On Higher Ground

Analysis

On Higher Ground is a registered charity in United States, based in Pryor, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, On Higher Ground reported income of $158k and spending of $107k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $292k to $158k (-46%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 109%. 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, On Higher Ground sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 918 Fully Involved ($158k), Project Redesign Inc ($158k) and Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss ($158k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $75k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $75k.