Tiny Tornadoes

Analysis

Tiny Tornadoes is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakes, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Tiny Tornadoes reported income of $162k and spending of $179k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $289k to $162k (-44%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tiny Tornadoes 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 41st percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lighthouse Outreach Ministries Inc ($162k), Highflyers Boosters Association Inc ($162k) and Hutchinson Meals on Wheels Inc ($162k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 10% and program service revenue 83% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $97k. At year end it held assets of $246k against liabilities of $190k, net assets of $56k. It reported 9 employees.