Nepal Youth Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
WE BRING HOPE TO IMPOVERISHED NEPALI CHILDREN BY PROVIDING WHAT SHOULD BE EVERY CHILD'S BIRTHRIGHT: FREEDOM, HEALTH, SHELTER & EDUCATION
- Income
- $6.0 million
- Spending
- $3.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 73%
- Reserves
- 10.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 97%
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 13
- Highest pay
- $233,056, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 77% of charities in its peer group (international, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 10.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 2% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 38% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 81% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1572% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 11 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (international, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2513 of 13 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 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 (4)
- $633,759 spent. SHELTER PROGRAMSOLGAPURI CHILDREN'S VILLAGE ("OLGA'S LITTLE OASIS") OPENED IN 2016 AS ABEAUTIFUL, PERMANENT, FAMILY-STYLE HOME FOR APPROXIMATELY 80 CHILDRENAGES 1 TO 18 WHOSE PARENTS AND EXTENDED FAMILIES ARE UNABLE TO CARE FOR THEM. THE ENCLOSED OLGAPURI CAMPUS IS STAFFED BY A DEDICATED TEAM OFPASSIONATE, LOVING PEOPLE, EACH OF WHOM BRINGS UNIQUE SKILLS ANDEXPERIENCE TO THEIR WORK. CHILDREN ENJOY FACILITIES LIKE A BASKETBALLCOURT, A LIBRARY, A SPRAWLING ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDEN, AND MORE TO ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE ONYF'S KINSHIP CARE PROGRAM KEEPS CHILDREN WITH THEIR FAMILIES BYPROVIDING LOVING, STABLE FAMILY MEMBERS WITH THE FINANCIAL SCAFFOLDINGNEEDED TO ENSURE THESE CHILDREN ARE SAFE, WELL-FED, RECEIVING ALLNECESSARY MEDICAL CARE, AND MOST OF ALL, ATTENDING SCHOOL. OUR SOCIALWORKERS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THESE FAMILIES, ENSURING THAT THE NEEDS OFTHE CHILDREN ARE BEING MET, AND MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.
- $640,686 spent. EDUCATION PROGRAMSOVER MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF OPERATION, NYF HAS GROWN INTO ONE OFNEPAL'S LARGEST NONGOVERNMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDERS. OUR EDUCATIONPROGRAMS NOW ENCOMPASS GRADES K-12, COLLEGE, MEDICAL SCHOOL, ANDGRADUATE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS ANDWORLD-CLASS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAMS.WE ARE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS FACINGDIFFICULT OBSTACLES, INCLUDING CASTEISM, SEXISM, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP,AND DISCRIMINATION BASED ON DISABILITY. OUR STUDENTS RECEIVESCHOLARSHIPS, AS WELL AS TROUBLESHOOTING SUPPORT FROM OUR SOCIAL WORKERS TO ENSURE THEY CAN SUCCEED. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O K-12 (~200 STUDENTS) COLLEGE & BEYOND (~340 STUDENTS) STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (~150 STUDENTS) TRADE SCHOOL / TECHNICAL COLLEGE (~75 STUDENTS)
- $626,945 spent. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND CAREER COUNSELINGIN 2017, NYF OPENED OLGAPURI VOCATIONAL SCHOOL (OVS) ON THE ENCLOSEDGROUNDS OF OLGAPURI CHILDREN'S VILLAGE. OVS PROVIDES NATIONALLY CERTIFIED 3-MONTH TRAINING COURSES IN HIGH-DEMAND TRADES INCLUDING ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, WELDING, AND CARPENTRY. THOSE IN THIS PROGRAM RECEIVE INTENSIVE SKILLS TRAINING FROM EXPERT INSTRUCTORS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP GUIDANCE, SMALL BUSINESS ADMIN AND ACCOUNTING LESSONS, RESUME-BUILDING AND JOB SEARCH SUPPORT, START-UP MICROGRANTS, AND CONNECTIONS TO OTHER YOUNG ADULTS ON SIMILAR PATHS TOWARDS PERSONAL ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. SOCIAL WORKERS LINK MOTIVATED YOUNG ADULTS WITH RESOURCES AND TRAINING TO LAUNCH CAREERS IN NEPAL'S GROWING ECONOMY.
