Nourish Madagascar
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our focus is to nourish the children of rural Madagascar. The program has four components: 1 school lunches during the lean season 2 access to sanitary facilities 3 training in nutrition and safe food handling and 4 the growers program. The school lunch program runs each year from February to May during the hunger season that coincides with their planting cycle. We run after the crops have been planted and communities have expended all their resources. Fresh water and sanitation access is ensured at each school by constructing wells near the cooking facilities. WASH-style training is given to children to ensure cleanly practices before eating. We provide extensive community training sessions in the months before each program begins covering food-borne illnesses sanitary techniques and leadership skills for local committee members. Finally we work with local growers to break the cycle of scarcity in local food markets.
- Income
- $85,473
- Spending
- $70,412
- Reserves
- 2.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 90%
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 (4)
- $8,878 spent. The school lunch program runs each year from February to May for each of our 12 partner schools during the lean season that coincides with their planting cycle. We run after the crops have been planted and communities have expended all their resources. The program is run by community volunteers under Nourish Madagascar supervision and meals are prepared by parents according to schedules defined by local leaders. Menus are planned in accordance with local religious practices that are unique to each village. In 2025 we provided 59,094 meals to 1,407 children during the hunger season which ran from February 2025 to April 2025.
- $667 spent. Fresh water access is ensured at each school by constructing wells near the cooking facilities. Toilets are constructed in a cost-sharing arrangement with each community. Hand washing stations are provided and WASH-style training is given to children to ensure cleanly practices before eating. We maintained the wells and improved the toilets at our 12 partner schools to maintain sanitation at the schools where our programs operate. Each partner school has one well located near the kitchen facility and 2 toilets for use by volunteers and students. Additionally we maintained over 70 locally constructed handwashing stations for use at each of our partner schools.
- $583 spent. We work with local growers to break the cycle of scarcity in local food markets. This year we partnered with over 150 local farmers to produce vegetables near each partner village. This keeps program funds circulating within each community and increases the overall amount of available during the lean season. We provided courses on improved gardening techniques from local agricultural experts and seed to 153 local growers who participated in our program. These growers provided on average 10 kilos of produce for the local program they support.
- $466 spent. We provide extensive community training sessions in the months before each program begins covering food-borne illnesses sanitary techniques necessary for congregate meal preparation and leadership skills for local committee members. There were training courses for food-borne illnesses and health advanced cooking handwashing and nutritious meal planning and reporting and program management at each of our partner schools. The final course involves a cooking demonstration for all of the techniques learned by the community.
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 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 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 March 2023.
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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