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COOKSTOVE PROJECT INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $127K · expenses $114K · assets $168K

EIN
46-4547004
Address
24 LINK DRIVE, ROCKLEIGH, NJ 07647-2503
Website
www.cookstoveproject.org
NTEE code
Z99
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2014
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Mission

Provide clean cookstoves for rural families in Nepal and Uganda.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 11 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

11 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Rebecca Sommer Board Member & President2021-2025 10 $0 reported 1
Megumi Ueda Board Member & Treasurer2023-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Mike Sommer Board Member & Secretary2023-2025 10 $0 reported 1
Sheri Reuter Board Chair2021-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Mark Johnson Board Member2021-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Susan Condit Board Member2021-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Jeff Cadge Board Member2021-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Hakan Ayanoglu Board Member2021-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Megumi Udea (former) Board Member & Treasurer2021-2022 5 $0 reported 1
Michael Sommer (former) Board Member & Sect2021-2022 10 $0 reported 1
Mary Seacor (former) Board Member2021 3 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 8 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Rebecca Sommer Board Member & President10 $0$0$0 $01
Megumi Ueda Board Member & Treasurer5 $0$0$0 $01
Mike Sommer Board Member & Secretary10 $0$0$0 $01
Sheri Reuter Board Chair3 $0$0$0 $01
Mark Johnson Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
Susan Condit Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
Jeff Cadge Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
Hakan Ayanoglu Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 8 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Rebecca Sommer Board Member & President10 $0$0$0 $01
Megumi Ueda Board Member & Treasurer5 $0$0$0 $01
Mike Sommer Board Member & Secretary10 $0$0$0 $01
Sheri Reuter Board Chair3 $0$0$0 $01
Mark Johnson Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
Susan Condit Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
Jeff Cadge Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
Hakan Ayanoglu Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 8 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Rebecca Sommer Board Member & President10 $0$0$0 $01
Megumi Ueda Board Member & Treasurer5 $0$0$0 $01
Mike Sommer Board Member & Secretary10 $0$0$0 $01
Sheri Reuter Board Chair3 $0$0$0 $01
Mark Johnson Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
Susan Condit Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
Jeff Cadge Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
Hakan Ayanoglu Board Member3 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 8 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Rebecca Sommer Board Member & President10 $0-$0 $01
Megumi Udea Board Member & Treasurer5 $0-$0 $01
Michael Sommer Board Member & Sect10 $0-$0 $01
Sheri Reuter Board Chair3 $0-$0 $01
Mark Johnson Board Member3 $0-$0 $01
Susan Condit Board Member3 $0-$0 $01
Jeff Cadge Board Member3 $0-$0 $01
Hakan Ayanoglu Board Member3 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Rebecca Sommer Board Member & President10 $0-$0 $01
Megumi Udea Board Member & Treasurer5 $0-$0 $01
Michael Sommer Board Member & Sect10 $0-$0 $01
Sheri Reuter Board Chair3 $0-$0 $01
Mark Johnson Board Member3 $0-$0 $01
Susan Condit Board Member3 $0-$0 $01
Mary Seacor Board Member3 $0-$0 $01
Jeff Cadge Board Member3 $0-$0 $01
Hakan Ayanoglu Board Member3 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$127,079$113,874 $167,968$167,968 $116,790$0 $000
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$100,582$104,373 $154,622$154,622 $95,582$0 $000
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$104,213$78,182 $157,121$157,121 $106,195$0 $000
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$80,454$75,148 $129,790$129,790 $78,985- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$73,992$60,742 $124,484$124,484 $70,352- ---

Funders of this organization

5 grantors reported grants to this organization, $24,675 in all, tax years 2015 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2015 1$10,000 2015$10,000
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CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$7,926 2023$7,926
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AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$5,495 2023$5,495
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “COOKSTOVE PROJECT INC” 2020-2023 4$640 2023$111
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GE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “COOKSTOVE PROJECT INC” 2022-2023 2$614 2023$269
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $113,874 spent · pay $0 · grants $79,400 · events $15,254
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $79,400$79,400-- 69.7%
Other (as described)Project Contract $23,950$23,950-- 21.0%
Travel $6,668$6,000$668- 5.9%
Office expenses $3,245$1,885$1,360- 2.8%
Fees: accounting $500-$500- 0.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $111-$111- 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $20,458$15,143reported apart
Total$113,874100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $104,373 spent · pay $0 · grants $81,482 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $81,482$81,482-- 78.1%
Other (as described)Project Contract $18,840$18,840-- 18.1%
Office expenses $2,661$1,054$1,607- 2.5%
Advertising and promotion $890-$890- 0.9%
Fees: accounting $500-$500- 0.5%
Total$104,373100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $78,182 spent · pay $0 · grants $63,805 · events $10,491
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $63,805$63,805-- 81.6%
Other (as described)Project Contract $11,140$11,140-- 14.2%
Office expenses $2,837$1,647$1,190- 3.6%
Fees: accounting $400-$400- 0.5%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $5,775$10,491reported apart
Total$78,182100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $75,148 spent · pay $0 · grants $63,535 · events $5,621
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $63,535 84.5%
Fees to independent contractors $9,600 12.8%
Printing, publications, postage $1,112 1.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $901 1.2%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$5,621reported apart
Total$75,148100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $60,742 spent · pay $0 · grants $49,850 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $49,850 82.1%
Fees to independent contractors $7,800 12.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,311 3.8%
Printing, publications, postage $781 1.3%
Total$60,742100%

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