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Even Ground Inc

Even Ground strives to help families break the cycle of poverty and inequity by providing support to community-based programs that offer high-quality education and care to young people …

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Integrity Assessment
Strong transparency
84/100 · methodology

About

Even Ground strives to help families and communities break the cycles of poverty and inequality by providing support to community-based programs that offer high-quality education and care to young people in Africa. We envision communities where all young people, regardless of their economic background, are given high-quality education and care to ensure a fair start in life and set them on the path towards a brighter future. UNAIDS estimates that to date, a staggering 14 million children have been orphaned by AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV in the world and by 2025, it is estimated that 40% of South African adults will have died of the disease. In Uganda, HIV …

Mission

Even Ground strives to help families break the cycle of poverty and inequity by providing support to community-based programs that offer high-quality education and care to young people in South Africa.

Founder story
Not yet on file. The organization can add how and why it was founded by claiming this profile. Registered with the IRS since October 2003.

Focus & reach

Category
Operating in
South Africa
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Verification & registration

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IRS
Exempt Organizations · EIN 710944597
Tax-deductible (Pub 78)
501(c)(03)
Federal tax-exempt subsection
Since 2003

Verified certifications

Confirmed against the issuing authority - not self-reported.

IRS Tax-Deductible since 2003

Integrity assessment

A 0-100 measure of public-data transparency - registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and recency. It does not measure programme impact.

Registration 16/20
('Government registration ID on record', 8)
('Sourced from official registry', 4)
('Cross-referenced (2+ sources)', 4)
('Profile not yet claimed by organization', 0)
Financial Transparency 24/30
('No financial documents found on website', 0)
('Financial filing on record', 8)
('Revenue figure disclosed', 6)
('Spending figure disclosed', 6)
('Detailed financial breakdown disclosed', 4)
Governance 20/20
('At least 1 officer disclosed', 5)
('3+ officers disclosed', 3)
('Officer titles disclosed', 2)
('Executive compensation disclosed', 4)
('Mission / description on file', 3)
('Founding date on file', 3)
Contact Availability 10/10
('Website', 3)
('Email', 3)
('Phone', 2)
('Physical address', 2)
Data Recency 15/20
('Updated within 1 year', 15)
('Newer data needed for full score', 0)
Red flags -3
Transparency checklist
Official registration on file
Financial disclosure published
Website on record
Contact details available
Leadership disclosed
Mission or description published

GiveRadar Analysis

Original analysis from GiveRadar's dataset of comparable organizations

From what GiveRadar has verified so far, Even Ground Inc has a complete profile, cross-referenced across 6 independent sources including the IRS.

  • GiveRadar has cross-referenced this organization across 6 independent sources, led by the IRS - among the most thoroughly sourced profiles in its cohort. See the sources
  • GiveRadar holds 15 years of financial filings for this organization, the most recent for fiscal year 2025 - a deeper filing history than 99% of the 90,222 education charities in the United States with filings on record. See the filings
  • It is one of the better-documented education charities in the United States GiveRadar currently tracks, because GiveRadar has verified its financial disclosures and its governance. Most of those have little verified data on record yet. View this cohort
GiveRadar has verified
  • government registration
  • financial records (15 filed years)
  • disclosed leadership
  • a website
  • a contact email
  • a donation page
Not yet verified by GiveRadar
  • an owner-submitted profile claim

Analysis based on GiveRadar's benchmark dataset of 2026-08-24. It describes what GiveRadar has verified, not a judgment of the organization itself.

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Financials

From irs 990 (fy2025) · FY2025
Annual revenue
$100K-$1M
Reporting year
2025
To programmes
64%
Revenue, FY2016-FY2025
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Where money goes
Program64%

Leadership & board

Disclosed in official filings
AN
Andrew K•••••
Board Member
AR
Arting C••••
Board Member
CA
Caroline S••••
Board Member
CH
Chris E•••••
Executive Director

How it stacks up against peers

· vs. 8 similar education in United States
Program spending This charity: 64%
Peer average: 74%
CEO comp as % of revenue This charity: 14.24%
Peer average: 0.48%
Integrity Assessment This charity: 84
Peer average: 90

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Annual revenue
$100K-$1M
64% to programs
Source: IRS 990 (FY2025) why this matters
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Filing history

10 years on file from IRS 990 (FY2025): revenue, expenses, program spending, assets, and liabilities by fiscal year.

Years on record: FY2025, FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019, FY2018, FY2017, FY2016.
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Taxes

Tax-deductibility for donors

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Staff & volunteers

From filings and published profiles

Employees
1

Leadership

From FY2025 filing

JU
Justin A•• M••••••
President

Officers & trustees (13)

Source: Public filings

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Latest news

From global news sources

8 articles found

From news sources and the organization. Shown for transparency; news never affects the integrity score.

