Tickets for Kids Foundation

Analysis

Tickets for Kids Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Tickets for Kids Foundation reported income of $7.2m and spending of $7.4m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $7.5m to $7.2m (-3.9%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Tickets for Kids Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kids Around the World Inc ($7.2m), Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Florida Inc ($7.2m) and Sola I Can Foundation ($7.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $157k (2.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $517k. At year end it held assets of $671k against liabilities of $128k, net assets of $543k. It reported 10 employees.