Wiseup

Analysis

Wiseup is a registered charity in United States, based in Evanston, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2009, 17 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, Wiseup reported income of $89k and spending of $109k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $140k to $89k (-37%), an average of -37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wiseup sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boys & Girls Clubs of Augusta Foundation Inc ($89k), Riverside First Step Foundation Inc ($89k) and As One Foundation ($89k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $253k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $253k.