Optimist International Youth Programs Foundation Inc

Analysis

Optimist International Youth Programs Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Optimist International Youth Programs Foundation Inc reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.6m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.6m (+22%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Optimist International Youth Programs Foundation Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Virginia Outdoor Adventure Inc ($1.6m), Reaching Our Community Kids ($1.6m) and Youth Spirit Artworks ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.4% and program service revenue 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $494k against liabilities of $44k, net assets of $451k.