Optimist International

Analysis

Optimist International is a registered charity in United States, based in Jonesburg, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2018, 8 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 September 2023, Optimist International reported income of $52k and spending of $30k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from September 2022 to September 2023, income grew from $43k to $52k (+20%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Optimist International sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 18th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woman Within South Central USA ($52k), Khalil Charity Foundation ($52k) and Viola Bertolla Group Home Inc ($52k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% of the total. At year end it held assets of $229k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $229k.