Heed Uganda

Analysis

Heed Uganda is a registered charity in United States, based in Edmonds, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Heed Uganda reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $490k to $1.1m (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Heed Uganda sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Give Black Alliance ($1.1m), Citizen of Burma Award Organization Inc ($1.1m) and Vilda ($1.1m).

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 $312k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $312k.