The Mankind Project

Analysis

The Mankind Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2001, 25 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 2022, The Mankind Project reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.9m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $3.1m to $1.9m (-40%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 46%. 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, The Mankind Project sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rochdale Capital Corporation Inc ($1.9m), Voice of Judah Israel Inc ($1.9m) and Youth for Tomorrow ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% and program service revenue 55% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $419k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $317k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 8 employees.