Found in Translation Inc

Analysis

Found in Translation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Dorchester, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 August 2023, Found in Translation Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.5m, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $863k to $1.1m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Found in Translation Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Inman Park Cooperative Preschool Inc ($1.1m), Wongu University of Oriental Medicine ($1.1m) and Meto Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 6.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $187k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $777k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $203k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 63 employees.