Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF)
Educated. Empowered. Inspired.
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Girl Child Art Foundation provides underserved girls and young women with supportive spaces for creative education. Its programs use visual and performing arts, creative writing, and digital arts to build artistic ability, confidence, life skills, and pathways toward employment. The organization also uses art to promote social rights, gender equality, cultural diversity, and freedom of expression.
To provide a supportive environment that educates and inspires underserved girls in Africa through the arts.
Founder Ada Onyejike-Ananaba grew up as the eldest of eight children in a family where traditional beliefs favored boys. Her eventual opportunity to pursue art made her recognize that many girls lacked meaningful choices about their lives and careers. She …
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Nigeria
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From what GiveRadar has verified so far, Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) has a partial profile.
- Established in 2000, it is among the oldest youth development charities in Nigeria GiveRadar tracks. View this cohort
- It is one of the better-documented youth development charities in Nigeria GiveRadar currently tracks, because GiveRadar has verified its governance and its contact details. Most of those have little verified data on record yet. View this cohort
- GiveRadar has not yet verified financial records for this organization, nor for any youth development charities in Nigeria - a gap in GiveRadar's dataset for the region, not a feature of this charity. Explore Nigeria data
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Donations may be tax-deductible for residents of Nigeria under local rules. Confirm with the charity directly.
Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) is registered in Nigeria. Donations from the Netherlands to charities outside the EU/EEA are generally not tax-deductible for Dutch donors unless the charity is listed on the Dutch ANBI register with foreign-recognized status.
Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) is registered in Nigeria. US donors generally cannot deduct gifts to non-US charities directly. To claim a deduction, route the gift through a US 'Friends of' fiscal sponsor or a donor-advised fund that performs equivalency determination (IRS Rev. Proc. 92-94).
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Leadership & board
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25 officers and trustees on file, free with a GiveRadar account.
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Joint first of 540 youth development charities in Nigeria on integrity score
The highest integrity score in this cohort (42/100). Positions are competition ranks: ties share a position. Cohorts are the tightest local peer set with at least 30 comparable organizations; a metric is left out where the cohort is too small or nearly uniform.
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How it stacks up against peers
Compared with 8 similar youth development charities in Nigeria.
Cause areas in Nigeria
Charities working in each area, this charity's highlighted.
Sources and verification
- Officers and trustees
- Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Nigeria · 28 disclosed in the public registry.
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Frequently asked questions about Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF)
Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) is a registered youth development nonprofit based in Lagos, Nigeria. It is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). It was founded in 2000 and has been operating for 26 years. GiveRadar's Integrity Assessment for the organization is 42/100, which reflects how much public information is available, not whether the charity is legitimate. 28 officers and directors are publicly disclosed.
Girl Child Art Foundation provides underserved girls and young women with supportive spaces for creative education. Its programs use visual and performing arts, creative writing, and digital arts to build artistic ability, confidence, life skills, and pathways toward employment. The organization also uses art to promote social rights, gender equality, cultural diversity, and freedom of expression. Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) is classified as a youth development organization registered in Nigeria. The organization was founded in 2000.
Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) is classified as a Youth Development organization, registered in Nigeria. The organization has 28 disclosed officers and directors.
Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) is located in Lagos, Nigeria. The organization was established in 2000 and has been active for 26 years.
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Quick facts about Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF)
- What is Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF)?
- Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) is a youth development nonprofit organization based in Lagos, Nigeria. Girl Child Art Foundation provides underserved girls and young women with supportive spaces for creative education. Its programs use visual and performing arts, creative writing, and digital arts to build artistic ability, confidence, life skills, and pathways toward employment. The organization also uses art to promote social rights, gender equality, cultural diversity, and freedom of expression.
- When was Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) founded?
- Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) was founded in 2000.
- Where is Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) located?
- Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. The charity operates in 2 countries.
- Is Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) trustworthy?
- Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 42 out of 100 (Partial 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 Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF)'s website?
- http://www.girlchildart.org
- Are donations to Girl Child Art Foundation(GCAF) tax-deductible?
- Donations may be tax-deductible for residents of Nigeria under local rules. US donors should check whether the charity has an equivalency-determination letter or a US-based fiscal sponsor before claiming a deduction.