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Top 11 Nonprofit aid organizations based in South Africa

Name: Nonprofit aid organizations based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 46 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 46 nonprofit aid organizations headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 578 professional contacts across them, including 136 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers nonprofit aid 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 20, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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578Contacts tracked

136Verified emails

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The 11 largest nonprofit aid organizations based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 11 of 46 nonprofit aid organizations based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to nonprofit aid 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Forafrika	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	322 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 20, 2026
2	Islamic Relief South Africa	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	53 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 20, 2026
3	Ashraful AID	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	28 contacts →
	Partial 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 20, 2026
4	Iqraa Trust South Africa	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect 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 20, 2026
5	Siyabonga Africa	Indirect evidence	Brakpan, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Siyabonga Africa is a registered South African Non Profit Organisation and Public Beneficiary Organisation (PBO committed to eradicating poverty and bringing about positive change…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Crisis Response Network	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OUR MISSION The mission of the CRN is to coordinate a network of partners to respond to crises.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Feed A Child	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	8 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 20, 2026
8	Built Environment Support Group	Indirect evidence	Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BESG exist to support the vulnerable to access resources and increasingly gain control over their lives and destinies, through the promotion of sustainable livelihoods and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Penny Appeal South Africa	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	4 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 20, 2026
10	Muslim Hands South Africa	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Muslim Hands South Africa is an international aid agency and NGO established in South Africa in 1996.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	The Samsodien Foundation NPC	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our WHY: The Foundation exists to provide Outreach Services and Inbound Assist Programmes for public benefit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: nonprofit aid organizations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names nonprofit aid organizations.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of nonprofit aid organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name nonprofit aid organizations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Nonprofit aid organizations based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

23.5%Verified-email coverage

12.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

21.7%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

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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 46 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 nonprofit aid 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 “nonprofit aid 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 nonprofit aid 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 nonprofit aid 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, 136 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 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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 nonprofit aid 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 nonprofit aid organizations are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 46 nonprofit aid 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 nonprofit aid organizations?

Johannesburg leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (5) and Durban (4).

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 136 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 46 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 20, 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.