Kiss the Ground

Analysis

Kiss the Ground is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Kiss the Ground reported income of $3.5m and spending of $2.8m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.7m to $3.5m (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kiss the Ground sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Missouri Child Care Resource and Referral Network ($3.5m), Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra ($3.5m) and South Boston Neighborhood House Inc ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 4.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $380k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $160k, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 17 employees.