Rural Advancement Foundation International-Usa

Analysis

Rural Advancement Foundation International-Usa is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsboro, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1990, 36 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, Rural Advancement Foundation International-Usa reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.4m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $3.8m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Rural Advancement Foundation International-Usa 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 NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Physicians for Social Responsibility Inc ($3.8m), Compassionate Hope Foundation ($3.8m) and Leleka Foundation ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $398k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $387k, net assets of $3.9m. It reported 31 employees.