Wake the World

Analysis

Wake the World is a registered charity in United States, based in Asheboro, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Wake the World reported income of $72k and spending of $113k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $238k to $72k (-70%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wake the World sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dubois Soccer Association ($72k), Tualatin Hills Dive Club ($72k) and LA Thunder Blue Inc ($72k).

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 $208k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $208k.