International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Africa College Fund
FAIRFIELD, IA
Total revenue
$646K
Total expenses
$796K
Net assets
$102K
Grants received
$1.6M
23 grants
EIN
452028199
Tax year
2024
Mission
AFRICA COLLEGE FUND is dedicated to empowering disadvantaged youth with tools for success including education and entrepreneurship opportunities. This results in eradication of poverty through provision of quality, effective, consciousness-based University and vocational education.
Programs
2 programs
Payments to Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, to fund the USA tuition fees for distance education UniversityDegree programs on behalf of African students based in South Africa, that are studying through Maharishi Education for Invincibility Trust (MEIT) in a '2+2' program. This means the historically disadvantaged youth involved do their first 2-years of study in South Africa, and their second two-years of study are via distance education with Maharishi University of Management, broadcast from the United States to South Africa. The program is working highly effectively, and as cited above 90% of graduates have gained employment in quality graduate level positions in companies in South Africa.
Bank charges
0Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
5 listed
Adam Paul Blecher
President and Founder
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10 hrs/wk
Heather Hartnett
Secretary
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1 hrs/wk
Anne Marie Blecher
Vice President
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3 hrs/wk
Keith Wegman
Treasurer
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1 hrs/wk
Rod Peter Falk
Administrator
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10 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$1.6M from 9 funders · 23 grants · 2017–2024
$350K · 1 grant · 2020
$306K · 4 grants · 2021–2024
$306K · 3 grants · 2022–2024
$180K · 4 grants · 2020–2024
$175K · 3 grants · 2017–2022
$175K · 1 grant · 2023
$30K · 1 grant · 2023
$25K · 1 grant · 2022