Dare to Be Different

Analysis

Dare to Be Different is a registered charity in United States, based in Bettendorf, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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, Dare to Be Different reported income of $260k and spending of $312k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $322k to $260k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dare to Be Different sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include People Who Care Food Cupboard ($260k), Bridging Az Furniture Bank ($260k) and Transitional Housing and Care Center ($260k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 76% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $163k. At year end it held assets of $287k against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $272k. It reported 2 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.