Amani for Africa USA Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The purpose of Amani for Africa USA Foundation ("Amani") is to fund charitable, educational, religious and developmental activities in Africa. During 2025, Amani pursued this purpose by obtaining donations from individuals and churches and distributing funds to relieve poverty and promote education in central Tanzania.
- Income
- $65,042
- Spending
- $96,970
- Reserves
- 13.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 97%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 79 out of 100. Higher than 49% of charities in its peer group (environment, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 13.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 49% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $71,876 spent. Agricultural grants to the Amani Development Organization ("ADO") in Makang'wa, Tanzania, East Africa, to provide work experience and vocational training in cultivating and processing agricultural products including crops and livestock, and constructing and repairing related equipment and buildings using proper materials and methods. ADO also offers work projects during times of famine to provide additional income and food for nearby residents. Local people manage and operate the various activities in order to encourage sustainable development of the local economy and enable families to afford education for their children.
- $9,000 spent. Orphan Children's Home grants to ADO to support a home near the city of Dodoma, Tanzania, for orphaned children that is operated by an independent NGO VIMECHIA ("Viable Means for Child Aid"). The grants provide housing, meals, clean water, care, and supervision for over 50 children.
- $3,693 spent. Education Grants to support ADO operated English-speaking early child, kindergarten and primary schools and provide vocational, technical and college level tuition assistance. Nearly 300 students from local villages participate.
- $3,650 spent. Remaining 2025 grants to ADO supported ADO's efforts to drill and maintain water wells that provide clean, healthy water for over 40,000 people in nearby villages and schools ($3,350), and to evangelize and distribute Bibles in the Dodoma region of central Tanzania ($300).
- 990-EZ, Part III, lines 28 - 31: 2025 program expenditures consisted of grants to Amani Development Organization ("ADO"), a "community related and Christ centered" Non-Governmental Organization registered with the government of Tanzania and operated from the Amani Center located on 530 acres of land donated by the village of Makang'wa. ADO's aim is facilitating improved quality of life that can be maintained by local communities.ADO's programs provide care for families and orphans, water resources, agricultural and horticultural development, education and vocational training, health and nutritional assistance, relief work in time of famine, and social and spiritual development. Activities are jointly planned with communities where local people work for ADO's programs. The Tanzanian government has recognized ADO as a role model for other NGO's. The Rev. John F. Naumann, a director of Amani for Africa USA Foundation (the grantor), resides at the Amani Center in Makang'wa, TZ and serves as Managing Director of ADO (the grantee) on a volunteer basis. ADO has independent Tanzania resident directors, in addition to Rev. Naumann. None of the other ADO directors serve Amani for Africa USA Foundation in any capacity.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2005.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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