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THE BLESSINGS FOUNDATION
GOODYEAR, AZ · EIN 843945449 · Form 990PF · FY2022 · NTEE X99 · Religion-Related · Micro (<$100K) · theblessingfoundation.org
revenue
$10K
expenses
$20K
net assets
$13K
employees
—
profile · synthesized from sources

The Blessing Foundation is a Christian-based nonprofit that provides health and eye care, orphan care and education, and support for widows and women in Africa. The organization also promotes social enterprises and shares the Gospel. It was founded in 2008 in honor of Blessing Ike, focusing on serving the poor and underserved.

named programs · 7 · from sources

what they call their work

Health & Eye Care
Provides free community health outreaches, outpatient medication, public health education, health interventions (immunization, nutrition, disease screening), and free eye care services including exams and eyeglasses in Africa.
Orphan Care And Education
Provides funds for tuition, living expenses, clothing, and books for elementary, secondary, technical, and university education for orphans and abandoned children in Africa. Also aims to build sustainable Christian-based schools.
Partnerships
Collaborates with other organizations to meet specific needs, especially when the foundation lacks personnel, expertise, or funding, and evaluates invitations to extend programs to new countries.
Social Enterprise
Invests in and aids the creation of social enterprises, such as agricultural projects, arts & crafts, food processing, and restaurants, to create employment, train indigents, and provide ownership to the underserved in Africa.
Teaching, Seminars, and the Gospel
Promotes the teachings of Jesus Christ through training, seminars, counseling, and sharing the Gospel, often involving mission teams from the United States.
The Blessed Women Program
A project under the Widows & Women program that funds widows in Uganda to start making a living through small businesses, with products marketed in Africa and the United States.
Widows & Women
Assists widowed women with startup costs for small businesses, provides financial assistance and essentials, and offers emotional support and counseling in Africa.
activities · 7 groups

what they do

  • Youth Agricultural Training and Food Security Programs 2 activities
    • Agricultural Projects for Program Sustainability
      Engages in agricultural projects to support the sustainability of its programs in Uganda.
    • Agricultural Projects for Sustainability
      Engages in agricultural projects to support program sustainability in Uganda.
  • Overseas Sponsor and Volunteer Mission Trips 2 activities
    • Annual Mission Trips
      Organizes annual mission trips where volunteers, doctors, and nurses from the United States travel to Africa to serve the poor and needy in interior villages and towns, carrying out the organization's various programs.
    • Annual Mission Trips to Africa
      Organizes annual mission trips where volunteers, doctors, and nurses from the United States travel to Africa to serve the poor and needy in interior villages and towns.
  • Child Sponsorship for Educational Support 2 activities
    • Education Support for Orphans and Abandoned Children
      Provides ongoing financial support for elementary, secondary, technical, and university education for orphans and abandoned children in Africa, covering tuition, living expenses, clothing, and books.
    • Educational Support for Orphans and Abandoned Children
      Provides ongoing financial support for elementary, secondary, technical, and university education for orphans and abandoned children in Africa, covering tuition, living expenses, clothing, and books.
  • HIV/STI Testing & Prevention Services 2 activities
    • HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing
      Provides voluntary counseling and testing services for HIV/AIDS.
    • HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing
      Provides voluntary counseling and testing services for HIV/AIDS.
  • Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Programs 2 activities
    • Hygiene Education
      Conducts organized village outreaches to teach personal hygiene to adults and children, covering topics such as hand washing, bathing, teeth brushing, and physical cleanliness.
    • Hygiene Education Programs
      Conducts organized village outreaches to teach personal hygiene to adults and children, covering topics such as hand washing, bathing, teeth brushing, and physical cleanliness.
  • Basic Needs Provision for Youth and Families 1 activity
    • Program Expansion to Other African Countries
      Extended programs to Madagascar and Nigeria, sometimes in partnership with other organizations.
  • Uncategorized 8 activities
    • Community Health and Eye Care Outreaches
      Provides free community health and eye care outreaches to rural and urban poor populations in Africa, including general eye exams, prescriptions, reading eyeglasses, and outpatient treatment for various diseases. These outreaches also include health interventions like immunization support, nutrition improvement, and screenings.
    • Community Health and Eye Care Outreaches in Africa
      Provides free community health and eye care outreaches to rural and urban poor populations in Africa. This includes general eye exams, prescriptions, reading eyeglasses (approximately 2,000 to 3,000 annually), outpatient treatment for various diseases, and health interventions like immunization support and nutrition improvement.
    • Endowment Fund for Scholarship Expansion
      Established an Endowment Fund in 2013 to expand the scholarship program and increase student enrollment annually.
    • Medical Center Construction
      Undertakes a project to build a medical center in Uganda to expand healthcare services.
    • Medical Center Construction in Uganda
      Is undertaking a project to build a medical center in Uganda.
    • Scholarship Endowment Fund Management
      Established an Endowment Fund in 2013 to expand its scholarship program and increase student enrollment annually.
    • Widow Economic Empowerment and Support
      Supports widows in Africa by providing startup funding for small businesses to promote self-sufficiency, funding 60 widows in Uganda, and offering annual financial assistance and food essentials. The organization also markets products made by widows.
    • Widow Empowerment and Livelihood Support
      Supports widows in Africa by providing startup funding for small businesses to promote self-sufficiency, caring for their children, and marketing their products. This includes annual financial assistance and food essentials, particularly during festive periods.
financials · form 990PF · fy2022
revenue
Total revenue$10K
Contributions & grants$10K100%
Program service revenue——
Investment income$00%
Other revenue—
expenses
Total expenses$20K
Program expenses—
Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits—
Grants paid out$0
balance sheet
Total assets$13K
Cash—
Investments—
Liabilities—
Net assets$13K
3 years on record · 2020–2022 · YoY revenue -74.9%
relationships · 8

who they work with

  • Child Sponsorship Program Partner — Sponsorship program through which donors support individual children in the Orphan Care and Education program.
  • GRACE Mission Partner — Partners with a missional effort that ministers to African and Middle Eastern refugees/immigrants in Pittsburgh, providing counseling services.
  • Mission Vision Partner — Partners to remove barriers causing undiagnosed and untreated vision and hearing impairments among impoverished citizens internationally and locally through medical services and education.
  • SOS ADVENTURE Partner — Partners with a Christian missions movement that equips and sends teams for evangelistic festivals in Africa and Asia.
  • churches Partner — Collaborates with churches in areas where credible relationships have been established to support social enterprise initiatives.
  • churches Partner — Markets products made by widows through church networks.
  • governmental health agencies of respective countries Government — Collaborates with governmental health agencies to obtain permission for dispensing outpatient medication during health care outreaches in Africa.
  • vision care organizations Partner — Partners with vision care organizations to deliver free eye care outreaches in rural African communities.