A N S W E R Relief

Analysis

A N S W E R Relief is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Rapids, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2007, 19 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, A N S W E R Relief reported income of $377k and spending of $317k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $387k to $377k (-2.6%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, A N S W E R Relief sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christians for Peace in El Salvador ($377k), Silent Images Inc ($377k) and Franciscan Family Apostolate Inc ($376k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 35 employees.