Forethecure

Analysis

Forethecure is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Forethecure reported income of $104k and spending of $8,848, leaving 92% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $121k to $104k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Forethecure sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alabama Turfgrass Research Foundation Inc ($104k), Foundation for Hope Outdoors Adventures ($104k) and Community Wishes ($104k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% of the total. At year end it held assets of $122k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $122k.