Public Charity

Kula Project Inc

Kula Project Inc is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in Lynchburg, VA. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $703K, expenses of $828K, total assets of $440K. Imperigo tracks 28 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $1.4M.

EIN: 455273875 Lynchburg, VA Energy Resources Conservation & Development NTEE: C35 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$703K
Total Expenses$828K
Total Assets$440K
Grant Records28
Funding Total$1.4M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Kula exists to eradicate poverty through the development of entrepreneurs in Rwanda's coffee communities. We operate at the intersection of economic development, environmental sustainability, and gender equality, providing a poverty (continued on Schedule O) graduation model that joins regenerative agriculture support with entrepreneurial development and business coaching, empowering coffee farmers to increase their household income and move out of extreme poverty and into a life of prosperity, vision, agency, and hope.

Where $100 goes at Kula Project Inc

How Kula Project Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$74 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$10 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $74 for programs

$74
KULA Fellowship
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
ECONOMIC TRAINING
$10,000
$310,000
2024
Provide training, mentoring, resources and support for women in Rwanda to create theirown social enterprise through coffee farming.
$52,860
2024
ECONOMIC TRAINING
$50,000
$40,000

Showing up to 5 of 28 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Board Member Laura Peterson
Board Chair and Executive Director Nicholas Lauten
Board Member Rebecca Pape
Board Member Zane Wilemon

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$889,900 11 grants
Human & Social Services
$174,300 7 grants
Economic Development
$100,522 5 grants
Youth Development
$72,743 2 grants
International Aid & Development
$40,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $703K $828K $440K
2024 $1.0M $874K $558K
2023 $623K $768K $418K
2022 $900K $829K $549K
2021 $916K $749K $445K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $916K to $703K (-23%), with total assets most recently reported at $440K.

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