Leleka Foundation

Analysis

Leleka Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Palo Alto, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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, Leleka Foundation reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.0m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $5.3m to $3.8m (-29%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Leleka Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Justice and Mercy International Inc ($3.8m), Physicians for Social Responsibility Inc ($3.8m) and Caras of the Americas ($3.8m).

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 $1.2m against liabilities of $90k, net assets of $1.1m.