Surfing the Nations

Analysis

Surfing the Nations is a registered charity in United States, based in Wahiawa, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Surfing the Nations reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.8m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.4m to $1.8m (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Surfing the Nations sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Lakes Outreach Inc ($1.8m), Got Questions Ministries ($1.8m) and Inner City Action Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 34% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $144k, net assets of $2.2m.