For World Wide Smiles

Analysis

For World Wide Smiles is a registered charity in United States, based in Gig Harbor, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, For World Wide Smiles reported income of $1.3m and spending of $951k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2017 to December 2023, income grew from $26k to $1.3m (+4982%), an average of +167% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, For World Wide Smiles sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sister Connection a Nonprofitcorporation ($1.3m), American Schools Assn of Central America Colobian-Caribbean & ($1.3m) and Five Talents U S a ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 105% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $351k. At year end it held assets of $541k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $541k.