Oklahoma · Nonprofit
ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC
ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,205 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($35,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.3M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $75k
- Net assets
- $9.5M
What Advocates for Africa Inc does
Mission
AFA is dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable children and their families in Rwanda and other African communities through education, compassionate care, and community support. We work to provide hope and sustainable opportunities by facilitating access to educational programs, family assistance, and holistic child development initiatives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
We opened a brand new middle school to supplement and continue providing excellent education to our elementary students in Rwanda.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
During the year, Advocates for Africa continued advancing its charitable mission through child sponsorship and educational support programs. The organization provided tuition assistance, educational materials, academic instruction, counseling services, and spiritual mentorship to vulnerable children. Additional support included food assistance and other welfare services aimed at improving the overall quality of life and long-term development of participating children and families.
$255,992 spent22% of program spendingThese expenses were related to the operation of Advocates School in Rwanda. The Advocates Christian Academy is a primary and middle school located in Bugesera (Ruhuha), Rwanda, established by Advocates for Africa to provide education and digital skill building in a rural, impoverished community.
$839,534 spent71% of program spendingShort-term mission trips are a huge part of our ministry. They create lasting value for both the communities being served and those who participate. They provide practical support through projects, education, medical care, and ministry while encouraging local churches and building meaningful relationships. At the same time, participants grow in their faith, develop a deeper understanding of different cultures, and return home with a renewed passion for serving others.
$86,929 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,182,455.
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 2024 to 2025, from $4.5M to $11M (+138%).
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.
0% of ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $20k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of ADVOCATES FOR 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 $205 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Oklahoma, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 718 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ADVOCATES FOR 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 Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 ADVOCATES FOR 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 ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC?
- ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,205 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($35,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $75,205 in grants to ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADVOCATES FOR AFRICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing