Hope for the Silent Voices

Analysis

Hope for the Silent Voices is a registered charity in United States, based in Deerfield, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Hope for the Silent Voices reported income of $211k and spending of $279k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $289k to $211k (-27%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Hope for the Silent Voices sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nations Training Institute Inc ($211k), Northern Thailand Impact Ministry ($211k) and Friends of Maiti Nepal a Non-Profit Corporation ($211k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $50k (18% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $126k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $126k. It reported 1 employees.