Ama Foundation

Analysis

Ama Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 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, Ama Foundation reported income of $184k and spending of $356k, spending 194% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $235k to $184k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 369%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Ama Foundation sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 54th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Siloe Project ($184k), Yonsei Basketball Association ($184k) and Earthaction Alerts Network ($184k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.