Defender of the Fatherless Inc

Analysis

Defender of the Fatherless Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Richmond, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 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, Defender of the Fatherless Inc reported income of $170k and spending of $170k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $262k to $170k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Defender of the Fatherless Inc sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Children Advocacy Center of Brevard Inc ($170k), Gujarati Samaj Inc ($170k) and Second Street Pantry Missions Inc ($170k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $13k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $13k.