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 "slug": "caravanserai",
 "display_name": "Caravanserai",
 "legal_name": "CARAVANSERAI PROJECT",
 "ein": "81-2497638",
 "organization_type": "501(c)(3) nonprofit",
 "year_established": 2017,
 "year_established_source": "propublica",
 "headquarters_city": "Palm Springs",
 "headquarters_state": "CA",
 "primary_cause": "Community",
 "primary_cause_source": "NTEE Q30 via ProPublica (approximate)",
 "registration_status": "participant_2026",
 "mightycause_urn": "caravanseraiproject",
 "giving_url": "https://www.mightycause.com/organization/caravanseraiproject",
 "years_covered": [
  2025,
  2026
 ],
 "record_status": "Verified \u2014 identity and participation",
 "generated": true,
 "financials": {
  "source": "IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer",
  "year": 2023
 },
 "official_website": "https://caravanseraiproject.org",
 "official_website_source": "derived from the organization's contact email domain in DCF's own records, then HTTP-verified. Never constructed.",
 "official_website_verified": "2026-08-13",
 "short_description": "To facilitate the ability of individuals from marginalized and under-resourced communities to launch for-profit and nonprofit organizations, generating financial security, economic mobility, and systemic change.",
 "about": "To facilitate the ability of individuals from marginalized and under-resourced communities to launch for-profit and nonprofit organizations, generating financial security, economic mobility, and systemic change. Founded in 2016, Caravanserai facilitates the ability of individuals from marginalized, under-resourced communities to launch for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations that generate financial security, economic mobility, and systemic change.\n\nOur rigorously structured process provides entrepreneurs who face discrimination and barriers - racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, economic, cultural, and/or linguistic - with access to culturally respectful mentorship, needed resources, and a supportive, creative network of peers.\n\nOur programs are free and accessible to all. We can also customize and/or develop new programs to meet client requirements.\nTestimonials\n\"We came to SEED Lab with the excitement to simply share our Mexican/ Aztec culture and traditions as a way of life. We didn't know that our work in the community was creating an impact and helping folks. SEED Lab has truly impacted our work and our lives. They have been key in our continuing growth as entrepreneurs. We are thankful for the mentorship and for providing access to the many resources. with the excitement to simply share our Mexican/ Aztec culture and traditions as a way of life. \" - Gabriela and Claudia Armenta, Danza Azteca Citlaltonac, Founders | SEED Lab Fellows",
 "description_source": "description as provided by the organization for CV Giving Day (via its Mightycause profile)",
 "description_retrieved": "2026-08-13",
 "logo_url": "https://imagecdn.mightycause.com/b4a1ed63-73cb-4a3d-8ef6-2ba2b5327c31/-/overlay/3766cd9c-7c86-428b-8565-1b42da6b2e5e/80px80p/center/",
 "roster_status": "active",
 "primary_cause_reviewed": "Economic & Workforce Development",
 "primary_cause_reviewed_source": "CV Giving Day review against the organization's own description",
 "primary_cause_reviewed_date": "2026-08-17",
 "participation_years": [
  2025,
  2026
 ],
 "participation_note": "years_covered scopes what is known. Absence of a year from participation_years does not mean the organization did not participate: 2023 and 2024 org-level records are not held. participation_years is derived from the CV Giving Day participant lists, matched on EIN.",
 "participation_provenance": {
  "2026": "Mightycause giving-event summary export (Registration Status = Approved)",
  "2025": "CV Giving Day 2025 approved-participant list, matched on EIN"
 },
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  "@id": "https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/caravanserai/",
  "name": "Caravanserai",
  "legalName": "CARAVANSERAI PROJECT",
  "taxID": "81-2497638",
  "nonprofitStatus": "Nonprofit501c3",
  "url": "https://caravanseraiproject.org",
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  ],
  "address": {
   "@type": "PostalAddress",
   "addressLocality": "Palm Springs",
   "addressRegion": "CA",
   "addressCountry": "US"
  },
  "description": "To facilitate the ability of individuals from marginalized and under-resourced communities to launch for-profit and nonprofit organizations, generating financial security, economic mobility, and systemic change.",
  "foundingDate": "2017",
  "memberOf": {
   "@type": "Organization",
   "name": "CV Giving Day",
   "url": "https://www.cvgiving.org"
  },
  "dateModified": "2026-08-19",
  "potentialAction": {
   "@type": "DonateAction",
   "name": "Donate to Caravanserai",
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  }
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 "canonical": "https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/caravanserai/",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-19",
 "date_modified": "2026-08-19",
 "verified_statement": "Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record."
}