Fields of the Fatherless

Analysis

Fields of the Fatherless is a registered charity in United States, based in Reva, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Fields of the Fatherless reported income of $109k and spending of $106k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $73k to $109k (+49%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fields of the Fatherless sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A B L E Community Development Foundation ($109k), Massachusetts National Lancers Association ($109k) and Montana Agricultural Business Foundation ($109k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $50k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $50k.