Rain for the Sahel and Sahara Inc

Analysis

Rain for the Sahel and Sahara Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Portsmouth, NH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Rain for the Sahel and Sahara Inc reported income of $448k and spending of $454k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $473k to $448k (-5.3%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rain for the Sahel and Sahara Inc sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within NH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Strengthen Our Sisters Inc ($448k), Beuncommon Inc ($448k) and Salem Family Resources-Success by 6 ($448k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $88k (19% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $128k. At year end it held assets of $286k against liabilities of $8,672, net assets of $277k. It reported 3 employees.