Educate Bwindi

Analysis

Educate Bwindi is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 September 2023, Educate Bwindi reported income of $231k and spending of $255k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2023, income grew from $195k to $231k (+18%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Educate Bwindi 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 57th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minnesota Theodore Roosevelt High School Foundation ($231k), It Bhu Global Alumni Association Inc ($231k) and Tularcitos Parent Teacher Organization ($231k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $68k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $68k.