Make a Difference Inc

Analysis

Make a Difference Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boise, ID. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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 September 2023, Make a Difference Inc reported income of $362k and spending of $387k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $212k to $362k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Make a Difference Inc 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 69th percentile within ID. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Honduras Compassion Partners Inc ($362k), Obrien Schools for the Maasai NFP ($362k) and African Christian Missions USA Inc ($362k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $86k (22% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $598k against liabilities of $7,940, net assets of $590k. It reported 1 employees.