Scalpel at the Cross Inc

Analysis

Scalpel at the Cross Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2005, 21 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 December 2023, Scalpel at the Cross Inc reported income of $1.4m and spending of $728k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $576k to $1.4m (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Scalpel at the Cross Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 360serve ($1.4m), Living Hope Community Center Inc ($1.4m) and Hatikva Project US Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $154k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $46k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 5 employees.