Action for India

Analysis

Action for India is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Action for India reported income of $64k and spending of $45k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $90k to $64k (-29%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Action for India sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 27th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lake Loramie Improvement Assoc ($64k), Red River Valley Estate Planning Council ($64k) and Power Community Development Corporation ($64k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $49k against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $34k.