SEND Me

Analysis

SEND Me is a registered charity in United States, based in Arnold, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 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 (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, SEND Me reported income of $566k and spending of $392k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $262k to $566k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, SEND Me sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 70th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fund for Family Planning in Latin America ($566k), American Friends of International China Concern Limited ($567k) and Three Roots International ($565k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $41k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $37k. At year end it held assets of $233k against liabilities of $1,580, net assets of $231k.