By Grace Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Educational
- Income
- $74,083
- Spending
- $64,555
- Reserves
- 6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $3,562, master seamstress (huntington, south africa)
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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, 2024, 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 (3)
- $22,770 spent. Mabarhule, South Africa: We currently employ five teachers from the local communities (two full-time and three part-time). We engage with five surrounding villages and the nearby high schools, working to provide teenagers with a safe place to go when school gets out, all while learning a skill that will serve them throughout their lives! This year, 80+ teens were taught in the program. While studying, the learners produce reusable sanitary napkins that are donated to local women through a partnership with CefPads and tote bags, scrunchies, and other small wares they can sell for a profit to help pay their high school fees. The By Grace Textile and Community Center, where our sewing classes are taught, needed some enhancements (including toilets and a security gate), so we spent $7,472.29 on maintenance outside our typical programming expenses and via specific asks of our donors. In Mabarhule, we work alongside the Creseldah Educational Foundation to provide ongoing, trusted services.
- $33,831 spent. Huntington, South Africa: We employ women as educators (one Master Seamstress and two Assistants), administrators (two part-time employees),and one program consultant/curriculum. We educate aspiring entrepreneurs and employees, and we better communities through our donations of crafted products and sponsored events. In July 2024, five women graduated from our sewing apprenticeship program. In September 2024, another six women began their seamstress journey. They will graduate in 2025. Our programming expenses provide learners' stipends, meals, and transportation to/from the program, plus learning materials and training equipment. We partner with Swa Vana to maintain a local footprint, cultural guidance, and a positive reputation in the local communities.
- $2,452 spent. Tamale, Ghana: We pay one full-time salary to our Master Seamstress, who instructs nine learners who are training as seamstresses and tailors. Each girl who enters the program is given a sewing machine to learn on and all the necessary materials to complete the curriculum. Six learners took their national exams in 2024.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 2015.
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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