Childrens Initiative Inc

Analysis

Childrens Initiative Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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 June 2023, Childrens Initiative Inc reported income of $70k and spending of $94k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $201k to $70k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Childrens Initiative Inc sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 21st percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Support Samar Schools Inc ($70k), Global Tendo LA Upendo Inc ($70k) and Voices for Justice in Palestine ($70k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $373k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $373k.