Tropics Foundation Inc

Analysis

Tropics Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Newport, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1999, 27 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, Tropics Foundation Inc reported income of $265k and spending of $350k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $407k to $265k (-35%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Tropics Foundation Inc sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Door of Hope ($265k), Cepad USA Inc ($265k) and Tanzania Orphans Upendo Community Inc ($265k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $49k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $49k.