Down Country

Analysis

Down Country is a registered charity in United States, based in Taylor, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 October 2023, Down Country reported income of $236k and spending of $267k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income grew from $80k to $236k (+196%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 223%. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Down Country 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 57th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Learn Live Love Inc ($236k), Bras for a Cause Inc ($236k) and Sophies Neighborhood ($236k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1,130 against liabilities of $155k, net assets of -$154k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.