Achon Uganda Childrens Fund

Analysis

Achon Uganda Childrens Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 December 2023, Achon Uganda Childrens Fund reported income of $687k and spending of $265k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $106k to $687k (+548%), an average of +155% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 165%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Achon Uganda Childrens Fund sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Experience International ($687k), Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Inc ($688k) and Water for Life International ($687k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $656k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $656k.