The Initiative began as a privately financed pilot and is now a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity operating continuously since 2023. This page sets out what it runs, how it is governed, where every figure here comes from, and the date by which it will report results.
Everything on it is method, governance and the public record — the things that can be checked today. Results are a separate claim, and we will not make it early.
How we will know it is working →September 2027 The first complete cycle of results, published whatever it shows
Last reviewed: August 2026
After-school instruction in the village, and university preparation in Kabul.
Continuous operation in the village since the pilot opened in 2023.
Attendance and progress checked every month, in both programs.
Verifiable through the IRS and the California Registry of Charities.
What the Initiative costs to run, and how that divides between the two programs, is published here as each reporting cycle closes. Progress is reported in aggregate — never by name, never by photograph, never at a precision that could identify a student or a teacher.
Detail below that level is furnished to donors, grantmakers and auditors on written request, answered within ten business days.
An organization with no results to report yet should be judged on its method. The framework below is what the Initiative is committed to operating, and each program reports into it on a fixed monthly cycle against a written specification.
Monthly data collection under the Initiative's Program Data Collection Plan begins September 2026, and the first complete cycle of results reports twelve months later. Both dates are set out in the track below.
The reporting commitment
Structural facts only
What the Initiative runs, how it is governed, and the geography it works in — every figure sourced. No outcome is claimed, because none has been measured.
Monthly collection begins
Baseline diagnostics at intake, monthly assessments through the term, and attendance records for both programs, under the Program Data Collection Plan.
First complete cycle published
A full year of results, published whether or not they flatter us. That sentence is the one worth holding us to.
Both dates are commitments, not forecasts — see figures and sources for how everything published so far was derived.
Nuristan is annexed into the modern Afghan state and renamed. That history still shapes the province's limited institutional development and exclusion from educational opportunity.
The proof-of-concept after-school program launches in the village, privately financed.
The Kabul Bridge Cohort launches as a second proof point — a first group of students relocates for intensive preparation.
The Initiative is established as a California nonprofit and recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) public charity, creating a governance and fundraising platform for the work.
Our standing does not rest on this page.
Where to check
501(c)(3) public charity status, and EIN 41-5085112 — search the register.
Public registerRegistration as a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, with the Attorney General's Registry of Charities and Fundraisers.
Public registerThe exemption application — Form 1023 and everything filed with it — is open to public inspection now, and we furnish it on request. The first annual return covers the fiscal year ending 31 December 2026. Whichever return applies at our size, the IRS publishes the filing in Tax Exempt Organization Search; if a Form 990-EZ or 990 is filed we will post it on this site within ten business days and keep three years available.
Public registerThree to fifteen directors on staggered terms meeting quarterly; standing finance, audit and program committees; a conflict-of-interest policy in force; a January-to-December fiscal year. Set out in full on the governance page. The Program Data Collection Plan and the IRS determination letter are furnished as documents on written request.
On written requestPer-student cost, monthly run rates and enrollment are not published on this site. They are furnished to donors, grantmakers and auditors, and records are maintained for board review and independent CPA review as required.
Ten business daysEvery contribution goes to teaching, examination preparation, and student welfare — and to the governance that keeps the work defensible. We report what we can verify, and withhold what could put students at risk.
