENDS OF BURKINA FASO INC 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 FRIENDS OF BURKINA FASO INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FRIENDS OF BURKINA FASO INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended December 2024.
- Who are the officers and directors of FRIENDS OF BURKINA FASO INC?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 8 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does FRIENDS OF BURKINA FASO INC have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $86,500, expenses of $79,492 and total assets of $83,878 at year end.
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