Charities Aid Foundation America: CEO salary, finances and where donations go
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Methodology by Amir Arani, CPA, CA · Updated
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No reported asset diversions, no insider transactions, no fundraisers keeping most of the money, and the governance policies we check for are in place.
For each dollar donated, Charities Aid Foundation America spent 0¢ on fundraising.
Fundraising ÷ $1.04B contributions · Form 990 Parts VIII, IXThe charity's own description of its largest programs, with what each cost.
Donor advised gifts: in fy25, donors worked with caf America to make 833 donor advised gifts (dags) totaling $14m. Donor advised gifts enable donors to recommend grants without establishing a specific fund at caf America. This program serves as a complement to caf America's philanthropic advisory services and is a resource for donors interested in supporting a variety of causes.
Friends funds: friends funds are available to international charitable organizations to increase support from American donors. During fy25, donors worked with caf America to make 361 grants to 107 foreign charitable organizations who have established friends funds with caf America. This caf America product aggregates donations solicited by foreign charitable organizations in support of pre-approved charitable organizations and projects.
Revenue and expenses pertaining to the operation and management of program services that is not allocable to any fund or type of fund.
Net assets at each fiscal year end, 2013 to 2025.
Reportable pay in FY ending Apr 2025, from the charity and related organizations.
| Contractor | Service | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Cybergrants LLC | Grant processing | $8,287,044 |
| Apfs Staffing Inc Addison Group | Temp hiring agency | $886,959 |
| Omaze Inc | Digital fundraising | $450,000 |
| Bdo USA Llp | Financial statement audit | $177,158 |
| Emily Street Enterprises LLC Nauticon I | Remote it support | $104,604 |
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Theodore Hart, Former President & CEO, received $441,705 in reportable compensation in FY ending Apr 2025, 0% of Charities Aid Foundation America's $1.02B in spending.
Form 990 (FY ending Apr 2025), Part VIICharities Aid Foundation America reported 99.1% of FY ending Apr 2025 spending as programs, 0.1% as fundraising and 0.8% as management.
Form 990 (FY ending Apr 2025), Part IXNet assets were $479.0M at the end of FY ending Apr 2025, about 5.6 months of spending.
Form 990 (FY ending Apr 2025), Part XIts latest Form 990 triggered none of our twelve screening rules, which cover reported asset diversions, insider transactions, fundraiser costs, governance policies and spending patterns.
Form 990 (FY ending Apr 2025)Amir Arani, “Charities Aid Foundation America: CEO salary, finances and where your dollar goes,” Charity Math, updated 2026-11-07. https://charitymath.com/charities/charities-aid-foundation-america/