Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation

Analysis

Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Chapel Hill, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2008, 18 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, Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation reported income of $200k and spending of $333k, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $876k to $200k (-77%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 3180%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pilgrims Provision Ministries ($200k), Valentina Fox Foundation ($200k) and Equipping Ministries International Inc ($200k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% and program service revenue 2.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $9.8m against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $9.8m.