Canaan Orphanage

Analysis

Canaan Orphanage is a registered charity in United States, based in Highlandville, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 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, Canaan Orphanage reported income of $51k and spending of $69k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $122k to $51k (-58%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Canaan Orphanage sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 18th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Afghan Unity Inc ($51k), American London Symphony Orchestra Foundation ($51k) and Zambia Wildlife and Community Foundation ($51k).

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 $104k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $104k.