Nonprofit · EIN 45-5615778
GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC
Tax-exempt · STAR, ID 83669
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,009,648 | $1,330,754 | $678,894 | $1,343,074 | $44,624 | $1,298,450 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,374,326 | $1,361,344 | $12,982 | $639,572 | $37,418 | $602,154 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $823,149 | $776,926 | $46,223 | $608,033 | $3,484 | $604,549 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,956,337
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $53,311
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,062,769
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $171,171
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $188,070
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Travel
- $19,970
- Program services (functional)
- $1,106,763
- Management and general (functional)
- $79,906
- Fundraising (functional)
- $144,085
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $639,572
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,343,074
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $44,624
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,298,450
- Publicly traded securities
- $534,089
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,298,450
- Gross receipts
- $2,009,648
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 198
- Year formed
- 2012
- State of legal domicile
- ID
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Johnson | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $171,171 | $3,431 |
| Stacey Hofman | President Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $0 | $0 |
| Cornelius Hofman | Chair/Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 25 | $0 | $0 |
| Ari Aki | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Sloyer | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Dayne Jensen | Member Trustee or director | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| Glen Stephenson | Member Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Aaron Warner | Member Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Reed Hansen | Asst Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Andy Crossman | Member Trustee or director | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| Deb Winward | Secretary Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Johnson | Executive Director Key employee | 40 | $167,000 |
| Stacey Hofman | President Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $0 |
| Cornelius Hofman | Chair/Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 25 | $0 |
| Ari Aki | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Sloyer | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Dayne Jensen | Member Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
| Glen Stephenson | Member Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Aaron Warner | Member Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Reed Hansen | Asst Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Andy Crossman | Member Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
| Deb Winward | Secretary Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Johnson | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $145,564 |
| Stacey Hofman | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Cornelius Hofman | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Ari Aki | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Sloyer | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Dayne Jensen | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Glen Stephenson | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Aaron Warner | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Deb Winward | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Reed Hansen | Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 12040 W NEW HOPE RD, STAR, ID 83669-5184
- In care of
- % CORNELIUS HOFMAN
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Cornelius Hofman, PO Box 55, Star, ID 836695591
- Signed the 990
- Cornelius Hofman, Treasurer
- Phone
- (312) 898-6209
- Website
- www.ghanamakeadifference.org
- Return prepared by
- Squire & Company PC
Mission
Ghana Make a Difference (GMAD) protects children and preserves families by providing a path to self-reliance through shelter, vocational training, life skills, education and medical care; provide vulnerable children (those rescued from child trafficking, abandonment or with other special needs) with a place they can call home while working to reintegrate them with their biological family or place them in a new family; provide education by operating a K-8 school and offering scholarships for secondary, post-secondary, and various vocational schools; and provide vision, dental, and surgical care.
Program accomplishments
- Support an NGO in Ghana (GMAD Ghana): Children's shelter caring for 50 children. Rehabilitation, care and education for children rescued from trafficking and abandonment. Children are placed in the home by the Department of Social Welfare. Employ social workers who work with other agencies and government social workers to place children in families. Reunified 33 children with families. Care for children with special needs via a model of inclusion. A school for elementary and JHS, using technology to teach via a special catch-up curriculum (most children rescued from trafficking have never attended school). Older children attend a UK high school or a vocational school via scholarships. Support deaf children at a deaf boarding school. Grant and oversee 40-50 scholarships for former shelter children who have been reunited with families or who have transitioned into society as adults. 54 full-time employees: social workers, nannies, cooks, facilities, teachers, security, seamstress, bookkeeper, management, nurse, drivers. The staff is a mix of Ghanaians and refugees from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.Expenses $630,855 · grants $605,778
- Support an NGO in Ghana (GMAD Ghana): Dental Clinic, Vision Clinic, and Surgical Center. 1,492 surgical, dental and eye procedures - helping people back on the path to employment and self-reliance. Organize and coordinate healthcare missions where healthcare professionals and other volunteers travel to Ghana. 2024 = 1 eye mission, 1 dental mission, and 2 surgical missions. International and domestic volunteers provided 62,376 hours of volunteer service. Collaborate with independent Ghanaian physicians, clinics and hospitals to provide care during, after, and in between volunteer missions.Expenses $332,029 · grants $318,831
- Support an NGO in Ghana (GMAD Ghana): Physical facilities. Construction, maintenance, renovations, repairs, and expansion. Maintain and improve facilities to maximize the productivity of care and education provided to the children. Purchased additional land for additional care and education facilities.Expenses $143,879 · grants $138,160
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 45-5615778
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2012
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q33)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,343,074
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,009,648
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $2,009,648 | $1,330,754 | $1,343,074 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,374,326 | $1,361,344 | $639,572 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $823,149 | $776,926 | $608,033 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $819,747 | $902,699 | $528,131 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-5615778).
Questions about GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC
- What is the EIN of GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC is 45-5615778.
- Is GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2012.
- Are donations to GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Cornelius Hofman.
- Who are the officers and directors of GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 11 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $171,171 (Austin Johnson, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,009,648, expenses of $1,330,754 and total assets of $1,343,074 at year end.
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