Friends of Forgotten Children

Analysis

Friends of Forgotten Children is a registered charity in United States, based in Concord, NH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2006, 20 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, Friends of Forgotten Children reported income of $318k and spending of $169k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $124k to $318k (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of Forgotten Children sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 65th percentile within NH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chatham Association for Residential Services Inc ($318k), Locker Lunch Inc ($318k) and Fox Valley Food for Health ($318k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $16k. At year end it held assets of $945k against liabilities of $9,782, net assets of $935k. It reported 2 employees.