LIVINGSTONE FOUNDATION FOR AFRICA
EIN 82-2668093 · Public Foundations (T30)
What they do
Student Sponsorship Through Project Luangwa: 15 Secondary School Students and 2 University.Families In Communities Living In Poverty In Rural Zambia Struggle to Send Their Children On to Secondary School. Although The Government Now Covers Tuition, Students Still Need Transportation to The Secondary School, Which is Usually Far From Their Small, Rural VillageRoom and Board While At The Secondary SchoolUniforms, Shoes, Socks, Exercise Books, Pens and PencilsAs Pupils Progress Through The Grades They Also Need Maths Sets and Scientific CalculatorsAll of This is Beyond The Financial Means of Almost All Rural Families Who Survive By Subsistence Farming.This Program Provides Students With The Tools and Materials Needed to Go Through Secondary School, Rather Than Being Forced to Stay Home With All Which That Entails (working On The Farm, Having Families As Teenagers and Having No Hope for Change).
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (5)
DARWIN GILLETTTREASURER
DAVID SHERMANSECRETARY
INGRID MERRIFIELDVICE PRESIDENT
LORNA SHAFIRVICE PRESIDENT
MARIE GILLETTPRESIDENT
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2017
- Location
- 176 COLD SPRING FARM RD, PHIPPSBURG, ME 04562-4237
- County
- Sagadahoc
- In care of
- % MARIE GILLETT
- Primary officer
- Marie Gillett, President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- TRACY CASSIDY CPA SC
- NTEE classification
- Public Foundations (T30)
- IRS tax category
- Public Foundations