Fight over DHS funding bill continues, as both sides struggle to find even ground - 13WMAZ

www.13wmaz.com ·

Nuggets try to avoid elimination, Thunder seek a sweep and Pistons try to get back on even ground - The Globe and Mail

www.theglobeandmail.com ·

Even Ground Squirrels Got In On the Vole Feast Last Summer - Bay Nature

baynature.org ·

They Gave It To Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese Got It Out The Mud: Now They Stand On Even Ground Racing To Rookie of The Year - The Shadow League

theshadowleague.com ·

Windsor County Economic Report: Standing on even ground - Vermont Business Magazine

vermontbiz.com ·

TODAY OFFERED US AN EVEN GROUND - European Judo Union

www.eju.net ·

In Dan Tepfer’s World, Human and Machine Meet on Even Ground - San Francisco Classical Voice

www.sfcv.org ·

Army wants to develop EW payloads launched from the air and potentially the ground - DefenseScoop

defensescoop.com ·

Activity timeline

Filings and press mentions, merged

Fight over DHS funding bill continues, as both sides struggle to find even ground - 13WMAZ
Apr 2026
www.13wmaz.com
Nuggets try to avoid elimination, Thunder seek a sweep and Pistons try to get back on even ground - The Globe and Mail
Apr 2026
www.theglobeandmail.com
Form filed
$0.3M revenue
FY2025
IRS 990
Even Ground Squirrels Got In On the Vole Feast Last Summer - Bay Nature
Mar 2025
baynature.org
Form filed
$0.3M revenue
FY2024
IRS 990
They Gave It To Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese Got It Out The Mud: Now They Stand On Even Ground Racing To Rookie of The Yea
Jul 2024
theshadowleague.com
Windsor County Economic Report: Standing on even ground - Vermont Business Magazine
Mar 2024
vermontbiz.com
TODAY OFFERED US AN EVEN GROUND - European Judo Union
Mar 2024
www.eju.net
Form filed
$0.4M revenue
FY2023
IRS 990
In Dan Tepfer’s World, Human and Machine Meet on Even Ground - San Francisco Classical Voice
Dec 2023
www.sfcv.org
Form filed
$0.3M revenue
FY2022
IRS 990
Army wants to develop EW payloads launched from the air and potentially the ground - DefenseScoop
Sep 2022
defensescoop.com
Form filed
$0.3M revenue
FY2021
IRS 990
Form filed
$0.3M revenue
FY2020
IRS 990
Form filed
$0.4M revenue
FY2019
IRS/ProPublica
Form filed
$0.3M revenue
FY2018
IRS/ProPublica
Form filed
$0.3M revenue
FY2017
IRS/ProPublica
Form filed
$0.2M revenue
FY2016
IRS/ProPublica

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Cause areas in United States

How many charities work in each area, with this charity's area highlighted.

Human Services 322,683
Education this charity 195,586
Arts & Culture 133,130
Advocacy & Civil Rights 128,026
Religion 114,636
Health 98,863
Community Development 56,086
Youth Development 53,450
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Most common causes in United States

Causes charities work on most.

Community Development 235,146
Education 159,016
Religion 103,741
Arts & Culture 101,203
Human Rights 76,926
Health 65,250
Youth Development 47,775
Animal Welfare 32,425
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Sources and verification

Registration and legal identity
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Tax Exempt Organization Search
Financial filings
IRS Form 990 filings - Fiscal year 2025 most recent on file.
Officers and trustees
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Tax Exempt Organization Search - 38 disclosed in the public registry.
News and media coverage
GDELT Project + Google News
Supplementary verification
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Supplementary verification
GlobalGiving partner directory
Supplementary verification
Charity Navigator

Data freshness

Last updated
Aug 3, 2026
Registry checked
Aug 3, 2026
Profile completeness
100%

What we know and don't know

Exactly which public data we hold on this charity. Our score reflects transparency, not impact.

On record · 10
  • Financial data · FY2025 on record
  • Named leadership · 38 officers on file
  • Executive pay · Disclosed
  • Government registration · Registered with an official registry
  • Mission statement · Published
  • Official website · On record
  • Headquarters address · On file
  • Direct contact · Email or phone published
  • Tax-deductibility · Verified
  • Founding date · 2003
Not available · 1
  • Programs & activities
    No named programs listed by the charity

Methodology

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Quick facts about Even Ground Inc

What is Even Ground Inc?
Even Ground Inc is a education publicly-supported charity (509(a)(2)) based in New York, United States. Even Ground strives to help families and communities break the cycles of poverty and inequality by providing support to community-based programs that offer high-quality education and care to young people in Africa. We envision communities where all young people, regardless of their economic background, are given high-quality education and care to ensure a fair start in life and set them on the path towards a brighter future. UNAIDS estimates that to date, a staggering 14 million children have been orphaned by AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV in the world and by 2025, it is estimated that 40% of South African adults will have died of the disease. In Uganda, HIV infections increased by 30% between 2005 and 2011. Two-thirds of all South African children live in extreme poverty. 35% of Uganda's population continues to suffer from hunger. Even Ground currently supports over 700 children ages 2-24 at one site in Uganda and three sites in South Africa, in some of the poorest communities in these countries. Even Ground's projects address issues of poverty, poor-quality education, limited access to healthcare, malnutrition, food insecurity, drugs, and broken family structures. Our projects work hand-in-hand with local organizations in each of these communities to ensure that support is sustainable, locally-appropriate, and organic to the community. Together, we are transforming young lives that will one day transform the world. All of our project directors started their respective organizations when still students, and have continued to devote incredible personal energy to sustaining their programs, and expanding the number of young people we are able to serve. Our model has received much positive press for the energy and creativity of its many young founders and volunteers. Because the Even Ground officers fund 100% of our organization's administrative and travel costs, all donations made to Even Ground by foun
When was Even Ground Inc founded?
Even Ground Inc was founded in 2003.
Who leads Even Ground Inc?
Justin Ari Martina serves as President.
Where is Even Ground Inc located?
Headquartered in New York, NY, United States.
What is Even Ground Inc's annual budget?
Annual revenue for fiscal year 2025 is approximately $100K-$1M. 64% of expenses go to program services.
Is Even Ground Inc trustworthy?
Even Ground Inc has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 84 out of 100 (Strong transparency). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
What is Even Ground Inc's registration number?
IRS EIN: 710944597.
What is Even Ground Inc's website?
http://www.evenground.org