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Aid Africa

EIN 93-1222635 · Bakersfield, CA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

What it says it does

Providing clean water, energy efficient cookstoves, planting trees, and health education in rural Uganda

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 50% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).

Reserves
10 of 35
Spendable reserves would cover 2.9 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20
It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15
Income exceeded spending by 13% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15
Income rose 24% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 15
96% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Fair: 62 out of 100. Higher than 48% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).

Independent board
25 of 25
11 of 11 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15
Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8
Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7
Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5
Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10
Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
10 of 10
Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (5)

$47,382 spent. Stoves. Aid Africa provides the materials and expertise for rural Ugandan communities to replace the dangerous and harmful open fires inside their mud huts with safer, locally produced, cleaner-burning and more fuel efficient cookstoves.
$52,886 spent. Water. Aid Africa provides communities in rural Uganda with clean water wells and sheltered springs that eliminate the need for women and children to walk long distances to fetch water from open springs that are often parasite-infested health hazards, shared with other animals.
$20,537 spent. Trees. Aid Africa distributes saplings of fruit trees and fast-growing trees for shade and branch harvest in rural Uganda. These trees provide nutrition, fuel for cooking, shelter from the sun, and sometimes a small income from selling surplus fruit.
$13,423 spent. Health. Aid Africa provides health information, including reproductive health and domestic abuse prevention, at stove and tree distributions, and collaborates with regional health officials to sponsor community health fairs which include immunizations, screenings and prevention education for malaria and AIDS, and health check-ups that may lead to referrals for treatment.
$19,059 spent. Humanitarian Tours. Aid Africa provides educational tours to interested Americans who pay their own way to learn about conditions in Uganda and how Aid Africa functions there,

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

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 1998.
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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