Grateful Girls

Analysis

Grateful Girls is a registered charity in United States, based in Milwaukee, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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, Grateful Girls reported income of $1.2m and spending of $931k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2017 to December 2023, income fell from $1.6m to $1.2m (-27%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Grateful Girls sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hillside Food Outreach Inc ($1.2m), Alpena Area Senior Citizens Council Inc ($1.2m) and Rebuilding Together Northeast Ohio ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.6% and program service revenue 80% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $260k (28% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $310k. At year end it held assets of $309k against liabilities of $157k, net assets of $152k. It reported 27 employees.