Gambiarising

Analysis

Gambiarising is a registered charity in United States, based in Emeryville, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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, Gambiarising reported income of $619k and spending of $607k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $378k to $619k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Gambiarising sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 75th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Society for Isaac ($619k), American Institute for Maghrib Studies Inc ($620k) and Mobility Worldwide ($619k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $227k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $227k.