A Is for Africa Ltd

Analysis

A Is for Africa Ltd is a registered charity in United States, based in Mount Airy, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2011, 15 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, A Is for Africa Ltd reported income of $94k and spending of $113k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $69k to $94k (+36%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, A Is for Africa Ltd sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Union of Golden Hearts Inc ($94k), Friends of Liberia Inc ($94k) and Asociacion Venezolano Americana de Amistad-Incorporated ($94k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $62k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $62k.