Smiles for Latin America

Analysis

Smiles for Latin America is a registered charity in United States, based in Provo, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Smiles for Latin America reported income of $184k and spending of $348k, spending 189% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $637k to $184k (-71%), an average of -46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Smiles for Latin America sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hospital Bed Project Inc ($184k), Camp Get-A-Way of Western Region Nys Inc ($184k) and Alano Foundation ($184k).

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 $328k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $328k.