Kenya Help

Analysis

Kenya Help is a registered charity in United States, based in Menlo Park, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2008, 18 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, Kenya Help reported income of $120k and spending of $202k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $172k to $120k (-30%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Kenya Help sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 44th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vital Edge Fund ($120k), International Allied Missions ($120k) and Mercy House Inc ($119k).

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 $5,021 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $5,021.