Calestous Juma Legacy Foundation Inc

Analysis

Calestous Juma Legacy Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Cambridge, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Calestous Juma Legacy Foundation Inc reported income of $77k and spending of $62k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $65k to $77k (+19%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Calestous Juma Legacy Foundation Inc sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Senior Citizens of Prince Edward County Meals on Wheels Inc ($77k), Love One Inc ($77k) and Families Feeding Families Inc ($77k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $35k against liabilities of $7,264, net assets of $28k.