Vital Edge Fund

Analysis

Vital Edge Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Sag Harbor, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2006, 20 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 September 2023, Vital Edge Fund reported income of $120k and spending of $160k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2020 to September 2023, income fell from $207k to $120k (-42%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Vital Edge Fund sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercy House Inc ($119k), Kenya Help ($120k) and Amazing Grace Christian Foundation ($119k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $160k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $160k.