US AFRICA INSTITUTE
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Plain text US AFRICA INSTITUTE. furp.org, nonprofit organization profile, tax years 2022–2025. https://furp.org/org/us-africa-institute-852744036. Retrieved 2026-11-15.
APA furp.org. (n.d.). US AFRICA INSTITUTE [Nonprofit organization profile; tax years 2022–2025]. Retrieved November 15, 2026, from https://furp.org/org/us-africa-institute-852744036
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Retrieved 2026-11-15; covers tax years 2022–2025. Data: furp.org (index © the FURP Alliance; the records are public domain).
2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $155K · expenses $105K · assets $76K
- EIN
- 85-2744036
- Address
- 4301 S CENTRAL AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90011-3524
- Website
- https://www.usainstitute.org
- NTEE code
- S20 Community, Neighborhood Development (Community Improvement and Capacity Building) published (IRS Business Master File)
- Exempt type
- 501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
- Ruling date
- October 2020 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
- IRS status
- Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
- Tax-deductible donations
- Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
- Foundation status
- Public charity, 509(a)(2)
- Principal officer
- Tadios Belay (its 2023 Form 990-N)
- Form 990-N e-postcards
- 1 filed, 2023 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
U.S. Africa Institute?s primary exempt purpose is to support immigrant students and communities by offering a wide range of academic and community services at no cost. These services aim to enhance educational opportunities, promote social integration, and empower immigrants to succeed in their academic and professional pursuits. Additionally, the Institute is dedicated to fostering and strengthening academic partnerships and collaborative programs between institutions in the United States and Africa. Through these efforts, the organization seeks to facilitate cross-cultural exchange, advance higher education, and contribute to sustainable development and mutual understanding between the two regions.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tadios Belay | President & CEO | 2024-2025 | $73,000 | $144,000 | 1 |
| Solomon Belette (former) | Project Manager | 2022 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 1 |
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Scheibe | International Program Manager | 2024-2025 | 20 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Crystal Hermida | Programs Manager | 2024-2025 | 20 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Zurishaddai Blandon | Community Organizer | 2025 | 30 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Kennedie Watkins | Higher Ed and Immigration Coordinator | 2025 | 20 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2025 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $73K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tadios Belay | President & CEO | 40 | $73,000 | - | $0 | $73,000 | 1 |
| Julia Scheibe | International Program Manager | 20 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Crystal Hermida | Programs Manager | 20 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Zurishaddai Blandon | Community Organizer | 30 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Kennedie Watkins | Higher Ed and Immigration Coordinator | 20 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2024 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $71K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tadios Belay | President & CEO | 40 | $71,000 | - | $0 | $71,000 | 1 |
| Julia Scheibe | International Program Manager | 40 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Crystal Hermida | Programs Manager | 40 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2022 · 1 person listed · 1 paid, $10K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Belette | Project Manager | 0 | $10,000 | - | $0 | $10,000 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $155,000 | $104,550 | $76,450 | $50,450 | $155,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $153,472 | $147,972 | $5,500 | $5,500 | - | $153,472 | - | - | - |
| 2022 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $76,000 | $59,526 | $16,474 | $16,474 | $75,000 | - | - | - | - |
Funders of this organization
1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $25,000 in all, tax years 2022 to 2022. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Total given | Grants | Latest year's amount | Latest year | Years given | Type | Match | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION | $25,000 | 1 | $25,000 | 2022 | 2022 | Private foundation | Fuzzy filed as “US AFRICA INSTITUTE” | show |
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Where the money went
Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
2025 · Form 990EZ · $104,550 spent · pay $83,000 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries, other pay and benefits | $83,000 | 79.4% | |
| Fees to independent contractors | $17,000 | 16.3% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $2,350 | 2.2% | |
| Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance | $2,200 | 2.1% | |
| Total | $104,550 | 100% |
2024 · Form 990EZ · $147,972 spent · pay $80,500 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries, other pay and benefits | $80,500 | 54.4% | |
| Fees to independent contractors | $63,472 | 42.9% | |
| Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance | $2,000 | 1.4% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $2,000 | 1.4% | |
| Total | $147,972 | 100% |
2022 · Form 990EZ · $59,526 spent · pay $17,500 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $42,026 | 70.6% | |
| Salaries, other pay and benefits | $17,500 | 29.4% | |
| Total | $59,526 | 100% |
In the news
1 news article names this organization (May 2023); the latest 1:
- Africa: Pan Africanists Shed Light On Significance of Africa Day
allafrica.com, May 30, 2023
News article metadata and links: The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/). Matched by: Exact name match: "us africa institute". A shared name is not proof of the same organization; how the matching works. Most in the news.
