Illinois · Nonprofit
CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA
CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,171,135 to it, the largest being AHK FOUNDATION ($1,014,135). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $891k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $408k
What Christian Outreach for Africa does
Mission
To promote the gospel of jesus christ by developing u.s. Collaborative support for african christian outreach ministries, including education, job creation, health initiatives and acts of mercy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Promote education, job-training, health programs and orphan care for the people of middelburg,south africa through financial support to cofa south africa npc
$747,241 spentof which $735,746 as grants100% of program spendingTo provide financial support to st. Peter development foundation npc for building and grounds
Promote education, job creation and housing for the poor through financial support of cofa-uganda. Provided funds to undertake ownership of the kakajjo housing project with extensive remodeling renovations and upgrades. Contributed to the completion of one of the buildings on the campus of a school in kamwenge.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $747,241.
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 2019 to 2020, from $350k to $554k (+59%).
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 1% · 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $281k → $51k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA’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
CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 73% · 2022 57% · 2023 71% — 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
94% of CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $97k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% 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 CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA: 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 CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA?
- CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,171,135 to it, the largest being AHK FOUNDATION ($1,014,135). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,171,135 in grants to CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA?
- AHK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,014,135 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRISTIAN OUTREACH FOR AFRICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 4 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