Give for a Smile

Analysis

Give for a Smile is a registered charity in United States, based in Garden Grove, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 December 2023, Give for a Smile reported income of $81k and spending of $81k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $133k to $81k (-39%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Give for a Smile sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 34th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caps or Celebrating All Persevering Students ($81k), Answering for the Children Ministries Inc ($81k) and Friends for Friends ($81k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $12k against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $5.