California · Nonprofit
AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC
AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $490,455 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($283,240). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $301k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $490k
- Net assets
- $139k
What African Hope Fund Inc does
Mission
The mission of africa hope fund is to promote wildlife conservation in southern africa by supporting oranizations on the ground that are dedicated to anti-poaching efforts, conservation education for children, wildlife damage mitigation, and continued education for local children to ensure their economic futures.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education programsultimately, steve and carol fell in love with the people of the region and recognized the opportunity to help the people by building schools and literacy centers which were badly needed. The first project was to rebuild an existing school building and add two classrooms. Class sizes are often 80 to 100 students.culturally, the increased opportunities for education have had a huge impact upon the community. Although english is not taught in zambian schools until the 4th grade, the students are required to take their exams in 7th grade in english. The african hope fund helps fill the three gap years with interactive literacy training. 1.) literacy centersdebby lott, a member of the ahf board of directors, has traveled to zambia for eight years, spending two-to-three months each summer providing expert literacy training to several zambian women and men who become reading assistants. Debby's career as a literacy development professional in california provided her with the skills she needed to assess what the children needed and the best way to help them learn. After personally being involved with the actual physical building of a literacy center, debby remembers the…
$2,398 spentof which $2,398 as grants1% of program spendingWildlife conservationthe african hope fund (ahf) non-profit has been a presence in the south luangwa valley for over 20 years. Carol van bruggen and steve kuhn originally traveled to zambia to see the animals, which are abundant. Since 2008, the ahf has worked with organizations like conservation south luangwa (csl), conservation lower zambezi (clz), and zambia carnivore program (zcp) to protect animals from poaching and to teach the citizens how to peacefully coexist with the animals. The wildlife in zambia is the country's greatest tourist attraction.1.) conservation south luangwa (csl)csl is a remarkable initiative dedicated to preserving the pristine wilderness and biodiversity of the south luangwa national park in zambia. With its unwavering commitment to wildlife conservation, community engagement, and sustainable tourism, conservation south luangwa plays a pivotal role in safeguarding this unique ecosystem. Through their comprehensive conservation programs, which include anti-poaching efforts, habitat restoration, and wildlife research, they ensure the long-term survival of iconic species such as elephants, lions, and leopards. Additionally, their community outreach…
$182,617 spentof which $182,617 as grants99% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $185,015.
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 $96k to $140k (+46%).
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.
113% of AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $290 → $178k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 AFRICAN HOPE FUND 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
AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
77% 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 AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 62% · 2021 54% · 2022 75% · 2023 74% — 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
50% of AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
77% of AFRICAN HOPE FUND 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 $111k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from funders outside California, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $379k 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
AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AFRICAN HOPE FUND 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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 AFRICAN HOPE FUND 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 AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC?
- AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $490,455 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($283,240). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $490,455 in grants to AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $283,240 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFRICAN HOPE FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 11 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