Aidak
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842300465
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Bethesda, MD, USA
- Phone
- 2407715308
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $193,019
- Expenses
- $193,019
- Assets
- $153,288
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kadia Bundu (President)
- Abu Hassan Koroma (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Kadia Bundu (President)
- Claudius Koiva Zorokong (Board Member)
- Mariama Koroma (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
AIDAK Foundation provides scholarships to eligible students in Sierra Leone, grants to Small Business owners, and monthly financial support to eligible individuals and families who meet the criteria as outlined in the foundation requirement. The foundation also covers medical cost for emergency medical care for individuals and families with low or no income. The foundation is currently working on erecting a building that will be used as a training center for aspiring enterpreneurs. AIDAK received donated goods that included laptops, cell phones, printers, furniture, clothing, books, household equipment, electronic gadgets, kitchen appliances, toys, medical supplies, and other supplies from Holy Cross Hospital, Suburban Hospital, Dr. Kadia Bundu and Mr Chinya Harleston. The monetary value to these goods totaled $55306. All of these items were shipped to Sierra Leone and distributed among families in need, individuals and medical centers.
What it reported doing in 2025
The AIDAK Foundation collected, shipped and distributed medical supplies to various hospitals in Freetown and other rural clinics in the Southern Province region of Sierra Leone. The foundation also purchased, collected, shipped and distributed household appliances, clothing, electronics, medical equipments, motor vehicle, furniture, and other items that were donated to the foundation, to individuals and families in Sierra Leone.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 27.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $193K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.