Tech for Change
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Use technology to spark civic innovation for social good
- Income
- $166,813
- Spending
- $145,094
- Reserves
- 7.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 96%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 73% of charities in its peer group (public benefit, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 7.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 14% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 13% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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 June 30, 2025, 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 (3)
- $91,936 spent. KP Programs: Further development of 5 of the KP Civic Innovation Fellowship projects, along with continued support for select initiatives from previous Fellowship cycles, benefiting 191,000 users. The team also trained nearly 200 government staff, and provided mentorship to 20 interns from the KP Women's Civic Digital Internship Program. Under the Civic Innovator Program, 6 university student teams designed and developed 6 digital solutions for 5 government departments, promoting innovation and the use of civic technology to improve public service delivery and citizen engagement.
- $42,377 spent. National projects: Trial work was undertaken on an electronic election management system by university students working on their final year project to build an electronic voting machine. Work was done on Paigham, a mass notification and SMS delivery platform that sends government alerts and announcements to citizens. Pehchaan, a single digital ID authentication system that acts as one login for multiple government services, was prototyped. Nizam, a design system for government websites, was created. Numainda, an AI chatbot for legal information, was launched.
- $10,781 spent. Community Engagement: Citizen engagement events to promote participation, collaboratively identify community challenges, and co-create solutions. This included a mapathon, Google Developer events, an event promoting environmental community cleanup, volunteer meetups, and hack days.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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