Maine · Nonprofit
AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION
AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION (Maine) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,250 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($112,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $608k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $236k
- Net assets
- $165k
What Africa Schoolhouse Foundation does
Mission
Africa schoolhouse is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing quality schools, medical care, job training and clean water to rural villages in northern tanzania. Every project is a collaboration that involves taking direction from community liaisons and local government representatives so that we can build the most effective facilities possible. Africa schoolhouse cares deeply about the environmental, structural and social sustainability of all our projects.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation raises funds for the rebuilding and strengthening of existing primary and secondary schools. Thousands of people now have access to life-saving medical care through the construction of a health post - a modern clinic. Additional projects include an all-girls boarding-school which will be the first in its district.
$50,730 spentof which $22,705 as grants15% of program spendingIn 2023, asf entered into a joint project with the girls foundation of tanzania (tgft), a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt under irc 170 (b)(1)(a)(vi) (ein: 27-2910138). The purpose of the joint project is to construct a new girls center in arusha, a hub of empowerment and education for 35 young women.
$293,857 spent$292,156 earned by the program85% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $344,587.
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 $9k to $165k (+1640%).
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.
100% of AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Carol Ann Blinken
Chair, co-executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $18k → $10k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION’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
AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 61% · 2021 90% · 2022 80% · 2023 81% — 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.
Where its funders are
67% of AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION'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 $78k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maine, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $158k 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
AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION
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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION: 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 AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION?
- AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION (Maine) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,250 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($112,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $236,250 in grants to AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $112,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 6 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