Livingstone Foundation for Africa
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
We help developing communities in rural Zambia through education and health by: Financing new school facilities, donating books and educational materials, funding wells and boreholes and collaborating with NGO's and local organizations.
- Income
- $70,371
- Spending
- $74,093
- Reserves
- 3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
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
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, 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 (4)
- $23,005 spent. Student Sponsorship through Project Luangwa: 15 Secondary School students and 2 University.Families in communities living in poverty in rural Zambia struggle to send their children on to secondary school. Although the government now covers tuition, students still need Transportation to the secondary school, which is usually far from their small, rural villageRoom and board while at the secondary schoolUniforms, shoes, socks, exercise books, pens and pencilsAs pupils progress through the grades they also need maths sets and scientific calculatorsAll of this is beyond the financial means of almost all rural families who survive by subsistence farming.This program provides students with the tools and materials needed to go through secondary school, rather than being forced to stay home with all which that entails (working on the farm, having families as teenagers and having no hope for change).
- $9,531 spent. Preschool and Elementary School through Project Luangwa: Many schools continued to suffer this year due to unseasonable storms and an unrelenting drought. With our funding in 2025 Project Luangwa was able to: Provide 7 teacher salaries and a night watchman for Kapita Primary SchoolHelp with the following:oDesk repairs at Digitruck LearningoRoof repairs at Mphoma SchooloStructural crack repairs at Nsefu Primary
- $20,000 spent. Makolekole boreholes:The dry season lasts almost eight months, when no rain falls and the rivers dry up, forcing local women and children to walk up to 3 miles a day to find water. By providing clean, fresh water, we are keeping them from danger of attacks from wild animals, protecting them from water-borne illnesses and allowing the children time to attend schools or make-shift classes in the wild.We work closely with Makolekole, a locally run drilling company with a small rig which can access remote villages and clinics. We financed 3 boreholes from individual donors in 2025, changing the lives of approximately 1,250 people. Another borehole was installed under a matching program based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- $20,018 spent. Vocational Training School: Chikowa Youth Development Centre is a vocational training school, preparing young people as carpenters, electricians, auto-mechanics, masons and most recently cooks and tailors! We donated $19,000 for teacher salaries at the school and $1000 for their reforestation program.
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 November 6, 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 2017.
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 November 4, 2026.
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