Little Wish Foundation Inc

Analysis

Little Wish Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Indianapolis, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2010, 16 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, Little Wish Foundation Inc reported income of $224k and spending of $294k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $434k to $224k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Little Wish Foundation Inc sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ron Finley Project ($224k), The Pointe ($224k) and Farmworker Childrens Center Inc ($224k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $133k (45% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5,961. At year end it held assets of $92k against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $81k. It reported 3 employees.