Simon Says Give

Analysis

Simon Says Give is a registered charity in United States, based in Eagan, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2012, 14 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, Simon Says Give reported income of $118k and spending of $122k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $276k to $118k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Simon Says Give sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 39th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yielded Ministries ($118k), CFK Inc ($118k) and Lehigh Valley Commercial Industrial Real Estate Foundation ($118k).

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 $26k against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $11k.

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.