Ariva Inc

Analysis

Ariva Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bronx, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2003, 23 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 2023, Ariva Inc reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.8m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $2.0m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ariva Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wexford County Council on Aging ($2.0m), Columbus Alliance for Battered Women Inc ($2.0m) and Opportunity Development Inc ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $160k (8.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. It paid $18k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $425k, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 51 employees.