Refuge and Hope International

Analysis

Refuge and Hope International is a registered charity in United States, based in Alabaster, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2005, 21 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Refuge and Hope International reported income of $521k and spending of $540k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $498k to $521k (+4.6%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Refuge and Hope International sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caring for Kids Network Inc ($521k), Fundacion Atencion Atencion Inc ($522k) and Just As I Am Youth Empowerment Inc ($520k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 13% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $256k. At year end it held assets of $228k against liabilities of $3,393, net assets of $225k.