Ignite South Africa Inc

Analysis

Ignite South Africa Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Batavia, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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, Ignite South Africa Inc reported income of $103k and spending of $90k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $70k to $103k (+48%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Ignite South Africa Inc sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Zaras Center Inc ($103k), Turmia Foundation ($103k) and Mountain and Plains Rotary Youth Ex Change ($103k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $96k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $96k.