We Encourage
Analysis
We Encourage is a registered charity in United States, based in Altadena, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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, We Encourage reported income of $263k and spending of $249k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $216k to $263k (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.
Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, We Encourage sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bishop Morrow Personal Care Home ($263k), Saving Teens in Crisis Collaborative Inc ($263k) and West Africa Leadership and Youth Ministry Inc ($263k).
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 $31k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $31k.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Contributions & grants 100%
- Other 0.0%
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Morrow Personal Care Home | Leechburg | $263k |
| Saving Teens in Crisis Collaborative Inc | Wallingford | $263k |
| West Africa Leadership and Youth Ministry Inc | Fond du Lac | $263k |
| Cherry Hill Food and Outreach Council | Cherry Hill | $263k |