Fields of Life USA

Analysis

Fields of Life USA is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2017, 9 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 March 2024, Fields of Life USA reported income of $62k and spending of $82k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2024, income grew from $58k to $62k (+7.4%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Fields of Life USA sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Japan-American Society & Black Ships Festival of Rhode Island Inc ($62k), American Friends of Loveitaly ($62k) and Sister Cities Essex Haiti Inc ($62k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $54k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $54k.