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· Public charity

Aid for Africa Inc

Provide assistance to sub-saharan africa.

$287k
Granted FY2021
16
Grants FY2021
9
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.

International$209kAnimals$119kHuman Services$86kHealth$82kPhilanthropy$64kEducation$39kEnvironment$25kArts & Culture$15k
02FY2021 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $193,889, the rows itemized in this filing. The $286,601 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $92,712 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k5 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $147k
$10,365
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC$18,475
CHARITY GLOBAL INC$18,289
FISTULA FOUNDATION$16,688
WOMEN'S MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE$14,535
BOOKS FOR AFRICA INC$14,323
AFRICAN CHILDRENS HAVEN INC$12,435
MAASAI GIRLS EDUCATION FUND INC$11,645
ASHESI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,365
AFRICA CLASSROOM CONNECTION$10,287
TREES FOR THE FUTURE INC$10,255
HELPING CHILDREN WORLDWIDE$10,010
EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN$9,740
MOUNTAIN GORILLA VETERINARY PROJECT$9,669
TANZANIA EDUCATION FUND INC$9,463
TOSTAN INC$8,895
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $86k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHARITY WATER: $38k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $29k → 17%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $18k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
IL
NY
CA
VA
MD
SC
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$579k · 15 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
3

Total granted

$579k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
-16%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21
InternationalAnimalsHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WC
    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $98k · revenue +253%
  • The Fistula Foundation
    3× · 2019–2021 · $76k · revenue +74%
  • WM
    WOMENS MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $64k · revenue +121%

Funded once

  • AA
    ACTION AFRICA INC
    one grant, 2019 · $9k · revenue -69%
  • WF
    WORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue -16%
  • AL
    AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue +17%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Building Schools in Africa
Education
2
Vision for Africa
Religion
3
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
4
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc

The Fossey Fund is dedicated to the conservation and study of gorillas in Africa through a successful, people-centered approach: 1) Providing daily protection to gorillas, 2) Scientific research providing critical data on gorillas and…

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5
Aqua-Africa Inc

Transform east african communities by providing access to clean well water and water systems.

International
6
Angels in Africa
International
7
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
8
Imaging the World Corp

Bringing ultrasound technology and training around the world

International
9
Roots Africa Inc

ROOTS Africa is a non-profit venture whose mission is to combat hunger and poverty in Africa by connecting academic institutions and experts in the US to farming communities in Africa. We have a vision to connect the world by engaging…

International
10
A Is for Africa Ltd

A is for Africa is an educational foundation focusing education and health among the Maasai people of Tanzania East Africa. Our primary work involves providing educational support to the local government schools in the way of a school…

International
11
Worldwide Friends of Ugandan Orphans Inc
Human Services
12
Trustafrica

Promote peace, democracy and economic prosperity in Africa.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tostan Inc; the most unlike its peers is Panthera Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOOKS FOR AFRICA INC: $50,542 · InternationalBOOKS FOR AFRICA INCAfrican Childrens Haven Inc: $33,899 · InternationalAfrican Childrens Haven IncASHESI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $26,574 · InternationalASHESI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONTANZANIA EDUCATION FUND INC: $17,622 · InternationalTANZANIA EDUCATION FUND INCMedical Bridges Inc: $10,689 · InternationalMedical Bridges IncEDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN: $9,740 · InternationalEDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDRENACTION AFRICA INC: $9,062 · InternationalTOSTAN INC: $8,895 · InternationalAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $5,846 · InternationalWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $97,735 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CONSERVATION…PANTHERA CORPORATION: $11,932 · AnimalsPANTHERA CORPORATIONMGVP INC Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project: $9,669 · AnimalsMGVP INC Mountain Gor…CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $85,665 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL …The Fistula Foundation: $75,881 · HealthThe Fistula Fo…WORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND: $6,021 · HealthWORLDWIDE FIST…WOMENS MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE: $64,097 · PhilanthropyWOMENS MICR…THE MAASAI GIRLS EDUCATION FUND: $31,192 · Arts & CultureAID AFRICA: $14,979 · Arts & CultureECOAGRICULTURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $14,706 · EnvironmentTREES FOR THE FUTURE INC: $10,255 · EnvironmentHelping Children Worldwide Inc: $22,224 · OtherAFRICA CLASSROOM CONNECTION: $21,175 · Other
International$172,869Animals$119,336Human Services$85,665Health$81,902Philanthropy$64,097Arts & Culture$46,171Environment$24,961Other$43,399

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $97,735 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $85,665 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $75,881 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWOMENS MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE: $64,097 over 3y, 12% of budgetBOOKS FOR AFRICA INC: $50,542 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAfrican Childrens Haven Inc: $33,899 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetTHE MAASAI GIRLS EDUCATION FUND: $31,192 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetASHESI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $26,574 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHelping Children Worldwide Inc: $22,224 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetAFRICA CLASSROOM CONNECTION: $21,175 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetTANZANIA EDUCATION FUND INC: $17,622 over 2y, 14% of budgetAID AFRICA: $14,979 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetECOAGRICULTURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $14,706 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPANTHERA CORPORATION: $11,932 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Bridges Inc: $10,689 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTREES FOR THE FUTURE INC: $10,255 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN: $9,740 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMGVP INC Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project: $9,669 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetACTION AFRICA INC: $9,062 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTOSTAN INC: $8,895 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND: $6,021 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $5,846 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Give Back FoundationGlobalgiving Foundati…Shell USA Company Fou…Baird Foundation IncMorgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Give Back FoundationWI19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Give Back Foundation · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Aid for Africa Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aid for Africa Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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