African Widow and Orphan Support

Analysis

African Widow and Orphan Support is a registered charity in United States, based in Kentwood, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2015, 11 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, African Widow and Orphan Support reported income of $254k and spending of $202k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $203k to $254k (+25%), an average of +12% a year. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, African Widow and Orphan Support sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Peace Parks Inc ($254k), Mission Haiti Inc ($254k) and Qasd Foundation ($254k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $316k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $316k.