Wheelchairs 4 Kids

Analysis

Wheelchairs 4 Kids is a registered charity in United States, based in Tarpon SPGS, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2011, 15 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 May 2024, Wheelchairs 4 Kids reported income of $2.4m and spending of $1.9m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2024, income grew from $955k to $2.4m (+154%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wheelchairs 4 Kids sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smart Living Learning Earning with Autism ($2.4m), Columbia Pacific Food Bank ($2.4m) and Oklahoma Production Center for the Developmentally Disabled Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $91k (4.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $260k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $61k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 12 employees.