International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Project Manana
SIMI VALLEY, CA
Total revenue
$1.1M
Total expenses
$1.0M
Net assets
$1.3M
Grants received
$11K
6 grants
EIN
273512516
Tax year
2024
Mission
Project maana exists to share the gospel and help break the cycle of poverty by investing in impoverished children, their families and communities through clean water, nutrition, education, and discipling projects.
Programs
5 programs
Education project - san pablo, dominican republic: during the 2023/2024 school year, project maana's private school provided an education to 210 children; grades: pre-k through 7th. During the 2024/2025 school year, project maana's private school provided an education to 210 children; grades: pre-k through 8th grade.cienfuegos, dominican republic: in 2024, project maana's community center offered after-school tutoring to 86 impoverished children, five days per week.
Local partner support
Prison project - in 2024, project maana's "institute for authentic manhood/womanhood"(tm) graduated 686 people (inmates, prison staff, and government officials). Of the total inmate graduates, many made the decision to receive jesus christ as their savior and were baptized by project maana inside the prison. As of december 31, 2024, project maana serves in 18 men's and 3 women's prisons in the dominican republic.timothy project - in 2024, the evangelical church that project maana launched in 2015 continues to thrive. Additionally, the timothy project provided benevolent gifts to impoverished people for medical services, school scholarships, groceries, and more. In june 2024, construction was completed on a new church & dormitory building.
Nutrition project - in 2024,project maana provided nutritious meals to an average of 397 impoverished children, five days per week.clean water project - in 2024, project maana's cumulative total of clean water filters distributed reached 1,286; providing a total of 70.5 million gallons of clean water annually to extremely impoverished families.
Princess project - designed to provide impoverished girls with the opportunity to experience a quinceanera. Each girl is lent a beautiful dress to wear. In addition, she is gifted with a tiara and all her accessories to make her celebration very special. Then, project maana's team will plan an amazing celebration (with cake, photos, and decorations) together with the princess's family and friends. All princess project participants attend a multi-class program which teaches biblical womanhood and healthy maturity. In 2024, the cumulative total of girls who completed the princess project reached 52.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
7 listed
BRIAN BERMAN
President
$87K
60 hrs/wk
DENNIS BOGARD JR
Treasurer
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0TRENT PEYTON
Secretary
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0DANIEL MCSWAIN
Chairman
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0SANDRA TUCKER
MEMBER
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0TRAVIS OCHOWICZ
MEMBER
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0NEBRASKA BERMAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
$49K
40 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$11K from 2 funders · 6 grants · 2017–2023
$9K · 4 grants · 2017–2023
$2K · 2 grants · 2020–2022