Virginia · Nonprofit
BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC
BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC (Virginia) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $162,871 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($61,450). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $163k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Bread and Water for Africa Inc does
Mission
The exempt purpose of bread and water for africa ("bwa") is to support and strengthen grassroots initiatives for community self-sufficiency, health, and education in africa.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Health - general and rehabilitative:since mid-2020, the pandemic has further exposed weaknesses in africa's management of emergency health hazards and has exponentially drawn-out various healthcare deficiencies from the lack of life-saving equipment, medical supplies, medicines, and healthcare facilities to inequalities in delivering quality medical services. To address these shortcoming, in fy24, bwa continued providing cash grants for the operating costs of remote village clinics and in-kind support, including medicines, medical supplies and equipment and prenatal vitamins.(see schedule o for continuation)overall, the program served over 98,900 individuals at 58 health facilities where bwa focused on improving healthcare challenges. Notably, in fy24, bwa focused on reducing high maternal and child mortality rates by providing prenatal vitamins to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. Due to limited access to nutrient-rich foods, many women in sub-saharan africa suffer from deficiencies in essential vitamins and minerals, such as iron, folic acid, and calcium. Prenatal supplements help address these deficiencies, reducing the risk of complications like anemia, neural tube defects,…
$27,728,344 spentof which $27,545,610 as grants99% of program spendingOrphan care:many children in africa have become orphans due to various factors such as hiv/aids, preventable and treatable diseases, civil unrest, and social conditions that have led to the untimely death of their parents. These children face bleak prospects for economic and social advancement, and sometimes even for their survival, without any support. We are proud to contribute to our partners' efforts in providing a brighter future for these children. This year, we have allocated a grants totaling $218,622 to support orphanages and children's homes in four countries.see schedule o for continuation)one notable organization we support is the lewa children's home ("lch") in kenya. It serves as a model for the other orphan care programs we are involved in. The lch was established by phyllis keino, a volunteer spokesperson for our organization, after she took in four children whose parents, close friends of the keino family, tragically died in a car accident in the early 1970s. Presently, the lch not only provides food, shelter, and other essential needs for 33 children on-site but also extends its support to 18 more children from neighboring communities by helping fund their school…
$310,625 spentof which $308,578 as grants1% of program spendingEducational institutions:a key tenet of bwa's mission is that education is the future of africa. Since our founding, educating africa's younger generation has been a priority for bwa. Bwa granted a total of $42,600 in cash grants to support educational programs in kenya, zambia, tanzania, chad, and zimbabwe while bolstering partnerships that have been helping children and youth to attend school in these countries for more than a decade. In total, 421 students benefited through our school fees support and other educational programs in these countries this year.(see schedule o for continuation)in many parts of africa, where educational resources can be limited, providing school desks is a practical and impactful way to improve the quality of education. It contributes to better health, attendance, and academic outcomes for students. These are the main reasons bwa provides school desks to african schools that do not have proper classroom desks. In fy 24, bwa provided five 40-foot containers containing 1,425 combined desks (I.e., chairs, and tables) to rural schools in ethiopia and sierra leone. The total in-kind value for these donations was $306,756.in ethiopia, bwa worked with the…
$53,965 spentof which $53,610 as grants0% of program spendingOther programs
$10,412 spentof which $10,343 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $28,103,346.
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 2020 to 2021, from $854k to $1.1M (+31%).
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 BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
James J O'Brien Esq
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $17k → $26k.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.5M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Christian Relief Services Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of BREAD AND WATER 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
BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 71% · 2019 80% · 2020 61% · 2021 69% · 2022 70% · 2023 30% — 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
43% of BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80k 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
BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
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In Virginia
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 35 states
Part of a family of 22 related entities
- Americans Helping Americans Inc · exempt
- American Indian Youth Running Strong · exempt
- Christian Relief Services of Virginia · exempt
- Christian Relief Services Charities Inc · exempt
- Crs Triangle Housing Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC?
- BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC (Virginia) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $162,871 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($61,450). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $162,871 in grants to BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $61,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BREAD AND WATER FOR AFRICA INC find more funders?
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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 19 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