Nko Foundation

Analysis

Nko Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Upper Darby, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2017, 9 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, Nko Foundation reported income of $586k and spending of $392k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $527k to $586k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 285%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Nko Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Junior Achievement USA ($585k), Partnership for Indigenous Peoples -Pipes - International ($586k) and Transparent Hands Foundation US Inc ($585k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.4m.