Plant It Forward

Analysis

Plant It Forward is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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 September 2023, Plant It Forward reported income of $1.6m and spending of $962k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $541k to $1.6m (+193%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Plant It Forward sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grow It Forward ($1.6m), Center of Hope Foundation Inc ($1.6m) and The Point Arc of Northern Kentucky Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $414k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $144k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 13 employees.