Save the Child Foundation

Analysis

Save the Child Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Frisco, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2011, 15 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 April 2024, Save the Child Foundation reported income of $747k and spending of $657k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2019 to April 2024, income grew from $253k to $747k (+195%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2020, when income rose by 147%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Save the Child Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Independent Journeys Inc ($747k), Innercity Visions ($747k) and Impact Hub ($747k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $123k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $123k.