Operation Reconnect

Analysis

Operation Reconnect is a registered charity in United States, based in Orange Beach, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. 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, Operation Reconnect reported income of $192k and spending of $224k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $487k to $192k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Operation Reconnect sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 54th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kittson County Day Activities Center Inc ($192k), Living Springs ($192k) and Georgia Society of Otolaryngology Inc ($192k).

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 $7,144 against liabilities of $170k, net assets of -$162k.

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.