Also on this site Fuzzy
| Record | Name as filed | Where | Dataset | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal award recipient | US AFRICA INSTITUTE | CA | Federal spending (USAspending) | name and state |
Matched by an identifier (EIN, CIK, CRD), by name and state or city, or by street address; a shared name or address is not proof of the same person or organization. Every link says how it was made; how the cross-referencing works.
Others with the same interests
NTEE code Community, Neighborhood Development, CA first:
- CONCERNED CITIZENS OF FLEETRIDGE CA
- COMPTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CA
- DOWNTOWN FRESNO COMMUNITY CA
- EUREKA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP CA
- CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CA
- COMMUNITY SERVICE SOLUTIONS CA
- ALTA SIERRA COMMUNITY CORPORATION CA
- SOUTH BAY ALLIANCE CA
- ESHALITE RENEWAL CA
- ACTIVE OC CA
In other datasets, the same topic (Community) in CA:
- Lobbying client: ABIDE INTL (Federal lobbying (LDA))
Interests: Community, Neighborhood Development · Community
The area Census
County outline, the place (blue), the tract (orange) and the ZIP center (dot).
In Census Tract 2294.20, Los Angeles County, California, place (city or town) Los Angeles, CA, county Los Angeles County, CA, state California; placed by its ZIP code (county and tract) and city name (place). The tract is the tract holding most of the record's ZIP code (FURP does not geocode street addresses).
- Tadios Belay was paid $73,000, 0.9 times the median household income in Los Angeles, CA ($81,939), where 16.5% of residents live in poverty.
- Revenue of $155,000 is $0 per resident of Los Angeles, CA (population 3,857,263).
- That revenue equals 0.00% of all household income in Los Angeles, CA (1,439,097 households at the median $81,939, about $117,918,169,083).
| Measure | Census tract Census Tract 2294.20, Los Angeles County, California | Place (city or town) Los Angeles, CA | County Los Angeles County, CA | State California |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population B01003 | 4,796 | 3,857,263 | 9,808,667 | 39,287,377 |
| Population, 2020 census P1 | 4,681 | 3,898,747 | 10,014,009 | 39,538,223 |
| Median age B01002 | 26.8 | 37.2 | 38.2 | 37.9 |
| Under 18 B01001 | 30.3% | 19.2% | 20.6% | 22.0% |
| 65 and over B01001 | 4.2% | 14.2% | 15.2% | 15.7% |
| Households B11001 | 989 | 1,439,097 | 3,416,449 | 13,548,091 |
| Foreign born B05002 | 41.5% | 35.7% | 33.4% | 27.0% |
| Median household income B19013 | $70,135 | $81,939 | $90,112 | $99,122 |
| Median family income B19113 | $68,913 | $94,546 | $101,573 | $113,346 |
| Per capita income B19301 | $16,681 | $47,685 | $45,792 | $49,513 |
| Poverty rate B17001 | 24.2% | 16.5% | 13.7% | 12.0% |
| Unemployment rate B23025 | 11.2% | 8.2% | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| Civilian labor force B23025 | 2,368 | 2,128,918 | 5,200,656 | 20,068,466 |
| Mean commute (minutes) B08013 | 29.0 | 30.7 | 30.4 | 28.7 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher B15003 | 11.0% | 38.5% | 36.0% | 37.1% |
| Housing units B25001 | 1,035 | 1,554,332 | 3,650,466 | 14,644,735 |
| Owner-occupied B25003 | 19.0% | 36.0% | 45.9% | 55.9% |
| Renters B25003 | 81.0% | 64.0% | 54.1% | 44.1% |
| Median home value B25077 | $595,900 | $921,200 | $834,200 | $734,700 |
| Median gross rent B25064 | $1,626 | $1,933 | $1,954 | $2,036 |
| White, not Hispanic B03002 | 0.7% | 28.1% | 24.7% | 33.8% |
| Black B03002 | 6.3% | 8.1% | 7.4% | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino B03002 | 89.1% | 47.2% | 48.4% | 40.2% |
| Asian B03002 | 0.0% | 11.9% | 14.9% | 15.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native B03002 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Economy now FRED unemployment 5.1% in Sep 2026 (5.5% a year earlier); per capita personal income $90,957 in 2025, up 30% in five years (+4.3% after inflation); the state; Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Data: IPUMS NHGIS (ACS 2020-2024 and the 2020 census); each figure links to its table for that area at data.census.gov. Records are placed by ZIP code and city name, not street address. More: everything FURP has in Census Tract 2294.20, Los Angeles County, California.
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