Friends of Hihiri Pipiri
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To recover, nurture and vindicate the Artist as translator and mediator by ensuring their Freedom of Movement; Restoring, building, reimagining infrastructure and educational tools for Creative Sanctuaries, their Communities and Guests; Promoting and coordinating exploratory Performance, Craft and Research of a shared transcultural ethic.
- Income
- $24,193
- Spending
- $27,658
- Reserves
- 4.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $3,000, president
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 December 31, 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 (1)
- $3,763 spent. From what I read in the IRS 990-EZ requirements, this is not required for an organization with less than $50,000 income and expenditures. However, this past year, we have constructed and helped to fund a community health center for the Yanomame people (Amazonian jungle); sponsored and executed a backwards walk across Scandinavia to raise funds for work in the Congo and Mid-East; sent a family of four from Italy to Sri Lanka to teach at a grade school in Elabadagama, as well as adding to the structure and performing maintenance; Funded a 10,000 INR artist's project each month; sponsored two artists to local performance festivals; maintained a small outreach center and mobile art museum in Santeniketan, West Bengal, india (donor-specified donations we passed through to the final recipients); Produced a mural as part of the biennale art festival in Kolkata; Sent our liaison to our partner site in northern Italy to help upgrade their printing shop and work in the crop field; held two in-person planning "convergences" to focus our directions of outreach and prioritize individual projects. The amount here is simply our operating totals for these good works.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 November 6, 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 December 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 November 2022.
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 November 4, 2026.
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