FACE Africa is female-led African founded 501c3 non-profit organization focused on getting sustainable clean water sanitation and hygiene infrastructure and improved health to rural underserved communities in Liberia and across sub-Saharan Africa. We use water as a catalyst to empower individuals especially women and girls with the knowledge skills and resources they need to flourish on their own terms. Our water and sanitation projects are climate sensitive and sustainable and all programs are led by our strong local team who possess the knowledge and awareness of local cultural norms languages and belief systems. We focus deeply on capacity building and helping women and youth become leaders in their communities while also educating communities in maternal child health nutrition menstrual health and sexual and gender based violence prevention.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$17K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2018 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $92K a year · 24% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$17K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $80K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Revenue
$194K
Net assets
$11K
By yearFY2018–FY2024
Revenue
$194K
FY2018
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2018$194K
FY2019$261K
FY2020$131K
FY2021$176K
FY2022$297K
FY2023$269K
FY2024$706K
Expenses
—
FY2018
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2018Not on file
FY2019$261K
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$282K
FY2023$278K
FY2024$345K
Net assets
$11K
FY2018
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2018$11K
FY2019$10K
FY2020$3K
FY2021$6K
FY2022$22K
FY2023$13K
FY2024$396K

From the FY2018 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2014-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2015.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990-EZ; $17K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Founder / Executive Director
$16,734Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Saran Kaba Jones’s $58K as Founder CEO is at the 53rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $100K–1M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Saran Kaba Jones$58,000$37,000$50,750———
Saran K Jones———$50,500$47,500$34,000
Pauline Egan————$35,700$16,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Provides clean water, sanitation, and health to rural African communities, empowering women and girls.

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$80K

By the numbers

The FY2018 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$194K
Other income$194K
Owns and owes
$11K
net assets
People
6
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$194K
Total revenue$194K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$11K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers30
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $706K$345K$361K$396K 990 PDF
FY2023 $269K$278K−$9K$13K 990 PDF
FY2022 $297K$282K$15K$22K 990 PDF
FY2021 $176K$6K 990 PDF
FY2020 $131K$3K 990 PDF
FY2019 $261K$261K$57$10K 990 PDF
FY2018 Viewing $194K$11K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2018 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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