Arab Gulf Programme for Development
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
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- Income
- $124.3 million
- Spending
- $20.5 million
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 3
- Highest pay
- $646,407, exec. director/board member
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)
- $700,000 spent. MICROFINANCE BANKS-A VISION OF COMBATING POVERTY. PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR MICROFINANCE BANKS ASSISTING THE POOR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. BY PROVIDING BANKING SERVICES TO MARGINALIZED SEGMENTS AROUND THE GLOBE, SPECIFICALLY WOMEN, YOUTH, RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES, AGFUND HAS BECOME THE FIRST ORGANIZATION IN ARAB COUNTRIES WORLD TO ESTABLISH MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS FOR THOSE WITHOUT SUCH FINANCIAL RESOURCES. AGFUND'S MICROFINANCE SERVICE OFFERINGS INCLUDE LOANS, SAVINGS, DEPOSITS, CURRENT ACCOUNTS, HEALTH AND COOPERATIVE INSURANCE, REMITTANCES, AND CURRENCY EXCHANGE. OVER TIME, AGFUND'S MICROFINANCE OPERATIONS HAVE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A TECHNICAL SUPPORT UNIT, WHICH PROVIDES A MEANS FOR SHARING EXPERIENCES BETWEEN MICROFINANCING INSTITUTIONS TO IMPROVE, MAKE KNOWN, AND IMPROVE UPON BEST PRACTICES.
- $2.4 million spent. ARAB OPEN UNIVERSITY. IN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BRITISH OPEN UNIVERSITY, CREATION AND SUPPORT FOR THE ARAB OPEN UNIVERSITY, A NON-PROFIT INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE SOPHISTICATED HIGHER EDUCATION TO THE LARGEST POSSIBLE NUMBER OF ARAB STUDENTS WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE ARAB COMMUNITIES. SUCH ISSUES INVOLVE UNEMPLOYMENT, INCREASING DEMAND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, HELPING THE POOR TO GET THEIR RIGHTS, AND INCREASING THE ROLE OF ARAB WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT MOBILITY.
- $6.4 million spent. OTHER INITIATIVES. LEAD INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT, YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, AND THE PROMOTION OF A CIVIL SOCIETY.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2010 for not filing returns for three years. The IRS now lists it as tax-exempt again.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 2018.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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