Financials

Books For Africa is a 501(c )(3) nonprofit organization serving as the largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent. Books For Africa has received the highest ratings from Charity Navigator and the Minnesota Charities Review Council.

              

Our sea containers hold approximately 22,000 books per 40-foot container and cost approximately $9,800 on average to ship, which is about 50 cents per book.

In fiscal year 2009, Books For Africa shipped 176 container units to 31 African countries, representing approximately 1.8 million books shipped for a cumulative total of 21.3 million books shipped in BFA’s history. These books were valued at $18.3 million. Eight new countries were served in FY09: Chad, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Tunisia, and Western Sahara..

For a list of Books For Africa contributors, please view our annual reports.

View the latest Books For Africa IRS form 990.

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In Kenya, we were in a small village and the students had a wonderful school. They were eager to learn. They had motivated teachers, but they didn’t have any books in the school. They had no library. And so, imagine how proud I was to open up this box of shiny new encyclopedias and dictionaries from Books For Africa. They want more of your books. They can’t wait. They can’t get enough of these books.

– U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison (MN)