Black Dog Charity

Analysis

Black Dog Charity is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Worth, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2013, 13 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, Black Dog Charity reported income of $217k and spending of $108k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $149k to $217k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 278%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Black Dog Charity sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child Resilience Alliance Inc ($217k), Enpuzzlement Inc ($217k) and RCN Foundation Inc ($217k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% of the total. At year end it held assets of $384k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $384k.