The Girls Foundation of Tanzania

Analysis

The Girls Foundation of Tanzania is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, The Girls Foundation of Tanzania reported income of $755k and spending of $618k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $154k to $755k (+391%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 228%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Girls Foundation of Tanzania sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waukee Area Christian Services ($755k), Deschutes County Childrens Foundation ($755k) and Heartbeat of Toledo Inc ($755k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $685k against liabilities of $222, net assets of $684k.