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Top 20 Global non-profit organizations based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 82 global non-profit organizations headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,183 professional contacts across them, including 268 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers global non-profit organizations headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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82Companies
1,183Contacts tracked
268Verified emails
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The 20 largest global non-profit organizations based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 20 of 82 global non-profit organizations based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to global non-profit organizations: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000322 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ForAfrika is an African-founded and led organisation, with over 40 years of impact across the continent, and a vision to see Africa thrive.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200187 contacts →

Partial evidence

“RLabs is a global social enterprise dedicated to building resilient, thriving communities through HOPE, Innovation, and Opportunity.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Strong evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500135 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Living Hope is a faith-based non-profit organization whose vision is to reach people for Christ, Bringing Hope and Breaking the Despair of poverty and disease.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5075 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Overcoming poverty through sustainable development programmes in education, institutional capacity building, socioeconomic development & financial sustainability”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20053 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Islamic Relief SA is an independently registered NGO affiliated to Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), one of the world’s largest independent humanitarian organizations, which has a…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20042 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Empowering Change with MES: A Journey of Social Impact!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Strong evidenceSandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20028 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Ashraful Aid is a non-profit international humanitarian organisation with its Head office based in Marlboro Gardens, Sandton, South Africa and branches in Lenasia, Azaadville…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBloemfontein, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Child Welfare Bloemfontein & Childline Free State (affiliated with Childline South Africa) was founded in 1914.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceKempton Park, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a15 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Green Development Foundation is an NPO that is committed to sustained upliftment of communities and preservation of the environment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Strong evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1011 contacts →

Strong evidence

“IQRAA Trust was established in 1994 by Albaraka Bank with the intention of creating a non profit organisation that covers the fields of education, health, welfare and social…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Strong evidenceGauteng, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5011 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The African Alliance works closely with a wide range of non-profit organisations in a network that, while rooted in the local, is connected to and visible in national, regional…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidencePretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Feed a Child’s mission is to eradicate poverty in a sustainable manner and to take God’s hope to the nations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Strong evidenceNelspruit, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-506 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Sinani is a registered non-profit organization, located in Nelspruit, South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Penny Appeal way of doing charity is simple – they take small change and make a BIG difference with it.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Muslim Hands South Africa is an international aid agency and NGO established in South Africa in 1996.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-503 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Regency Foundation Networx is a not for profit international development and communications agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Partial evidenceMidrand, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A thriving global network where organizations and individuals connect, share and co-create, with open access to PtD’s tools and knowledge, and opportunities for peer exchange.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Strong evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Joe Slovo Foundation is a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO# 930055404) & Non-Profit Organisation (NPO# 170-380) registered in South Africa with a UK satellite office.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Strong evidencePretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Inala Community Ventures NPC is a non-profit company based in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“base33 é uma organização missional focada em conscientizar conectar e impactar pessoas e a sociedade através da criação e articulação de redes, mobilizações sociais e plataformas…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Global non-profit organizations based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
22.7%Verified-email coverage
14.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
30.5%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
44
11-50
17
51-200
15
201-500
3
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
1
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 82 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among global non-profit organizations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “global non-profit organizations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names global non-profit organizations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among global non-profit organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 268 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Global non-profit organizations by metro

  • Global non-profit organizations in Johannesburg25

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names global non-profit organizations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many global non-profit organizations are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 82 global non-profit organizations headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Forafrika, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most global non-profit organizations?

Johannesburg leads with 25 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (12) and Pretoria (7).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 268 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 82 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.