Education Development United Fellowship
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Education Development United Foundation was organized under the Missouri Nonprofit Foundation Act exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes that include the following: to develop resources for the support of education in various countries with projects for creation of scholarships,scholarship endowments, and other related educational endeavors.
- Income
- $99,113
- Spending
- $122,537
- Reserves
- 18.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 89%
- Highest pay
- $14,160, president
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 79 out of 100. Higher than 47% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 18.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 24% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $110,950 spent. 2024 Activities and AchievementsSent out monthly newsletter to over 300 readersEngaged new donorsRetired one board member and received another Led 20+ Zoom meeting with the trustees, committees and African leadersTrustees attended the graduation of the first cohort of an online masters program for four African students who were recipients of a three-way sponsorship, EDUF, the Africa Region of the Church of the Nazarene and the hosting university Trevecca Nazarene College.EDUF trustees attended the District Assemblies and made small presentations at the Missionary Conventions at two separate districts:Washington Pacific District andSouthwest Indiana District Church of the Nazarene.EDUF trustees led teams of volunteers to Africa for construction projectsOne to Milange, MozambiqueAnother to eSwatini and Tete, Mozambique where a school is named for one of the founders of EDUFEDUF President was a guest along with three African heads of institutions at a series of session with Nazarene Grant Pros, hosted by the International Board of Education.As spin off from the meeting with the Grant Pros, EDUF trustees hosted several online meetings of the G.R.A.N.T. (Grant Research Africa Nazarene Team). Moved funds:Donated thousands to projects in Africa Funded scholarships for 10 med tech students in eSwatiniFunded scholarships for faculty in Angola, Cape Verde, South Africa. Roofs for churches in Mozambique. Travel costs for faculty for a conference.Continued with two Investments one at Church of the Nazarene Foundation and another smaller amount in a 13 Month-cd at our bank CCUF Established a strategic partnership with NCM/Canada in order to ship strategic items acquired from the closure of Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA to Nazarene universities in Kenya and eSwatini, 10 suitcases and dozens of boxes of scientific glassware, microscopes, teaching boards, chairs as well as 50+ boxes of books
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2007.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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