Operation Sharing Tennessee

Analysis

Operation Sharing Tennessee is a registered charity in United States, based in Oneida, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2014, 12 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 2022, Operation Sharing Tennessee reported income of $19.6m and spending of $19.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $9.6m to $19.6m (+103%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 75%. 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 Sharing Tennessee sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reliable Enterprises ($19.5m), Childrens Forum Inc ($19.6m) and Samaritan Bethany Inc ($19.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $180k, net assets of $3.9m.