Tempe Sister City Corporation

Analysis

Tempe Sister City Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1972, 54 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Tempe Sister City Corporation reported income of $358k and spending of $297k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $339k to $358k (+5.6%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 695%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Tempe Sister City Corporation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mediators Beyond Borders International ($358k), Helping Hands Unlimited ($359k) and Civic Leadership USA ($358k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.8% and program service revenue 28% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $230k, net assets of $962k.