Ghana Make a Difference INC FY2022 filing

Tax-deductible

Star, ID501(c)(3)Since 2012InternationalEIN 45-5615778Revenue $820K in FY2022

On file with the IRSghanamakeadifference.org12040 W New Hope Rd, 83669-5184 · Star, IDTax-exempt since Oct 2012Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Ghana Make a Difference (GMAD) protects children and preserves families by providing a path to self-reliance through shelter, vocational training, life skills, education and medical care; provide vulnerable children (those rescued from child trafficking, abandonment or with other special needs) with a place they can call home while working to reintegrate them with their biological family or place them in a new family; provide education by operating a K-8 school and offering scholarships for secondary, post-secondary, and various vocational schools; and provide vision, dental, and surgical care.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$165K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $198K a year · 18% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$165K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
12
named funders · $553K
Looks good: 12 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3K
0.5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$820K
-25% vs prior year
Spent
$903K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$526K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$820K
FY2022▼ -25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$360K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$820K
FY2023$823K
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$2.0M
Expenses
$903K
FY2022▲ +56%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$336K
FY2021$579K
FY2022$903K
FY2023$777K
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$526K
FY2022▼ -14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$97K
FY2021$608K
FY2022$526K
FY2023$605K
FY2024$602K
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2022 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2012.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $708K Management & general 12% · $107K Fundraising 10% · $88K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $165K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Development
$164,619Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Austin Johnson’s $171K as Executive Director is at the 67th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Austin Johnson$171,171$167,000$145,564$164,619$102,419

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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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides vulnerable children with safe homes, family reunification, and support for self-reliance.

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1 program · $708K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Support of orphanage in ghana. The majority of our resources were used to fund an orphanage in dabanyin, ghana.

$708Kprogram expense

Funders

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
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$820K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$819K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Investment incomeLn 3$35
Money outPt IX
$903K
Ln 25
Programscol B$708K
Managementcol C$107K
Fundraisingcol D$88K
Owns and owesPt X
$526K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$260K
Total assetsLn 16$528K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$819K
Investment incomeLn 3$35
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$820K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$94K
SavingsLn 2$167K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$260K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$266K
Total assetsLn 16$528K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
Net assetsLn 32$526K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 6198
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$607K$260K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$266K
Total assetsLn 16$608K$528K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$3K
Net assetsLn 32$608K$526K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$545K$545K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$165K$82K$82K
Payroll taxesLn 10$12K$6K$6K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$21K$20K$211
Office expensesLn 13$12K$12K
TravelLn 17$142K$142K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$903K$708K$107K$88K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.0M$1.3M$679K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$1.4M$13K$602K 990 PDF
FY2023 $823K$777K$46K$605K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $820K$903K−$83K$526K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.1M$579K$511K$608K 990 PDF
FY2020 $360K$336K$24K$97K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $819,747 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,083,311$818,615
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $16$35
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $7,533$1,097
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,090,860$819,747
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $396,413$544,920
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $110,597$176,511
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $72,409$181,268
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $579,419$902,699
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $511,441−$82,952
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $819,747 across 4 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,097 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$818,615
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$818,615
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $35$35
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $35 · Excluded from tax $1,097$819,747
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $902,699 across 8 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $544,920$544,920
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $82,310 · Fundraising $82,309$164,619
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $5,946 · Fundraising $5,946$11,892
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $20,388 · Management $211$20,599
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $12,083$12,083
IX-17 TravelPrograms $142,196$142,196
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $5,000$5,000
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,390$1,390
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $707,504 · Management $106,940 · Fundraising $88,255$902,699
Part X · Balance sheet $528,131 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $207,951$93,513
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $399,255$166,866
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,290$1,333
X-11 Publicly traded securities$266,419
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $608,496$528,131
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$2,587
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$2,587
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $608,496$525,544
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $608,496$525,544
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $608,496$528,131
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $525,544 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$819,747
XI-2 Total expenses$902,699
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$82,952
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$608,496
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$525,544

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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