Terra Lingua

Analysis

Terra Lingua is a registered charity in United States, based in Terryville, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1998, 28 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending July 2024, Terra Lingua reported income of $402k and spending of $395k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2020 to July 2024, income grew from $315k to $402k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Terra Lingua sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Border Institute ($402k), Mission 318 ($402k) and Japan-America Society of Oregon ($402k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2024, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $172k (44% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $400k against liabilities of $951, net assets of $399k. It reported 2 employees.