Ghana Health and Education Initiative

Analysis

Ghana Health and Education Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Topanga, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2009, 17 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 May 2024, Ghana Health and Education Initiative reported income of $82k and spending of $96k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from May 2018 to May 2024, income grew from $61k to $82k (+35%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Ghana Health and Education Initiative sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 34th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haitian Needy Childrens Foundation Inc ($82k), Deki Inc ($82k) and Through the Roof ($82k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $22k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $22k.