Operation Now

Analysis

Operation Now is a registered charity in United States, based in Norris City, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Operation Now reported income of $65k and spending of $52k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $64k to $65k (+0.4%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Operation Now sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 27th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gweimen Centre Ltd ($65k), Tender Rock Counseling a Washington Nonprofit Corporation ($65k) and Foundation of the American Theatre Critics Association ($65k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 8.8% and program service revenue 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $49k against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $36k.