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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: May 2026 Expires: May 2028

American Foundation for Children with AIDS

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(888) 683-8323
1520 Greening Lane
Harrisburg, PA, 17110
https://afcaids.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

American Foundation for Children with AIDS meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to provide critical comprehensive services to infected and affected HIV+ children and their caregivers."

Year, State Incorporated:
2004, PA

The American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA) provides help to infected and affected HIV+ children and their caregivers in Sub-Saharan Africa through sustainable livelihood and food security programming, medical support, sanitation and hygiene, educational support and career training, and emergency relief. AFCA reports that through long-term relationship building with target communities and leaders, orphanages, employment training centers, clinics, and hospitals it works to identify the root causes of issues within a community and build programs with local stakeholders to develop solutions. The organization's sustainable livelihood programs offer families resources and training to equip them to provide long-term care for themselves. AFCA states that its medical supply recovery program collaborates with hospitals and manufacturers in Pennsylvania to collect surplus, unused medical supplies, diverting them from landfills and shipping these supplies for use in the countries the organization works in. The organization also reports that it invests in the educational needs of children in the areas they work in in the following ways: paying for school fees, uniforms and books; sending room decorative and educational supplies to teachers at partner schools; providing reusable sanitary pad kits for female students; and donating books and requested school furniture for school libraries and early learning centers.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, American Foundation for Children with AIDS's program expenses were:

Program services $1,893,530
Total Program Expenses $1,893,530

Chief Executive
Tanya Weaver, Executive Director

Compensation*
$72,665

Chair of the Board
David Yavoich

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired, K-12 School Administrator

Board Size
6

Paid Staff Size
1

*2025 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Invitations to fund raising events, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Cryptocurrency

Fundraising costs were 3% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,786,840, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on American Foundation for Children with AIDS's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Source of Funds
In-kind contributions $1,248,414
Contributions $479,341
Trip income $83,896
Grants $59,085
Interest income $248
Total Income $1,870,984

Programs: 95% Fundraising: 3% Administrative: 2%

Total Income $1,870,984
Total expenses: $1,993,618
  Program expenses $1,893,530
  Fundraising expenses $59,415
  Administrative expenses $40,673
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-122,634
Beginning Net Assets $641,037
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $518,403
Total Liabilities $25,771
Total Assets $544,174

Note: According to the organization's 2025 audited financial statements, AFCA received in-kind contributions totaling $1,248,414, in the form of medical supplies, equipment, and furniture items.

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance