Nonprofit · EIN 84-4415835
UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA INC
Tax-exempt · MONTCLAIR, NJ 07043
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $792,135 | $823,803 | -$31,668 | $136,777 | $12,500 | $124,277 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $457,065 | $552,313 | -$95,248 | $215,706 | $59,761 | $155,945 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $403,008 | $283,004 | $120,004 | $251,443 | $250 | $251,193 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $788,092
- Program service revenue
- $4,030
- Investment income
- $13
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $190,549
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $157,500
- Other salaries and wages
- $30,591
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $204,540
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $4,600
- Occupancy
- $20
- Travel
- $6,282
- Depreciation
- $2,578
- Program services (functional)
- $591,878
- Management and general (functional)
- $106,689
- Fundraising (functional)
- $125,236
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $215,706
- Total assets, end of year
- $136,777
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $12,500
- Net assets, end of year
- $124,277
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $325
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $120,575
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $3,702
- Gross receipts
- $792,135
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 2019
- State of legal domicile
- DE
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.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANCESCA LANNING | EX-OFFICIO - ED Officer | 40 | $157,500 |
| PHILIPE DELOUVRIER | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS OUTRAM | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STUART JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIRAN CHETRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER HAMM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER LAU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CINDY FLYNN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| ROBERT SALOMON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM MOORE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW SIWO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PETER TAYLOR | EX-OFFICIO - ED UK Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANCESCA LANNING | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $150,000 |
| GREG HOUSTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| PHILIPE DELOUVRIER | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS OUTRAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID KLAUS | CHAIR, AUDIT COMMITTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| STUART JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIRAN CHETRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER HAMM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER LAU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CINDY FLYNN | ACTING CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| BOB SALOMON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM MOORE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW SWO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNETH CREED END 11302023 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $112,207 |
| FRANCESCA LANNING STARTING 1242023 | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $9,135 |
| GREG HOUSTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| PHILIPE DELOUVRIER | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS OUTRAM | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| DAVID KLAUS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| STUART JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIRAN CHETRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER HAMM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER LAU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CINDY FLYNN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| PETER TAYLOR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 572 VALLEY RD STE 2 # 43641, MONTCLAIR, NJ 07043-3815
- In care of
- % JOSEPH ARANGIO
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- FRANCESCA LANNING, 572 VALLEY ROAD STE 2 BOX 43641, MONTCLAIR, NJ 07043
- Signed the 990
- FRANCESCA LANNING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (616) 678-9046
- Return prepared by
- SALTI & ASSOCIATES LLC
Mission
TO EMPOWER EVERY CHILD IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BY ENSURING FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING.
Program accomplishments
