Great and Mighty Things

Analysis

Great and Mighty Things is a registered charity in United States, based in Beaverdam, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Great and Mighty Things reported income of $170k and spending of $88k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $91k to $170k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Great and Mighty Things sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include No Time to Waste ($170k), Foundation for Farmworkers ($170k) and The Salem Worlds War Memorial Building Association ($170k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $31k. At year end it held assets of $479k against liabilities of $2,975, net assets of $476k. It reported 16 employees.