Cahaya Foundation

Analysis

Cahaya Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in O Fallon, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2022, 4 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, Cahaya Foundation reported income of $122k and spending of $94k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 61%. 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, Cahaya Foundation sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rural India Ministries Inc ($122k), Partnership for Compassion ($122k) and Refuge of Hope Peru ($122k).

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 $55k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $55k.