Ujala Foundation

Analysis

Ujala Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Ypsilanti, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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, Ujala Foundation reported income of $95k and spending of $79k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $46k to $95k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Ujala Foundation sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Khush Childrens Home Inc ($95k), Friends of Armenia ($95k) and Guatemala Aid Fund ($95k).

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