Operation North Pole Inc

Analysis

Operation North Pole Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Plaines, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2010, 16 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 North Pole Inc reported income of $171k and spending of $213k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $412k to $171k (-58%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Operation North Pole Inc sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hearts Hands and Hope Inc ($171k), I-5 Freedom Network ($171k) and Leap to Shine ($171k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $37k (18% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $382k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $382k.