Community Health and Education for Rural Africa Chera Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$189k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$197k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$33k
$3k liabilities
Net assets
$30k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
11
5.5y av
Chair observed
≥3 yrs
James Ellison
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Community Health and Education for Rural Africa Chera Inc's network
11 people2 organisationsi11 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
11 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Ellison Chair | Chair/Treasurer | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Chuck Barlow | Vice Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Duncan Gray III | Company secretary | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Damon Heemstra | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Dr Christiana Russ | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Elisabeth Keller | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Leland Baldwin | Vice Chair | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Michael Creighton | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Rev Fred Robinson (also filed as Rev Fred Robinson) | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Scott Gregory | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Wanda Dean | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Chuck Barlow | Vice Chair | since 2019 |
| Duncan Gray III | Company secretary | since 2019 |
| James Ellison | Co-Chair/Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Leslie Nicholson | Co-Chair | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Creighton | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Wanda Dean | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Scott Gregory | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elisabeth Keller | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rev Fred Robinson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Christiana Russ | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Damon Heemstra | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| James Ellison | Chair/Treasurer | 10 | $0 | ||
| Chuck Barlow | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Duncan Gray III | Secretary | 2 | $0 | ||
| Leland Baldwin | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Community Health and Education for Rural Africa Chera Inc
- EIN
- 010742567
- Address
- Po Box 665, Stafford, NY, 14143-0665
- State
- New York
- Activity (NTEE)
- Q33 International, foreign affairs and national security
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Size band
- 3 (IRS master file code)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 2002
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsElisabeth Keller
≥7years on the filingsMichael Creighton
≥7years on the filingsScott Gregory
≥7years on the filingsWanda Dean
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $33k
- Total liabilities
- $3k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $30k
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $78k | $121k | Deficit $43k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Community Health And Education For Rural Africa (Chera), Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 28 August 2002
- Registered agent
- James D. Ellison (city and state not held)