Namaste Childrens Fund

Analysis

Namaste Childrens Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 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, Namaste Childrens Fund reported income of $183k and spending of $148k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $213k to $183k (-14%), an average of -3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 278%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Namaste Childrens Fund sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 48th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Outreach Uganda ($183k), Effortz Foundation Inc ($183k) and Magar Association USA Inc ($183k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.