Plea

Analysis

Plea is a registered charity in United States, based in Woodbridge, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2018, 8 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, Plea reported income of $230k and spending of $281k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $200k to $230k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Plea sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include L E a N 4 Jesus Ministries Inc ($230k), The Remnant Outreach ($230k) and Gray Ghosts Inc ($230k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $93k. At year end it held assets of $0 against liabilities of $311k, net assets of -$311k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.