Rural Asia Initiative

Analysis

Rural Asia Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Blacksburg, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2013, 13 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, Rural Asia Initiative reported income of $150k and spending of $150k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $133k to $150k (+13%), an average of +13% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Rural Asia Initiative sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Radical Grandma Collective ($150k), Stream of Hope Inc Clean Water Project for Ethiopian Villages ($150k) and Lambi Fund of Haiti ($150k).

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 $57k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $57k.