Colorado · Nonprofit
ACTION IN AFRICA INC
ACTION IN AFRICA INC (Colorado) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,794,138 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,065,950). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $774k
What Action in Africa Inc does
Mission
Action In Africa is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in the United States, and community based organization that operates a thriving community center in Nakuwadde, Uganda. Our mission is to advance the social, personal, and economic development of children, youth, and adults in Uganda through greater access to education and other life-changing resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships: Secondary, University and Special needs scholarships granted by Action in Africa. These scholarships pay the schooling costs for 18 university students, 116 secondary students, and three special needs students.
$97,468 spentof which $83,155 as grants20% of program spendingThe Center: A public community facility serving individuals, families, and schools with free programs and services - 1885 students enrolled in after school programs, 1015 community members received free medical services, teacher training for 73 educators across 19 different schools, and 197 women enrolled in a weekly support and empowerment program.
$389,915 spent80% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $487,383.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $429k to $885k (+106%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 4% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
106% of ACTION IN AFRICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sarah Nininger
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $28k → $242k.
9 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ACTION IN AFRICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ACTION IN AFRICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
80% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ACTION IN AFRICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 91% · 2019 34% · 2020 45% · 2021 65% · 2022 81% · 2023 55% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of ACTION IN AFRICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
69% of ACTION IN AFRICA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $563k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 13 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACTION IN AFRICA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,608 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,608 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ACTION IN AFRICA INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACTION IN AFRICA INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACTION IN AFRICA INC?
- ACTION IN AFRICA INC (Colorado) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,794,138 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,065,950). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ACTION IN AFRICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,794,138 in grants to ACTION IN AFRICA INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACTION IN AFRICA INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,065,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACTION IN AFRICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 31 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing