Amazon Relief

Analysis

Amazon Relief is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Rapids, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1995, 31 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, Amazon Relief reported income of $583k and spending of $705k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $557k to $583k (+4.7%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Amazon Relief sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Liberty Caribbean Foundation Inc ($583k), Hands in Outreach Inc ($584k) and Hope Foundation of Kenya ($583k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $1,376, net assets of $1.8m.