Focus on Tanzanian Communities Inc

Analysis

Focus on Tanzanian Communities Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Watertown, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Focus on Tanzanian Communities Inc reported income of $816k and spending of $671k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $293k to $816k (+178%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Focus on Tanzanian Communities Inc sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Austin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles ($815k), United Servants Abroad Inc ($817k) and Group of Thirty ($815k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $913k against liabilities of $3,900, net assets of $909k.