African Childrens Schools

Analysis

African Childrens Schools is a registered charity in United States, based in Bakersfield, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 June 2024, African Childrens Schools reported income of $986k and spending of $879k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $391k to $986k (+152%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, African Childrens Schools sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Social Capital Fund ($985k), Plymouth Community United Way ($986k) and Truman Lake Community Foundation ($985k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $126k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $126k.