Simama International

Analysis

Simama International is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Simama International reported income of $498k and spending of $382k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $234k to $498k (+113%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Simama International sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Raincoast Conservation Foundation ($498k), York County Parks Foundation Charitable Trust Inc ($498k) and Treasury Institute of Higher Education Inc ($498k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $48k (13% of expenses). It paid $182 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $455k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $455k.