Development and Relief Foundation

Analysis

Development and Relief Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Vienna, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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, Development and Relief Foundation reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.9m, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.1m to $1.3m (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Development and Relief Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minutemen Disaster Response Foundation ($1.3m), The Johnson Center for Child Health and Development ($1.3m) and Teen Lifeline Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $131k (6.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3,923. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $2.8m, net assets of -$606k. It reported 5 employees.