Serve Africa

Analysis

Serve Africa is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Serve Africa reported income of $110k and spending of $119k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $122k to $110k (-10%), an average of -10% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Serve Africa sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parent Booster USA Inc ($110k), Friends of the San Anselmo Library ($110k) and Western Connecticut State University Alumni Assoc Inc ($110k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $5,315 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $5,315.