Mission
The mission of the organization is to gain moral and financial support for the work of educating deaf children at the Buea School for the Deaf in Cameroon on the
Public Charity
Friends of the Buea School of the Deaf Inc (FoBSD)
Friends of the Buea School of the Deaf Inc (FoBSD) is a Public Charity headquartered in Silver Spring, MD. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $22K revenue, $117K expenses, $264K total assets. 7 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $496K, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 260765074
Silver Spring, MD
Deaf & Hearing Impaired Centers
NTEE: P87
Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$22K
Total Expenses$117K
Total Assets$264K
Grant Records7
Funding Total$496K
Filing Years2019–2024
Where $100 goes at Friends of the Buea School of the Deaf Inc (FoBSD)
How Friends of the Buea School of the Deaf Inc (FoBSD) divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.
$99
Programs
the work itself
$1
Management
running the organization
$0
Fundraising
none reported
No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.
Inside the $99 for programs
$99
Friends of the Buea School for the Deaf has been able to provide essential support to keep the school well functioning in spite of ongoing political turmoil in…
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$92,210
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$92,210
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$107,947
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$118,741
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$30,604
Showing up to 5 of 7 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
Charter Member
Ann Kona
Secretary
Berka Ngong
Treasurer
Bernadine Bertrand
Board Member
Crepin Mahop
Board Member
Dr Marie Therese Oyalowo
Co-Treasurer
Ernest Tsala
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22K | $117K | $264K |
| 2023 | $4K | $130K | $359K |
| 2022 | $48K | $150K | $484K |
| 2020 | $257K | $115K | $571K |
| 2019 | $174K | $118K | $430K |
Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $174K to $22K (-87%), with total assets most recently reported at $264K.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.