Wide Awake International

Analysis

Wide Awake International is a registered charity in United States, based in Salem, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Wide Awake International reported income of $365k and spending of $443k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $233k to $365k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 172%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Wide Awake International sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Get Up Project ($365k), Thomas Jefferson Institute for the Study of World Politics ($366k) and Community of Charity and Social Services ($365k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $95k (21% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3,696. At year end it held assets of $742k against liabilities of $8,644, net assets of $734k. It reported 4 employees.