Give a Beat Foundation

Analysis

Give a Beat Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Laguna Beach, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Give a Beat Foundation reported income of $638k and spending of $601k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $237k to $638k (+169%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Give a Beat Foundation sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Goya Ministries Inc ($637k), Millennium Campus Network Inc ($639k) and Rainforest Flow ($637k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 27% and program service revenue 73% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $39k (6.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $289k. At year end it held assets of $273k against liabilities of $2,794, net assets of $270k. It reported 7 employees.