Ten Friends Project

Analysis

Ten Friends Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Sisters, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2005, 21 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, Ten Friends Project reported income of $110k and spending of $77k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $54k to $110k (+105%), an average of +105% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Ten Friends Project sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cocama Project ($110k), Francis and Benedict Inc ($110k) and International American Medical Mission ($110k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% of the total. At year end it held assets of $58k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $58k.