Sodzo International

Analysis

Sodzo International is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2010, 16 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, Sodzo International reported income of $208k and spending of $241k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $246k to $208k (-15%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Sodzo International sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nebraska Peace Foundation ($208k), Hands of Mercy International ($208k) and Terri Clark Ministries Inc ($208k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $253k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $253k.