Children Inc

Analysis

Children Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1968, 58 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, Children Inc reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.6m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $954k to $2.0m (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Children 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 87th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society of St Vincent de Paul of Plymouth Inc ($2.0m), Muslim American Society of Sacramento Region ($2.0m) and Holbrook Community Center ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 49% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $911k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 51 employees.