Blackbox International

Analysis

Blackbox International is a registered charity in United States, based in Joplin, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2011, 15 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, Blackbox International reported income of $546k and spending of $822k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $488k to $546k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Blackbox International sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 69th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heart to Honduras Inc ($546k), Mahindra Foundation ($546k) and Sembrando Sentido Inc ($545k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $263k. At year end it held assets of $113k against liabilities of $1,317, net assets of $112k. It reported 7 employees.