Out in the Open Inc

Analysis

Out in the Open Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brattleboro, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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, Out in the Open Inc reported income of $941k and spending of $602k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $326k to $941k (+188%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Out in the Open Inc sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clermont County Agricultural Society ($941k), Illinois Iowa Center for Independent Living ($941k) and Slow Food U S a Inc ($941k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 4.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $457k. At year end it held assets of $580k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $580k. It reported 10 employees.