Operation First Response

Analysis

Operation First Response is a registered charity in United States, based in Culpeper, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Operation First Response reported income of $683k and spending of $616k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $867k to $683k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Operation First Response sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vivente 2 Inc ($683k), The Edna House for Women Inc ($683k) and Pregnancy Ministries Inc ($683k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $39k (6.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $64k. At year end it held assets of $861k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $861k. It reported 3 employees.