Funds development projects in South Africa to educate children, empower people, and alleviate poverty.
For fiscal year 2025 it reported $143K in revenue, $176K in expenses, and $119K in net assets.Pt I
Grants paid & assets · FY2025
Total revenue
$143K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$176K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$119K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$33K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
81%
Program services $0.81 Management & general $0.08 Fundraising $0.11
Program efficiency
81%
of spending reaches programs▲ +8% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
8.0mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▼ -58% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
-23%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -190% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$143K
FY2025▲ +12%
$143K$72K$0
FY2021FY2025
Expenses
$176K
FY2025▲ +84%
$176K$88K$0
FY2021FY2025
Total assets
$119K
FY2025▼ -21%
$152K$76K$0
FY2021FY2025
Total liabilities
$0
FY2025
$1$0$0
FY2021FY2025
Total revenue
$143K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$176K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$119K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$33K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$119K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B81%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 35
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 45
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
2 program services account for $142K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01
Children's Education & Youth Employment
Empowering local communities to uplift themselves by hiring local, previously unemployed youth and training them as reading coaches for children. We build libraries & literacy centres in preschools and schools and have these reading coaches work with children one-on-one at whatever level they are at for the first 5-6 years of their…
$71Kprogram expense
02
Top Learners
Sending top high school learners from over 40 impoverished township high schools in the Eastern Cape to university. Support includes application fees, assistance in obtaining financial aid and bursaries, tuition assistance, transportation stipends, housing in Masinyusane's Houses of Excellence, food and welfare, and mentoring and…
Jim McKeown’s $90K as Executive Director
is at the 81st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1263 $100K–1M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
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.
Individual Jim McKeown · Reported title Executive Director · Highest reported compensation $90K · Total expenses $176K
51%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $109K · Total expenses $176K
62%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
81%
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Overhead ratio
8%
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Fundraising cost ratio
14%
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Revenue growth
12%
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Investment management fee ratio
0%
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Legal fee ratio
0%
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Accounting fee ratio
3%
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Fundraising fee ratio
0%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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