Operation Graduation

Analysis

Operation Graduation is a registered charity in United States, based in Detroit, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 Graduation reported income of $612k and spending of $825k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $435k to $612k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Operation Graduation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Educational Consortium ($612k), Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Inc ($612k) and Vermont Businessess for Social Responsibility Resrch & Edctn FDTN ($612k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 113% of the total. At year end it held assets of $415k against liabilities of $132k, net assets of $283k.