Allafrica Foundation

Analysis

Allafrica Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2002, 24 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 December 2023, Allafrica Foundation reported income of $373k and spending of $413k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $152k to $373k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Allafrica Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Idaho Family Policy Center Inc ($373k), Moon Area Band Parent Organization Inc ($373k) and Destiny Foundation ($373k).

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 $222k against liabilities of $249k, net assets of -$27k.