Amaanah Refugee Services

Analysis

Amaanah Refugee Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2010, 16 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, Amaanah Refugee Services reported income of $2.2m and spending of $2.1m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $588k to $2.2m (+278%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Amaanah Refugee Services sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include For the Nations Refugee Outreach ($2.2m), Enlace U S a ($2.2m) and Safe Passage ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% and program service revenue 75% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $454k. It paid $110k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $1.4m.