African Enviromental Film Foundation

Analysis

African Enviromental Film Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Camarillo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, African Enviromental Film Foundation reported income of $478k and spending of $479k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $340k to $478k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 515%. Over the whole period it spent 153% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, African Enviromental Film Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sakura Matsuri Inc ($478k), Jerome Historical Society Inc ($478k) and Parrhasian Heritage Foundation ($478k).

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 $198k against liabilities of $5,075, net assets of $193k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.