Ugandan Water Project Inc

Analysis

Ugandan Water Project Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lima, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2013, 13 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, Ugandan Water Project Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $698k to $1.8m (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Ugandan Water Project Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pams Foundation Inc ($1.8m), Serving Hands International ($1.8m) and Student Diplomacy Corps Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $145k (8.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $232k. It paid $3,832 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $610k against liabilities of $79k, net assets of $530k. It reported 8 employees.