Al-Shifa Foundation of North America

Analysis

Al-Shifa Foundation of North America is a registered charity in United States, based in Princeton, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2000, 26 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, Al-Shifa Foundation of North America reported income of $780k and spending of $738k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $503k to $780k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Al-Shifa Foundation of North America sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include U S-Ukraine Foundation ($780k), Lightshine a Living Hope ($781k) and Partnership for a Secure America Inc ($779k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 107% of the total. At year end it held assets of $357k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $357k.