Bereaved Parents of the USA

Analysis

Bereaved Parents of the USA is a registered charity in United States, based in Sevierville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Bereaved Parents of the USA reported income of $435k and spending of $430k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $52k to $435k (+737%), an average of +189% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 641%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bereaved Parents of the USA sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Max Warburg Courage Curriculum Inc ($435k), Mathews County School of Country Arts Inc ($435k) and Hacia Scholarship Foundation ($435k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $158k against liabilities of $10, net assets of $158k.