Where the money goes, and how you can check
Trust in a charity comes down to money: who gives it, where it goes, and whether anyone can see. This page sets out how we handle funds, what we will publish and when, and how we disclose the support we receive — including from the company that shares our name.
An honest starting point
MEWAYZ Community Impact Foundation was incorporated on 14 January 2026. We have not yet completed a financial year, so there are no annual returns to show yet — and we will not pretend otherwise. What we can do now is state exactly what we will publish, and when, so that you can hold us to it.
Our first financial returns, covering the 2026 financial year, will be filed with the Corporate Affairs Commission as required by Nigerian law and published on this page in the first quarter of 2027. Each year after that, the returns for the prior year will be added here.
How we handle funds — from the first naira
These commitments apply from our very first donation, not from some future date.
Programme-first spending
Public donations go to programme costs in the field — relief supplies, grants, and the cost of building storefronts — not to overheads. Our working target is to keep administration to a small share of spending, and to report the actual split.
Separate, dedicated account
The Foundation holds its funds in its own bank account under its registered name, separate from any other organisation or individual. Donations are never mingled with any commercial account.
Every disbursement recorded
Each relief kit, grant, and payment is logged against a verified beneficiary. Those records are what our published figures will be built from — not estimates written after the fact.
Disclosing the support we receive
Not all support is cash. The Foundation's website and its Trader Storefront programme are built and hosted by Mewayz, the private company founded by our founder, as an in-kind donation. We treat that the same way we treat money: it will be valued and disclosed in our financial reporting, so the full picture of what supports our work is on the record. The two organisations are legally separate, hold separate funds, and the Foundation refers no one to any commercial product. The full relationship is set out on our governance page.
Have a question about our finances?
We would rather answer than leave you wondering. Ask us anything about how funds are handled.
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