Friends of the Chinook School

Analysis

Friends of the Chinook School is a registered charity in United States, based in Chinook, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2004, 22 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, Friends of the Chinook School reported income of $195k and spending of $74k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $94k to $195k (+108%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of the Chinook School sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lotus Center ($195k), Foodraising Friends Inc ($195k) and Marcys Project ($195k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 107% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $240. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $49, net assets of $1.1m.