The Zawadisha Fund

Analysis

The Zawadisha Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Reno, NV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, The Zawadisha Fund reported income of $158k and spending of $154k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $54k to $158k (+192%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 264%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Zawadisha Fund sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within NV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arvada Visitors Center ($158k), Southern Illinios Coal Belt Champion Community Inc ($158k) and Lake Superior Community Partnership Foundation ($158k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% and program service revenue 62% of the total. At year end it held assets of $20k against liabilities of $76k, net assets of -$56k.