Koins for Kenya

What Koins for Kenya does

Koins for Kenya is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2004, headquartered by mailing address at 351 Oak Lane, Kaysville, Utah, USA, with operational activity concentrated in rural southeast Kenya. Its mission is to deliver educational opportunities and infrastructure to disadvantaged children and youth in villages including Dzendereni, Mkanyeni, Peku, Dzivani, Majengo, and Chizini. The US structure is entirely volunteer-run with no paid offices or employees; field operations are managed by an in-country Kenyan team working with community leaders, skilled builders, and local workers and families.

The organization's "products" are tangible educational infrastructure and services: permanent classroom buildings with block walls, cement floors, and tin roofs ($10,000 per classroom), rainwater-collection water cisterns ($4,500), pit-latrine toilet blocks with four stalls ($4,000), wooden desks seating two to three students ($50), and annual secondary-school scholarships ($500 per year) that include quarterly report cards and letters. It also operates the Sean Michels School for Special Needs in Miyani, Kenya, providing education, food, water, medical aid, wheelchairs, and crutches to children with physical disabilities who previously could not attend school.

Revenue is generated exclusively through tax-deductible donations solicited via the organization's website (processed through Acceptiva and a QuickClick donation link), mail-in checks, and recurring monthly contributions. Named sponsors include CrossFit HQ and CrossFit affiliates (via the Hope for Kenya initiative, since 2012), Veracity Insurance (two school buildings in Peku, since 2012-2013), and Saint Olaf School (a 2014 student-led fundraiser). Distribution is direct: donors engage online or by mail, while projects are executed in-country alongside community partners. No technology platform, software product, or AI/ML capability is part of the operating model.

Name

Koins for Kenya

Legal name

Koins for Kenya

Website

https://koinsforkenya.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Koins for Kenya is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2004 that delivers educational infrastructure in rural southeast Kenya, including classrooms, water cisterns, toilets, desks, scholarships, and a special-needs school. It operates as a volunteer-run US charity supported by an in-country Kenyan team and funded via individual donations and select corporate sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Access & Quality (International Development) (BPAGABAE), NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC)

Keywords

• Educational nonprofit services
• Humanitarian aid programs
• Rural school construction
• Student scholarship programs
• Water and sanitation infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Kaysville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Tax-deductible donations from compassionate individuals supporting educational opportunities in rural Kenya. Donations can be one-time or recurring monthly contributions.
2. Corporate/Organizational Partnerships: Sponsorships and donations from companies and organizations such as Veracity Insurance and CrossFit affiliates that fund specific projects like school buildings, classrooms, and water cisterns.
3. Volunteer Contributions: In-kind contributions from volunteers who provide time, expertise, and resources without compensation. No paid offices or employees in the USA.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Koins for Kenya is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that funds and builds educational infrastructure — classrooms, water cisterns, toilets, desks — and provides student scholarships for children in rural southeast Kenya. The organization runs the Sean Michels School for Special Needs in Miyani, Kenya, serving children with physical disabilities with education, food, water, medical aid, and equipment such as wheelchairs and crutches. All projects are planned with local Kenyan community leaders, managed by an in-country team, and built by skilled local builders and families.

Product overview

Koins for Kenya is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides educational infrastructure and support services to children in rural southeast Kenya. Rather than a technology product platform, the organization offers a portfolio of tangible goods and services including: Classroom Construction (permanent buildings with block walls, cement floors, and tin roofs), Water Cisterns (rainwater collection systems), Toilet Facilities (pit latrines with individual stalls), Student Desks, and Student Scholarships for secondary school tuition. Additionally, the organization operates the Sean Michels School for Special Needs in Miyani, which serves children with physical disabilities. All projects are planned with community leaders, managed by an in-country team, and constructed by skilled local builders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Classrooms Construction Construction of permanent classroom buildings with block walls, cement floors, and tin roofs to replace inadequate learning environments for students in rural southeast Kenya. Funded by donations of $10,000 per classroom and built by skilled local builders with village labor.
• Water Cisterns

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Saint Olaf SchoolminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2014Second graders at Saint Olaf School created pottery through a 'Klay for Kenya' project, raising over $1,000 to donate to Koins for Kenya. The project was led by a teacher who is also a Koins board member.
• CrossFitcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012CrossFit HQ and individual CrossFit affiliates partnered with Koins for Kenya to build classrooms, desks, and water cisterns in villages of Dzendereni and Mkanyeni. The 2008 CrossFit Games Champion visited the project area. Projects are documented on kenya.crossfit.com, CrossFit's Hope for Kenya initiative website. The Mkanyeni project took less than a month to complete.
• Sean Michels School for Special NeedscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004Named after Sean Michels who was born with special needs. The school was established in Miyani, Kenya with generous donations and volunteer efforts to serve children with physical disabilities who were previously unable to attend school.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• charity: water: charity: water funds water-access projects in developing countries via donor tiering and 100% model. Highly comparable to Koins for Kenya's water cistern component and its fixed-tier, project-specific donation model.
• Pencils of Promise: Pencils of Promise builds schools and provides educational programs in developing countries via a donor-funded model with itemized giving tiers. It is the closest analog to Koins for Kenya's school-construction and scholarship mission.
• buildOn: buildOn constructs schools in developing countries, primarily through youth engagement in donor communities and local labor in beneficiary countries. Comparable to Koins for Kenya in volunteer-driven, infrastructure-led education programming.
• Free to Learn: Free to Learn supports education in underserved regions including rural Kenya through school construction and supply provision. Operates at a similar small-NGO scale with a comparable rural Kenyan focus area.

Broad incumbents

• Room to Read: Room to Read is a larger, established nonprofit operating literacy and gender-equality education programs in low-income countries. It overlaps with Koins for Kenya's K-12 education infrastructure focus but operates broader program categories and at materially larger scale.
• WaterAid: WaterAid is a major international nonprofit focused on clean water, sanitation, and hygiene in developing countries. Overlaps with Koins for Kenya's water cistern and toilet-block construction work, particularly its Kenya operations.
• UNICEF: UNICEF is a global incumbent delivering education, WASH, and child-welfare programs across Sub-Saharan Africa including Kenya. Represents the broader competitive landscape for educational infrastructure funding and grants.

Regional players

• African Library Project: African Library Project sets up libraries and educational resources in African communities. Operates in the same African education infrastructure space as Koins for Kenya, with overlapping volunteer-driven donor model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/koinsforkenya
• Facebookfacebook.com/koinsforkenya
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/koins-for-kenya

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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