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Driving Force Group Inc

RegisteredEIN 45-4641567Rockville, MDGrant-making and general purposes
Income$1.3m2023-12
Spending$1.6msame year
Spent / received105%5-year average
Size in its cause83rd pctGrant-making and general purposes
Exempt since2012Publicly supported organisat
Employees4latest return

Analysis

Driving Force Group Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Rockville, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Driving Force Group Inc reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.6m, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.9m to $1.3m (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Driving Force Group Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Charities ($1.3m), Jack G Buncher Charitable Fund Forthe Pittsburgh Foundation ($1.3m) and Community Hope Projects Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% and program service revenue 58% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $439k (27% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $80k. At year end it held assets of $919k against liabilities of $235k, net assets of $684k. It reported 4 employees.

Income and spending

$0$472k$944k$1.4m$1.9m2019 Income: $1,862,5362019 Spending: $1,587,25320192020 Income: $1,211,8962020 Spending: $1,888,01420202021 Income: $1,361,6902021 Spending: $1,120,74620212022 Income: $1,848,9122022 Spending: $1,723,64220222023 Income: $1,267,5742023 Spending: $1,611,8252023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 24%
  • Program services 58%
  • Other 18%

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Community CharitiesDanville$1.3m
Jack G Buncher Charitable Fund Forthe Pittsburgh FoundationPittsburgh$1.3m
Community Hope Projects IncMcAllen$1.3m
Society of St Vincent Depaul District Council of Gary Indiana IHammond$1.3m