Friends of East Africa Foundation

Analysis

Friends of East Africa Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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, Friends of East Africa Foundation reported income of $493k and spending of $656k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $611k to $493k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 136%. 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, Friends of East Africa Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Medical Missions for Children Inc ($492k), Peace and Justice Center Inc ($493k) and Beehive Global Inc ($492k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $226k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $226k.