Show Me Opportunity

Analysis

Show Me Opportunity is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Show Me Opportunity reported income of $831k and spending of $725k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $903k to $831k (-8.0%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Show Me Opportunity sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Healthy Outcomes for Personal Enrichment Counseling Center ($831k), Human Needs Project Inc ($831k) and Parc Housing Inc ($831k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $303k. At year end it held assets of $637k against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $623k. It reported 4 employees.