Soccer for Hope

Analysis

Soccer for Hope is a registered charity in United States, based in Aliso Viejo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Soccer for Hope reported income of $120k and spending of $192k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $293k to $120k (-59%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Soccer for Hope sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 44th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lets Empower Advocate and Do Inc ($120k), Childrens Medical Fund Child Life Endowment Corp ($120k) and Manchester Mental Health Foundation Inc ($120k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% of the total. At year end it held assets of $90k against liabilities of $23, net assets of $90k.