Operation Chillout

Analysis

Operation Chillout is a registered charity in United States, based in Califon, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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 December 2023, Operation Chillout reported income of $138k and spending of $136k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $214k to $138k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Operation Chillout sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blankets of Hope ($138k), Hug Fund ($138k) and Caring for the Hills Inc ($138k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $200k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $200k.