Amazon Salt and Light

Analysis

Amazon Salt and Light is a registered charity in United States, based in Bloomington, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Amazon Salt and Light reported income of $601k and spending of $494k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $206k to $601k (+192%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Amazon Salt and Light sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Growing Hope Through Love ($601k), Data You Can Use Inc ($601k) and Evanston Youth Club for Boys & Girls ($601k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $248k. At year end it held assets of $365k against liabilities of $47k, net assets of $318k.