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THE ROYAL ETHIOPIAN TRUST INC

EIN: 93-4041676Centerbrook, CTZIP: 06409
A23 - Arts, Culture & Humanities501(c)(3)

Mission

THE ROYAL ETHIOPIAN TRUST (RET) IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE LEGACY OF HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ERMIAS SAHLE-SELASSIE AND FOSTERING THE WELL-BEING OF THE ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE. RETS MISSION IS TO SAFEGUARD, RAISE AWARENESS OF, AND FORTIFY ETHIOPIAN CULTURE AND UNITY. THIS MISSION IS CARRIED OUT THROUGH FOUR CORE PROGRAMMATIC PILLARS: 1. EMPOWERING ETHIOPIAS FUTURE SUPPORTING THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL GROWTH OF ETHIOPIAN YOUTH THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, MENTORSHIP, AND ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. 2. FOSTERING ETHIOPIAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MICROFINANCE, TRAINING, AND LOCAL BUSINESS SUPPORT. 3. PRESERVING ETHIOPIAS IMPERIAL HERITAGE PROMOTING NATIONAL PRIDE AND HISTORICAL AWARENESS BY RECOVERING, PRESERVING, AND EXHIBITING SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS. 4. SUPPORTING THE ETHIOPIAN CROWN UPHOLDING THE ETHIOPIAN MONARCHY AS A UNIFYING SYMBOL OF ETHIOPIAS IDENTITY AND CULTURAL INTEGRITY.

Financials

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2024$228k$0$195k
2023$50k$0$49k

Compensation

2024

ERMIAS SAHLE SELASSIE
Chairman of
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$16,000
ANANIA ABEBE
Aid to Camp
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ADAM VON GOOTKIN
Vice Preside
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
SOLOMON KIBRIYE
President
chief executive officer
$0
$0
$0
$0
NICHOLAS MELILLO
Treasurer
chief financial officer
$0
$0
$0
$0
GIOVANNI RUFFINI
Secretary
secretary (operational)
$0
$0
$0
$0

2023

ERMIAS SAHLE SELASSIE
Director
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$0
SOLOMON KIBRIYE
Director
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$0
ADAM VON GOOTKIN
Director
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$0
ANANIA ABEBE
Director
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$0
NICHOLAS MELILLO
Treasurer
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$0
GIOVANNI RUFFINI
Director
unclassified
$0
$0
$0
$0

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