Sahar Education

Analysis

Sahar Education is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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, Sahar Education reported income of $178k and spending of $307k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $509k to $178k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Sahar Education sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 48th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mayan Miracle Foundation ($178k), Philippines Humanitarian ($178k) and Aparigrah Foundation ($178k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $425k against liabilities of $27k, net assets of $398k.