Self Help Africa Inc

Analysis

Self Help Africa Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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, Self Help Africa Inc reported income of $415k and spending of $524k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $775k to $415k (-47%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Self Help Africa Inc sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pipeline Worldwide ($415k), Kijabe Childrens Educational Fund Inc ($415k) and Gram Seva Foundation ($414k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 148% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $227k. At year end it held assets of $197k against liabilities of $53k, net assets of $144k. It reported 5 employees.