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Your donation will help children in rural Ethiopia to get a better education and decrease the chances of future poverty. It will help to pay for classrooms, libraries, furniture, and teaching materials, and will make menstrual pads more accessible for school girls.

EVS relies on individual donations to fulfill its mission. Please consider being a part of this life-changing path for so many children. Your donation is tax-deductible, and we will send you a receipt verifying your donation to a 501(c)(3) organization.

We accept donations via credit card or paypal (above) or checks mailed to our PO Box at Ethiopian Village Schools Foundation, PO Box 6512, Albany, CA 94706

Ethiopian Village Schools Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. The Federal tax ID number is 22-3981430. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law.

Transparency

  • Our work in Ethiopia is almost entirely financed by donations of board members, friends and colleagues.

    We are also very grateful to the First Congregational Church of Berkeley whose members have generously supported EVS from its inception.

  • We have kept our overhead cost, ie. costs not directly related to building projects, furniture and educational material, at a minimum.

    From the beginning of 2023 to the end of April of 2026 we dedicated 94 % of our expenses to building and educational expenses. The remainder is used for essential operational cost such as website maintenance, travel, PO Box cost, bank transfer fees, postage etc.

  • Project Costs (building and education): $140,632

    Overhead: $8,694

    Direct Project Cost: 94 %

    Overhead cost: 6 %