Only a Child Inc

Analysis

Only a Child Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Jamaica Plain, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 June 2024, Only a Child Inc reported income of $98k and spending of $114k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2024, income fell from $99k to $98k (-0.9%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Only a Child Inc sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Mission Charities Inc ($98k), Kids for Him Inc ($98k) and East Africa Rehabilitation & Development Association ($98k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $149k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $149k.