- FOUNDED IN 2008, UWS OPERATES AS A GLOBAL NON-PROFIT DEDICATED TO BREAKING DOWN EDUCATIONAL BARRIERS FOR CHILDREN LIVING IN ISOLATED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE. THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, WE BUILD EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, DEVELOP TEACHING CAPACITY, AND REINFORCE LEARNING FRAMEWORKS FROM THE GROUND UP.ACROSS THE RURAL LANDSCAPES OF NEPAL, CAMBODIA, MYANMAR, AND MADAGASCAR, UWS CREATES A LASTING EDUCATIONAL IMPACT. WE'RE NOT JUST BUILDING SCHOOLS-WE'RE CULTIVATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT EMPOWER ENTIRE COMMUNITIES WITH SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL BENEFIT FUTURE GENERATIONS. EACH SUCCESS REPRESENTS THE PROFOUND CAPACITY OF EDUCATION TO INSPIRE HOPE AND CREATE PATHWAYS TO OPPORTUNITY.THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UWS USA IN 2019 MARKED OUR COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING THE GLOBAL EDUCATION EMERGENCY ON A BROADER SCALE. TODAY'S REALITY IS STARK: 244 MILLION CHILDREN REMAIN OUTSIDE FORMAL SCHOOLING SYSTEMS, WHILE OVER HALF OF ALL CHILDREN WORLDWIDE LACK BASIC READING COMPREHENSION BY THEIR TENTH BIRTHDAY. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC INTENSIFIED THESE CHALLENGES, CREATING UNPRECEDENTED DISRUPTIONS TO LEARNING THAT CONTINUE TO AFFECT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES GLOBALLY. THIS MOUNTING CRISIS DEMANDS AN URGENT AND COORDINATED RESPONSE.COMPOUNDING THESE CHALLENGES ARE THE SYSTEMIC WEAKNESSES PLAGUING EDUCATION IN LOW-INCOME REGIONS. YEARS OF INSUFFICIENT INVESTMENT HAVE LED TO SEVERE TEACHER SHORTAGES, PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS, WHERE QUALIFIED EDUCATORS OFTEN GRAVITATE TOWARD BETTER-RESOURCED URBAN POSITIONS. WHERE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES EXIST, OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS AND OUTDATED TEACHING METHODS USUALLY DETER STUDENTS, AS THEY STRUGGLE TO SEE THE RELEVANCE OF EDUCATION IN THEIR LIVES. THIS QUALITY DIVIDE MIRRORS AND PERPETUATES THE BROADER DISPARITIES BETWEEN URBAN CENTERS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.THE STAKES OF THIS EDUCATIONAL EMERGENCY CANNOT BE MINIMIZED. FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TRAPPED IN CYCLES OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE, EDUCATION REPRESENTS THEIR MOST POWERFUL PATHWAY TO TRANSFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITY. MAKING QUALITY EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO ALL MUST RANK AMONG OUR HIGHEST GLOBAL COMMITMENTS.UWS ADDRESSES THESE COMPLEX CHALLENGES THROUGH OUR COMPREHENSIVE FIVE-PILLAR FRAMEWORK, DESIGNED TO ALIGN WITH THE UNITED NATIONS' SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. OUR INTEGRATED APPROACH FOCUSES ON EXPANDING ACCESS, ENHANCING QUALITY, PROMOTING INCLUSION, STRENGTHENING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, AND FOSTERING COMMUNITIES THAT CAN SUSTAIN PROGRESS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.SINCE 2008, UWS HAS CONSTRUCTED OVER 325 SCHOOLS, TRAINED MORE THAN 1,500 TEACHERS, AND ENROLLED OVER 75,000 STUDENTS. SOME ADDITIONAL 2024 HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 1UWS HAS ACHIEVED GENDER PARITY IN STUDENT ENROLMENT ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS 2IN NEPAL, 100% OF SCHOOLS' WASH FACILITIES ARE MEETING GENDER-FRIENDLY STANDARDS.3THE AVERAGE STUDENT ATTENDANCE ACROSS UWS SCHOOLS WAS 92% COMPARED WITH A 75% NATIONAL AVERAGE IN OUR COUNTRIES OF OPERATION.4CURRENTLY, 163 UWS GIRLS' CLUBS AND MOTHERS' GROUPS ENGAGE WOMEN AND GIRLS IN DISCUSSIONS OF CRITICAL ISSUES AND THEIR RIGHTS.5THE AVERAGE UWS TEACHER ATTENDANCE WAS 91% COMPARED TO 74% FOR GOVERNMENT TEACHERS IN OUR COUNTRIES OF OPERATION.UWS WILL CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THE FUTURE TO CHANGE THE FUTURE!Expenses $591,878 · grants $190,549 · revenue $4,030
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 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 84-4415835
- 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
- 2020
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B12)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $136,777
- Income (IRS master file)
- $792,135
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $792,135 | $823,803 | $136,777 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $457,065 | $552,313 | $215,706 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $403,008 | $283,004 | $251,443 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $247,361 | $184,024 | $188,939 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | 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 84-4415835).
Questions about UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA INC
- What is the EIN of UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA INC is 84-4415835.
- Is UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2020.
- Are donations to UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA 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 UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA INC 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 UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA INC 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 UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names FRANCESCA LANNING.
- Who are the officers and directors of UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 12 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $157,500 (FRANCESCA LANNING, EX-OFFICIO - ED).
- How much revenue does UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS USA INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $792,135, expenses of $823,803 and total assets of $136,777 at year end.
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