Friends of Refugees Inc

Analysis

Friends of Refugees Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Clarkston, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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 September 2023, Friends of Refugees Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $2.6m, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $1.8m (+1.7%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of Refugees Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Delaware Adolescent Program Inc ($1.8m), Saginaw County Youth Protection Council ($1.8m) and Arc of Tuscaloosa County Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $819k, net assets of $873k. It reported 75 employees.