For Zions Sake

Analysis

For Zions Sake is a registered charity in United States, based in Sherman Oaks, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2001, 25 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, For Zions Sake reported income of $194k and spending of $198k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $150k to $194k (+29%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, For Zions Sake sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 55th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Philos Health ($194k), Haiti Medical Mission of Wisconsin Inc ($194k) and Hands4uganda ($194k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $86k against liabilities of $5,590, net assets of $81k.