- $793,616 spent. HEALTH PROGRAMSKATHMANDU VALLEY NUTRITIONAL REHABILITATION HOME (NRH) SPECIAL CLINICS ADDRESSING PEDIATRIC MALNUTRITION THROUGHOUT NEPAL THROUGH IN-PATIENT NUTRITIONAL CARE FOR CHILDREN AND CAREGIVER TRAINING IN ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THE NUTRITION IN FOODS PREPARED AT HOME. NYF ORIGINATED THIS MODEL IN NEPAL AND RUNS THE FLAGSHIP FACILITY NRH IN KATHMANDU VALLEY, WHICH PROVIDES TREATMENT TO ABOUT 300 CHILDREN EACH YEAR, PLUS THEIR CAREGIVERS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING NUTRITIONAL CARE TRAINING TO ABOUT 350 PROSPECTIVE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN OVER 20 GOVERNMENT-RUN NRHS THROUGHOUT NEPAL.NUTRITION OUTREACH CAMPS TAKING NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION INTO REMOTE REGIONS OF NEPAL, PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY 800 - 1,400 CHILDREN AT EACH CAMP WITH NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT AND CARE WHERE NEEDED, AS WELL AS FOCUSED, PRACTICAL EDUCATION FOR CAREGIVERS, WITH EMPHASIS ON ACCESSIBLE, EASY-TO-IMPLEMENT HOME NUTRITION AND HYGIENE. FOLLOWING THE CAMPS THEMSELVES, A FIELD TEAM REMAINS IN THE VILLAGES FOR SEVERAL WEEKS TO PROVIDE TARGETED, PERSONALIZED GUIDANCE TO FAMILIES. IN FY 2024-2025, NYF CONDUCTED 5 MULTI-DAY CAMPS, REACHING APPROXIMATELY 5,500 CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. NEW LIFE CENTER (NLC) A TRANSITIONAL RECOVERY CLINIC FOR FAMILIES VISITING KATHMANDU FOR MEDICAL CARE. NYF AIMS TO CARE FOR 50 CHILDREN EACH YEAR AT THE NLC (CAPACITY IS 18 MOTHER-CHILD PAIRS AT A TIME). NURSES HAVE SPECIAL EXPERTISE IN CARING FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, WHICH IS A FOCUS HEALTH ISSUE AT THIS CLINIC.ANKUR COUNSELING CENTER NEPAL'S FIRST COUNSELING CENTER FOR CHILDREN, PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE FOR CHILDREN RECOVERING FROM TRAUMA AND THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING WORKSHOPS AND RESOURCES ON SELF-CARE, BOUNDARIES, STRESS MANAGEMENT, AND OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. (IN FY 2024-2025, ANKUR PROVIDED 1,751 INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SESSIONS FOR CHILDREN AND 56 TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR 1,297 PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS, PEER COUNSELORS, SCHOOLTEACHERS, AND OTHER CHILD-FOCUSED NGO WORKERS.)CASTE EQUALITY PROJECT (CEP) NYF'S NEWEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS INITIATIVE TO DATE, THE CEP IS A HOLISTIC, COMMUNITY-BASED PACKAGE OF PROGRAMS (BASED ON OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS AS WELL AS OUR HISTORICAL SUCCESSES) AIMING TO EMPOWER MEMBERS OF NEPAL'S DALIT CASTES (HISTORICALLY SEEN AS "UNTOUCHABLE") TO ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES NEEDED TO THRIVE AS MEMBERS OF THEIR BROADER SOCIETY, DEFEND THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS, BUILD PROSPERITY, PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POSITIVE CHANGE, AND DISMANTLE THE SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION STANDING BETWEEN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE SAFE, DIGNIFIED LIVES THAT ARE THEIR BIRTHRIGHT. WE ANTICIPATE THAT, LIKE OUR EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL INDENTURED DAUGHTERS / EMPOWERING FREED KAMLARIS PROGRAM, THE CEP WILL RUN FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE AS WE WORK WITH THESE COMMUNITIES TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE CHANGE.IN MID-2022, NYF LAUNCHED PHASE I: EDUCATING DALIT LAWYERS, AN ENRICHED LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOLERS FROM NEPAL'S DALIT COMMUNITIES. THIS PROGRAM IS SERVING 31 STUDENTS IN NEPAL'S TOP THREE LAW SCHOOLS; THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BECOME HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS WHO WILL EVENTUALLY FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF DALIT INDIVIDUALS IN NEPAL'S COURTS.IN MID-2023, NYF LAUNCHED PHASE II: SAPTARI DISTRICT. THIS PHASE REPRESENTS THE BEGINNING OF THE MAIN WORK OF THE CEP, IN WHICH WE ARE EMBEDDING IN THE COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING THE WORST CONDITIONS IN NEPAL TO BEGIN THE COMPLEX, MULTI-PRONGED PROJECT OF SUSTAINABLY EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION. OUR TEAM IS CURRENTLY PILOTING THIS WORK IN A HANDFUL OF DALIT-MAJORITY VILLAGES IN TIRHUT RURAL MUNICIPALITY, SAPTARI DISTRICT, NEPAL, WITH THE INTENTION OF GRADUALLY SCALING INTO AS MANY VILLAGES AS IS SUSTAINABLE FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.BETWEEN THE SUMMERS OF 2023 AND 2024, OUR TEAM PRESENTED MULTIPLE PROGRAMMATIC OPTIONS TO LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, LEADERS, AND BENEFICIARIES, WITH A HIGH FOCUS ON THOSE PROGRAMS WITH IMMEDIATE, VISIBLE BENEFITS, TO BUILD THE TRUST NEEDED TO ACHIEVE COMMUNITY BUY-IN AND PARTICIPATION. SO FAR, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A STREET DRAMA ACTIVISM PROGRAM (10 YOUNG WOMEN TRAINED ARE USING STREET DRAMA TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PERILS OF CHILD MARRIAGE AND THE TRADITIONAL DOWRY SYSTEM), A PEER COUNSELING PROGRAM (30 YOUNG WOMEN HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT GROUP TRAINING FROM ANKUR COUNSELING CENTER AND HAVE BEGUN LEADING MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUPS WITH 130 ATTENDEES SO FAR), AND A MASSIVE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN WHICH HAS SEEN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RISE FROM AROUND 250 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS TO OVER 820.AS WE STRENGTHENED THESE PROGRAMS IN 2024, WE BUILT TWO VILLAGE-BASED COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS WHICH WILL HOUSE MANY OF OUR CEP PROGRAMS.
Source: Form 990 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 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 June 2025.
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 September 1990.
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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