Vigilant Torch Foundation

Analysis

Vigilant Torch Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Alexandria, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2015, 11 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, Vigilant Torch Foundation reported income of $163k and spending of $116k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $205k to $163k (-21%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 172%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Vigilant Torch Foundation sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Awake Network Foundation ($163k), New Beginnings Family Resource Center ($163k) and Friends Sharing Food Inc ($163k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $228k against liabilities of $42k, net assets of $186k.