Afghan Literacy Foundation

Analysis

Afghan Literacy Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2009, 17 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, Afghan Literacy Foundation reported income of $248k and spending of $421k, spending 170% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $431k to $248k (-42%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Afghan Literacy Foundation sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nishkam Sikh Welfare Organization USA Inc ($248k), Crosspoint of India Inc ($249k) and Japan-America Society of Houston Inc ($248k).

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 $231k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $231k.