Home to Enhance African Life

Analysis

Home to Enhance African Life is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2014, 12 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, Home to Enhance African Life reported income of $268k and spending of $254k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $639k to $268k (-58%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Home to Enhance African Life sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Champions in Action Inc ($268k), Honduras Fountain of Life ($268k) and Restoring Hope International Inc ($268k).

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 $14k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $14k.