Kenya Self-Help Project

Analysis

Kenya Self-Help Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Burlington, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 July 2024, Kenya Self-Help Project reported income of $63k and spending of $59k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from July 2022 to July 2024, income fell from $248k to $63k (-75%), an average of -50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kenya Self-Help Project sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 16th percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Power of Sight Foundation ($63k), Chovis Gam Sacchidanand Medical & Reaserch Center ($63k) and Bright Spot Foundation ($63k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending July 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $103k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $103k.