CARAVANSERAI PROJECT
EIN 81-2497638 · International Development (Q30)
What they do
CARAVANSERAI PROJECT WAS FOUNDED IN 2016 AS A MISSION-DRIVEN HYBRID VENTURE WHOSE GOAL is to SUPPORT SOCIAL IMPACT ENTREPRENEURS (FOR PROFIT and NONPROFIT ALIKE) STRENGTHEN THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE and BUILD SUSTAINABLE and RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING TOWARDS IRREVERSIBLE SYSTEM CHANGE. CARAVANSERAI PROJECT DESIGNS and IMPLEMENTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE and CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURS and ORGANIZATIONS IN THE INLAND EMPIRE and SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT WORKS EXTENSIVELY ACROSS THE NATION and INTERNATIONALLY. WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING A PRE-ACCELERATOR/INCUBATOR for MISSION DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE INLAND EMPIRE SINCE 2018. IN 2019 THE ORGANIZATION DEVELOPED A SERIES of PROGRAMS, THE BREAKTHROUGH MASTERCLASSES. AS COVID-19 THE ORGANIZATION PIVOTED and PROVIDED ONLINE MASTERCLASSES ON SURVIVAL and SUSTAINABILITY and ENDURING IMPACT to 58 ORGANIZATIONS and CONDUCTED 17 TRAINING WEBINARS to OVER 500 ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
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Of every $100 spent, about $84.40 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
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They name their leaders13 people are listed in the latest report.
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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $758,035 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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See everyone listed on the board or leadership roster (13)
MIHAI PATRUPRESIDENT
FRANZENE MINOTTCHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
STEPHEN BENNETTBOARD TREASURER
CHRISTOPHER HOPKINS-GILLISPIEBOARD MEMBER
CRAIG DOUGHERTYBOARD MEMBER
DEEDEE TOWERYBOARD MEMBER
HELI CASTANEDABOARD MEMBER
JERRY FOGELSONBOARD MEMBER
KEVEN PALMERBOARD MEMBER
LARRY COLTONBOARD MEMBER
NEREYDA RODRIGUEZ-LOOBOARD MEMBER
REGINAL WEATHERSPOON-BELLBOARD MEMBER
RHETT WILSONBOARD MEMBER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2017
- Location
- 750 E TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY STE 4, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262-6709
- County
- Riverside
- In care of
- % STEPHEN LANE BENNETT
- Primary officer
- MIHAI PATRU, PRESIDENT
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- WILLIAM J HEALEY III CPA
- NTEE classification
- International Development (Q30)
- IRS tax category
- International Development
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes