Educate Africa Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 871964043
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Fremont, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4082422153
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $48,267
- Expenses
- $323
- Assets
- $144,188
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- IBRAHIMA BAH (CHAIRPERSON & CEO)
People named in this filing
- IBRAHIMA BAH (CHAIRPERSON & CEO)
- OSMAN SHAW (SECRETARY)
- ABDOULAYE DIALLO (CFO/TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our objective is to find and promote charitable organizations and causes that encourage the improvement of social and economic conditions in Africa, primarily through education. Our goal is to use education as an agent of change, improve health and livelihoods of disadvantaged communities, contribute to social stability and drive long-term economic growth across Africa.
What it reported doing in 2025
Transforming Lives Through Education - Our Impact in Guinea During 2025, and in continued alignment with EAF's mission to uplift vulnerable children and underserved communities across Africa, the Educate Africa Foundation expanded its humanitarian and educational initiatives in Guinea, bringing hope, dignity, and opportunity to those most in need. Supporting Orphans and Vulnerable Students - EAF provided educational sponsorships for orphaned and financially disadvantaged children in both rural villages and urban communities, helping ensure that poverty does not prevent a child from accessing education and pursuing a brighter future. Academic Assistance and Mentorship - To help struggling students overcome learning gaps and remain in school, EAF funded tutoring and academic support programs for middle and high school students, strengthening confidence, performance, and long-term opportunity. Providing Safe Shelter for Children in Need - Understanding that children cannot thrive academically without stability, EAF supported the construction of safe housing for orphaned children, giving them a secure environment in which to live, study, and grow. Strengthening Rural Education - In remote communities where access to qualified teachers remains limited, EAF supplemented the salaries of locally recruited educators to help sustain consistent and meaningful instruction for children in underserved areas. Expanding Safe Access to Education - EAF also supported the ongoing construction of a bridge connecting isolated villages to a school campus separated by a river. During the rainy season, children are often forced to travel several additional miles under difficult conditions to attend school. Once completed, the bridge is expected to dramatically reduce travel time and improve safe, reliable access to education for hundreds of students. Through these initiatives, EAF continues to do more than support education-we help restore hope, strengthen communities, and create pathways to a better future for children and families in need.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Sustainability: 91
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 99.3%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 446.4; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 107.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -22.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 48.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.