Accountability
Accountable to every child.
And every donor.
Our record
Since 2019, year after year.
Accountability starts with showing up. Every year since the Foundation began, there has been work on the ground in Sango Ota you can see, photographed and documented.
- 7
- Annual camps hosted
- 2019 – 2026 (no camp in 2020)
- 1,152+
- Children attended camp
- 2019 – 2026, counted per camp (7 camps)
- 2
- Courts built or rebuilt
- Community court rebuilt (by 2022) · Noble Court (2025)
- 2
- Community wells built
- A borehole gifted April 2024 with Dr. Jacqueline Walters & Curtis Berry, and a well at Noble Court (2025)
- 2019The maiden campAdeola Ajayi founds the Foundation and hosts the first AOA basketball camp in Sango Ota, Ogun State.
- 2020A food drive instead of a campWith the camp paused by the COVID-19 pandemic, AOA ran a food drive for families in the community.
- 20212nd annual campThe camp returns. Busayo Adeshoga, a 2021 camper, later went on to play basketball in Japan.
- 20223rd camp, empowerment program & community projectsAlongside the 3rd camp, AOA ran an empowerment program, rebuilt a community basketball court, renovated a school hall, and visited an orphanage home and widows in the community.
- 20234th annual camp & first fundraising galaThe 4th camp in Sango Ota, and AOA's first annual fundraising gala in Kansas City.
- 20245th annual campThe 5th camp, plus 2,755+ lb of rice, 50 L of cooking oil and 250 tote bags for families, and a borehole for the community, gifted with Dr. Jacqueline Walters and Curtis Berry. Second annual gala held February 16, 2024.
- 2025Noble Court opens · 6th annual campNoble Court, a purpose-built court named in honour of the late Idowu "ID Noble" Ajayi, is unveiled in Sango Ota. The 6th camp welcomed 200 campers, 25 coaches and 20 auxiliary staff. The first Bloom Ball was held January 11, 2025.
- 20267th annual camp & daycare transformationBloom Ball "Root to Rise" in February, then the 7th camp in April with 202 campers, 25 coaches and 20 auxiliary staff, plus a daycare transformation project where 50 children received t-shirts.
Every figure's source is listed on the impact dashboard.
Our status
A registered U.S. public charity.
Gifts to the Adeola Ajayi Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Anyone can check our status in the IRS records.
Check our IRS record and filings → (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, opens in a new tab)- Legal status
- 501(c)(3) public charity
- EIN
- 85-2660653
- IRS recognition
- Tax-exempt since October 2020
- Founded
- 2019, by Adeola Ajayi
- Headquarters
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Where we work
- Sango Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
- Fiscal year
- September 1 – August 31
- Questions
- support@adeolaajayifoundation.org
Our public IRS record
Our tax-exempt status and IRS records are public. ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer, which draws on IRS data, shows them in one place.
View our IRS record on ProPublica →How your gift is handled
Secure, receipted, and spent on the work.
Processed by OneCause
Donations, Bloom Ball tickets and sponsorships are processed by OneCause, our secure giving platform. AOA never sees or stores card details, and this website never handles payments.
A receipt for every gift
OneCause emails a receipt for every gift. It's your record for tax purposes. Questions about a gift? Email support@adeolaajayifoundation.org.
Gifts in kind
Not every gift is money. New Beginnings Today provides the tennis shoes for every camper each year, and individual donors gave 300+ hygiene packs for our 2025 visit.
Read our donation policies and privacy policy.
Leadership
The people responsible.
Adeola Ajayi
Founder & Executive Director
Curtis Berry
Director of Basketball Operations
Olumide Onafuye
Operations Manager
Coach Seyi Ayodele
Associate Camp Director
Reports & evidence
Every number, with its source.
- 2026 Impact OverviewThe year in review: Bloom Ball, the 7th camp, the daycare transformation, and our totals since 2019.
- Impact dashboardEvery figure we publish, with its reporting period and source.
- Our journey, 2019–2026What happened each year, with photographs and sources.
Our photographs are published in full in our public photo galleries. Press coverage is listed on News & Press.